Outside the Heavenly Firmament Army's main camp.
Jiang Youfei stood atop the Sixteen-Angled Sky-Floating Disc, with eighty thousand Heavenly Firmament Army banners fluttering behind her as she returned to camp.
The generals all wore helpless expressions.
Meow King lay at Jiang Youfei's feet, its brow tightly furrowed.
"I've used every bit of my brain and still can't figure out how Li Qingxian won. I'd even wanted to show off the strength of our Heavenly Firmament Army, but the army had barely set out, the pads under my feet hadn't even warmed up, and he'd already won?"
Jiang Youfei's gaze was calm, though puzzlement flickered in her eyes from time to time.
"Forget it, no more thinking about it. He managed Burning Ten Thousand Devils; killing off the demon army is nothing much. We'll watch the artifact recording when we get back. No matter what, his cultivation methods and mechanisms truly are different..."
Meow King rose to her feet, her bright golden eyes sweeping across the eighty thousand troops behind her.
The Heavenly Firmament Army generals all clenched their buttocks.
The enormous jet-black mother leopard shouted, "Listen up, all of you! From today onward, train harder. This king will personally supervise you. Whoever dares slack off in cultivation will get a claw from me first! Shout with me: Protect the Human Race, crush the Demon Race!"
Eighty thousand soldiers shouted together with a black leopard demon, "Protect the Human Race, crush the Demon Race!"
Meow King nodded in satisfaction.
Heaven's Mandate Sect.
The Grand Elder's face was slightly pale as he sat within the Heaven's Mandate Grand Hall.
The other elders remained silent.
"I want to know this: I merely entered seclusion to heal my wounds for a few short months, so how did Li Qingxian become lord of Taigu City?