Dawn had broken in the east, but the sun had yet to rise when Zhou Hen woke Li Qingxian. Taking the three people in his room with him, Li Qingxian headed to the ritual altar in the rear courtyard of Chunfeng Residence.
Stepping through the courtyard gate, Li Qingxian looked at Zhou Chunfeng's back and asked, "Uncle Zhou, how did the battle go?"
Zhou Chunfeng turned around, coughed lightly, and said, "It's blown up."
"What happened?" Li Qingxian's eyes lit up.
"Last time, the Mud Society targeted the Heavenly Prison only to rescue the Mud Hermit. This time, many prisoners inside had been conspiring for a long time, with several outside factions secretly helping them. Not many escaped, but their ranks were extremely high-the opposite of last time. Still, what matters most isn't how many escaped, but who. Guess who was among them?"
"How could I possibly guess?" Li Qingxian asked.
"The Jiangcheng Prince."
"Huh? What? Didn't the Jiangcheng Prince betray... I..." Li Qingxian and everyone else stared, dumbfounded.
Li Qingxian was utterly bewildered. Slowly, he said, "Let's sort this out. Three years ago, the Jiangcheng Prince suffered cultivation deviation and slaughtered people throughout the city. After regaining his senses, he compounded one mistake with another and headed north to join the Demon Race. Fortunately, the court learned of it beforehand, and several experts joined forces to kill him before he reached the Great River. The Jiangcheng Prince didn't die?"
Zhou Chunfeng gave a mysterious smile. "Not only did he survive! After the great experts from various factions entered the Heavenly Prison, the Jiangcheng Prince suddenly appeared and furiously denounced Devil-Transforming Mountain for its utter depravity. Because they coveted his martial arts, they sent two first-rank experts to ambush and capture him, then had someone impersonate him to massacre the