Duanmu Huai left, leaving the Northern Martial World in complete disarray. Meanwhile, his title of Undead Killing God became even more renowned. After all, everyone present had clearly seen Duanmu Huai blast Mount Song apart with a single punch. That was far more shocking than merely killing a few people! That terrifying power, capable of changing heaven and earth and even overwhelming nature itself, was deeply etched into the minds of the martial artists.
But that had nothing to do with Duanmu Huai anymore. There was nothing interesting left in the Northern Martial World. After all, Duanmu Huai had already met Zhang Sanfeng, and the others were hardly worth his attention.
As the poem went, "My old friend bids farewell to Yellow Crane Tower in the west; amid the misty blossoms of the third month, he descends to Yangzhou." Duanmu Huai's next destination was the Southern Martial World. His first stop would be Yangzhou.
Compared to the Western Martial World and the Northern Martial World, the Southern Martial World was currently in the midst of turbulent upheaval. Among the Four Great Martial States, the Western Martial World and the government kept to their own sides of the river, while the Northern Martial World had some dealings with the imperial family, though not particularly frequent ones. The situation in the Southern Martial World, however, was dire. Because Yang Guang imposed harsh levies and ruled with brutality, rebel armies had sprung up everywhere. Among them were no shortage of martial arts experts who wanted to compete for supremacy and seize control of the South State. It could even be said that, among the Four Great Martial States, the South State was where the martial world and the officialdom were most closely intertwined.
As mentioned before, the Four Great Martial States each excelled