Intent on Su San, the New Circuit Censorate

Not long after Su Che was received into Yellow Heaven Sect by Yulizi, the news spread like wildfire. After all, such matters could never be kept hidden.

Yet that was not the only change. First and foremost, the court's reinforcements had finally arrived.

The court's reinforcements, along with the newly appointed Cizhou Branch Censorate, arrived belatedly. Armor stretched to the horizon, banners blotted out the sky. Du Ling, Great Liang's heavy commander on the front against the Northern Dynasties—the General Who Conquered the East and Governor of Xu Province—had withdrawn from the northern line with his troops and entered Ci Prefecture.

Great Liang and the Northern Dynasties faced one another across north and south, and Xu Province lay at the easternmost end of this front. Du Ling had held the eastern line for many years; that alone was proof enough of his strength and capability.

Before long, two more generals arrived with troops: Cloud-Pennant General Li Liang and Strong Crossbow General Wu Sheng. Great Liang's royal army gathered within Ci Prefecture City, making it as impregnable as a fortress of gold.

Not long after Ci Prefecture's situation stabilized, the court sent another envoy. The envoy was a powerful eunuch from the palace. Not only did he convey orders for Xiong Shou to return to the capital and report, he also brought along someone Su Che knew well.

Li Yizhen, who had once lost an arm and fled in panic, returned to Ci Prefecture as a Circuit Inspector. The first thing he did was manufacture a massive prison case.

It was a purge aimed at the Imperial Demon Hunters system.

First, Shi Chibao, the Imperial Demon Hunters' current public-facing leader, was thrown into prison on charges of corruption and dereliction of duty. The Ci Prefecture Thousand-Household Office was stripped of all