Time flies like an arrow.

Five years later.

Aquarius state.

As one of the 'Five Great States' in the Northwest.

Ever since the collapse of Daxuan decades ago.

The state of Aquarius has always been ruled by "demons", and in the past ten years, it has been built to be as solid as a rock.

but.
Everything changed when the Demon Hunting Bureau began its campaigns five years ago.

Aquarius, border.

The scorching sun burned the earth and the wind blew sand across the barren hills.

This ancient city gate was built with "Monster Forbidden Stone" as the basic material, brick by brick, and took three years to build.
Gradually, at the extreme west, it emerged from nothing.

In front of the city wall, there is an extremely old text written by the Great Demon Lord. Almost no one can recognize it.

Only from the tone of that extremely brilliant being did I learn that the two words were called "Zhenwu".

No one knows what the word means.

I only know that

Any demons that approach this city wall, no matter how high or low they are, will have their realm reduced by one level when they see the words "Great Hunting for the Demon Lord" left behind.

After several decades of practice and revival, the records of the years are extremely vague, and there is almost a saying for every place.

The Aquarius State has been ruled by demons for many years and has always been recorded as the "demon year".

Only two years ago.
The Great Demon Lord led his troops on a westward expedition, crossing the Wei River and dividing his troops into several routes.

The Zhaowu Army led by Luo Fuyao, the Wuwei Faction under Feng Zizai, the "Chess Master of the Ages" Xu Ruotong who defected from Dayin, and the Demon Hunting Department of this headquarters, plus several other powerful families and faction leaders who have cultivated semi-arts to the extreme, killed their way to the river bank!
Even though the three great demon ancestral temples had produced five true masters.
But, it was still smashed head-on.

Since.

The first year is when "Tongye Gong" inherits power.

The Aquarius state's calendar was changed, and power was also changed.

Those who had some supporters and followers in the three major demon clans had fled early and ran to their hometown in the northwest. The rest were just "rootless duckweed", the demon branches.

Their number is huge, like a thorn in the flesh, and they are extremely difficult to remove. At least it will take a very long time to do so.

Thus, the 'fifth year' of the hunt for the demon lord Li Taxian's westward expedition began, the eighth year of Tongye!

Every prefecture and city has people from the Demon Hunting Office who go there to take charge and recruit soldiers, intending to completely eradicate this state where demons have taken root for decades. In a short period of time, countless young heroes emerge.

When the huge city isolated from the 'Northwest Wasteland' began to stand.

The Great Demon Lord dispatched his own 'sword-holding maid', the already promising sword fairy 'Pei Nanbei', to serve as the city lord, and at the same time recruited the first generation of 'Demon-suppressing Border Army'.

This day.

A young man named Ye, whose ancestors were all oppressed by demons but he was unwilling to be mediocre, five years ago, in Aquarius Prefecture, served as a 'slave' under the throne of the guardian tiger of the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance.

In five years, he relied on practice to revive himself, and secretly learned and realized an innate method called "Dragon and Tiger True Gang", and became a great innate. He arrived at the Great Wall to Suppress Monsters, exhausted.

Nowadays, the Demon Hunting Bureau is recruiting personnel in various places, but compared to climbing up step by step in various cities and prefectures, it is obvious that joining the army has more room for progress and promotion when the country is still unstable.

The recruited troops on the city wall looked like a long dragon.

"Name?"

"Ye Cang."

"Where did it come from?"

"Aquarius Palace."

"Why did you join the 'Great Wall of Demon Suppression'?"

"I heard that many demon-hunting generals of the Demon-hunting Department will be resigning. I am not talented, but I intend to take this as my ambition and work hard to become stronger!"

The young man named Ye Cang had bright eyes.

The recruiting officer looked surprised and almost laughed.

The six demon-hunting generals were all fellow disciples of the former 'Great Demon-hunting Lord'. Although due to differences in aptitude and cultivation, their achievements and records in subsequent campaigns pale in comparison.

Therefore, after discussing it, several people decided that when a more outstanding and excellent genius emerges in the 'Demon Hunting Bureau' in the future, they will pass on the mantle and the position of 'Demon Hunting General' to him.

That's what I said.

But if you want to be the second generation of demon hunters
How can we elect you if you are not a real person and do not have the skills and ability to suppress a state?

He hadn't even stepped into the door of the Demon Hunting Department when he started thinking about these things. The recruiting officer was filling out the paper and pen while secretly shaking his head, testing the aptitude of this arrogant young man named Ye Cang.

He thought that being able to get an above-average score would be good enough, but after testing his aptitude, he was so shocked that he almost dropped his pen:
"The realm of a warrior is the innate level, and his aptitude is the mysterious level!"

"you!"

He stood up suddenly, startling a large number of people around him.

"Another Xuan level?"

"Today, the Great Wall of Demon Suppression is recruiting soldiers. How many Xuan-level soldiers have appeared?"

"There was a young man with a foundation in weapon arts who came from a declining sect. It seemed to be called 'Xuanbingdong'. He was determined to 'divide the sect' in the future and win a position of orthodoxy. His name seemed to be 'Qin Wubai'. He was also as young as this kid!"

