Three months after the Great Strife War ended, the territory agreed upon by the two paths' highest authorities officially became part of the demonic lands.
Because the war had inflicted the greatest losses upon cultivators within the demonic path, Bai Di issued policies throughout the demonic lands to allow them to rest and recuperate.
Using the wealth left behind by the Azure Flame Demon Venerable and the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord, along with the newly acquired territory, he rewarded the demonic path's cultivators.
With ample cultivation resources available, demonic cultivators eased their oppression and exploitation of the common people in the demonic lands, allowing them to multiply and thrive in peace within the newly acquired territory.
Whatever Bai Di and the demonic cultivators' original intentions might have been, after enduring the flames of war, the ordinary people of these demonic lands could finally enjoy a long stretch of peaceful days.
A month later, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, which had kept its doors shut throughout the Great Strife War, reopened. Lingxiao Dao Academy also released the newly issued Heavenly Talent Ranking after the Great Strife War to the Canglan Righteous Path across Azure Waves.
Due to the cultivator casualties caused by the war, as well as some of the top-ranked talents having already attained the Dao and broken through into the True Intent Realm, the Heavenly Talent Ranking released by the Dao Academy this time had changed enormously compared to before the war.
First came the latest talents on the Golden Roll's front page.
There were nine people in total who had made the front page in this newly released Heavenly Talent Ranking.
The rankings were more or less the same as what Yang Yuanhong and Long Yuan had once discussed while gazing out at the sea.
Xiao Huai and Long