The main force carrying out the mission was an independent hall under the Heavenly Dao Alliance known as Hard Jade Hall, led by Xiao Yuheng, an elder of the Spirit Taming Sect.
The elder had established this hall under orders, recruiting and selecting talent from all quarters in the Heavenly Dao Alliance's name. Whether disciples of the Five Great Righteous Sects, elites from the grassroots, or scions of aristocratic clans, anyone determined to slay demons and act on Heaven's behalf could join. Xiao Yuheng also applied to his superiors in the Heavenly Dao Alliance for funding and personally handled their salaries and subsidies.
Xiao Yuheng was a ninth transformation expert who had made his name many years ago, a renowned master in his own right, yet his cultivation was insufficient to enter the Spirit Taming Sect's Elders' Council. He had therefore devoted all his energy to running this hall. After more than twenty years, it had flourished, becoming a powerful force of the righteous path that had risen unexpectedly in recent years.
Under his command were eighteen earth rank experts, over a hundred half-step earth rank cultivators, and thousands of elite spirit tamers.
Even the weakest among them were seasoned combat experts at human rank seven turns or above, matching the standard of disciples who had completed their inner sect training. Every one of them cultivated both the Transformation Dao and the Manifestation Dao. Some had even undergone modification through the warrior method, acquiring powerful dharma lineages suited to warfare.
Assisting Xiao Yuheng was a group of Warrior Hall disciplinary officers led by Wang Ran, Ding Yuanlong, and others.
They had come to fight here as Azure Cloud Sect members.
Over the past twenty years, the demonized warrior path had been curbed, but its spread had remained inevitable.
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