Dustless Wasteland.
Early morning.
The blanket of dark clouds overhead kept the sun and moon forever hidden from this wasteland.
Upon a stretch of broken wall, dozens of cultivators had gathered. Taixuan Sect's Vice Sect Leader, Ji Hantian, was among them. They gazed toward the horizon, their brows all creased with worry.
"That she-devil is simply too powerful. Without a Profound Heart Realm cultivator, no matter how many of us join forces, it will be useless."
"Our dynasty has no Profound Heart Realm cultivator."
"Ours does, but he left eight hundred years ago. His whereabouts are impossible to trace."
"Just how many Profound Heart Realm Great Cultivators stand behind the Epiphyllum Sect?"
"We have reached the end of the road. There is no retreat!"
They were all the rulers of sects and factions from the various dynasties, every one of them having reached the Body Integration Realm. Before the Epiphyllum Sect's rampage, each had been a legendary figure in the Nine Dynasties' cultivation world, capable of turning heaven and earth upside down. Yet after gathering here for days, they remained helpless, not daring to act rashly.
Many Body Integration Realm cultivators had already died beneath the Epiphyllum Tree. Some had acted alone, while others had launched an all-out assault, yet all had returned with feathers scattered and wings broken. The terror of the Profound Heart Realm cowed them all.
Ji Hantian suddenly raised his right hand. The ring on his index finger burst forth with strands of flowing light that drilled into his brow.
Joy appeared on his face. Lowering his hand, he said, "Everyone, Taixuan Sect's Supreme Elder, Old Ancestor Xuanquan, has returned and is on his way here. When he arrives, we can launch an attack alongside him! Our Old Ancestor Xuanquan has already attained the Profound Heart