Legend of the Great Sage

Qingshan and Xiao An both submerged themselves in cultivation.
In the meantime, the battle at Fire Melt mountain had already shaken up the entire Mist province, spreading through the world.
As one of the few large forces in the Mist province, they had actually been annihilated, where even the three Fire Devouring Kings were unable to slip away.
That was simply unbelievable.

Over ten great cultivators and Otherfolk Kings had been involved in this battle.
A battle of such a scale was like the first ray of sunlight to the nine provinces that had remained at peace for thousands of years, foreboding a changing of ages, the arrival of chaos.

The brutal result where five of them died left everyone shocked too.

Over the past few thousand years, there had not even been ten human great cultivators that had fallen in battle.
Something that rarely occurred even across centuries had actually happened so easily.
It had suddenly happened in the same location at the same time.

Who could still rest easy now? Could even the lords like the King of Southern Yue and the Fierce King of Chu say they could survive every single battle?

All of the kings cast their gazes towards the shore of the South sea, doing everything within their ability to collect information on the battle.

However, the Mist province had always been a land of wilderness, and the south was the wilderness within the wilderness.
The fire devourers had been annihilated, while the merpeople had always kept to themselves.
The surviving Merfolk warriors had all been ordered to keep silent too.
Ji Changfeng and the others were not the kind to blabber either, so while there was a lot of information floating around, very little of it was proven to be true.

With the battle, Li Qingshan’s name as the King of Savages began to spread through the world.
He had occupied Fire Melt mountain as his dwelling and had become the king of the south.
This was something impossible to hide, and very difficult for people to not care about.

However, that was all it was, caring.
In the cultivation community, cultivation was the highest standard when it came to evaluating a person, as well as the only standard.
Who knew how many Merfolk and Fire Devouring Folk at the same cultivation as him had died in the battle.
Their deaths had not influenced the overall situation at all.

Due to Li Qingshan’s complicated background and identity, a lot of conspiracy theories did appear.
Some said the Fierce King of Chu had sent him to the Mist province to wear them down from the inside, while others said the King of Southern Yue impelled him to eliminate Fire Melt mountain so that he could prepare for the war between provinces.
The Great Banyan Tree King had not been spared from these conspiracies either.
Perhaps he had wanted to exterminate the fire devourers a long time ago, as they were a race that refused to become a part of his alliance and liked to burn down forests…

In short, basically everyone was certain that Li Qingshan was a chess piece that belonged to one side, placed there to achieve some kind of objective.
As a pawn, he moved about on the chessboard and was fortunate enough to receive a reward in the end.

However, only those who were included in the conspiracies understood that he was not his own chess piece.
Even fewer people understood that he was not anyone’s chess piece, but a chess player that could alter the overall situation.
If it were not for his efforts, the battle of Fire Melt mountain would have never existed in the first place.
There never would have been a possibility of victory either.

Only Li Qingshan and Xiao An knew that compared to playing chess and coming up with schemes, he would much rather flip over the chess board and directly beat up the chess players.
He was currently heading in that direction too.

……

Deep within the ocean, a great celebratory banquet was currently being held in the Crystal palace.
A joyous atmosphere filled the magnificent halls and buildings.

“What a rude person.
He clearly agreed to come, yet he’s absent without even saying a word!” Gong Yuan said coldly and placed the crystal cup in her hand on the green jade table heavily.
To her lower right was an empty seat, which originally belonged to Li Qingshan.
Once he began cultivating, he forgot about all of these trivial matters.

“Please calm down, your majesty.
Qingshan must be caught up with something important.
Obtaining the divine wutong tree’s recognition comes with great fortune!” Ji Changfeng drank a cup with a smile.
Ever since he got his revenge, he seemed much livelier and more vigorous.

“Definitely.
The divine wutong tree is actually such a powerful Daemon King.
Probably no one thought of that.
The fire devourers have occupied Fire Melt mountain for so long, yet even they had never received his assistance, yet as soon as the King of Savages arrived, he came out to meet him, which is truly admirable.
I’ve met countless people in my life, and I thought I was good at judging people, but I have to admit I’ve really made a huge misjudgement this time!”

The speaker was an old man with a goatee, the head caretaker of the King of Yue’s estate, mister Ram.
Having received certain orders, he had also come to attend the victory banquet.

“Mister Ram ought to punish himself to a cup of alcohol,” Gong Yuan said mildly and stopped looking at the empty seat.
Ever since they took down Fire Melt mountain, it instead became even more important that they handled their relationship with the King of Yue’s estate appropriately.
They dared not be careless.

Although the battle of Fire Melt mountain had eliminated one of their problems for good, the price they had paid was relatively heavy too.
A Merfolk King had fallen in battle, and most of their foundational forces were annihilated.
Now was when the Merfolk were the weakest.
They needed a lengthy time to recover, so they could not make an enemy out of the King of Southern Yue’s estate right now.
As long as they endured through this and lasted until the world descended into chaos, then the vast sea was theirs to maneuver in.

Once the chaotic age of the nine provinces came to an end, perhaps the humans and daemons would be surprised by the establishment of a new order on the ocean.
She would then lead the Merfolk back into the age of the divine kingdom.

As a result, they were especially in need of foreign aid right now.
She originally had something to discuss with Li Qingshan, which was why she had specially given him a seat of honour.
Even the two other Merfolk Kings, Ji Changfeng, Ye Duanhai, and the Divine Nun of the South Sea would be sitting beneath him, giving him absolute respect, yet he actually did not come.
It basically drove her mad.
He had to take responsibility!