When the demon Lan Yi gathered followers and stirred up trouble in Puhai, the Qing Imperial Court and the foreigners paid no attention.
Just another charlatan from the martial world, pretending to be a spirit medium.
If you can't deal with the foreigners, can't you at least deal with him?
Watch me send rifles and cannons to blast your entire band of rebels straight to heaven!
When the Daoist Lan Yi resolved the Puhai concession, obliterated a host of warships, and launched the vigorous revival of spiritual energy, the Qing Imperial Court and the foreigners began to take notice.
Tsk, it was actually real? There really were immortals in this world?
Don't panic. We have the Punishment Fleet sailing south, assembled from the strongest forces of the imperial powers in the Far East. Even supernatural powers will tremble beneath battleships and heavy guns.
Then we'll seize that mage's power and create the Empire's invincible army!
When Lan Yi descended upon Jinling.
The Qing Imperial Court and the foreigners fell silent.
The Punishment Fleet had been annihilated, martial artists could be mass-produced almost at will, and the entire southern region had fallen. Almost every fact was telling them that Lan Yi was far more than an individual who had mastered extraordinary power. Not only was he powerful, he could also integrate regional forces, build a new system, and complete self-governance and self-sustenance.
In the rulers' eyes.
This was utterly terrifying!
Because when Immortal Master Lan Yi's mighty hand began moving north, the higher an old-era ruler's position, the less needed he would be. They would be swept from their lofty platforms by martial artists surging forward like a colossal wave, becoming sacrifices to the opening of a new age. Their heads would be used to shatter the fear and ignorance of