Archean Eon Art

While he was drinking wine, Meng Chuan was busy scanning all auras within a kilometer radius. Demons and Skydemon Sect’s spies were very careful after entering human cities. It was very difficult to find spies using only one’s eyes. However, because he could sense all auras within a kilometer radius with his perception domain, the demonic auras of demons and those from the Skydemon sect couldn’t evade detection.

Most of Skydemon Sect’s minions were unqualified to cultivate the Skydemon Sect’s formulas. Only disciples that had truly joined the Skydemon Sect could learn the Skydemon Sect’s formulas. The majority that served the Skydemon Sect did it for the money. Most had no idea they were serving the Skydemon Sect.

He rode on the boat for an hour. He didn’t discover any demons or Skydemon Sect disciples.

Jiang State Capital has always been guarded by Marquis Godfiends in the past. Marquis Godfiends have Essence Souls; thus, they can sense auras.The Skydemon Sect disciples must be very cautious. They probably send their subordinates to gather information instead of entering the city personally.

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The entire human world was affected by turbulent undercurrents. On the surface, everything seemed to be the same.

On 27th February, all small and medium-sized city passes’ populations were being relocated after receiving orders from Archean Mountain, Black Sand Grotto-Heaven, and Two World Island.

Of course, not every city pass was inhabited by humans. Some city passes out in the sea were surrounded by water. Only Godfiends were presiding over those city passes. Even mortal soldiers weren’t sent to those city passes! This was because the vast sea was a massive obstruction to the demons. Even if they exited those city passes, they would have to enter the sea to get to land. Aquatic demons didn’t survive for long because Godfiends would sweep through the area and slaughter any aquatic demons they encountered.

It was too difficult to cross the vast ocean and reach land. Most small and medium-sized city passes had mortal humans living in them.

“The demons are about to launch a large-scale attack. All North River Pass residents are to relocate. Pack up quickly. We are setting off in four hours.”

27th February, morning.

The entire North River Pass was in a commotion. Hundreds of thousands of residents found the news shocking.

“The demons are going to launch a large-scale attack?”

“We have to move? Can’t we stop them?”

They found it hard to leave their hometown. Many had lived in North River Pass their entire lives. They experienced numerous demon attacks every year. They knew that if North River Pass was breached by demons, hundreds of thousands of people would be slaughtered.

Therefore—no matter how unwilling they were—every family packed their belongings and prepared to relocate. Fortunately, most people had been cultivating since they were young. There were very few at the Marrow Cleansing realm. Most reached the Foundation Establishment realm and Internal Tempering realm. For them, it was very easy for one person to pull a wooden wagon and carry 500 kilograms of goods. There were very few ox and horse carriages. Most were pulled by humans manually.

Since a census of North River Pass’s population had already been done, everybody followed the relocation arrangements. They were heading towards nearby prefecture and county cities. These cities were roughly 100 kilometers away from North River Pass. Moving such distances en masse was too difficult. It was more pragmatic to relocate them somewhere closer.

“It won’t be easy for hundreds of thousands of people to migrate.” Marquis Heavenstar stood above North River Pass and looked down. “The mountain roads are difficult to travel. For hundreds of thousands of people to traverse over 100 kilometers—with mountains along the way—they will probably take a month or two. They would be several times faster if they were on flat plains.”

“Yes.” Liu Qiyue and Fan Cheng nodded.

There were many mountain paths that were extremely narrow. They even had to walk along cliffs.

“Even if they are relocated, we have to continue defending,” said Marquis Heavenstar. “Otherwise, third Firmament demon monarchs will threaten other city passes’ relocation. The Great Relocation Plan has to end before we can retreat from the city pass.”

Dong! Dong! Dong! The sound of drums echoed.

Marquis Heavenstar turned his head.