Chapter 36: Aftermath.

The cheers continued to echo across Blue Cloud Mist City, yet the city itself was almost unrecognizable. Buildings that had once stood for decades had been reduced to piles of broken stone and shattered wood.

Several streets had been torn apart during the battle, leaving deep cracks running through the ground. Parts of the upper layers had collapsed onto the ones below, while smoke still rose from burning buildings scattered throughout the city.

Blood stained the streets. Broken weapons and pieces of armor were scattered among the rubble, mixed with the remains of demons that had been burned to ash.

Some areas were still covered in crimson-golden flames, while countless injured cultivators and mortals were being pulled from the ruins by those who had survived.

The city had suffered an unimaginable disaster.

Despite all of that, the cheers continued to come from the survivors.

"We survived!"

"The demons are gone!"

"We won!"