After the battle for Northern Capital, the Northern Plains finally settled down.
The various armies of Tushan Central Court scattered in every direction and began purging the remaining demon beasts across the Northern Plains. Any demon beast that ate humans was executed without exception.
Conversely, demon beasts that did not eat humans were lightly spared and recognized as cultivators.
—There were still some of them.
For example, many spirit plant demon beasts; oddities among carnivorous races; the impoverished. Once a population grew large enough, every sort of demon could be found, and thus they survived by this means.
For these non-human-eating demon beasts, Tushan Central Court's armies warned them to behave themselves and abide by the Tu Shan Code.
Naturally, many cultivators did not understand and even detested this policy of admitting non-human-eating demon beasts, but that did not prevent them from carrying it out.
The law-enforcement recording artifacts and treasures carried by every cultivator monitored everything. The will of the upper ranks could easily reach the lowest levels, leaving very little room for deception.
That day, Jiang Ding left the Six Paths Sect and concealed himself in the sky. He saw a group of four-tailed foxes who had not eaten humans being spared by Tushan Central Court's army and settled in a place recognized by Tushan Central Court.
"Embrace all rivers, and the sea becomes vast for its tolerance..."
Jiang Ding muttered to himself.
He saw that these four-tailed fox tribespeople were poor and bedraggled, their strength no more than Foundation Establishment and Qi Refinement. On the surface, they were deeply grateful to the Tushan Central Court army that had spared them, but deep in their hearts, intense hatred lay buried.
This was perfectly normal. Among foxes, eating humans was as ordinary as breathing. Their parents, children, and siblings