Nurture warriors for a thousand days, deploy them in a single moment

Seeing that Li Xinge had let Lü Fengxian go,

Sage Xuanji did not resume fighting Sun Taize and his companion.

His figure flashed, and he appeared beside Li Xinge.

He felt the terrifying heat still lingering around Li Xinge, scorching and warping the surrounding space.

A trace of reverence entered Sage Xuanji's eyes.

He cupped his hands toward Li Xinge and smiled. "Your Lordship, the might of your Great Sun Golden Crow Sacred Body has truly opened my eyes today."

"Your Lordship?"

Li Xinge froze for a moment.

Then he smiled.

Earlier, Sage Xuanji had prided himself on his status as a heavenly human saint. Even knowing that Li Xinge had an old friendship with the Holy Lord of the Heavenly Palace, he had still spoken to him more or less as an equal.

Now that Li Xinge had revealed his Great Sun Golden Crow Sacred Body,

his attitude had undergone a tremendous change.

Even his form of address had changed from "fellow Daoist" to "Your Lordship."

He had placed himself in the subordinate position.

People were pragmatic, after all.

No matter how far they advanced in cultivation.

With Lü Fengxian's defeat,

the conflict Xu Province had initiated to snatch the peaches of victory came to an end.

At Lü Fengxian's command, the forces of Xu Province, having suffered considerable losses, withdrew from Eastern Ridge on all fronts.

The Li Family took complete control of the Eastern Ridge Kingdom's former territory.

Next came the purging of the stubborn Eastern Ridge remnants within its borders.

The former Eastern Ridge Royal Court

was now filled with armored soldiers from Yang Province.

Dozens of Qi and Blood Realm cultivators worked together to topple, one by one, the totem poles that symbolized Eastern Ridge's culture.

There were also hundreds of thousands of