Chapter 486

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Chapter 486: The End of the War

Bing State

Cao Ying won. Although she was severely injured, she held on tightly during the struggle, relying on medicinal pills to continuously restore her spiritual power. She successfully consumed the demonic power of the Demon Emperor, the Sky-Devouring Python, and then slew it.

The remaining Demon Emperors of the demon race were restless and wanted to go kill Cao Ying, but were stopped by Demon Emperor Feng Jiu. He had achieved his goal, taking away the fallen Demon Emperor’s Dao Rhyme, and watched Cao Ying leave before returning to the human camp.

"Little Ying…"

"I’m fine, let me rest for a while first."

"Everyone, spread out and guard your positions. Beware of attacks from the demon race."

Lin Jiang spoke to everyone, then supported Cao Ying as they left. He didn’t trust the Demon Emperors and was wary of another possible attack.

When Cao Ying entered the tent, she finally relaxed and didn’t have to pretend anymore. At that moment, Cao Ying almost fainted, and Lin Jiang, noticing her condition, quickly took out some medicine for her to take.

The allied forces can now control the resources of three provinces and have specially made a batch of high-quality medicine. The medicine they take is safe and reliable.

Lin Jiang helped refine the medicine, and after a while, Cao Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "It’s okay now, the injury is under control, just need some time to recuperate."

"Little Ying, when did Lin Die give you that big net?"

"Last night."

"Last night, she…"

"I’m not sure, she seemed to have anticipated it early, maybe she has met the Demon Emperor before."

"Show me that net."

"Okay."

Cao Ying took out a special net, not a spiritual treasure, just a magical treasure, but its power is even more powerful than a spiritual treasure, the Demon Emperor couldn’t break it.

"It looks like silk, but I can’t be sure."

"I can’t tell what material it is either, but it’s definitely not artificial, it’s what she naturally produces."

"She really is from the demon clan."

"She claims to be from the god clan or the fairy clan."

"Hmph."

Lin Jiang sneered at such talk, mentioning the god and fairy clans, if she really had that ability, why would she need to plan like this?

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The demon clan retreated.

When Lin Jiang received the news, like everyone else, he went to the front lines and saw many monsters passing by. There were whispers all around, and no one believed the monsters were actually retreating, considering how weak the humans were now.

"There are so many cultivators."

Someone yelled in surprise, noticing many cultivators among the monster army, at least tens of thousands of people. They were all prisoners of the monster army, driven forward by the Demon Kings.

Someone saw Lin Jiang and the others, cried for help, but quickly got killed by the Demon King to intimidate the other prisoners.

"Should we help?"

Someone questioned, but nobody answered.

Those with a bit of intelligence knew their current situation. They hadn’t won; the monsters had willingly retreated. Running out wasn’t to save people, but to sacrifice themselves.

Though it was only a little over a year, the humans suffered greatly in this war. Half of Zhong State fell, Bing State completely collapsed. He State, Qing State, Yun State, and Liu State also paid a heavy price, with countless ordinary people dead or injured, even millions of cultivators.

They had barely survived until the end, endured through it all. Now, asking them to go and die again was something no one could do.

At the rear of the demon army, Demon Emperor Feng Jiu and the Demon Queen had just subdued a few Demon Emperors, injuring them all, because they also sought to enslave all the human tribe and wanted to continue fighting.

However, the Demon Emperor and the Demon Queen refused, and a few Demon Emperors immediately became defiant, ultimately making the Demon Emperor win them over with kindness.

"After the army retreats, I will quickly set up the altar. At that time, you, as the leader of the demon clan, can oppress the human tribe, but no more large-scale invasions. Stable development is the most important thing."

"I see. When will you return?"

"I’m not sure yet. It could be a few decades, or even three to five hundred years. I will come back after my rebirth. Of course, the final battle is yet to begin, and the outcome is still unknown."

"Can you defeat her?"

"I’m not sure. I will do my best."

Demon Emperor Feng Jiu shook his head. The earlier plans had all been accomplished, but there is still the final battle that has not begun yet, and he really doesn’t know the outcome.

"You must come back. We will become immortals together."

"Okay, I promise you."

