If one insisted on identifying the ruins of the Second Heavenly Demon War, then the entire Northern Abyss Islands, along with Beiyou Prefecture on the Eastern Continent, could qualify.
But the ruins Cheng Yu and Niu Ba spoke of were naturally not those places, but the Demon Race's Beijing City.
Over ten thousand years ago, the Myriad Races of the Eternal True World had played out countless stirring, tragic tales in Beijing City.
The Demon Race's Beijing City had also been the most crucial location in the Second Heavenly Demon War.
Almost every autobiography of a major figure among the Myriad Races who had participated in the Second Heavenly Demon War mentioned this place.
It had also been the war's fiercest and most brutal battlefield.
Over time, when people spoke of the ruins of the Second Heavenly Demon War, they came to mean the area outside the Demon Race's Beijing City.
It was also here that one could most clearly behold a sight otherwise found only in the legends of the Myriad Races.
After arriving in Beijing City, Cheng Yu first took Niu Ba out for a meal of local specialties. After getting a feel for what the Demon Race's Beijing City looked like ten thousand years later, he took Niu Ba up to the top of the central city wall.
Looking at the soldier leading the way, then at the Jade Token in his hand, Cheng Yu once again admired his own judgment.
Without this thing, he might still have been fretting over how to reach the Northern Abyss Islands. How could he possibly have enjoyed the freedom he had now, going practically wherever he pleased?
The central city wall was the second-highest structure in Beijing City. The highest, of course, was the central imperial palace.
Although Cheng