"It's incredible. It's really incredible."

"It seems that the demons in power in the past really missed out on talent, treating us humans as lowly slaves. Only those who curry favor with the powerful have a chance to rise to the top. In this way, how can we cultivate true heroes?"

"Fortunately, the Great Demon Lord has come to attack us. Otherwise, I don't know when the sky in Aquarius State will brighten again!"

While causing uproar around.

Two young men with the word "Gu" embroidered on their lapels were on the side of the city wall. They were startled by this place and turned to look.

Among them, the one who looked older and more stable spoke to the younger brother with a hooked nose and deep eye sockets, saying:
"Now that the situation in the world is clear, this 'Great Demon Hunting Lord' is well versed in the principles of forming alliances and even opened up the line to the 'Dongtian'."

"First, through the 'Longxiang Sect' in Tongye Prefecture, we established a gambling agreement with the two caves in the northwest, the 'West Sea Dragon Palace' and the 'Golden Wing Dapeng'. Whoever wins will take over this land. The two caves will not intimidate each other or interfere."

"I originally thought that this would be a protracted game. At least, the heads of various families and major clans in Dongfang Fuyao and Changbaizhou, including the great military strategist who gathered his old subordinates and rose again, the 'Great Mysterious Military Saint', all thought so, but..."

"No one would have thought that after the Great Demon Lord entered the country, those demons could not even hold out for three years. They were wiped out from the seven prefectures and forty-nine cities and driven all the way out of the northwest wilderness."

"Even the 'Dharma Seekers' in the two caves behind the Jinghe Dragon Court and the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance can only acquiesce to the Great Demon Lord as the master of these two states."

"And judging from his appearance, he seems to be the one to invest in." "Originally, in the world, each 'cave heaven' should select a hero, and then the heroes will compete to decide the final winner."

"But now he is the only one in power, and he has broken out of the siege, looking like a 'human leader'. Even the caves in various places have cast their eyes on him, contacting this 'Great Demon Lord' openly or secretly, and want to bet on him."

"The situation is so clear. Even though we come from the powerful 'Gu Family' and have the support of Dongtian behind us, we have no choice but to place our bets early and join the 'Great Demon Hunting' camp."

"You and I are both the best of the clan. We will definitely become Yuandan and Zhenren in the future. We have received a lot of resources from the clan for training."

"According to the intention of the family head, you come to Baopingzhou to join the army. If you become a Yuandan, you will establish a branch of the Baoping Gu family with your merits."

"And I will go to Tongyezhou and join the government through connections. If the Great Demon Lord ascends to the throne in the future, I will re-establish the main branch in the capital. At that time, the current family will regard you and me as the main family and change its appearance!"

"So the burden on you and me is not light. You can make more friends with people who are as talented as Ye Cang, so as to establish a foothold in the Aquarius State, which is in need of reconstruction."

Gu Wen, the most outstanding heir of this generation from the Gu family, one of the top wealthy families in Fuyao Province, gave a lot of instructions to his cousin, the aloof Gu Xiu.

In response, Gu Xiu raised his eyes, bowed and said:

"Don't worry, brother. Just go ahead."

"Although I have high aspirations, I am alone. When I come to this treasure bottle, I should naturally make friends with people of my generation. Otherwise, how can I achieve success?"

"Give me a sixty-year period!"

"The future top power in Aquarius State"

"There must be a lineage of the 'Bao Ping Gu family'!"

People on the city walls and outside the city all made bold statements without disguising anything.

For a time,

Pei Nanbei, who had cultivated for eight years and finally reached the Yuandan Heavenly Man Realm, arrived.

This woman with a golden mask on her face and long black hair tied into a ponytail is no longer as weak as she used to be. She has changed a lot and because of her own efforts and the relationship with the Demon Lord, she is now guarding a city.

Although not as good as you real people.
But having received the gift of 'The Dao in the World', she is considered to be one of the best among the Yuan Dan. Even among those who have cultivated into the 'Heavenly Realm', there are only a handful of people who can defeat her.

As soon as Pei Nanbei arrived, he glanced and saw Gu Xiu on the city wall and Ye Cang under the city wall.

Then he opened his thin lips and spoke to the person beside him:

"These two will be added to the list of the 'Great Wall of Demon Suppression'. Whenever there is a battle to eliminate demons and gain merit, they will be given priority, as well as Qin Wubai from the 'Mysterious Soldier Cave'."

"It's a good thing to have ambition."

"As for whether we can be ranked as a demon-hunting general and become the top force in the entire Aquarius State."

"It depends on whether you two have the courage."

now.

In Pei Nanbei's eyes.

Whether it is Ye Cang, Gu Xiu, or the "declining sect" Qin Wubai mentioned just now, they are all just young children.

She has the qualifications, but her cultivation is not up to par. No matter how great her ambitions are, they are just empty words. This is what Li Taxian hoped for her back then.

She wouldn't think of it at the moment.

He selected these three people.
future,

Almost all of them have realized their youthful ambitions.

One is the demon-hunting general.

One is the master of the Taoist tradition.

