"Lianshan has indeed gone to Hermit Mountain..."
Almost at the very moment Grand Elder Lianshan appeared in Anshan City, where the Han Household was based, Sun Zhuo suddenly spoke in Demon-Suppression City, addressing the many branch chiefs, hall masters, Demon-Subduing Envoys, Wind-Catching Envoys, and Shadow-Capturing Envoys in the hall.
He rose abruptly, genuine excitement in his voice as he told them, "Then it is time for us to act as well!"
At Sun Zhuo's command, the various halls, led by Azure Cloud Sect disciples such as Wu Longjie, Lu Feiyang, Xie Fei, Zhou Renxiong, Wu Ming, An Yun, and Hu Hai, and supported by elites from the great sects and aristocratic clans, all received their orders through Communication Arrays. Across the Spirit-Taming World, they simultaneously launched sweeping demon-purging operations in different market districts and cities.
The Demon Sect's forces consisted of more than just experts like the head of the Han Household, who had established aristocratic clans under the guise of grassroots strongmen, entrenched themselves in particular regions, and seized ore veins and resources. Far more were human rank disciples roaming the world in search of secluded wonders and hidden mysteries, down-and-out rogue cultivators, and even commoners in the Mortal World.
Once the Heavenly Dao Alliance began purging the Demon Sect's upper ranks, these forces lurking in the wilderness would surely be mobilized, wreaking immense destruction upon the foundations through which the Ten Sects and Five Households ruled the world.
As a force within the Righteous Alliance, the Heavenly Dao Alliance's foremost mission was to suppress such unrest and prevent the Demon Sect's counterattack from damaging the order of the present age.
Meanwhile, in the satellite city belonging to the Warrior Administration outside the Azure Cloud Sect's headquarters, Wang Zhu, Shang Jingyun, Wang Ran, Ding Yuanlong, and the other senior