Traversing Thousand Sorrows

A woman holds the hand of a young boy, teaching him how to write the character for 'Shi', thus giving him a last name.
Mountains and seas hold up lanterns, competing with the bright moon!

Lighting Lanterns in the Mountains and Seas

With a true expert in charge and one side possessing an absolute advantage, the fierce slaughter didn't last long.


 Xuan State's forces didn't completely destroy Ji State's; those who tore off their outer garments to show they weren't carrying Insect Extreme Crystals managed to escape without much hindrance. As a result, several hundred managed to flee.


After cleaning up the bloody battlefield, a bunch of bulging black cloth bags were searched and found at multiple points. The combined forces of Ji State hadn't centralized the storage of the Insect Extreme Crystals, which clearly meant each group kept its own stash.


Li Shanshan, standing by a pile of counted Insect Extreme Crystals, shouted with arms raised high, "Ten thousand and seventy-five hundred fifty-three pieces!"


One battle brought in over ten thousand Insect Extreme Crystals, causing a cheer to erupt throughout Xuan State.


Chapter 169: Victory Within Grasp