Zhao Kingdom, Shatian City Lord's Manor.
Xiao Mo was reading the letter Li Sisi had sent him.
Daoist Priest Fuchen wrote that Ruxue had been asleep for decades. Though the Killing Intent sometimes jolted her awake in pain, he always gave her a pill in time to put her back to sleep.
But the Killing Intent inside Ruxue was growing heavier, and the pills were becoming less effective.
Fortunately, only a small piece of the mystic ice remained in the amber at Xiao Mo's waist.
Xiao Mo thought it would melt away completely within a year at most. By then, the Human Race Merit he had accumulated should just about be enough.
As soon as he had enough Merit, he would return to the Barren Land and help Ruxue recover.
As for Myriad Laws Under Heaven—
Ever since Xiao Mo had risked his life to kill a Demon Cultivator in the Ascension Realm, and He Yeye had led the Demon Suppressing City army like a sharp blade thrust into the heart of the Yao Race World, the Yao Race World had fallen into some disarray.
To be sure, when Myriad Laws Under Heaven had been at a disadvantage, many human sects had betrayed their own and colluded with the Yao Race World.
But the Yao Race World was no united front, either.
Its various nations and tribes all had interests of their own.
When the demon army held the advantage, most demons could put certain matters aside for the sake of greater gains.
But when the army's advance faltered—or even turned against them—all the problems that had built up over time began to surface.
The Yao Race World still held some advantages, but those advantages were gradually shrinking.
By contrast, the Human Race had shown astonishing resilience. Now that they