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Yang Xiao rose from a Yamen Runner to a seven-aperture Qi Gathering cultivator while hunting demons and earning his place in the Demon Suppression Division. In Li Family Hamlet, he killed the Pig Demon and fed its meat to the villagers, leaving Li Tie uneasy about their gathering.
Yang Xiao killed the remaining demons of Three-Demon Mountain, joined the Qingzhou Demon Suppression Division, and partnered with Xu Qingshan to defeat the Painted-Skin Demon. After breaking into Liquid Condensation and strengthening his traits, Yang Xiao learned that Jiang Chen was connected to a new case involving bloodless corpses and missing ships.
Yang Xiao joined the campaign at Guanlan River, where he killed powerful demons, captured Jiang Chen, and defeated the Flood Dragon Lord. Promoted to Deputy General, he advanced into the Aperture-Penetration Realm and took command of a unit sent to investigate Golden Buddha Temple in Cloud Fir Commandery.
Yang Xiao exposed Golden Buddha Temple’s crimes, then grew stronger while helping the Mystic Bone Sect defeat the Bear Mountain Lord. He joined the campaign against the Seven Demons of She Mountain in Azure Mist City, where their ambush left Gu Chenshan’s squad captured.
Yang Xiao killed demons threatening Azure Mist City and Longwind Commandery, then traveled with Yan Tieyi to Sword-Hiding Mountain for the Hundred Swords Return to the Pool Assembly. When the Sword Embryo vanished and Xu Qinglan was blamed, their search led them into a cave where they fought a Jade-Ridge Silkweaver Spider and began to suspect Gu Han.
Yang Xiao exposed Gu Han’s treachery, grew stronger through the Sword-Hiding Mountain and his breakthrough, then took on a drought crisis in Tangkou Township. He killed Third Lord Jiao and the Little Dragon King, restored the township’s water, and returned to report his success.
Yang Xiao earned his place as Pei Xuance’s deputy general by defeating the Stone Kui and thwarting the Wind Falcon Demon King’s plan to bury Baisha Commandery. Sent to Zhenshan Commandery, he began fighting the Mountain Ridge Demon King as miners remained trapped underground.
Yang Xiao hunted powerful Demon Kings, gathered five pill patterns, and broke through to the Core Illumination Realm. After Pei Xuance appointed him Qingzhou’s fourteenth Demon Suppression General, the Division formally welcomed him into the role.
Yang Xiao took up his post as a Demon Suppression General and hunted down several Demon Kings across Qingzhou, uncovering Lady Musk’s ties to the Hundred-Thousand Demon Mountains. The Yellow Wind Demon King sought Master Xuanzhen’s help, while Yang Xiao confronted the Flame-Tailed Lion King after rescuing a town from a fire.
Yang Xiao hunted the demons threatening Qingzhou, reached the Dao-Infant Realm, and killed the Yellow Wind Demon King and Xuan Zhen. With Qingzhou recovering and Pei Xuance unable to leave, Yang Xiao set out with Governor Qin for Cuiyun Circuit to seek Spiritual Roots.
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