The divine manifestations began at the Gongwei Division.

Inside Chengdu.

Blood rained down like a torrent.

The Blood Ape General's massive body was pulled into the air by five water dragons, his entire body a bloody mess.

In front of the entire city, it was brutally mutilated and cut into pieces.

After a moment of complete silence, someone suddenly shouted a cheer.

Immediately afterwards, cheers erupted throughout the city.

Zhou Heng felt waves of cool energy flooding into his mind, and the little figure in his divine court stared more and more intently.

With his cultivation at the eighth rank, the divine official once again took another step forward, advancing to the seventh rank.

The fact that the people of just one city were won over raised his divine official cultivation to the seventh rank. What about the people of an entire prefecture?

Zhou Heng felt a slight excitement, as if he had found a way to quickly become stronger.

However, he also knew that it was a coincidence that the people of Chengdu admired him so much.

To gain the utmost respect from all the people of Shu Prefecture is no easy task.

Moreover, Chengdu is the largest city in Shu Prefecture, with a large population.

Other counties in Shuzhou would not have such good results.

They watched as the Blood Ape General breathed his last.

Zhou Heng withdrew the Immortal Water Binding Technique and ordered Lü Zian to lead several demon-slaying captains from Shu Prefecture to hang the Blood Ape General's corpse on the city gate as a warning to the public.

He then stepped into the home of Lin, the King of Southern Medicine.

The Lin family mansion was one of the most prestigious in Chengdu, but this meticulously built mansion is now in ruins.

Fortunately, Zhou Heng intervened in time, and the Lin family's casualties were not too great.

The surviving members of the Lin family are busy salvaging their belongings from the ruins.

However, upon seeing Zhou Heng arrive, several people still came over to pay their respects.

"I am Lin Hanyuan, and I greet Your Excellency, the Garrison Commander."

An elderly man with white hair and a youthful face walked up to Zhou Heng, cupped his hands and said, "Your Excellency, the Garrison Commander, saved my Lin family from danger. The Lin family will be grateful for your great kindness for generations to come."

The Lin family is currently facing a great calamity and is unable to receive you, sir. Please forgive us.

"Slaying demons and eliminating evil is the duty of the Guardian Division."

Zhou Heng said calmly, "But Mr. Lin, can't you give me an explanation?"

"explain?"

Lin Hanyuan paused, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "What does the Commander-in-Chief mean by this?"

"Didn't the Zhenyuan Escort Agency tell you?"

Zhou Heng said calmly, "If they hadn't been traveling with me, they wouldn't have been able to deliver that demon king bone to you."

It was just a piece of demon king bone, yet it attracted the attention of the Blood Ape General under the command of the Heavenly Demon King.

If it weren't for Zhou's considerable abilities, Chengdu would probably already be a scene of devastation.

All of this started because of your Lin family.

Mr. Lin doesn't think I should be given an explanation?

Lin Hanyuan fell silent.

Zhou Heng looked at him expressionlessly, and after a moment, he said coldly, "You don't have to say."

I can save you once, but I may not be able to save you twice.

For the safety of the people in Chengdu, please ask the Lin family to move out of the city.

"What are you saying? As the Garrison Commander of the Imperial Guard, you're driving the people out of the city?"

A man, both shocked and furious, shouted, "Isn't protecting the people your duty?"

"The Guardian Division protects the territory and its people, but it is not a bodyguard unit for any one family or clan."

Zhou Heng glanced at the speaker and said coldly.

"you--"

Before the man could speak, Lin Hanyuan's expression darkened.

"Shut up!"

He dismissed the man, saying, "Have you forgotten all the lessons I've taught you?"

How dare you speak to Lord Zhou like that?

"Get down there and go receive twenty zhang of family punishment yourself!"

The man's face paled, but he still lowered his head, replied "Yes," and obediently withdrew.

"Lord Zhou, may I have a word with you in private?"

Lin Hanyuan bent down and whispered.

