Splash!
Under the cover of thick fog, a massive oceangoing ship gradually docked at the shore.
Sailors disembarked and swiftly surveyed the surroundings. Only after confirming that no ambush had been laid did they return to the shore and whistle several times.
Before long, elderly men with the poise of deep pools and towering mountains stepped off the ship and onto land.
"Finally, we're back. We've been gone for so many years... I wonder whether the martial world is still well now."
One old man sighed emotionally.
These people were, astonishingly, the first group to return from the Golden Age... more precisely, from the Present-World Pathfinding Faction.
Wherever there were people, there were factions. Naturally, the masters of the Golden Age had also split into several camps.
The Pathfinding Faction led by Sun Lutang and Guo Yunsheng had gone to the True Realm, hoping to find a path to becoming Martial Immortals without Great Medicine and without turning into Blood Descendants.
The Present-World Pathfinding Faction led by Yang Luchan and Dong Haichuan had gone overseas. While excavating relics of ancient civilizations in search of new paths, they had also caused trouble for the Research Institute and drawn its fire.
Others had joined the Research Institute, intending to rely on its power to extend their lives as much as possible in pursuit of immortality...
Then there was the Stay-Behind Faction led by Master Wang Wu and Gong Baotian, as well as Li Shuxing's Way of Utmost Sincerity Faction...
Of them all, the largest was the Present-World Pathfinding Faction, followed by the True Realm Pathfinding Faction and the Research Institute Immortality Faction.
Yet after searching for decades, the Present-World Pathfinding Faction had ultimately discovered that the most promising path was that of Source Blood Martial Immortals. All other possibilities were simply too