The sea was in turmoil. Smoke and flame filled a hundred thousand li of coastal waters, and battle cries shook the heavens.
At this moment, across nearly all the lands south of the great river, every sect of any standing had joined this sweeping war to eradicate demons. By contrast, the lands North of the Yangtze, only just recovering from the Demon Calamity and rebuilding amid the ruins, were somewhat quieter.
Clearly, in True Lord Evolving Transformation's view, this final campaign to sweep away the Demon Tide and end the Demon Calamity was the responsibility of the cultivators south of the river. One could tell from the fact that, despite warfare of such magnificent scope and deployments of such unparalleled scale, he had not breathed a word of it to the northern sects.
Of course, it depended on how one looked at it. This could also be understood as the True Lord's care for the north. After all, the north was devastated, its vitality severely depleted by the Demon Tide, and could hardly offer much assistance. Besides, the journey was long, and so many cultivators passing through would attract too much attention. Without advance deployment, it would be difficult to catch the overseas demons off guard; with advance deployment, word could easily leak out.
Yet reasonable as that was, when those left out gazed toward the Southeast and saw waters surging, furious waves charging skyward, and magical radiance stretching in unbroken swathes like rainbows and rosy clouds, many could not help yearning to be there.
This was the final battle to end the Demon Calamity once and for all and usher in a flourishing age of peace!
In this battle, they would slay a dragon!
Thus, after detecting the violent upheaval of spiritual energy in the southeastern seas, many northern