A month had passed since the Ice Wolf King's invasion of the Western Country with his Ice Wolf Army.
Over that month, the yokai of the Western Country seemed to have gone into hiding, abandoning their usual swagger.
That battle had fully revealed the Demon Wolf Tribe's strength as a ruling clan, teaching the yokai of the Western Country a profound lesson.
In this era, no yokai could halt the advance of Mingye of the Demon Wolf Tribe, the overlord of the Western Country.
Everything seemed calm, as though peace had returned.
But that was impossible in the Demon World. It was simply that Mingye and the Demon Wolf Tribe's presence weighed too heavily on everyone for now.
To avoid provoking the Demon Wolf Tribe, the other yokai clans had willingly gone into hiding.
Of course, some yokai born from the evil energy of war, or those with little intelligence, still roamed outside.
These yokai were weak enough that even a slightly stronger human armed with a weapon might defeat them.
Construction of Demon Wolf Castle on Bluestone Mountain was in full swing. With over thirteen thousand Ice Wolf prisoners building a single city, progress was swift.
Within a month, it had already begun to take on the imposing shape of a colossal beast.
The wolf tribe's influence grew ever stronger, even threatening to surpass the Dog Tribe's standing in some respects.
News that Tōga, the Dog Tribe's overlord, had suffered grievous injuries that were extremely difficult to heal had spread far and wide.
After all, given his desperate search for medicinal herbs and treasures, combined with his earlier battle in which he had fought and slain three mighty Great Yokai alone, keeping it hidden for this long was impossible.
For a time, the yokai in the other half of