The next day, they went out to search for the Soul-Calming Pearl as usual.
Qin Ye set up an array to trap Song Tan, while Hanying stayed at the Qin residence to look after him.
Ning Xiang had asked Hanying about Zhu Yu and learned that, in his youth, he too had fought his way through blood-soaked winds and rains.
Zhu Yu had ascended the throne at fourteen. At the time, no one in the Demon Domain accepted his rule. His uncle Zhu Heng had even allied with the domain's various tribes to pressure Zhu Yu, intending to force him to abdicate.
Back then, Zhu Yu had been utterly isolated, without a soul to help him. His uncle had mocked him, saying that if he knelt and crawled from the Lotus Palace to the gates of Danyang City, he would spare his life.
Everyone had thought that a fourteen-year-old boy would either cling to life at any cost or act rashly, unable to bear the humiliation, and slit his own throat. No one had expected that madman Zhu Yu to challenge his uncle with no regard for his own life.
Either Zhu Yu would die, or his opponent would.
No one had believed in Zhu Yu. They had thought it was merely an ant's dying struggle.
Yet precisely because Zhu Yu fought without fear of death and left himself no path of retreat, even with not a single patch of intact flesh on his body, even after nearly losing his life, he had finally driven the God-Subduing Mace into Zhu Heng's heart.
After Zhu Heng's death, Zhu Yu had killed the leaders of three more tribes. His bloodthirsty, coldly ruthless methods had struck terror into everyone in the Demon Domain.
As for why Zhu Yu lost all his power and