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

Since that night when Li Heng single-handedly killed the leader of the Snow Mountain Sect and ten Grandmaster martial artists, the Night Emperor's prestige within the forces led by the Third Prince has soared to unprecedented heights!

After that battle, Luoyan City was easily recaptured by the Third Prince.

Moreover, because the opposing grandmaster was killed too quickly, the city of Luoyan was breached not long after Chen Tianwang's confidant ordered the massacre of the city's inhabitants. Chen Tianwang's trusted general and his soldiers were all taken into custody by the Third Prince's side.

Li Heng sighed with regret. Fortunately, he acted quickly; otherwise, Luoyan City would have repeated the fate of the previous cities and become a living hell.

Having accomplished his task, Li Heng left without a trace, continuing to conceal his achievements and fame.

The third prince, on the other hand, will be quite busy.

After taking Luoyan City, he plans to stay there for a period of time to restore production order and reorganize the troops.

Moreover, they were about to attack Chen Tianwang's stronghold, a territory he had cultivated for over a decade, so they naturally had to be even more cautious.

After spending twenty days preparing for war in Luoyan City, the Third Prince ordered another march, leading an army of 100,000 men and 3,000 warriors westward.

Our first destination: Liangzhou, one of the three northwestern prefectures!

Fifteen days later, the army arrived at Canglan City, the largest city in Liangzhou.

Because Chen Tianwang's army suffered heavy losses among his grandmaster warriors and had no strong enough warriors to contend with Li Heng, Chen Tianwang ordered his army to leave the city and head straight for the Chu army camp, intending to have a showdown with the Third Prince Fang.

The Third Prince's side naturally wouldn't avoid battle, and ordered 100,000 elite troops to attack in three routes, with 3,000 warriors fighting alongside the army!

War is imminent.

The grandmaster warriors under Chen Tianwang, having heard of Ye Tianzi's many extraordinary victories, either feigned illness to avoid battle, refused outright, or pretended to fight while actually plotting to escape.

In short, nearly 200,000 troops from both sides clashed. None of the Grandmasters on Chen Tianwang's side appeared on the battlefield; only those below the Grandmaster level were still fighting, but most of them were just going through the motions, offering only a few resistances before surrendering.

With this shift in power, the dozen or so Grandmaster-level martial artists on the Third Prince's side became god-like figures on the battlefield.

Of course, both sides knew that the most powerful one was Ye Tianzi. He alone suppressed all the Grandmaster martial artists on the other side, making none of them dare to fight.

The Grandmaster-level martial artists on the Third Prince's side kept a close eye on the enemy's high-ranking generals, constantly attacking and killing them. In the end, the enemy had soldiers but no generals, no leader, and their morale plummeted!

Meanwhile, the 100,000 Chu troops were in high spirits, well-equipped, and well-trained. Individual Chu soldiers often held their own against two or even three opponents.

Li Heng did not make a move this time; he secretly protected the Third Prince.

The Third Prince cannot die; he is the soul of this Chu army. As long as he stands, with Li Heng's help, the bandits will eventually be wiped out.

After the battle lasted for two hours, the puppet Liang army finally collapsed due to the continuous deaths of its soldiers. They scattered and fled, and several thousand people were trampled to death.

In the end, the battle came to a close. The Chu army, at the cost of 3,000 dead and 5,000 wounded, killed 30,000 enemy soldiers, gathered more than 70,000 surrendered soldiers, and had more than 10,000 escape.

Chen Tianwang's side suffered a major defeat.

When the Chu army entered Canglan City, King Chen had already retreated with his personal guards and core leadership.

It is worth mentioning that the little boy who was saved by Li Heng in the past fought bravely in this battle, taking the lead and killing many bandit leaders. He has now been promoted to commander of a thousand men.

In the following days, the Chu army swept through Liangzhou like autumn leaves in the wind, capturing the remaining three cities.

Chen Tianwang was defeated and fled to Suzhou.

