As the days went by,
under the Great Yu Dynasty's iron-fisted crackdown, the remaining Holy Demon God Sect strongholds in its provinces, prefectures, and counties had nowhere left to hide.
The Demon Suppressing Division worked with local garrisons, searching and investigating one place after another.
Whenever they found a hideout, they swept in with a thunderous assault.
Xiao Qianjun was dead set on driving the Demon Cult out of Great Yu once and for all. He showed no mercy.
Meanwhile, even more Demon Cult strongholds chose to withdraw on their own after receiving secret orders from headquarters.
They destroyed their documents, took their resources, and quietly retreated beyond the Great Yu Dynasty's sphere of influence.
Some fled to neighboring dynasties; others hid deep in the mountains and forests of lawless regions...
Though the Great Yu Dynasty had spent considerable money and manpower on the campaign,
the military budget on the front lines was already strained. Now the dynasty was mobilizing forces nationwide. Nearly a million local soldiers had been drafted into the purge alone.
The expenditure on provisions, Pills, and weapons was beyond counting... and many people had even lost their lives. But the results were plain for all to see.
The Holy Demon God Sect, which had entrenched itself within the Great Yu Dynasty for years, had been uprooted.
These traitorous organizations that had thrown in their lot with demons and monsters had vanished entirely from Great Yu's borders.
And in the midst of it all, word that the former Crown Prince, Su Mingyuan, had colluded with the Demon Cult spread across the land.
The news sent shock waves through the imperial court and the common people alike.
Everyone understood why His Majesty had gone to such lengths.
Even the current Crown Prince had become the Demon Cult's inside