Closed-Door Cultivation

After the Blue Thunder Mountain Lord met a true death, the balance of power in the southeastern Wanyao Mountain Range shifted rapidly.

The pangolin demon king, now known as Banseok Mountain Lord, took over the fallen Mountain Lord’s entire territory.

The old Mountain Lords protested, calling the newcomer a rootless upstart, but none dared openly challenge it.

Banseok Mountain Lord had no intention of cowering before the other demon kings, either.

On the contrary, whenever Cheonnam Alliance cultivators entered its territory, it recalled its demon beasts and even opened the mountain paths for them.

When it heard they had come to capture those behind the beast tide, it thumped its chest with a forepaw and bellowed,

“They tricked this king! Don’t let a single one of them escape!”

Many demon kings resented Banseok Mountain Lord’s close ties with humans.

However, Banseok Mountain Lord had not forgotten the debt it owed the human cultivators who had held off the demon generals when it broke the Blue Thunder Mountain Lord’s neck.

Thanks to that, the Cheonnam Alliance was able to search every corner of the land the Blue Thunder Mountain Lord had once ruled...