On the second day after taking Lotus Mountain Pass, Fang Yun led the Pearl River Army's central, left, right, and rear divisions back, while its vanguard and the Deer Gate Army remained at the pass.
Wang Li, the Pearl River Army's vanguard general, temporarily remained at Lotus Mountain Pass as its commanding general, along with Xun Tianling.
Xun Tianling reflected on his recent gains and absorbed Literary Star Force. In a few days, he would seek out the Barbarian Kings around Lotus Mountain Pass to hone himself.
The great army returned south. On the morning of the first day of the fourth month, Pearl City's civil and military officials and over a hundred thousand residents, who had received word long before, went outside South City and gazed at the dark mass of troops ahead.
Only one great banner stood amid the returning Pearl River Army.
It was a somewhat weathered banner, blood-red with golden tassels along its edges. As the spring breeze stirred, it unfurled as though breaking open an Ancient Battlefield sealed away in the River of History, emerging with hundreds of millions of battle souls. Three black characters in Clerical Script showed faintly upon it.
Pearl River Army!
The blood-red banner snapped in the wind, stealing the colors of heaven and earth.
Behind the great banner came several Armored Ox carts, each piled high with the heads of the Barbarian Race.
The instant they saw the Pearl River Army Banner, many people of Pearl City felt their noses sting and tears slide down their faces. Some elderly people even burst into loud sobs.
Before long, Fang Yun led the army to the city gates.
Fang Yun rode a black Flood Dragon Horse at the very front of the army, with a man behind him holding the Pearl River