The situation changed too quickly. The Demon Fiends had only just pursued from south to north before turning around and fleeing south again. But after escaping some distance and seeing that the killing star had not pursued them, they slowed down, ambling south.
Lie Xingye deliberately traveled slowly. He wanted everyone in Dianwen to see that he, the Five Poisons Heavenly King, had emerged.
"My worthy brother, I was trapped for rather too long. Tell me about the current situation in Dianwen."
Lie Xingye spoke.
Mu Longzhang also conjured a black dragon, which traveled alongside Lie Xingye's Dragon Centipede, while he sat cross-legged on its head. After hearing the question, he thought for a moment and said,
"Before you entered seclusion, elder brother, Dianwen's Demon Path forces were concentrated in three places: your Limitless Mountain and my Ailao Mountain occupied southern Dian, while the seventy-two caves of Rogue Cultivator demons at Wildman Mountain lay in Western Yunnan.
"As for the Righteous Path forces, northwestern Dian had two Chan Sect temples, Dragon Elephant Nunnery on Jade Dragon Mountain and Gantong Temple on Dian Cang Mountain. Central Dian had Doumu Pavilion on Weibao Mountain and Emei Other Residence on Biji Mountain; Western Yunnan had Great Snow Mountain Temple; southeastern Dian had Qilin Hall on Golden Bell Mountain; and northeastern Dian had a few small Daoist abbeys on Wumeng Mountain."
Lie Xingye nodded. That was right. Dianwen lay in a remote corner of the Divine Land's southwest. Beyond Wildman Mountain, farther southwest, stretched a wilderness of ancient forests, where spiritual energy was even thinner than on Tubo's snowy plains. Mortals might venture there, but cultivators never would. That was also how Wildman Mountain had gotten its name: everyone living southwest of the mountain was called a wildman.
Precisely because it was remote and