Chapter 478 - 194: Structure and Departure

Chapter 478: Chapter 194: Structure and Departure

They had members at every level.

Those at the True Essence Grandmaster level were considered core Divine Sons.

The others were just ordinary Divine Sons!

With different levels of strength came different treatment.

In addition, the Longevity Hall also had three Venerables.

These three Venerables were the key powerhouses from the three great tribes.

’So, in total, the Longevity Hall has six Martial Saints... They’ve truly gathered the full strength of Yunlan.’

After hearing Yun Shu’s description of the Longevity Hall’s structure, Fang Xing had a much clearer picture.

The Longevity Hall was undoubtedly the overlord of the entire Yunlan Prairie.

They controlled the entire Yunlan Prairie!

Unlike the Liang Kingdom, while Yunlan was home to thousands of tribes, they were all united.

While Demons and Monsters also ran rampant within Yunlan’s borders, these were minor issues. The strongest among them were only comparable to a Demon and Demon Power like the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

A behemoth like the Demon Palace would never be allowed to emerge.

The Longevity Hall would never allow such a thing to happen.

After all, if a behemoth like the Demon Palace were to appear, the whole dynamic in Yunlan would change.

The power would inevitably become polarized.

There were many advantages to being the sole dominant power.

A Demon and Demon Power on the scale of the Demon Palace would be considered a behemoth anywhere.

Even for an Upper Country like Great Jing, it would pose a significant problem.

However, given Great Jing’s immense scale, even a Demon Alliance more powerful than the Demon Palace could only wreak havoc in a single region.

The Court’s power was immense, primarily due to the Observatory, which oversaw all of Great Jing’s Provincial State Mansions.

Even if the Demon Alliance stirred up trouble, the chaos would be contained to a single province.

’Only by leaving Great Jing can you witness the true might of a great nation!’

The Great Jing Court’s power was among the absolute top tier in the entire Southern Continent.

It boasted over a hundred Martial Saint Level experts alone.

This was simply unimaginable in any other kingdom.

’Fang Xing even suspected that if they didn’t have to consider Great Wei, another great power, they would have annihilated the cancerous Demon Alliance long ago.’

And because the Demon Alliance colluded with Great Wei, a power of a similar scale, Great Jing had to restrain itself.

If war broke out, the consequences would be dire enough to cripple the nation’s fate.

This was a price that even Great Jing could not afford.

After all, when Martial Saints clashed, a single great battle could shatter mountains and rivers and tear the world asunder, even across Great Jing’s vast and sprawling lands.

The Liang Kingdom, Yunlan... even their peak strength was nothing before Great Jing.

However, even a power like Great Jing couldn’t eliminate a Martial Saint in one go.

A Celestial Martial Saint—revered by heaven and earth!

When dealing with a powerhouse capable of founding an Upper Sect, you had two choices: either annihilate them completely in one fell swoop, or endure their existence.

The contest between nations was never a simple matter of bloodshed.

Unless you possessed overwhelming military might.

This was true for small kingdoms, but Upper Countries had to be even more comprehensive in their considerations.

’However, a stable situation wasn’t good news for him. If he wanted to improve, he had to profit from chaos!’

’His path of Cultivation made stability impossible, and his current level of strength and Cultivation was far from allowing him a moment’s peace.’

’If he didn’t stir things up, he couldn’t advance.’

’Cultivating arduously was just a massive waste of time.’

He had never forgotten the power of the Celestial Martial Saint he’d witnessed.

He never wanted to experience that feeling of being on the verge of death a second time.

Even if the path to the heavens was destined to be a bloody one, he had to take it!

***

After visiting with Yun Shu for a while, Fang Xing left with Haji.

The visit hadn’t been fruitless; at the very least, he’d learned some important details, including the distribution of Demon and Demon Powers in Yunlan.

In the entirety of Yunlan, there were only two Demon and Demon Powers comparable to the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

And these Demon and Demon Powers were all connected, to some extent, with the Demon Palace.

It was only because of the Demon Palace’s influence that the Longevity Hall hadn’t completely uprooted them.

However, the Demon and Demon Powers within Yunlan’s borders were in a much more pitiful state compared to those in the Liang Kingdom.

While they couldn’t be completely eradicated due to the Demon Palace’s involvement, they were still heavily suppressed.

Just because the Longevity Hall didn’t act didn’t mean the Yunlan Tribes would stay their hands.

They were struck from time to time—not enough to be wiped out, but enough to cause serious damage.

For this very reason, the two Demon and Demon Powers in Yunlan had been forced into the remote, harsh borderlands.

Basically, the kind of desolate places where you wouldn’t see a soul for hundreds of miles.

If they wanted to make a move, they didn’t dare do so within Yunlan itself, so they could only operate on its outskirts.

’Once the Underground Cave plan is complete, I can make a move on these two Demon and Demon Powers.’

’Since they’re connected to the Demon Palace, even if I can’t annihilate them, I’ll smash them to bits.’

’I might not be able to defeat a Demon Saint, but I can’t beat *you*?’

’I’ll hit them and run. What’s a Demon Saint going to do about it?’

’Even if I can’t kill them all, I can at least slaughter a few Demon Emperors to blow off some steam.’

’With enough strength, even the Demon Palace won’t be untouchable.’

’But that step, I’m afraid, won’t be achievable in just a few years.’

Achieving Sainthood!

It seemed close, yet this one step required immense time, resources, luck, and serendipity.

The only person he had witnessed achieving Sainthood so far was Hong Miaojin.

As for the others, even the prodigies on the Hidden Dragon List couldn’t achieve Sainthood so easily.

Serendipity is crucial!

A single step’s difference could mean an eternity.

Great Jing had a population in the hundreds of millions, yet there were only just over a hundred Martial Saints!

It sounded like a lot, but when spread across the sheer scale of Great Jing, it was an incredibly small number.

The chances were far worse than one in a hundred million.

Having the potential for Sainthood didn’t mean you would actually achieve it.

It wasn’t a matter of ratios, but of probability.

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「Three days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was time to depart.」

「Profound Wind Tribe.」

In front of a chariot shimmering with a treasured glow stood Grand Priest Xuan Feng and the Great Chieftain.