Eastern Alliance

Qingmeng Mountain , Barren wastelands

The Qingmeng Mountain was a forbidden area in the barren wastelands.

Compared to other places in the Eastern region, the spirit qi in the barren wastelands was relatively thin , yet the spirit qi in the Qingmeng mountain was non existent, massive waves of demonic qi could be felt from afar as one approached it.

Above the mountain peak , a blood red cloud could be seen hovering around , this blood cloud stretched above the entire Qingmeng Mountain range.

Groups of demonic beasts could be seen approaching this mountain, each demonized beast carried bodies , some dead , some injured , some alive.

Most of the bodies were human but there were also those of wild beasts among them.

A huge towering male figure about 10 feet tall with it's eyes closed could be seen at the core area , it had blood red hair and it's whole body was covered with blood red demonic markings.

Massive chains covered with sealing runes stretched around the Qingmeng Mountain binding this huge figure to it .

Due to the passage of time , most of the sealing runes on these chains had dimmed.

After approaching the core these demonic beasts all dropped the bodies in front of this figure , immediately all the bodies started to wither , above each dead body , a drop of blood could be seen condensing.

This drop of blood kept revolving as all the blood qi in those bodies were drawn to it , after a while these drops of blood flew to between the brows of the towering figure leaving behind withered corpses.

The face of towering figure seemed to have gained a bit of color after absorbing those drops of blood essence from the bodies.

The scene continued as demon beast of all kinds kept bringing bodies to this towering figure .

Although the chains still bound the figure to the mountain, it's demonic qi kept increasing.

Not all the blood essence was absorbed by this figure , some seeped into the ground beneath the mountain.

As these blood essence seeped into the ground, loud cries of ferociousness and excitement could be heard from beneath the mountain.

These loud cries travelled far beyond the Qingmeng Mountain and all those who heard those cries felt a shiver of fear travel through them.

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Apart from the Great Xia empire, the Sects also prepared themselves for the war.

Four Sects resided in the Eastern region along with the Great Xia empire ; The Azure  Sect , The Raging flame Sect , The Spirit Sword Sect and The Dragon tiger Sect.

Each Sect occupied a vast area in the Eastern region and had passed down it's lineage for thousands of years.

Even before the Great war of centuries ago, these Sects were already hegemons , every year all sorts of people flocked to these sects to be accepted as disciples.

The Spirit sword got its name from the massive mountain it resided that resembled a giant sword pointing towards the sky.

A spirit vein beneath the mountain  provided it with pure spirit qi , lush vegetation and spirit herbs could be seen around the region of the Spirit Sword Sect

Above this mountain peak resided a Daoist

Temple , inside this temple a white clothed old man with sword shaped brows was sited on a jade cushion , although this old man looked simplistic, he emanated a sharp sword qi.

This old man was the Sect Master of the Spirit Sword Sect " Jia Wuchen "

Looking at the parcel in his hands that contained a invitation by the Emperor to meet to discuss the war against the blood demon clan, he sighed.

War was something where both parties lost , if possible he wouldn't want to involve his sect but this was an issue of survival, this was a war that affected the whole Eastern region.

Standing up a spirit Sword beside him flew from it's scabbard , enlarging in size it floated in from of him.

Stepping on the sword he flew to the sky.

The same thing happened in the remaining Sects , the Sect Masters of the Raging Flame Sect , The Azure Sect and the Dragon Tiger all flew to the sky after receiving the invitation.

Upon arriving, Jia Wuchen nodded his head towards Xia Tianming and sat cross-legged as they waited for the rest.

The location of the meeting was the black earth mountain.

The black earth mountain was a fairly ordinary mountain, apart from being tall , like most mountains in the barren wastelands it had no spirit vein yet from the peak of the black earth mountain one could see the Qingmeng mountain and the massive blood red hovering over it.

After a while the Sect Masters of the remaining Sects arrived, looking at the location of the meeting they knew Xia Tianming's intentions by setting the meeting at sight view of the Qingmeng mountain.

Waves of demonic qi could be felt from afar, by looking at the Qingmeng Mountain they could understand the severity of the situation.

