Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

In the fifteenth year of the Tian Shun era, after a year-long tournament of fighting, the major demon kingdoms of the Myriad Spirits Domain finally reached a consensus and formally established the Demon Court to govern the Demon Alliance.

The shrinking of power, the loss of ancestral lands, the constant suppression by the human race for nearly a thousand years, and the ongoing massacre...

All of these factors led to an unprecedented unity among the demon race, which had been scattered for tens of thousands of years. More than 90% of the demon kingdoms joined the demon alliance and were willing to accept the command of the demon court during the war.

The Demon Emperor of the Demon Alliance is held in rotation by the thirteen Demon Saints of the Demon Clan, but for various reasons, only six Demon Saints attended the official establishment of the Demon Court.

The other seven demon saints all lived in seclusion in blessed lands and grottoes. Even though several demon kings visited them one after another, these seven demon saints had no intention of becoming demon emperors or turning the tide for the demon race.

Finally, in September of the fifteenth year of the Tian Shun era, the six demon saints formed the first generation of the demon court, named the Myriad Spirits Demon Court.

The six demon saints jointly govern the demon court, taking turns serving as the demon emperor every ten years.

The first Demon Emperor was Qingyu Demon Saint of the Qingluan clan.

In the sixteenth year of the Tian Shun era, the demon race of the Myriad Spirits Domain was fully mobilized.

After losing more than two hundred demon cities in succession, the Demon Alliance launched its first large-scale counterattack.

In the same year, due to the smooth progress of the war, Emperor Cheng'an was overjoyed and issued an edict at Dongji Pass.

They stormed into the heart of the Myriad Spirits Domain, allowing the Great Qi's dragon banner to fly over the Myriad Spirits Mountains, expanding the thirteen eastern states to twenty-three!

The five legions, greedy for merit, advanced recklessly deep into the heart of the Myriad Spirits Domain.

In June of the seventeenth year of the Tian Shun era, sixteen demon armies besieged the eleventh legion of the Great Qi, which had penetrated deep into the Wanling Domain. The eleventh legion's 400,000-strong army was completely annihilated.

On the day the news reached them, Jun Cheng'an was furious and beheaded twelve intelligence officers before he could barely calm down.

In September of the same year, the 12th Legion of the Great Qi was ambushed by the Demon Alliance during its retreat, resulting in a massive rout and over 300,000 casualties.

When news of the two crushing defeats reached Daqi, Prime Minister Meng Minzhou immediately ordered a news blackout.

However, it ultimately failed to stop those with ulterior motives from spreading the news, which quickly spread throughout the Great Qi.

In the winter of the seventeenth year of the Tianshun reign, people from all walks of life in Daqi were filled with anxiety, and various opinions circulated widely among the people.

In the first month of the eighteenth year of the Tianshun reign, Shen Lin, the Duke of Zhenbei, passed away.

In March, a succession conflict erupted in the North, and three transfer orders were issued from the North.

The two illegitimate sons and the eldest legitimate daughter of the Zhenbei Duke's Mansion turned against each other, plunging the pearl of the northern border, Wanshuang City, into a bloodbath.

The million-strong Northern Army withdrew from the battlefield of the Myriad Spirits Domain and returned to the Northern Territory.

Jun Cheng'an issued twelve imperial edicts in succession, demanding that the northern army not retreat, but no one paid any attention.

In June, the million-strong army in the north withdrew entirely back to the territory of Daqi.

The withdrawal of the Northern Army also drastically reversed the battlefield situation, and the Demon Alliance launched a full-scale counterattack, recapturing more than eighty demon cities in just half a year.

April of the nineteenth year of the Tianshun reign.

To reverse the situation, Emperor Jun Cheng'an of the Great Qi Dynasty personally went to the front lines aboard the Tianqi Warship to boost morale.

In May, the three great demon saints of the Wanling Domain and the three great demon lords of the Yin Yin Domain, a total of six terrestrial immortals, set up a Heaven-Sealing Array above the Fallen Dragon Mountain to ambush the hidden Tianqi warship.

During the ambush, Wuming, an Arhat of Buddhism, Zhang Ming'an, the Palace Master of Taiwei Palace, and Lin Daofu, a wandering immortal of Fuyuan, were all on the Tianqi warship.

Three terrestrial immortals from different factions forcibly broke through the array's blockade, escaping back to the Great Qi territory at the cost of losing most of their Flying Eagle Guards and severely damaging the Apocalypse Warship.

