King Liang’s head rolled across the ground a few times until it was covered in dirt and weeds. His widened eyes were full of disbelief.0

He had never expected in his wildest dreams that Zu An would actually just kill him. Even though he'd known that Zu An killed King Jin in the capital, that was just a junior of the royal family, someone who didn’t have too much influence. But he was different! He was an important minister of the court, a master rank cultivator with extraordinary virtue and prestige! More importantly, he had been assigned as the chief commander of the human army this time, someone with a massive military force under him!5

He'd only planned to say some fierce words, followed by something that would give Zu An a chance to back off. Then, he would also drop the matter after that. That way, he wouldn’t lose too much face either. But how could he have known that Zu An wouldn’t act according to proper reasoning at all?!6

The others were all stunned. King Liang’s status was extraordinary,...1