Ever since Lu Qingfeng left,
ever since Ao Le attained the Dao and became an Earth Immortal,
fifty-seven thousand years had passed.
Fifty-seven thousand years.
It could be considered short.
To the entire Ancient Sorrow Continent, and to those Earth Immortal ancestors, it was merely the time it took to snap their fingers.
Back then,
Lu Qingfeng had forcibly helped Ao Le attain the Dao.
He had also cursed Patriarch Yiyuan, Patriarch Golden Light, and Battle King to death, causing the situation in Ancient Sorrow to undergo a drastic change.
The Ancient Sorrow Heavenly Court, which had once suppressed Ancient Sorrow, saw its might greatly reduced after the deaths of the three veteran Earth Immortals.
Under pressure from the three Dragon Ancestors and the Earth Immortal factions of Flood Demon Palace, Spirit Communion Limitless Gate, and True Martial Profound Connection Mountain, Nine True Immortal Sword Sect, Azure Sea Void Palace, and Heavenly Gate of Battle had no choice but to make the Ancient Sorrow Heavenly Court abandon most of its territory, never to hold the position of overlord again.
What followed
was the rise of the Three Dragon Palaces.
With the Dragon Transformation Pool in hand, experts at the True Immortal level emerged from the Three Dragon Palaces one after another.
To the point that
the Three Dragon Palaces faintly became existences like the Ancient Sorrow Heavenly Court had once been.
After the Heavenly Court contracted its territory,
the Earth Immortal factions of Flood Demon Palace, Spirit Communion Limitless Gate, and True Martial Profound Connection Mountain once again turned hostility into friendship with the three immortal sects, turned their spears around, and confronted the Three Dragon Palaces head-on.
Primordial Spirits and True Immortals fought in chaotic battles.
Even experts at the Earth Immortal level often fought beyond the starry heavens,