May I seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and live a long and prosperous life.

Li Heng followed the main force into the city, and when he saw the atrocities committed by Chen Tianwang against the people of Kangcheng, his eyes turned red.

"They're utterly beasts! They don't even spare unarmed civilians. What kind of regime is this? Is it acting in the best interests of the people or for its own selfish gain?"

In fact, more than ten years ago, Li Heng had heard about the atrocities committed by Chen Tianwang's side. They had taken the starving people with them and attacked cities all the way. Wherever they went, there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and white bones everywhere.

Moreover, every time a city was captured, the city's inhabitants would be massacred to vent the hatred of the people who resisted.

However, Li Heng did not experience it firsthand at the time, and relying solely on others' accounts, he inevitably suspected that there might be exaggeration involved.

Now, I have witnessed all of this with my own eyes, proving that what those refugees said back then was not a lie!

"That traitor Chen, that fake Liang regime, he deserves to be destroyed! It's against all reason!" Li Heng's fingers clenched until they turned white!

After entering the city, the Third Prince immediately ordered the entire city's population to be gathered and read aloud a proclamation denouncing the traitor Chen, listing thirty heinous crimes committed by Chen.

He then ordered the soldiers to distribute rations, settle the people in the city, clean and tidy the streets, prevent the outbreak of disease, and recruit and resettle the displaced people to restore production.

One order after another was issued, and the soldiers carried them out very strictly. In just a few days, Kangcheng was already in good order and was no longer the hell on earth it had been when they first entered the city.

After staying in Kangcheng for half a month, the Third Prince's side led 100,000 elite troops and all the warriors away from Kangcheng and continued to march north, with their goal of reaching Fengcheng!

Before leaving, the Third Prince appointed some civil officials to govern Kangcheng and trained a group of people to become militia. He distributed weapons to them and assigned them to guard the city and maintain order in Kangcheng.

Sixteen days later, the Third Prince's army arrived at Fengcheng, and the main force was still stationed ten miles outside the city.

This time, the Third Prince followed the same tactic, sending grandmaster-level martial artists to forcibly ascend the city walls as soon as night fell.

Li Heng secretly hid in a corner, observing from the shadows. As soon as the opponent's grandmaster showed up, he would be the one to deliver a fatal blow.

However, this time when they ascended the city, their own Grandmasters did not see any Grandmasters from the opposing side, which was completely unexpected by the Third Prince's side.

This surprised Li Heng, who was hiding in the shadows. What was going on with Chen Tianwang's camp? Were they not going to send a Grandmaster to defend the city? Were they going to abandon Maple City altogether?

Since no grandmaster appeared, the third prince, being a grandmaster himself, naturally did not hold back. He repelled the enemy soldiers and warriors, guided his own warriors to climb the city walls, and finally opened the gates, thus recapturing Fengcheng!

Actually, it's not surprising that the opposing grandmaster martial artists were unwilling to fight, because the Third Prince's side had the renowned Night Emperor, who could instantly kill grandmaster martial artists, secretly overseeing things. Who would be willing to go and die for no reason? It's as if they would be killed the moment they showed their faces.

Even Chen Tianwang would find it difficult to mobilize his grandmasters to fight without finding a powerful figure capable of contending with Ye Tianzi.

When the army entered Fengcheng, Li Heng was once again shocked.

Just like the scene when we entered Kangcheng, there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood everywhere, severed limbs and a stench that pierced the sky!

The people of Fengcheng were also killed on the orders of King Chen.

Even the Chu soldiers were shocked by this sight.

These bandits have absolutely no morals or ethics!

Li Heng has made up his mind to help the Third Prince completely eradicate the false Liang regime!

This time, the Third Prince's side stayed in Maple City for twelve days and issued a series of orders, finally bringing Maple City to a temporary standstill. Currently, almost one-tenth of the people in Maple City are gone, making it completely different from the bustling Maple City of the past.

