Published: August 10, 2026
"The plan to divert the disaster eastward has worked. The ten-year garrison mission is over."
"In the blink of an eye, it's already been ten years."
On this day, Liu Yu rarely patrolled the city walls in person.
Looking over the battered Tianyi District City, his gaze swept across many injured cultivators, yet there was not the slightest ripple in his heart.
Unknowingly, after facing tens of thousands upon tens of thousands of deaths, Liu Yu no longer felt anything at all.
Wherever he passed, the praise and admiration of countless cultivators were like a breeze brushing by, bringing him no joy whatsoever.
"The strong are strong, the weak are weak. Power and beauty are all mere appendages of strength."
"Love is a technique, emotion is a channel, and slaughter is a means."
"Only immortality and truth are the only things worth pursuing."
Standing on the city wall, Liu Yu gazed into the distance and saw countless demonic beasts retreating like a receding tide.
Behind him, Ink Plum, Yellow Brow, Kongzhao, and Purple Rainbow followed closely, their expressions likewise showing little reaction.
For this team, merely holding Tianyi District City was nothing worth celebrating.
The war between humans and demons was far from over; it had only just begun.
When they returned to the rear, they would still face even greater challenges, and the danger might not be any less than at the front lines.
Could the "council system" be abolished?
Could the "elders' system" be implemented?
As things stood, everything was still unknown.
With cultivation and strength at Liu Yu's level, whether he kept a low profile or not, he would inevitably be suppressed by Heavenly Thunder Palace, just like Primordial Master in the righteous path regions.
So he naturally stood on the opposite side of Heavenly Thunder Palace and had to abolish the current system.
Otherwise, there would never be peace. He would likely have to keep going to the front lines, forever facing threats from both within the Human Race and from the demonic race.
Perhaps he should act like a true demon and give up everything, hide his identity, find a place to cultivate until the divine transformation realm before coming out again.
That would also be a decent choice.
However, if he did that, then with only Yan Kai, there would be no way to withstand the punishment for "deserting." Yuan Yang Sect would soon be ruined.
Liu Yu had grown up in the sect since childhood, and Heavenly Wind Ancestor had personally handed the sect over to him, so he had to admit he still had some attachments.
Unless absolutely necessary, he would not do such a thing.
He was not a true demon, nor did he intend to become such a cultivator. He did not care about any one person in the sect, but rather about the sect itself.
Besides, the sect had a fourth-tier high quality spiritual vein. As long as a formation was arranged and vast amounts of spiritual stones were consumed, the spiritual energy density could temporarily be raised to fifth stage, meeting the environmental requirements for attempting to break through to divine transformation. It was currently the best cultivation environment.
All fourth stage spiritual veins in Tian Nan already belonged to someone. If he chose the path of hiding his identity, he would still have to spend prime energy to create a spiritual vein environment, which would be a bit too wasteful.
Considering all factors, Liu Yu still leaned toward solving the problem rather than avoiding it.
"Greetings, ancestor. Greetings, seniors."
Li Buyu hurried over to pay her respects, then slowly reported the casualties among the sect disciples.
Although the war between humans and demons had not yet ended and the demonic race could at any time gather forces to launch another attack, their mission had been completed, and the postwar summary report was already out.
"When we arrived, there were three thousand outer sect disciples, eight hundred inner sect disciples, one hundred foundation establishment stewards, and ten Golden Core Elders."
"Currently, there are still one thousand nine hundred and thirty outer sect disciples, and five hundred and eighty inner sect disciples remaining."