A little less than half a month later.
Somewhere along the Endless Void River.
The Primordial Unity Lineage's army was attacking a Ghost Dao Minor Realm. Inside a quiet chamber aboard one of its large, high-grade flying vessels...
Ling Pengyun had been cultivating there when the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch suddenly came looking for him in a panic.
"Fellow Daoist Primordial Unity, the battle here is going well. Why do you look so anxious?"
Ling Pengyun noticed his strange expression and asked out of curiosity.
The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch then explained in detail how, several days earlier, countless bandit cultivators had begun wreaking havoc around Primordial Unity Immortal City.
There were even reports that Void Refinement bandit cultivators had appeared.
Such powerful foes were difficult to handle. The people the Primordial Unity Lineage had left to guard the city could do nothing but rely on its Grade Six formation to protect themselves.
The ordinary Spirit Lands around the city, and the cultivators traveling to and from it, were not so fortunate.
In no time, the area around Primordial Unity Immortal City had been thrown into chaos.
Visitor numbers had plummeted, and the city's reputation had rapidly declined.
This was especially troubling. If they failed to resolve it, the city might be ruined for good, never to recover its former glory as a bustling destination.
Moreover, the bandit cultivators' appearance around the city was far too coincidental, and their numbers were staggering. The Primordial Unity Lineage had also recently learned some unusual information.
They now knew that the Black Snake Ghost Dao Clan had masterminded the affair.
The ones carrying it out were Void Refinement Early Stage factions hostile to the Primordial Unity Lineage.
"That is precisely why this matter is so complicated. Though our lineage has asked several nearby