Could He Become a Demon Suppression General in Just Another Month?

Yang Xiao swept his gaze around the room.

Once he was sure he had missed nothing, he finally finished taking stock of everything he had gained during his month away.

The night had brought him a bountiful harvest.

Not only had he broken through to Perfected Core Condensation in one leap, leaving only a single Pill Pattern between him and the Pill-Pattern Realm, but his body tempering had reached the late Pill-Pattern Realm first.

After consuming every Mysterious Core Realm Demon Core, he had gained several useful traits and nurtured a treasure furnace within his body, brimming with Demon-Baleful Pill Fluid whose power he could draw on at any time.

Finally, Myriad Apertures Melt Heaven and the famed blade Shadowless occupied two Equipment Slots. He would have to kill a Mysterious Core Realm Demon to make their effects permanent and remove them.

The only pity was that the newly opened fifth Equipment Slot in his sea of consciousness remained empty.

Yang Xiao opened his eyes and looked at that slot.

Ordinary Core Condensation Stage Demon Cores were no longer much use to him.

The horizon had only just begun to pale.

Yang Xiao walked into the courtyard, washing up as he sorted through his thoughts.

It was time to ask the Demon-Slaying Battalion about Pill-Pattern Realm Demon Kings. Failing that, he could look for a Treasure Ground and see what opportunities it held.

By sunrise, the Demon-Slaying Battalion's main courtyard was already bustling.

The Deputy Generals gathered in twos and threes, discussing where they should go to hunt Demons.

Several clerks carried case files in and out, pages rustling loudly. A few people sat in a circle below the steps, chewing dried meat, while others leaned against the corridor pillars, laughing and talking about which Demons had thinner hides and