The accommodations have been upgraded.
Li Qi looked at the magnificent, rustic villa, dug out by dozens of generals working day and night for half a month, and a satisfied smile spread across his face.
Ever since Li Qi had captured Dian Qi and many other generals of the Great Wei Dynasty alive once more on that day.
It was the same old routine: their spiritual power sealed, and then they began digging a new residence.
Dian Qi had almost spat out a mouthful of old blood when he woke up from his unconscious state and discovered his condition.
But there was no choice. When you're under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head.
He, Dian Qi, had ultimately lost this time.
Fortunately, among these generals were Dian Qi, Wang Feng, and Zhang Wei, who had all experienced this once before.
Under the skilled command of these three.
Li Qi's mountain villa, four to five times larger than the original finely decorated house, was completed in just half a month.
And Li Qi moved from his small, finely decorated residence into the rustic villa.
Spacious, bright, and well-lit.
"You have done well."
Li Qi praised the dozens of generals before him, their faces covered in dust.
Hearing the praise, the generals' faces turned grim.
Li Qi didn't make things difficult for them. He lifted the spiritual power restrictions on them and let them all go.
These fleeing generals had made a firm decision.
For the rest of their lives, they would absolutely stay a thousand miles away from Li Qi's mountain.
There was no other way; the psychological trauma was too severe.
Li Qi reluctantly bid farewell to the dozens of builders, who were like black slaves, and admitted that he was a little sad.
...
Under the rule of the Great Wei Dynasty, the realm once again entered a period of peace.
However, after unifying the land, everyone knew that the true crisis was far from over.
Beyond the Great Wall of humanity, that was the true crisis for all humankind.
As expected.
In the eighteenth year of the Great Wei Dynasty's founding.
The demon race outside the Great Wall of humanity attacked once more.
The vast demon army covered almost the entire Great Wall of humanity.
Fortunately, the cultivators on the Great Wall of humanity had never slackened in their vigilance over the past few decades.
They had reacted immediately and counterattacked the moment the demon race invaded.
It seemed that the long years of peace had led to great pent-up aggression.
When the fighting began again, it was incredibly fierce.
Battles at the Nascent Soul, Golden Core, Foundation Establishment, and even the lowest Body Forging realms occurred every second outside the Great Wall of humanity.
As for the top few Soul Transformation stage great cultivators.
Although their injuries had healed considerably compared to several decades ago, they had not fully recovered. Therefore, they remained stationed at the Great Wall of humanity and did not personally engage in combat.
However, similarly, based on the deductions of the few human Soul Transformation stage great cultivators.
It was estimated that the few Soul Transformation stage experts on the demon-monster side were in a similar state after the battle decades ago and should not be able to join the fight for a short period.
But then, one day.
At a main battlefield of the Great Wall of humanity, a strange, unfamiliar Soul Transformation stage great demon unexpectedly appeared on the demon-monster side.
The battlefield, which had been in a stalemate, instantly saw its situation drastically altered by the appearance of this unfamiliar Soul Transformation stage great demon.
Even though a Soul Transformation stage expert who was recovering from injuries rushed to the battlefield as quickly as possible.
Even so.
Due to the intervention of that strange Soul Transformation stage great demon, many powerful Nascent Soul cultivators on the scene were directly killed by its hand.
That human main battlefield suffered a complete and utter defeat.
The human side retreated towards the Great Wall of humanity under the protection of a Soul Transformation stage expert.
But a heavy sense of oppression weighed down on the hearts of the human cultivators!
Because...
A new Soul Transformation stage expert had appeared among the demon race.
The original balance had been completely shattered!
Coupled with the fact that the human Soul Transformation stage experts had not recovered from their previous injuries.
As a result, in subsequent battles, the demon-monster side, relying on the newly promoted Soul Transformation stage expert, repeatedly inflicted heavy blows on the human side.
If not for the fact that the few injured human Soul Transformation stage experts fought with the intention of mutual destruction, they would have only barely managed to repel the enemy.
Otherwise, the situation for human cultivators would likely have been even more disadvantageous.
But all of this changed completely during a certain battle.
On that day, all the Soul Transformation stage experts of the demon race attacked in unison, catching the cultivators within the Great Wall of humanity off guard and focusing their assault on a single point.
The Great Wall of humanity fell.
Under the pursuit of the demon race, humanity was forced to retreat, ceding thirty thousand miles of territory.
If not for all the Soul Transformation stage experts who were recovering from their injuries and had jointly stepped forward to resist with their lives, more territory would likely have been lost.
After this defeat, all humans in the realm were in panic, and everyone felt endangered. The news even reached Cao He of the Great Wei Dynasty.
However, despite being an emperor, he was ultimately powerless to intervene in the struggles between Soul Transformation stage experts.
The only way to break this predicament was for another Soul Transformation stage expert to emerge among humanity.
But to reach the Soul Transformation stage, with the word "transformation" and "spirit" in its name, how could it be easy to break through?
It was known that a further breakthrough from the Soul Transformation realm would allow one to ascend directly from their current realm to the upper realm.
However, after advancing thirty thousand miles, the demon race's offensive also came to a complete halt.
It wasn't that they didn't want to invade further.
It was because after losing thirty thousand miles of territory, humans, whether Body Forging cultivators or Soul Transformation stage cultivators, had gone mad.
Their fighting became even more ferocious, fearless of death, so much so that even the demon-monster side began to show apprehension.
And then, one day, an envoy from the demon race arrived at the human camp.
They brought a proposal put forth by several Soul Transformation stage demons.
The demon race was also somewhat afraid of a human counterattack.
Especially the Soul Transformation stage great demons; although they participated in the battle, they also wished to await their ascension when their cultivation reached perfection in the future.
Therefore, to avoid the genuine death of high-level cultivators,
Those few Soul Transformation stage great demons proposed a wager, sworn upon the dao hearts of both sides' Soul Transformation stage ancestors.
Using these thirty thousand miles of ceded territory as stakes for a competition.
They would compete in duels among cultivators of the Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul realms.
Five participants would be allowed for each realm.
The battles would be fought in a one-on-one, successive-battle format until all opponents of the same realm were defeated, thus claiming victory.
The competition would follow a best-of-three format.
If the human side managed to win two out of the three realms, then the demon race would cede back the thirty thousand miles of territory they had seized and would not invade for a hundred years.
But if humanity lost this battle.
Then, they would have to cede another thirty thousand miles of territory.
This news caused a great stir throughout the realm.