Jiang Ding reviewed and dealt with the government affairs that had piled up over the years.
Then a report caught his eye, and his gaze paused.
It was a brief battle report. A sword cultivator had encountered the Seven-Step Divine Heir and led the Tushan Maid Corps against him. She had lost and died. The battle-hardened Tu Shan Maidservants under her command had been wiped out. Not one had survived.
It was brief, and it was nothing unusual.
War was dangerous and came with death. Sword cultivation was an especially perilous calling, all the more so for the Great Sun Sword Heir's sword cultivators. Death was commonplace.
The sword cultivator who had died was named Yun Ji.
She had fallen in battle.
Her death had not hindered the growth of the Tushan Maid Corps. Before setting out, the head maid had arranged everything. After she fell, the next Tu Shan Maidservant in line inherited her name, Yun Ji, along with all her accumulated experience, then continued the campaign.
There was already a second Yun Ji.
"May your journey be peaceful."
"You lived a life devoted to the sword without regret."
Jiang Ding sighed softly and offered her his blessing.
He looked into the Divine Heir who had killed the first Yun Ji.
His name was the Soulflame Divine Heir. He served under the Solar God Heir and appeared to be a member of the Solar God Court then being established. After the living beings of the Golden Crow Starfield were defeated, they had fled in all directions. The Soulflame Divine Heir had ended up in the Skyfire Star Domain near the Vermilion Bird Star Domain.
Indeed, over ten thousand years of campaigns by countless sword cultivators and Tu Shan Maidservants, the entire Vermilion Bird Star Domain had been cleared. They