The Monster Race's Movements

Lin Province is the easternmost region of the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou, even further east than the East Ridge within the Ten Lands.

This place was once the most prosperous of the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou, but during the war between the Monster Race more than a thousand years ago, the residents here were massacred by the Monster Race. After the war ended, although it has gradually regained its vitality after more than a thousand years of recuperation, it is still not as good as it used to be.

The dividing line between the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou and the Demon Realm is also here. Although the Demon Realm is located in another space, the Spatial Rift connecting it is on the edge of Lin Province. Unless the Demon Realm produces a super-powerful being who can directly shatter space and Mobile, people from that side can only appear on the edge of Lin Province through this rift.

However, no one in the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou has yet been able to shatter space. Bai Qiuran also asked the Earth Immortal, and even the Earth Immortal at the Perfect Realm could not travel between the two realms.

Aside from Ghost Immortal, Underworld Emissary, and underworld officials who are protected by the Heavenly Dao and work for Heavenly Dao, anyone capable of doing such a thing must be a super big shot in the Immortal Realm.

There are naturally no such people in the Demon Realm. Perhaps there were some in the past, but they are definitely long gone now. Otherwise, they certainly wouldn't have stood by and watched Bai Qiuran kill the Monster Race Crown Prince and beat up the Monster Race supreme in front of the Demon Emperor Mausoleum.

Such Borderlands are naturally guarded. Since the last war Human Race and Monster Race, the sects of the Righteous Path Alliance, under the coordination of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army, have all sent people to guard them, rotating them every few decades to prevent possible attacks.

This attack by the Monster Race was quite unexpected. In addition, not all the garrison personnel were elites from the Divine Martial Heavenly Army; many came from other sects as well, which led to the loss of several towns.

These towns were jointly garrisoned by disciples from small sects. They were few in number and their cultivation was not particularly advanced. In addition, Cultivators generally have weak organizational discipline, so they were driven back by the Monster Race army as soon as they met.

However, after the Monster Race took action, the Divine Martial Heavenly Army was also immediately mobilized, and now both sides are holding back their troops and are facing off near the Borderlands.

The Battalion Commander of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army Heavenly Blade Camp Battalion, Zhao Ruize, is currently stationed in Lin Province by the Divine Martial Heavenly Army. The Heavenly Blade Camp ranks third among the five battalions of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army, and its standard equipment is mainly composed of weapons such as broadswords.

When Bai Qiuran met this Battalion Commander, he had just returned from patrolling the nearby city tower. Seeing Bai Qiuran waiting outside his Command Post, the battalion Battalion Commander of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army did not dare to neglect him and quickly invited Bai Qiuran in.

"Sword Ancestor, please have a seat."

After Zhao Ruize invited Bai Qiuran to sit down in the Command Post, he asked, "Has Sword Ancestor received the Alliance Leader's message yet?"

"Um."

Bai Qiuran nodded.

"I received it on my way here."

The Righteous Path Alliance naturally has Alliance Leader, just as the Demonic Sect Alliance has a Demon Lord, currently held by the Yin Ling Sect Master's Old Man Shenhao. Someone like Bai Qiuran, who serves as a deterrent strategic weapon within the Righteous Path Alliance, can usually only be mobilized by the Alliance Leader. Of course, this mobilization is only nominal, but Bai Qiuran generally still gives the Alliance Leader face.

The Alliance Leader of the Righteous Path Alliance is currently the Jade-Faced Buddha, the leader of the Heavenly Saint Buddhist Sect, who has the best interpersonal relationships. In fact, the first Demon Lord proposed by the Demonic Sect Alliance was Su Xiangxue, but she declined. Later, a remnant of the Blood God Sect was put forward, but Bai Qiuran found out and killed him. So for now, the Old Man Shenhao of the Yin Ling Sect Spirit Sect can only temporarily take over.

As for the Heavenly Demon Sect, neither the Sect Master nor his disciple are reliable. One of them is always running around, looking for people to drink and fight, while the other, apart from his appearance, is just a rough and uncouth man.

Similarly, when the Righteous Path Alliance was selecting its Alliance Leader, the Five Great Sects unanimously recommended Bai Qiuran as the Alliance Leader, but he declined on the grounds that his cultivation level was too low. Then, everyone chose from among the Sect Master of the Five Great Sects.

Among the Five Great Sects, Zhao Tianzong, the Army Commander of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army, is a pure soldier; Qiu Yuxuan, the Dean the Profound Law Academy, is a tech fanatic; and Gong Banque, the master of the Immortal City Jade Tower, is more like a businessman than a leader.

After much deliberation, only Jade-Faced Buddha, a person with good interpersonal relationships, high prestige, and composure in the face of adversity, was chosen as the Alliance Leader.

Jueyunzi was originally quite qualified to be a leader, but unfortunately, he had a sharp tongue and offended many colleagues. He was also a goofball and didn't seem serious. So when the votes were finally tallied, he not only failed to be elected Alliance Leader, but was also told that he only received the vote for himself, which was quite miserable.

"I sent Spy to investigate, and it seems the Monster Race might not truly intend to wage war against Human Race this time."

Zhao Ruize wasted no time and got straight to the point.

"Oh?"

Bai Qiuran asked, "How do you know?"

"I didn't experience the era of the Monster Race invasion, but in order to guard against Monster Race, I consulted all existing battle records about the Monster Race and did a lot of research. In past wars, the Monster Race usually held an innate contempt for the Human Race. The Mortals in the towns they conquered were either used as slave laborers or kept as food reserves."

Bai Qiuran had witnessed Zhao Ruize's words firsthand, so he nodded.

"But this time, according to the reports from our Spy, in the towns occupied by the Monster Race, they not only didn't make things difficult for the Human Race, but they also provided them with good food and drink, and didn't even make them do hard labor. Instead, they had the lower-ranking demons of the Monster Race do the work. Apart from the few Cultivators who died in the first wave of conflict, it seems that there have been no Human Race deaths this time."

Zhao Ruize said, "It felt like... they were putting on an act for us, as if they didn't have any hostile intentions this time."

"The Monster Race's deployment this time was already very suspicious."

Bai Qiuran said, "Do you know that the Demon Emperor has just died?"

"What?"

Zhao Ruize was stunned for a moment, then his face paled in shock.

"The Demon Emperor is dead?"

Bai Qiuran nodded. It seemed that Su Xiangxue's information was firsthand. In the Demon Realm, her intelligence network was indeed more effective.

"With the Demon Emperor dead, do these Monster Race still dare to wage war against the Human Race?"

Zhao Ruize rested his chin on his hand.

"Is his brain full of shit... or does he have other plans?"

"I'm afraid they have other plans."

Bai Qiuran said, "Otherwise, let alone Demon King, even a normal person couldn't do something like that, okay?"

"Whatever their intentions, the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou are our Human Race's home."

Zhao Ruize firmly stated, "Guests who don't even say hello should be sent back!"

Yes, but don't rush.

Bai Qiuran said, "I'll go investigate the towns occupied by the Monster Race and see what tricks they're playing."