Jiangbei, Qing Kingdom.
An elderly man with white hair and beard was strolling leisurely through a courtyard alive with birdsong and fragrant flowers, toying with an armored scalebird inside an iron cage in his hand.
Then, a streak of Radiance descended first.
"Old Monster Hua, a True Lord of the Demon Sect personally issued the call to muster forces. Half of Jiangbei has sprung into action at the mere rumor, yet you're still in the mood to stroll birds here."
A middle-aged man sauntered out from the Radiance.
Old Monster Hua, as the man called him, had some standing in Jiangbei. He was the sect leader of the Five Elements Sect, a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator known as True Person Wuxing.
At that moment, True Person Wuxing lifted the birdcage and laughed.
"When soldiers come, generals block them; when water comes, earth dams it. Xia Weiming, have you finished relocating your clan?"
"The entire Zhaoxia Clan has moved into Qing Kingdom. I assume the Five Elements Sect has done the same? No matter what, we can only walk this road into darkness."
After speaking, the middle-aged man seemed somewhat melancholy.
"Hmph, so what if we walk one road into darkness?"
At that moment, another voice rang out. A youth stepped forward as he spoke. "Under the Demon Sect's rule, we never had a way out to begin with."
"By joining the Dao Court, we can at least gamble on a chance!"
"Old Monster Chen." Xia Weiming sighed at the sight of him.
The man was named Chen Anze. Like Xia Weiming, he was the ancestor of an immortal clan, and the Yuanchen Clan's reputation was far greater than that of the Zhaoxia Clan.
A moment later, a fragrant breeze suddenly swept in.
Threads of cloud mist drifted through the