The second day of the fifth lunar month, at midnight.

The city of gods and demons was silent. As usual, the demons made a ruckus until late at night before returning to their dwellings. At this time, the entire city was quiet and still.

In stark contrast to the tranquility of the City of Gods and Demons, the various righteous sects were bustling and noisy.

All the orthodox sects scattered throughout the Central Plains, regardless of size, were brightly lit and bustling with activity.

These sects had already summoned back their disciples who were traveling outside a few days ago. At this time, the sect leaders were allocating manpower, leaving some disciples to guard the sect, while the rest were given the order to take their weapons and pills and prepare to set off in two hours.

The disciples were puzzled, some discussing amongst themselves, others questioning their masters. However, apart from a small group of true elites who knew the truth, the others still received no information.

Two hours later, at the beginning of the Yin hour, many righteous sects finally gathered their elite disciples. They set off under the cover of night, arranging for dedicated disciples along the way to search for and kill the Demon Feather Birds, thus eliminating all possible avenues through which the demons might obtain information.

The disciples of these righteous sects arrived one after another in the Qingxu Mountains and gathered at the foot of the Yuandao Sect's mountain gate. A quick count revealed that there were probably more than 20,000 people gathered in various parts of the mountains and forests.

Under the strict orders of their masters, the righteous disciples, though filled with doubt, dared not make a sound and whispered amongst themselves.

After a long while, Liang Yihan arrived with more than a hundred Yuandao Sect disciples. Each of them carried two black boxes and held them with great care.

Liang Yihan searched around and gathered the leaders of more than thirty sects. After distributing the Thunderfire Calamity from the black box, he waited quietly.

More than thirty leaders arrived at the place where their disciples were gathered. They first distributed the thunder and fire tribulation they had received to the disciples who knew about the thunder and fire tribulation. These disciples had already learned the incantation to detonate the thunder and fire tribulation.

After receiving the Thunderfire Calamity, they all carefully put it away.

Afterwards, the thirty-odd leaders began to whisper instructions to their disciples, telling them to fight the enemy with all their might when they attacked the City of Gods and Demons, and to drive the demons out of the Central Plains in one fell swoop!

Only then did the many righteous disciples learn about the Thunderfire Tribulation, and for a time, the spirits of more than 20,000 people were greatly lifted.

Half an hour later, disciples from many righteous sects began to take flight one after another, heading towards the City of Gods and Demons.

No more disciples from the Yuandao Sect descended the mountain; only Liang Yihan led over a hundred disciples to fly towards the City of Gods and Demons with the righteous faction.

Everyone knows that Yuan Dao Sect sent too few people this time, but after all, Yuan Dao Sect suffered heavy casualties in the last demonic calamity, and they also provided two thousand Thunderfire Tribulation Pills, so no one could say anything about it.

A crescent moon hung high in the sky, casting a cool, clear light that illuminated a vast expanse of colorful lights that flew swiftly across the heavens. These lights moved with incredible speed and silence, passing by without disturbing anyone.

Behind a vast expanse of multicolored light, a golden light followed them from afar. As the golden light flew forward, it swayed from time to time, appearing quite anxious.

At the end of the Yin hour, a group of 20,000 righteous disciples finally arrived above the City of Gods and Demons. At that time, it was still dark and the City of Gods and Demons was quiet.

The leaders of more than thirty righteous sects whispered something to their disciples. Afterwards, the two thousand disciples from these thirty sects who had been assigned the Thunderfire Tribulation gathered together and were about to disperse under the orders of their masters.

Suddenly, the golden light that had been following them from afar shot over and arrived in front of all the righteous disciples.

A flash of golden light revealed the tall, thin figure of a gray-robed monk.