After entering Liangzhou, the Third Prince first gathered the people and read out the crimes committed by Chen Tianwang's side, which totaled more than thirty.

The people of Liangzhou had long been brainwashed by Chen Tianwang and were known for their fierce and unruly nature. At first, they tried to put up a stubborn resistance and refused to cooperate.

After the Third Prince ordered them to make an example of someone, the people began to behave themselves.

Next, a large number of scholars and intellectuals were dispatched to reason with the people and appeal to their emotions, publicly exposing the heinous crimes committed by Chen Tianwang, so that the people would realize the truth and no longer be misled by Chen Tianwang.

On the other hand, the Third Prince immediately began to openly recruit martial artists in the city, calling on the people to hand over their martial arts manuals.

Finally, among the martial arts manuals handed over, the most important ones were selected, and a copy was made and sent to the location designated by Li Heng for him to retrieve.

Li Heng carefully read through these martial arts manuals one by one. Although he did not find any powerful life-saving techniques, they greatly enriched his understanding of martial arts.

After a month of reorganization in Liangzhou, the Third Prince once again dispatched 100,000 troops to attack Suzhou!

It took twenty days for the army to reach Suzhou, Yunque City.

Li Heng naturally hid among the 100,000-strong army.

Now, once Suzhou and Xuezhou are captured, the puppet Liang regime, which has lasted for more than ten years, will be quelled.

He, Li Heng, would never allow such a brutal regime to exist!

In Yunque City, neither King Chen nor any of his men were stationed.

The enemy did not send a large army out of the city to fight the Chu army in the field; they simply defended the city to the death.

The Third Prince ordered master warriors to climb the city walls to cover the Chu army's entry into the city. In the end, they captured Yunque City without much effort.

Five days later, after the Third Prince promoted a group of officials to manage Yunque City, the army continued to advance northwest.

Wherever the 100,000 Chu troops went, the bandits were terrified. Soon, the second city of Suzhou had already fallen.

The Third Prince ordered the entire army to accelerate their advance and strive to completely annihilate the bandits in one fell swoop.

Immediately afterwards, the third and fourth cities of Suzhou were captured very quickly, and the entire territory of Suzhou was recovered!

With Li Heng as the pillar of strength, the enemy's Grandmaster-level martial artists have no chance of surviving on the battlefield. And once there is no Grandmaster-level martial artist to hold the line, the situation is basically one-sided!

Now that success is in sight, in order to seize the time to eliminate Chen Tianwang's camp and quickly head north to provide support, the Third Prince only spent a few days reorganizing in Suzhou before rushing to the last prefecture, Xuezhou.

As for the administrative affairs of Suzhou, he assigned them to the civil officials who had been promoted and were loyal to the State of Chu.

Selangor is the westernmost state in the northwest and also the coldest.

Selangor has only three cities: Yin City, Bing City, and Xue City.

Ten days later, an army of 100,000 gathered at the foot of Yin City. King Chen was still not there, but only sent a trusted general to guard the place.

The Chu army captured Yincheng with almost no effort.

After entering the city, the Third Prince skillfully promulgated various decrees, thoroughly settling the city down.

Li Heng also kept reading the martial arts manuals that were handed over to him. Although he gained a lot and his knowledge was constantly enriched, he still couldn't find a life-saving technique that suited him.

This made Li Heng sigh; powerful life-saving secret techniques were extremely rare.

However, Li Heng was not discouraged. He didn't lack the Life-Saving Secret Technique for the time being, and having it would only be icing on the cake.

Once the war here is over, he will begin cultivating the second level of the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique and then advance to the Grandmaster level. This is his most important task.

However, the prerequisite for cultivating the second level is to first learn the second level's dispersing technique.

One must disperse one's internal energy at least three times before one can cultivate the second level of the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique. Theoretically, the limit is nine times of dispersing one's internal energy.

However, this time, he only needs to regress to the first rank of cultivation level, without having to completely dissipate his cultivation level. This is a good thing for Li Heng, as he no longer needs to start cultivating from the lowest ninth rank.