Over the past half year, Liang Zhaohuang and the others had rescued sixty or seventy commandery clans, gathering tens of thousands of cultivators. It was obviously impossible to transport them all back to Liu Province aboard Liu Xuanji's single Cloud Ship.
Thus, on their return journey to Liu Province, they still had to march overland.
The Thousand Ape Wild Forest lay nearly a million li from Liu Province. When Liang Zhaohuang and the others had come before, the Demon Race had offered almost no resistance along the way, yet the journey had still taken several months.
Now, however, their force was larger, their numbers greater, and their pace slower. Moreover, most of the route had already fallen within the shroud of the Demon Realm Underworld. They frequently encountered attacks from all manner of Demonic Beasts, and even Devil Lords.
Though Liang Zhaohuang and the other Nascent Soul True Lords were there to hold the line, and tens of thousands of cultivators formed battle formations to charge and fight, the attacking Demonic Beasts and Devil Lords were generally unable to inflict much harm or loss upon them.
Yet the Demonic Beasts feared neither life nor death, attacking in an endless stream without intelligence. This undoubtedly slowed their advance considerably.
Fighting and slaughtering their way onward, Liang Zhaohuang and the others took more than half a year to finally reach the vicinity of Liu Province, less than thirty thousand li from the Azure Roc Mountains.
"Once we're here, we can count ourselves safe."
Aboard the Liu Family's Cloud Ship, Liang Zhaohuang looked out over the surroundings, let out a soft breath, and spoke to the others.
Although the attacking Demonic Beasts and Devil Lords had not caused them serious losses along the way, the ceaseless assaults had exhausted everyone.
This was especially