The Black Desolation lay far away. Even at Ji Yuan's current speed, it would not be possible to reach the Black Desolation from Cloud Continent in a moment or two. Yet the demons within the Black Desolation had already poured forth in swarms.
Compared to the darkness in the Southern Wilderness Mountains that covered the sky and sun, the Black Desolation appeared to possess a measure of light. Yet this light was not bright and upright illumination, but the evil sunlight cast by the Evil Sun Star. And against the Black Desolation, whose danger far surpassed that of the Southern Wilderness—indeed, to an immeasurable degree—the heaviest burden truly fell upon Tianyuzhou.
If one were to ask which continent now had the fewest demons, it would undoubtedly be Tianyuzhou. Back when demons wreaked havoc across the land, Tianyuzhou had suffered bitterly. Yet after the flourishing of humanity's civil and martial fortunes, the spirit of martial valor throughout Tianyuzhou's mortal realm had become exceptionally intense.
Nine out of every ten children of suitable age in Tianyuzhou had certainly encountered martial arts from a young age. Not only was the folk martial tradition at its height, but many regarded joining the army as an honor, and the Path of Military Strategists flourished to an extraordinary degree. Apart from a handful of true founders, such as Yin Chong, who had produced Military Treatises and established the Path of Military Strategists, Tianyuzhou stood unrivaled in the world in terms of its core strength in this path—both quality and quantity.
Though their emotions were not as exaggerated as those of Great Zhen's New Citizens, the people of Tianyuzhou—whether among the common folk or throughout the courts and public of every nation—hated demons to the extreme. For many years, they had spared no effort in exterminating every