The first to speak was the Sect Master of the Azure Sect " Lan Yue ", unlike the rest she was female.

The Azure Spirit Sect was a sect that had it's lineage based sealing runes and formations

" Back then we sealed the blood demon king and his demons using the entire Qingmeng Mountain as a formation , using the dragon vein beneath it we were able to seal them but after years of contamination from the demonic qi , the dragon vein is almost exhausted , I'm afraid it won't be long before he's freed ".

When a spirit vein evolved to a certain level , it became a dragon vein, the Qingmeng was blessed land containing a dragon vein it had the highest concentration of spirit Qi in the Eastern region, back then the four Sects fought against each for the Qingmeng Mountain.

When one Sect dominated the rest it occupied the Qingmeng Mountain.

" We need to prepare ourselves, back then it took all of us putting our lives on the line and the world restriction on them to be able seal them " said the Sect Master of the Raging Flame Sect " Yan Yimin ".

Every worlds had it's own rules , the laws of one world was also different from another otherworldly beings always faced restraint from the laws of worlds not of their birth.

Of course this restriction was not permanent, as far as one was not descending from an higher plane, after a while otherworldly beings could adjust to the suppressive effect.

" Qi Yuankui " the Sect Master of the Dragon Tiger Sect stood up , he had a burly physique and emanated a fierce beastial qi , among the four Sects only the Dragon Tiger Sect cultivated body tempering techniques.

Walking to the edge of the Black earth mountain, he gazed at the Qingmeng Mountain, with a fierce look he said , " Our roots have been in the Eastern region for thousands of years , although I'm a bit fearful I can't leave and allow the blood demon clan to destroy everything I and my

Predecessors have worked for , we can't just wait for the demon to break free from it's seal , I say we all attack it while it's still chained , we might not be able to kill it , we can still injure it , till we figure yn".

" Jia Wuchen " the Sect Master of the Spirit Sword Sect sighed , although he sounded brass what Qi Yaunkui said made a lot of sense.

Back then defeating it even with the suppression of the world was difficult , after centuries those otherworldly being would have gotten used to this world and would be able to use their strength, just waiting was a foolish thing , if injuring it could reduce it's strength then it was for the best.

No one talked about killing the Demon king , the Blood demon Clan was an high level demon race , what made it terrifying wasn't their battle strength but their innate abilities.

With all sorts of blood Arts , if defeating a blood demon was hard then killing one was more difficult, they had powerful physiques , insane regeneration and could absorb the blood of others to replenish and increase their strength , it required very powerful strength of the same level to kill a blood demon at once to prevent it from recovering.

Throughout the discussion, Xia Tianming kept quiet, no one knew what went through his mind.

Opening his eyes , he said " We would do as the Dragon Tiger Sect Master has said , let everyone prepare their forces , within a month we shall march towards the Qingmeng Mountain".

After saying so , he flew towards the sky and left , the other's not fazed by his abrupt

departure all left one after the other.

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In the Imperial throne room , Xia Tianming sat on a golden dragon throne.

" Ye Mo " , he called out.

An old man with bright eyes appeared in front of the Emperor.

" Your Majesty " , he said as he bowed.

Looking at the old man Xia Tianming said ," We have been through so many life and death situations together, back then you agreed to follow me to the Eastern region and I established the Great Xia empire , We fought together when the blood demon clan first descend" .

Continuing he said " I have one last request for you not as your Emperor but as a friend , a brother and as a Father , would you grant me this request ?".

With tears in eyes , Ye Mo answered " Your Majesty, this servant is yours to command ".

Nodding his head Xia Tianming continued, " As an Emperor I have a duty towards my people, as a Father I have a duty towards my daughter, she's all I have left , I might not survive but I want her to live , take Zhan Wei along, although there are no tender feeling between them , they are friends, confidants, I want her to have someone to rely one ".

Waving his hands , he sent a storage ring towards Ye Mo.

Clenching the storage ring in his palms , Ye Mo knelt down with tears in his eyes , he said , " I would protect them with my life !".

"Thank You ".

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