After handing the Fang family's matters to Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta, Yang Zhenshan continued to stay on the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau, refining the Soul Suppressing Lock, while in Wuxiang City, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao were in charge.
After the Xuanqing Sect and family army of the North Route broke through Xianling City, they advanced eastward along the edge of the Yunxiao Mountain Range, capturing territory through warfare; while the South Route's Illusion Moon Sect combined with three thousand Yujing Guards pushed southward along the Yi River, sowing fear among the people in the southern areas of the Nether Prison Sect.
In just over ten days, the two armies had already penetrated deep into the heartland of the Nether Prison Sect, particularly the Northern Route army, which was less than a thousand miles away from the Nether Prison Sect's base.
The army advanced as if entering an unoccupied land, a situation that caught many by surprise.