A top family in Aquarius, known as the 'Aquarius Gu Family'!
However, as time passes, it is no longer clear whether they are enemies or friends.
at the same time,

In Tongye Mansion, there was a young hero named Xie Qiaoxuan, who, with great ambition, settled down in Wuyi Lane, determined to build a century-old business.
At the next junction, there was a swordsman named Song Yuan who saved a wounded fox that had revealed its true form. He didn't care and let it go in a flash, then continued to practice swordsmanship.

Over the course of a hundred years, many heroes have turned gray-haired. The old monsters and supporting characters in their twilight years were once full of vigor and vitality when they were young.

And at this time.
The absolute protagonist, Li Taxian!
It took five years to drive out the demons and build the "Great Wall to Suppress Demons".
Everything he is doing now is considered a "feat" in the eyes of others.

In fact, I just wanted to use this opportunity to write a few more words on the 'Book of Reincarnation'.

[In the first year, you were recognized by the founder of the Dragon-Xiang Sect, Chi Yuan, and two new garrison masters, Chi Ming and Chi Xia, were added to your rank to guard Tongye Prefecture for you, resisting the invasion of the divine blood and allowing you to march west safely.]

[In the second year, you broke into Aquarius State and disturbed the dormant 'Dongtian' in Aquarius State. The 'Dragon Lord of the West Sea' in the Dragon Palace and the 'Golden Winged Dapeng' in the Ten Thousand Monsters Alliance revived their spirits. Just as they were about to descend to intervene, they were mediated by the Chiyuan Patriarch.]

[On the border of the two states, above the Wei River, the souls of the seekers collided. Although they were not as powerful as they were at their peak, they still planted the seeds of "palpitations" in your heart. However, you were not afraid or terrified. Instead, you had the thought that "he could replace you."]

[After the negotiation, the Dragon Lord of the West Sea and the Golden Winged Dapeng in the Aquarius State saw and heard your various amazing actions, and remained silent for a while. On the premise of not killing them all, as long as you are willing to ask them to build a shrine and continue to worship them, then the fight and grudge between the demons and Tongye will not be interfered by the cave heaven.]

[But whoever fails will withdraw from the stage of "competition for hegemony" and be exiled outside the "Five Northwestern States" and cannot resist. ]

[In the third year, after the treaty was signed and the cave heavens no longer interfered, the team was trained with the "Human World Performance". Talents emerged like mushrooms after the rain in Tongyezhou, which had already accumulated a lot of experience. With the blessing of heaven and earth, it was far beyond the comparison of the Northwest Demons. ]

[So, you were unstoppable all the way. Because you were afraid of the 'Dongtian', you didn't kill them all. Instead, you built the 'Great Wall to Suppress Demons' in the northwest, engraved the 'Zhenwu' magical power, and drove them all away, keeping them here forever, and not allowing them to invade.]

[In the fourth year, your prestige reached its peak and spread throughout the Great Yin.]

[The Great Xuan Military Saint 'Chen Baikui' who is far away in Fuyaozhou, leads the four great clans 'Gu, Chen, Wang, and Cui', four clans that were once the backbone of the Great Xuan and still have considerable power accumulation, to contact you and are willing to surrender. The two sides will attack together and attack the Minghuang Divine Capital. With the blood of the gods, we will completely destroy the Great Yin and unify the northwest! ]

[But the condition is that you must marry the 'Princess Fuyao' Luo Fuyao, and agree that if a legitimate son is born in the future, he will be made the 'Crown Prince'. ]

[Luo Fuyao also knew about this, but unlike before when she tried her best to resist and was unwilling to marry Huang Longdao, the "General Chongtian" who now established Changbaizhou, this time, she remained silent.]

[After eight years of supporting each other, Luo Fuyao's affection for you has reached the level of 'inseparable friendship', and he is almost willing to stick with you until death, so the decision is yours. ]

[But you know deep down that you are destined to leave, so there is no reply. ]

[However, you offered Chen Baikui a price he couldn't refuse.]

【So, the fifth year.】

[The Demon-Suppressing Great Wall was initially constructed, when the geniuses of the next era were just beginning to show their talents.]

[You have gathered together the Demon Hunting Division, Zhaowu Army, Yidaizhao, Wuwei Sect generals Luo Fuyao, Xu Ruotong, Feng Zizai and others, and gathered all the forces to march east to fight for the blood of the gods! ]

[Among them, Li Chengzhen of Danxia Mountain who re-established the Taoist orthodoxy, Meng Ke of Jianxian Temple, and Mu Qianqiu of Luotian Sect who, after receiving your teachings and realizing the "half-skill" and going through many hardships, called himself the "second sect in the world"]

[Eight people who hold the 'half-human arts' gathered together, with a hundred thousand soldiers under their command. For a moment, they were as fierce as tigers, and together with the former Xuan soldiers of Fuyao State, they attacked Dayin, and were about to give the Shenxue Dynasty, which was already on the verge of collapse, a final heavy blow!]

[All of a sudden, after eight years, they broke into the 'Tianlaoguan' and marched straight to the Minghuang Capital! ]

【Eight years ago, in the snowy night, I was like an ant.】

[Eight years later, with a million soldiers in armor, he is like a god!] (End of this chapter)