Northern Julu Continent, the Skyreach Mountain region.
Barren mountains and foul waters bred demonic evil. That had always been an iron law of the Three Realms, and demonic energy soared into the skies over Skyreach Mountain.
Yet anyone who investigated the place closely would marvel at how Demonkind had wised up long ago and learned every trick in the Heavenly Court's playbook.
Across the several thousand miles surrounding Skyreach Mountain, every Mountain God, earth god, and River God had acquired a new face.
Demonkind had brazenly usurped the seats of the gods.
They ordinarily sat in their mansions, enjoying the prostrations and worship of the Mortal Realm's inhabitants. But whenever dirty, exhausting work arose-clearing waterways, moving mountains and filling valleys, bringing rain or vanquishing demons-the genuine Mountain Gods and earth gods were the ones sent out.
The legitimate gods had been reduced to laborers.
Meanwhile, the demons behind them had become lords who sat with their legs crossed and collected their cut?
Yet the region enjoyed favorable winds and timely rains, and on the first and fifteenth of every month, the merit and incense offerings due to the Heavenly Court arrived punctually, without the slightest shortfall.
On the surface, everything appeared peaceful and harmonious, without a single fault to pick out. In truth, the accounts beneath it all had rotted through. What the Heavenly Court received was merely one hair off nine oxen; the lion's share went to the demons impersonating gods in the middle.
If this continued, wouldn't Demonkind hollow out the Heavenly Court's entire foothold in Northern Julu Continent until it collapsed?
How could that be allowed?
It couldn't!
Jurisdiction over Skyreach Mountain had to return to the Heavenly Court.
Chen Wei intended to set the chaos right, punish the wicked and purge evil, and restore a clear,