After Southern Jin came Qi Kingdom and Yue Kingdom. Both were in chaos.
Great River Kingdom was more chaotic than Southern Jin, though still much better off than Song Kingdom. Moon Wheel was about as bad as Song.
At least in the Golden Tent Royal Court, they had seen no cannibalism, though bandits roamed freely.
The Wastelanders were like dogs driven from their homes, but they valued strength and made their own way, hoping only for a place to live in peace.
The borderlands of Yan Kingdom were much like those of Song Kingdom.
Great Tang had some bandits on its borders too, but troops were stationed there. Relatively speaking, it remained the most stable country, where ordinary people had the strongest protection.
And in the people of Tang, Shi Yongheng saw freedom. Unlike the people of Moon Wheel, Yan Kingdom, and Song Kingdom, their minds were not shackled.
Over three years, Ye Hongyu had seen countless partings and deaths, along with the ugliness of human nature. Her resolve in the Dao had only grown firmer.
She had also helped people in need along the way and challenged many powerful cultivators of her own level. The name Dao Fanatic spread across the world once more. She had reached Knowing Destiny, and her swordsmanship had improved greatly.
Shi Yongheng had also taught Ye Hongyu the methods of refining qi and establishing a foundation through the nine levels of Yuqing, condensing qi into a core through the Nine Turns of Tongtian, and breaking the core to form a nascent soul in Shangqing.
Ye Hongyu had now reached the peak of the ninth level of Yuqing, completing Foundation Establishment.
The three of them arrived before the gates of Chang'an City, the most renowned and imposing capital in the Haotian World.
Gazing at the