The towering Yunlong Mountain was cut in half, and the rushing river was forced to change course by the power of the gods.

Mountains turned into hills, and plains turned into valleys.

The clash between the nine terrestrial deities turned the Meteor Dragon Mountains into history, completely altering the local topography.

In July, the Crimson Flame Venerable of the Blood Robe Sect sacrificed blood to two county towns in Jingzhou, breaking through to the realm of terrestrial immortals and being revered as the Crimson Flame Demon Lord by the demonic path under heaven.

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October of the nineteenth year of the Tianshun reign.

Qishan Road, Mu Mansion, under the osmanthus tree.

"Jun Cheng'an actually lost? The demon race is so united this time? How did the people from the Yin Yin Domain appear on the demon race's territory in the Wanling Domain? And how did they know the route of the Apocalypse Warship...? This is not scientific! It's not scientific at all!"

Mu An had just awakened from years of enlightenment when a series of major pieces of information suddenly came his way, dampening his good mood of a leap in cultivation.

Looking at Mu Ling'er, whose face was covered with dark circles and whose hair was missing in large patches, Mu An felt inexplicably guilty.

While he was asleep, Mu Ling'er really tormented herself; her hair was almost bald from all the stress. It was truly pitiful.

But then, on second thought, Mu An suddenly perked up again.

No problem. It was Mu Ling'er's own grand ambition. What's wrong with him tempering Mu Ling'er's will to work hard in advance?

Compared to her grand ideal of making everyone happy, this is nothing at all.

Having successfully convinced himself, Mu An casually tapped a button to whiten Mu Ling'er's skin with a single click, and incidentally restored her sparse hair to its original lush state.

Seeing Mu Ling'er giggling and scratching her hair, he waved his hand again, removing the illnesses from Xiao He and Xiao Lü, restoring them to a healthy state.

After finishing these tasks and seeing that the three of them were immersed in their own joy, Mu An finally turned his attention back to the mountain of intelligence reports in front of him.

With a single glance, he took in a wealth of information.

"The Myriad Spirits Demon Court, which governs the Demon Alliance, has six Demon Saints who take turns serving as Demon Emperors... It's truly incredible that the Demon Alliance, which is mainly composed of their own races, could establish such an organization. To be able to manage tens of thousands of different races, this Azure Feather Demon Emperor is quite capable."

"The new Duke of Zhenbei is actually a woman? She killed both of her half-brothers... This woman is quite capable..."

"The Emperor issued an edict, summoning all the terrestrial immortals from across the land to rush to the front lines to provide support, but not a single one responded... The exposed route and the appearance of the Yin-Yang Domain Demon Lord, who shouldn't have been there, make it seem like the Emperor has been tricked this time..."

"There are probably quite a few traitors within the Great Qi court and around the emperor. To pull this stunt during a war between the two tribes is truly the work of a bunch of 'patriotic' but harmful scoundrels."

"It seems that Daqi has lost this time. At the latest, the troops on the front lines will have to retreat by next year... I just wonder what kind of ceasefire agreement Daqi will sign with the demon race this time..."

After reviewing all the intelligence, Mu An casually waved his hand, and the densely packed documents flew back to his study on their own, arranging themselves neatly.

Mu Ling'er stood beside him, looking somewhat aggrieved.

"Da'an, as you've seen, so much has happened and so many changes have occurred over the years. I don't know what to do anymore..."

Seeing this, Mu An habitually reached out and rubbed her head, then withdrew his hand when Mu Ling'er showed dissatisfaction.

"Don't overthink it. I've been trying to understand the Dao for so many years, my brain is almost worn out. These things aren't important. Let's eat and drink well first, and we can talk about these things later."

Mu Ling'er glared at Mu An with disdain, seemingly very dissatisfied with his perfunctory attitude.

But under Mu An's smiling gaze, she still happily instructed the kitchen to prepare a large table of delicious food, and then personally hung several lanterns in the yard.

After doing all this, she carried a wine jug in each hand, looking at Mu An with a smile, like a triumphant little fox.

"Want to grab a couple of drinks?"

A look of surprise flashed in Mu An's eyes, then she smiled.

"So you can drink now..."

"Of course! I'm not bragging, but when it comes to drinking, there aren't many in the manor who can match my capacity!"