All sides stirred, moving with lightning speed.
Several days passed in a flash. Suddenly, the thunder of hooves rang out below Jade Void Peak.
At last, that evening, eighty thousand elite troops from three provinces of Great Ming arrived at the foot of Kunlun Mountain in Qinghai.
The setting sun was blood-red.
The forces from the three provinces converged below Jade Void Peak like three torrents of steel.
Jade Void Peak stood on the western side of Kunlun Mountain, with the surrounding mountains as its throne, towering into the clouds. Named after the Jade Void Fairy of Kunlun mythology, it was one of the centers of Daoist pilgrimage.
In ancient times, the sacred Daoist Jade Void Palace had maintained its sanctuary here. Seas had turned to fields and ages had passed, and now the place had become the Demon Cult's stronghold instead. One could only marvel at the fickleness of worldly affairs.
The Demon Cult's Main Altar, the Heavenly Demon Platform, stood atop Jade Void Peak.
The rider leading the Shaanxi army broke away from the cavalry formation. Clad in the [Soaring Dragon Armor] and holding the [God-Slaying Spear], he looked extraordinarily valiant. The man was like a tiger, his horse like a dragon, and his imposing presence rivaled that of the thousands of troops behind him.
Cao Jinxing pulled on the reins, and his warhorse reared, lifting both forelegs high.
"Whoa!"
Cao Jinxing stopped, and the general commanding the Shaanxi army behind him immediately ordered the troops to halt.
The three forces naturally converged, eighty thousand soldiers standing in orderly ranks, their killing intent hanging heavy in the air!
"My lord!"
All the commanders had received their orders beforehand: in this campaign against the Demon Cult, Cao Jinxing was to take precedence in all matters. They dismounted and approached