Thousand Ox Demon City stood beside a great river within the Demon Country. What the river had originally been called was no longer known; only because it was now occupied by the ox demon clan was it known throughout the Demon Country as the Ox Demon River.
After cleaning up the previous battlefield and plundering the surrounding resources and treasures, the forces of the Immortal Dynasty's various provinces and clan families basically split into five groups. One was the central Immortal Dynasty force of the imperial family and royal clans led by the Southern Suppressing King, while the other four were clan forces centered on the four first-rank aristocratic families.
The five forces spread out in a fan formation, thousands of li apart. They supported one another to ensure they could promptly reinforce any group, even as each advanced into the Demon Country along its own route.
At this time, the Liang Family's Black Lotus Ship Cloud Ship led the Liu Province force in following the Yang Province Yang Family's troops, arriving at Thousand Ox Demon City before the Ox Demon River.
Like the Liang Family, the aristocratic clans following around the Yang Family included the Flame Province Wang Family, the Jing Province Chu Family, and the Jiao Province Hu Family, along with the forces of the three provinces they led.
At this time, under the Yang Family's command, the Liang, Wang, Chu, and Hu Families led their provincial forces to positions on all four sides of Thousand Ox Demon City, surrounding and suppressing it completely.
Meanwhile, the Yang Family sailed its Cloud Ship directly down into the Ox Demon River outside the demon city, suppressing the entire river.
Only then did Liang Zhaohuang discover that the Yang Family's Cloud Ship was amphibious. It could transform into a Cloud Ship