Setting Out

At these words, most of the cultivators were galvanized. This was a splendid chance to win glory and establish merit. Yet some wore faces full of worry—no one knew how many cultivators would die in this great battle.

Every cultivator viewed matters from a different angle, but they shared one thing in common: they had no other choice. They had to take part in this battle. The superior would survive while the inferior were cast aside; it all depended on who could live to the end.

Zhao Qiankun looked toward Jiang Qingshu and instructed, "Qingshu, divide them into forty teams. Have them collect sea charts, then follow this old man to seize some of the Demon Race's territory first. We'll advance gradually."

Occupying an island was not difficult. The hard part was preventing the Demon Race from launching a counterattack.

Jiang Qingshu acknowledged the order, flew into the air, took out a thick blue ledger, and began calling names.

Several thousand cultivators had gathered in the bluestone plaza. Naturally, not all of them could be sent to the front lines to fight the Demon Race. Cultivators with higher cultivation and greater strength were conscripted to battle the Demon Race at the front, while the weaker ones remained in the rear to handle logistics. After all, farming, patrolling islands, and mining all required low-level cultivators.

There were forty teams, each led by a Nascent Soul Cultivator. Every team had thirty Golden Core cultivators, while the rest either managed logistics or served as reserves.

Whether by coincidence or not, Han Zhangxiang's group of five was assigned under Han Chaoyang.

After the teams were divided, Jiang Qingshu handed everyone a sea chart. Each team was responsible for attacking different islands.

White Sand Rogue, Du Yan, and Qi Yunxiu were all in Han Chaoyang's