Red Heart Patrols the Sky

In the Monster Realm, the Human Race and the Demon clan do not divide the land and rule; there is no such thing as a world split in two.

All the territory that the Human Race possesses in this world is spread out around Suiming City.

Back when the Ancient Human Emperor Youxiong family successfully constructed The gate of all demons, they cut off the Demon clan’s hope of counterattacking the present world. After that, they only needed a small garrison to guard The Gate, freeing their hands to sweep across the eight directions of the present world.

When it came to the Middle Ancient Era, Emperor Lie Shan stormed into The gate of all demons, personally slaying demon in the Celestial Prison, and established this first great city of the Human Race. In order to commemorate Ancient Human Emperor Suirenshi, the two characters "Suiming" were carved upon it. It also implied that this was the first flame of civilization ignited by the Human Race in the Monster Realm.

All subsequent great cities of the Human Race were built with Suiming City as their center. Like a blazing torch, spreading its light in all directions.

Any existence that can be called a Major Sects in the present world possesses its own great city in the Monster Realm.

Over the long stretch of time, countless great cities of the Human Race have risen and fallen, been built and destroyed, yet Suiming City has never once fallen.

Hence it has another name—"The Unfallen City".

Every brick of its walls is soaked with the blood of Human Race warriors. On its great bronze gates, there are still bloody palm prints left by the wise men of old.

Through so many years, the cities and settlements of the Human Race in the Monster Realm have constantly expanded and then shrunk, expanded and then shrunk; in this tug-of-war, every inch has been filled with the blood and flesh of countless warrior.

Yet overall, the trend is still one of expansion.

Especially after the state systems of the present world flourished, the Human Race ushered in a "Great Expansion Era" in the Monster Realm, and in almost every direction they have reached the so-called "Innate Boundary Passes".

To put it more vividly, the current territory of the Human Race is more like lying within a gigantic basin.

Surrounded by the so-called Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Of course, this "basin" has many "gaps," and some of these "gaps" are extremely vast, fully capable of accommodating engagements between large army groups. In those places, the Human Race and the Demon clan each build great cities, confronting each other head-on.

Those places are also the main battlefields of the Monster Realm.

As for perilous places like Frost Wind Valley, they are actually also one of the outlets. However, they tend more toward being "narrow paths," and their open periods are extremely short.

Although over the long years the Human Race has always maintained an offensive posture, in the Monster Realm the Demon clan undoubtedly holds a massive advantage in strength.

Beyond the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, all is the territory of the Demon clan. Their great armies encircle the mountains, locking the Human Race in a death grip.

But the Human Race fights a rotational war. The Prisoner Electric Army replacing the Winter Silence Army is one round of training after another.

Behind the Demon clan, however, there is no other present world to support them.

The Humans call the interior of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains the "Civilization Basin," and the land beyond the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains the "Wild Lands." The process of breaking through the blockade of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains is a process of continuously bleeding the Demon clan dry. And the purpose of war is, of course, to sow the fire of civilization in the Wild Lands.

According to the common covenant of the Human Race recognized and upheld by the six great present-world powers, once the Demon clan musters superior forces and intends to completely annihilate the Civilization Basin, the Present World Human Race will all rise together and fight the Demon clan in a war of extinction.

As the torrent of the Human Dao rolls ever forward and the Civilization Basin grows ever more solid, this possibility has become increasingly small.

The intensity of the Celestial Prison War, for a very long time after the opening of the New Calendar, was in fact controlled by the high echelons of the Human Race.

On the enlarged map of the Monster Realm, Yanlao City lies in the northern part of the Civilization Basin, and Frost Wind Valley is just a narrow little path.

As for intelligence on the Wild Lands, what humanity knows is still extremely fragmented. After all, it has only been within the last few thousand years that the Human Race has fully occupied this Civilization Basin.

To continue, when Xiu Yuan was startled in Yanlao City, he flew out of the city and indeed saw in the distance the figure of that leader of the Military Affairs Hall. Yet with just a single step, that figure had already vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a lingering aura of majesty and domineering might that would not disperse for a long time.

Speaking of it, Xiu Yuan also knew that, given Jiang Wang’s current status and position, any mishap would undoubtedly shake the world. He had likewise anticipated that the Court would send a Yandao True Monarch over, to further confirm Jiang Wang’s situation—whether he was alive or dead had to be established beyond all doubt.

The person coming was very likely Ruan Qin, Supervisor Ruan. Although the Monster Realm is a completely different world, and a Gua Dao True Monarch would certainly be interfered with by Demon experts, making the Star Divination Technique not necessarily workable here... yet Ruan Qin, at any rate, possesses more methods of searching for people than other Yan Dao Expert, and has cooperated with Jiang Wang several times, making him relatively familiar.

If it was not Ruan Qin, then it should be Jiang Mengxiong. Because this matter involves Ji Zhaonan, and Jiang Wang is without question the current beloved of the Son of Heaven’s heart, enjoying grace and honor unmatched in the entire Court! Since Jiang Wang met with misfortune after being lured to Frost Wind Valley by Ji Zhaonan, the War God is very much obliged to do something.

The one thing he had not expected was that Jiang Mengxiong would arrive this quickly.

The very day had only just dawned in the Monster Realm, and even he, who was stationed in the Monster Realm, had only arrived at Yanlao City late last night.

And the National Guardian Marshal arrived almost on his heels.

That is to say, Ji Zhaonan rushed back to the present world last night to report the news to the Qi Court. After a brief communication there, the War God immediately halted the affairs at hand and personally descended.

One must know that although Qi Country has no shortage of powerful figures, it also has a vast household and countless critical points. The redeployment of every Yan Dao Expert is not something that can be done at whim.

What Xiu Yuan was even more keenly aware of was that Ji Zhaonan had not followed the War God back into the Monster Realm.

The Monster Realm is precisely where Ji Zhaonan has long developed; he has tempered himself through all seven of Qi Country’s Human Race great cities. Dangerous places such as Frost Wind Valley, he has visited more times than he can count. His growth trajectory is clearly inscribed here. The Qi Court has been cultivating him as the future military Governor of the Monster Realm. Yet today, though Jiang Mengxiong personally descended into the Monster Realm, he did not have Ji Zhaonan return with him. What this reflects in the background is truly thought-provoking.