Jiang Ding walked slowly through the streets of the Beast Spirit Immortal City, occasionally swinging his sword and slashing towards distant foes.
The sword-light traveled dozens of miles, whether it be slicing through members of the Hei Clan or the Shang Clan, or a direct lineage Golden Pill Monk from the Northern Plains Family who had independently joined the battle—slaughtering them.
In this regard, despite the endless battles and civil strife among the direct lineages of the Northern Plains Family clans, with countless Nascent Souls and Golden Pills fallen in battle, all were desperate for a higher realm, sparing no effort.
But similarly, they possessed a strong spirit of mutual aid; even during the cruelest internal conflicts, they preserved and protected the final sanctuaries of incense fire for each family.
It was much like the numerous vassal states in Zhou Tianzi's era, scattered and fragmented, yet capable at times of exhibiting unity.