During the time Lin Xuan was in seclusion, a major upheaval took place in the Cultivation World of Yanzhou, Zhao State. Its cause was a conflict between two cultivation families.
The Yan Family and the Wang Family!
The Wang Family accused Yan Tianheng of murdering people for their treasures and ambushing their disciples along the way.
Yet because their family head had vanished, the Yan Family instead suspected that Yan Tianheng had fallen victim to the Wang Family's foul schemes.
Both sides stuck to their own stories, arguing without end...
Since Yan Tianheng had long since died at Lin Xuan's hands, no amount of wrangling could ever uncover the truth.
Although cultivation families possessed some influence compared to Rogue Cultivators, their reach was still quite limited. However, both of these families happened to have sects backing them.
The Wang Family's ancestor had once been an elder of Floating Cloud Valley. Though the family had now established itself independently, the ties of incense and lineage remained. Yan Tianheng's second daughter, meanwhile, was the deeply favored concubine of Fire Spirit Sect's sole Core Condensation Realm cultivator.
With this connection, coupled with the fact that Fire Spirit Sect and Floating Cloud Valley had long contested for supremacy over Yanzhou's Cultivation World, there had always been friction between them. They had merely restrained their dissatisfaction out of mutual wariness.
Now, naturally, each protected its own. Once the two great powers moved, Yanzhou's other sects could not possibly remain untouched. Some were friendly with Fire Spirit Sect, while others had old ties with Floating Cloud Valley, forming two opposing alliances.
At first, it was merely a war of words. Then the cultivation families dependent on them began clashing. Fortunately, the major sects themselves had not yet acted. Yet two years had now passed, and not