A Million Lights Behind Me, While I Guard the Demon’s Lair Alone for a Thousand Years

The expeditionary army’s campaign to suppress the demon race ended in devastating defeat. Its leader died in battle, the strongest warriors blew themselves up to destroy the road back, and their companions fell one after another. Only Jian Chi remained. On the brink of death, he inherited four growth-type divine artifacts and single-handedly suppressed the demon nest for a thousand years...

A thousand years was long enough for human kingdoms to forget Demon Island, and to forget that the expeditionary army had sacrificed itself to protect them. It was long enough for civilization and technology to advance into the age of seafaring. Then, one day, a small human exploration vessel reached the shores of Demon Island...