Nether Prefecture of the Southern Region, Barren Ancient Mountain Range!
At the heart of the Barren Ancient Mountain Range, there were countless mutated demon beasts and deadly poison beasts.
Among them, the auras of certain great demons were even more powerful than those of human martial artists in the Inner Qi Realm.
Thus, the Barren Ancient Mountain Range was also known as the human forbidden ground of the Southern Region.
The Barren Ancient Mountain Range stretched for thousands of miles, occupying one-tenth of Great Xia's Southern Region.
Moreover, it bred an endless multitude of demon beasts.
The dangers within the Barren Ancient Mountain Range were such that even Inner Qi Realm martial artists did not dare venture deep inside.
Yet this Barren Ancient Mountain Range, which made the world tremble in fear and flee at the very sight of it, still bore traces of human habitation.
At the center of the Barren Ancient Mountain Range, amid an unremarkable cluster of mountains, stood a towering, majestic peak.
Around the mountain's waist stood an enormous human-built structure.
The structure was made entirely of wood, surrounded by tall wooden barricades.
Looking closely, shadowy figures moved within the wooden buildings, and many humans lived there.
Yet every one of them wore conspicuous white robes and white ceremonial caps.
One after another, they sat cross-legged on the ground, surrounding a massive lotus platform at the center.
Countless blooming White Lotuses were carved upon the lotus platform.
Pure World White Lotus Sect!
Anyone familiar with this symbol would immediately recognize that these were members of the Pure World White Lotus Sect.
Five people sat cross-legged atop the lotus platform—four men and one woman, all around fifty years old.
The five were dressed alike, each with the image of a white lotus carved into their foreheads.
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