Seven Star Island: Two Ways to Leave

"The five great Demon Cultivators?"

"Indeed." The crane-haired elder's face was filled with reverence, and a trace of envy faintly showed through. "As the saying goes, a centipede dies but never stiffens. At that time, though the Demon Cultivator faction had already begun to decline, before that, it had, after all, just experienced nearly a hundred thousand years of prosperity. Among the older generation, talented people were as plentiful as clouds, and the five great Demon Cultivators were the very tip of the spear among them. Among these was our sect's founder, Mystic Phoenix Fairy. At that time, she had only just stepped into the Lihe stage, and purely in terms of cultivation, she was the weakest of the five experts..."

Hearing this, Lin Xuan was speechless, his face full of shock. "The Fairy had already stepped into the Lihe stage, yet she ranked last among the five experts. Could it be that the other four were all..."

"Your guess is correct. The other four were also Lihe-stage old monsters. Originally, with their cultivation, they had long since stopped concerning themselves with the affairs of the Human World. Each of them lived in seclusion in the Great Wild Marsh, racking their brains and exhausting their thoughts over nothing but how to survive the Heavenly Tribulation and ascend to the Spirit World. However, this time, when Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and the demonic path joined forces to make trouble for Demon Cultivators, the five experts could not stand aside, and finally came forward..."

Hearing this, Lin Xuan nodded and did not ask why, because the reason was very obvious.

Though the immortal path was difficult, and most who pursued it were cold-hearted and unrighteous, valuing only their own interests, that did not mean there were no exceptions. As long as one was