A sword swept across the sky, its light flying over Dianwen, from Southern Dian to Central Kang.
Affairs had no constant course, and water had no constant shape.
Cheng Xinzhan had chosen to remain in the southwest after rescuing Gu Yi to bring his journey there to a conclusion. He had come to the southwest for two purposes: to understand Xuanmen, and to slay demons and defend the Dao.
Ten years had passed in a flash, and he now considered himself to have a general understanding of Xuanmen. Yet he felt he had accomplished little in slaying demons and defending the Dao. Merely killing some Demon Monks in Western Kham and demons inside the Demon-Locking Tower was far from enough, in his eyes.
At his current realm, he naturally could not speak of quelling the demonic turmoil, but he should at least do something like overturning Heavenly Scabbard Mountain: uproot a demonic sect at its source and restore peace to a region.
That was why he had chosen to stay.
Initially, his target had been either the White Bone Chan Cloister or Suspended Heart Temple. He had killed so many Demon Monks cultivating the Eight Sufferings in Western Kham that he knew both places well, and the surviving remnants of Western Kham's Demon Monks had gathered in those two places.
But Wu Qingbo's tribulation had made him postpone the matter. While standing guard, he had then conceived the impromptu idea of stirring up a storm on Limitless Mountain or Ailao Mountain, both to hone his skills by killing demons and to churn the stagnant waters of the southwest, which had lain quiet for several years, seeking opportunities for further demon-slaying.
Yet by chance, he had discovered an excellent chess piece in Wan Gaoming. Coupled with the Five Poisons demonic sect