「Winter of the 44th year of Yuanding.」
The Demon Sect sacrificed one hundred thousand souls in a blood ritual, and the Nine Heavens Profound Soldiers reappeared in the mortal realm.
Shuofang's Jiedu Envoy, Du Qinghui, fell in battle fighting the Nine Heavens Profound Soldiers.
Jiang Changping, the Prefect of Lingzhou, fell in battle.
Of the ten thousand soldiers in Ling Province, half fell in battle.
The battle sent shockwaves through the Court and the nation.
Emperor Xuanyang was overcome with grief. He posthumously appointed the Shuofang Jiedu Envoy, Du Qinghui, to the position of First-Grade Grandmaster, with the honorary title of Wenzhong.
The Demon Sect used one hundred thousand souls to activate a peerless Demon Array in Dingzhou, which has now become a thousand-mile stretch of scorched earth.
In this time of national crisis, Grand Protector Yan Shao'an personally headed north to oversee the war effort, vowing to crush the Demon Sect's conspiracy.
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