Leaving (7.2k, counts as two chapters combined; more words tomorrow, so there won't be a separate chapter update)

"Many parts of the old True Martial Sutra are too brief, leaving practitioners knowing what to do but not why, hampering their progress. From now on, the new True Martial Sutra shall be the standard. Erect steles inscribed with it in every tribe and spread it far and wide. Anyone who obstructs this shall be killed without mercy!"

"All who reach the fifth tier may enter the capital directly and receive my guidance! No tribal chief may obstruct them. Anyone who disobeys shall be killed without mercy!"

"The laws are strict and clear. Do not violate them... violators shall be killed without mercy!"

The voice, its sharp edge fully bared, resounded through the simple, newly built wooden hut.

Then one Witch Person after another hurried out of the hut, their expressions grave.

At that moment, they all knew that with the previous Witch Lord's ascension and the sudden emergence of a new Witch Lord to take power, the entire Witch Tribe would undergo an unimaginable upheaval.

Inside the wooden hut.

Chonghua looked at the bamboo slips before him and could not help frowning.

"I should have had Yi'an and the others stay to help for a while first..."

Even governing a village involved countless tedious matters, let alone the Witch Tribe, which occupied an entire continent. Matters great and small, at every level, consumed far too much attention. Though he felt no fatigue, dealing with them left him rather impatient.

Yet after all these years of separate tribal rule, the Witch People had long grown accustomed to idleness. The speed and efficiency with which they handled these miscellaneous tasks were truly too low.

"No wonder Yi'an couldn't bring about greater changes here despite spending all these years here..."

A faint understanding dawned in Chonghua's mind.

Destroying everyone on this continent