Time flew like an arrow. Before they knew it, another five years had passed, and the Myriad Demon Gathering was fast approaching.
Li Ling and Mu Qingsi traveled through the various territories, passing back and forth through other Demon Kings' domains. Their footprints covered every corner of the Bashan Demon Kingdom's Southern Borderlands, and they befriended all manner of foxes and hounds, jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards.
All of this laid the groundwork for attending the Myriad Demon Gathering and gaining entry into the Demon Kingdom as a matter of course.
"Fellow Daoist Li, oh, Fellow Daoist Li! We've waited for the stars and waited for the moon, and at last you're here!"
At that moment, outside Yellow Hornet Territory in the central Bashan Demon Kingdom, some thirty thousand li from Partridge Ridge, a towering Bear Demon repeatedly bowed with his hands clasped.
He had a bear's head and a human body, and wore a loose, garishly colored garment that barely fit and looked rather like a theatrical robe. Like a circus bear performing with all his might, he looked quite comical.
But he was no ordinary figure. He was Xiong Ba, the Great Demon King who ruled Yellow Hornet Territory, whose power and strength were not a whit inferior to Yu Kai's.
Li Ling had deliberately brought Hundred-Flavors Incense here. Sure enough, it had won Xiong Ba's appreciation, and he had treated Li Ling as an honored guest. This was already their third visit.
"Fellow Daoist Li, little sister Qingsi, my king has been enjoying the fragrant honey blended with Hundred-Flavors Incense lately, and he simply can't praise it enough. Thank goodness you arrived in time. If the supply had run out, I wouldn't have known how to answer to him."
As Great Demon King Xiong Ba greeted them,