Milin Prefecture was the Yu Family's ancestral stronghold and the most fertile area in all the mortal lands around Moongaze Lake. At its height, it supported a population of 560,000, but decades of decline had reduced that number to just 220,000.0

The land here was flat and rich, a vast and fertile plain. Yet, with the loss of Yu Mugao's leadership, the mortal inhabitants had fallen into destitution, and most of the arable land and mineral resources had been seized by clan elders and external cultivators.0

An Zheyan rode the wind as he flew toward the prefecture. Though he was now an old man, a faint joy was unmistakable on his face.0

It wasn't hard to understand his feelings. His life had been a series of dramatic ups and downs: first rising to prominence by overthrowing the Ji Family and being hailed as the father of a prodigy, only to see his clan exterminated and his son...5