Shi Zhu worked with Shi Feiyang to hoist all three sections of the sea loach with the Six Roots Purity Bamboo. They let the Nine-Heaven Astral Wind blow over them, drying them into "dried earthworms," then sealed them inside the spirit bamboo.
Once this largest Monster beast had been dealt with, the rest were easy to handle. Shi Feiyang did not even need to act again; the Sword Immortals joined forces to either kill them or drive them away.
Soon, the winds ceased and the clouds dispersed over the Eastern Sea, revealing blue skies and white clouds once more.
This Monster beast invasion had merely been a probe by Chiyou. He probably had even more formidable Monster beasts waiting behind it.
For now, however, Shi Feiyang would remain in the Capital City and go nowhere until the young emperor finished refining the Ink Dragon Sword.
The days that followed were calm and peaceful. No more Monster beasts appeared in the Eastern Sea. The shamanic gu practitioners of the Southern Border were killed one by one by the Sword Immortals led by Jiang Shu, who demolished their altars and temples and wiped out their lairs. The Monster beasts in the mountains and wilderness either submitted to Fire Wuhai and were sent to Heaven Beyond Divine Mountain, or were burned to ash by true solar fire.
Over in the Northern Sea, however, something unexpected happened...
Zhu Youmu was far too powerful, and once Jiang Xuejun joined him, the two swept through their enemies with ever greater force, unstoppable.
The many Demon Kings, great shamans, giant Rong warriors, and others whom Chiyou had cultivated over the years could not withstand a single blow from the pair. They were crushed to pieces as easily as rotten wood and withered stalks.
He could not sit