In front of the main hall plaza of the Lingyun Sect.
One Qi Refining stage elder after another, their auras condensed and steady, gathered here. At the very front, Sect Master Xu Yun stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze solemn as he watched all the elders who had arrived.
Nurtured by a large amount of sect Contribution Points, the vast majority of them had grown considerably stronger than they had been a year ago.
"Fellow brothers and sisters, the one-year deadline has arrived. I hope all of you are prepared."
"Three days ago, Ancestor Bingyun sent word from deep within the snow mountains. The gap in the formation's crack has widened enough to allow Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators to pass through."
"This is a trial that our Lingyun Sect cannot avoid. I hope every one of you returns alive!"
Upon hearing these words, the hearts of all the elders grew several degrees heavier.
No one knew how many remnant ancient demons still survived within the sealing formation. They might have all perished with the passage of time, but there might also be some extraordinarily powerful beings within, entities that could not be resisted at all.
Break through it, and from then on, the Lingyun Sect would no longer be bound by the ancestral precepts. The road ahead would be as vast as the sea and as open as the sky.
Fail to break through it, and the sect would be destroyed. There would be no more Lingyun Sect, and the Qingling Region would once again face the crisis of ancient demons running rampant, just as it had thousands of years ago!
Every Foundation Establishment Realm elder understood that there was no longer any avoiding this. They could only steel themselves, grit their teeth, and charge forward.
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