The Defector

News that vast numbers of demons roamed the western continent, and that the Heaven Above, Earth Below, I Alone Reign Sect's Teleportation Array could send people there instantly, soon spread throughout Chang'an City.

Almost every day, cultivators came to the manor to ask who was eligible and when the array would open. Their excitement was plain to see when they learned that they needed no sect's permission to slay demons. Chen Xuan did not send people over one at a time as they arrived, though. Outside his new house, he put up a notice listing the requirements for teleportation and a basic guide to demon slaying. In short, he would send a group every three days. Upon arrival, cultivators were to report immediately to the Immortal Alliance Expeditionary Army, follow the Alliance's orders, and work with their allies to fight the demons.

After all, he had never specified which celestial phenomena permitted teleportation or how long each occurrence would last. Whether he would even still be here in six months was another matter entirely.

When the so-called Teleportation Array opened again three days later, a full hundred and twenty cultivators had decided to try their luck in France.

At Xu Yuanqing's urging, the Immortal Alliance also abandoned its wait-and-see stance and began actively promoting the Grand Expedition Plan to ease the increasingly severe competition for resources within the sects. After all, even the most mediocre cultivators would get a chance to slay demons once they went west—provided they survived the battlefield.

In truth, Charles VII's commission could already be considered fulfilled at this point.

Chen Xuan felt that, even without any further promotion on his part, the news would sooner or later reach every sect in the Central Plains.

He began devoting more of his attention to finding his young