Zhou Heng looked at him and nodded slightly.

Lin Hanyuan led Zhou Heng into a relatively intact room before speaking.

"To be honest, the Demon King bone in my hand should be more accurately described as the Demon Saint bone."

Lin Hanyuan said solemnly.

"Demon Saint Bone?"

Zhou Heng frowned slightly.

"Among the demon race, the third rank is King, the second rank is Emperor, and the first rank is Saint."

Lin Hanyuan explained, "The demon bone in my hand is the remains of a great saint of the demon race."

If the Demon King obtains it, he will be able to glimpse the realm of the Demon Saint.

"A demon has ever produced a first-class rank?"

Zhou Heng pondered for a moment and asked.

As far as he knew, the strongest beings in the Demon Court were these Demon Kings; he had never heard of any demons who had reached the first rank.

If there were truly a first-class demon, they wouldn't have been suppressed by the Great Yue Dynasty for so many years.

Let alone monsters, even among the cultivators of the Great Yue Dynasty, it seems there are no Rank 1 cultivators left.

Whether it even has a second-rank official is another matter.

"A thousand years ago, a great sage emerged among the demons. When he was alive, he was invincible. At that time, the demon race was prosperous, and even our human race was overshadowed."

Later, the Great Sage suddenly disappeared, which allowed the founding emperor of the Great Yue Dynasty to seize the opportunity, establish the dynasty, and set up the Guardian Bureau to suppress demons throughout the land.

Lin Hanyuan said.

"It's not that I'm trying to boost the morale of others and diminish our own, but if that great sage of the demon race were still alive, there probably wouldn't be the Great Yue Dynasty we have today."

"How did you obtain the bones of a first-grade demon?"

Zhou Heng had no interest in history.

What's done is done; there are no "what ifs."

The fact is that the Dai Viet Guard has suppressed all the demons in the world for so many years.

"Does Lord Zhou know anything about the Demon Court?"

Lin Hanyuan didn't answer but asked a question instead. However, before Zhou Heng could reply, he answered his own question, saying, "It's no coincidence that those demon kings chose to establish the Demon Court at this time."

Although my Great Yue Dynasty has some problems, it is far from declining. Now is not the best time for the demon race to establish a kingdom.

They did this because they obtained the personal weapon of that great demon saint.

"There has always been a legend among the demon race that whoever obtains the Great Sage's Divine Weapon will become the master of the demon race."

Lin Hanyuan continued, "Several years ago, a dragon rose from the ground in Hanzhong, and a mountain collapsed, revealing a cave inside."

The cave contained a Great Sage's divine weapon, as well as several pieces of a Great Sage's demon bone.

"Why is the Imperial Guard unaware of this matter?"

Zhou Heng asked in a deep voice.

He had never heard of such a big thing before coming to Shu Prefecture.

"Of course, the Imperial Guard Bureau wouldn't know about this."

"If the Imperial Guard finds out, will these things still be of any concern to us?"

Lin Hanyuan said with a wry smile.

If the Guardian Bureau finds out about the relics of a demon, especially those belonging to a great demon saint, they will definitely take them away.

Therefore, the people who discovered these things never even considered reporting them to the Imperial Guard.

"After a fierce battle among the martial arts practitioners who discovered these items, they were scattered in all directions. What I know is that the divine weapon fell into the hands of the Demon King."

I have an old friend who happened to be in Hanzhong at the time, and by sheer chance, he managed to snatch a piece of the Great Sage Demon Bone.

Unfortunately, he was seriously injured while trying to obtain this Great Sage Demon Bone. After handing the bone over to the escort agency, he passed away.

In order to avoid being detected by the Guardian Bureau, those who obtained these items tacitly claimed that they were the bones of a demon king.

Lin Hanyuan said with a sorrowful expression.

For this demonic bone, his old friend died, and his life's work was destroyed.

"My lord, this demonic bone is the source of chaos. I am willing to hand it over to the Guardian Division."

Lin Hanyuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.