Ji Xuan slew six Half-Saints in succession, dousing the menacing army of Supernatural Creatures from Beast Domain No. 8 like a bucket of ice water poured over a raging fire.
Reportedly, he had killed their Half-Saints in front of all the Supernatural Creatures.
After this, the army of Supernatural Creatures from Beast Domain No. 8 showed signs of retreating for the first time.
Not only did they abandon their advance, but they also withdrew from the already-destroyed Zhoutian City and Bloodslaughter City, returning to Youhan City, which they had occupied at the outset.
They seemed to have become more subdued, holding their ground in Youhan City without launching further attacks. Yet they did not retreat any farther or leave the No. 47 Beast Domain, seemingly waiting for the Saints presiding over Beast Domain No. 8 to decide whether to continue the war.
Ji Xuan, who had brought all of this about, received the worshipful admiration of the humans in the No. 47 Beast Domain, though he himself had little interest in it.
Ji Xuan accepted only a temporary residence in Cloud-Gathering City provided by Fang Canghai. He refused all visitors, staying in his residence except for occasional trips to the Starfire Foster Shop in Cloud-Gathering City to pit his skills against Xu Ran's Skybreaker Six Blades.
Meanwhile, Xu Ran had not been idle either.
Once the crisis had temporarily eased, he immediately used the Starfire Foster Shop's teleportation function to visit the other three branches in the No. 47 Beast Domain and learn about the battle, particularly the branch in Demonwood City.
That branch had changed locations when the Demonwood Half-Saint relocated the entire Demonwood Domain. After teleporting over, Xu Ran tried to visit the Demonwood Half-Saint, only to be told that the Half-Saint had never returned after that great