Sky Shattering: Immortals Fall Like Windblown Catkins, Mountains and Rivers Tremble, Humanity in Peril

Xuanhuang World, Western Domain.

The Xuanhuang World had only one continental landmass stretching across its center, surrounded on all sides by boundless seas.

By now, the once prosperous and densely populated Central Region had long since fallen into ruin and desolation.

In truth, it was not just the Central Region of the Xuanhuang World. The eastern, western, southern, and northern domains were scarcely any better. Yet among the mountains and ravines, within the forest seas and deep valleys of the Xuanhuang World, there were still quite a few traces of human habitation.

Since the first year of Sky Shattering, after enduring the ravages of Heavenly Demons, the chaos wrought by demonic cultivators, and the assaults of monsters, humanity in the Xuanhuang World had been forced to leave their homes. They either fled far across the sea, hid within great cities and fortified strongholds, or eked out a miserable existence in remote wildernesses.

Nearly all humans in the Xuanhuang World were merely lingering on in desperate straits. Vast stretches of the Xuanhuang World had long become wasteland. In places where people still lived, some simply had more people and some had fewer; there was little real difference.

Outside West Sea City, the utterly exhausted Jiang Huan entered the heavily guarded city with Li Shu and Wang Yuan supporting him.

Ignoring the deathlike looks from the guards at the city gate, the three had barely entered West Sea City's Hall of Affairs and handed in the gains from this mission when the steward said coldly, "In three days, your objective will be to explore Withered Bone Forest."

Wang Yuan flew into a rage. "We completed our mission this time. Shouldn't we have at least seven days of rest? Why only three short days?"

The steward's expression did not change. "Under ordinary circumstances,