Feng Jiu nodded, he and the Demon Queen had feelings for each other, not just a marriage of convenience. They underwent trials together with the demon race, spending hundreds of years together, and they had vowed to become immortals together.

Half a month later, the demon army retreated, but not completely. Including Zhong State, both humans and demons withdrew tens of thousands of miles from the border, which was then taken over by demons, and humans didn’t dare to say a word.

The coalition forces of various states also disbanded. Humans urgently needed to recuperate, but before that, the most important thing was to compete for territory.

Just like in Bing State, the dominant Pure Jade Sect was completely destroyed, with few people managing to escape. Most of Bing State was now unclaimed territory, ready to be seized.

Bing State was not alone in this situation; other regions were similar. Except for Yun State, Liu State, You State, and North State stood out due to their unique circumstances, with North State being too weak to be considered.

Among these states, Liu State, You State, and Yun State suffered relatively small losses in the war without losing control. However, many sects and clans from these regions also headed to other states to fight for territory.

"Little Ying, Yun State has three sects and twelve families requesting to leave. What do you think?"

Lin Ying and the others had just returned to Yun State when they received news that three vassal states and fifteen families wanted to break away from Yun State.

"Since their focus is not on Yun State, let them go."

"If they leave, our strength will weaken."

"We used to be afraid, but not anymore. No one can invade Yun State now. The territory they leave behind can be used for rewards, saving us some money."

"That makes sense. I’ll let them go."

"Okay."

Cao Ying nodded. Forcing people to stay when their hearts are elsewhere in Yun State would not be beneficial.

The family clans got permission from three families, they acted quickly and led all their people to war in just a few days. Some went to Bing State, some went to Qing State, with such a large area, they could definitely conquer a piece.

Seeing them taking action, Lin Ying quickly met with Soul Changing from the Four Sages Sect. The Four Sages Sect used to be three of the four major families, still under the Lin family’s name, they also saw the opportunity to grab a piece of land in Qing State and came to seek help.

Lin Ying agreed to their request and had Lin Dingshan send two Void Achieving to Qing State to oversee. But Lin Ying made a condition, that they must incorporate the northwest of Qing State under their command, digging up something that Zhou Huaiying hadn’t found in hundreds of years.

At the same time, Lin Jiang asked Li Qing to go back and rebuild Wangxian Sect. There were still many people in Wangxian Sect, not just the few people around Li Qing. Bing State also needed a part of Wangxian Sect’s territory.

As they were busy like this, two months passed quickly. The general order in the cultivation world was restored, and now everyone began to recover.

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In a blink of an eye, it had been a year since the great battle ended. Lin Jiang was about to leave Yun State and return to Bing State when he heard a message from Lin Die, and went to Lin Die’s mansion.

"Greetings, Third Sister. May I ask why Third Sister summoned me?"

"I think it’s time. Will you and Lin Ying accompany me on a trip to Wilderness?"

"Third Sister, I know someone in Wilderness. I can go with you alone."

"No, we should all go together as a family."

"Third Sister…"

"You talk too much, but remember to bring Cao Ying with you."

"Haha, Third Sister is right, a family should be neat, Cao Ying is also a part of the Lin family."

Lin Jiang forced a smile, it’s too dangerous, don’t bring Cao Ying with us.

"In three days, say your goodbyes properly, don’t try to escape, you can’t run away."

"No way, wherever Third Sister is, I’ll be there too, no one can separate me from Third Sister."

"Go ahead."

"Okay."

Lin Jiang quickly ran off and soon found Lin Ying.

"What’s meant to happen has happened."

"Yes, can’t escape."

"Brother, why don’t you run, I’ll go."

"I was thinking I should run, you go instead."

"Haha, do you have to fight even if you’re going to die?"

"Then let’s not fight, let’s go together. I know someone in Wilderness. If we really die, we siblings can be buried together."

Lin Jiang said, pretending to be relaxed, Lin Ying rolled her eyes, is this how you use connections?

"Just kidding, still have three days, you go arrange things at home."

"Alright, go spend time with Little Ying, maybe…"

"I know."

Lin Jiang nodded, perhaps after this time, he would break the agreement again and couldn’t marry Cao Ying. These were the final three days.