Thirteen days later, the Third Prince led 100,000 elite troops on the road again, this time with the goal of recapturing Yang City!

Fifteen days later, the army arrived at Yangcheng.

This time, King Chen simply didn't bother defending the city, and the Third Prince easily captured Yangcheng.

However, the people of Yangcheng were still slaughtered on Chen Tianwang's orders. All the resources that could be moved were looted, and what could not be moved was burned.

The entire city was practically deserted, the stench of blood was overwhelming, the streets were filled with blood and corpses strewn everywhere!

This time, Li Heng's anger reached its peak.

These are all unarmed civilians!

The Chu soldiers were also enraged, wishing they could tear these bandits to pieces!

Fifteen days later, after settling in Yangcheng, the 100,000-strong army set off again, heading straight for the last city in Jizhou, which was also the first barrier to advance into the northwest region: Luoyan City!

……

One month ago, in the sacred mountains of the Northwest, the Great Snow Mountain.

There is a long-standing Taoist tradition on the Great Snow Mountain: the Snow Mountain Sect.

The three swordsmen from the Great Snow Mountain belong to this lineage and are the true disciples of the Snow Mountain Sect in this generation!

In the future, the leader of the Snow Mountain Sect may emerge from among these three.

At this moment, in the main hall of the Snow Mountain Sect, the messenger sent by King Chen was standing below, respectfully delivering a letter to the leader of the Snow Mountain Sect.

The leader of the Snow Mountain Sect was a middle-aged man around fifty years old with long hair, but his hair and beard were snow-white.

He took the letter and began to read it carefully, but his brows furrowed more and more.

Finally, he crumpled the letter into a ball, threw it angrily to the ground, glared fiercely at the messenger, and said:

"You mean, after I taught three of my true disciples to join Chen Tianwang's camp, they ultimately died in Yun City? Killed by a grandmaster martial artist named Ye Tianzi?"

The envoy nodded and said:

"Master, although it is a great pity, your sect's three disciples did indeed die at the hands of the Chu Kingdom's martial artist, Ye Tianzi. This Ye Tianzi is invincible at the Grandmaster level; even a peak Grandmaster martial artist cannot withstand a single move from him."

The Heavenly King has heard that the Sect Leader has recently mastered his divine skills and broken through to the Grandmaster realm, and he believes he is capable of killing this person. Therefore, he has come to invite the Sect Leader to descend the mountain to assist the Heavenly King and avenge the murder of his disciples!

After hearing the envoy's purpose, the leader of the Snow Mountain Sect did not express his opinion.

"Thank you for your kindness, Heavenly King, in informing the Snow Mountain Sect of such an important matter. From now on, the Snow Mountain Sect's doors will always be open to you, Heavenly King. As for the matter of descending the mountain, it is of great importance and cannot be decided by me alone. Please stay here, envoy. I will give you a reply in three days."

"Then I will trouble your esteemed sect." The envoy was not in a hurry and readily agreed.

After the envoy left the main hall, the leader of the Snow Mountain Sect went to his study, picked up a brush and wrote a letter, folded it up, tied it to the leg of a carrier pigeon, and then released the pigeon directly.

It turns out that the leader of the Snow Mountain Sect wanted to use his spies in other places to help him investigate whether it was true that the Three Musketeers of Snow Mountain were killed by the Night Emperor.

Three days later, the carrier pigeon returned, and the leader of the Snow Mountain Sect unfolded the letter and read it carefully.

"It seems they were right. The Night Emperor of Chu really did kill three of my disciples. They were the hope of the next generation of my sect. Moreover, according to that envoy, not long after they went down the mountain, the three disciples successfully broke through to the Grandmaster level."

These three disciples are all under thirty years old! Their futures are incredibly bright; they might even become Grandmasters! Night Emperor, you've killed three of my sect's most talented disciples—you deserve to die!

The leader of the Snow Mountain Sect clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles cracking.