The joint investigation launched by Qi and Jing into Jiang Wang's fall in Frost Wind Valley had already lasted a full seven days, encompassing nine great Human Race cities, including Flame Prison and Iron Rock City.
It could be said that they had combed the region for thousands of miles around as finely as a comb's teeth.
Yet they had failed to comb out the unfamiliar True Lord who had borrowed Mei Xuelin's body to ambush Jiang Wang and repel Ji Zhaonan.
If a Current Era True Lord was determined to conceal themself, they would naturally be difficult to flush out. Every True Lord had their own legends; concealing one's cultivation was no difficult feat.
Yet whether in The Present World or the Civilization Basin, Qi and Jing ranked among the most powerful forces of the age. When these two nations joined hands to mark out an area and investigate it thoroughly, it could be said that the slightest shred of suspicion would be almost impossible to hide.
But after a full seven days of investigation, there was still no result.
This naturally gave rise to a reasonable suspicion—did this unfamiliar True Lord really exist?
Could it have been one of those stationed in the Demon Realm, secretly making a move?
Within the range of these nine cities, there were three Current Era True Lords openly known to be present: Pei Xinghe, commander of Jing's Calamity-Slaying Army; Han Que, a great general of Chu; and Helian Yuyi, a True Lord of Mu's imperial clan.
Of these True Lords, Pei Xinghe's formidable reputation needed no elaboration.
Han Que had been the commander of Chu's right wing in the Battle of River Valley. It was the collapse of the right wing under his command, with the routed soldiers rolling back into the