"After the young master descended the mountain, the Seven Great Immortal Sects were all buzzing with speculation. Why had a young master as gifted as he descended the mountain?"
"Could it be that the Devil Race had brought an immense immortal opportunity?!"
"But only the townsfolk who had witnessed it firsthand saw him carry Xiuxiu down, carve a line of words into the city wall, and then pick up a longsword from Ji Bochang's corpse."
"From that moment on, not a single member of the Devil Race was able to cross the border."
"That battle had shattered heaven and earth. Countless Devil Race warriors broke upon the city walls, and the white robes of the young master of the Immortal Sect were soaked through with blood, yet he never retreated a single step."
"Just then, heaven and earth suddenly thundered. Immortal Dao across the sky began to intertwine without end, illuminating all ten directions."
"The immortals watching from distant immortal mountains through great divine arts were ecstatic, for they knew this was the sight that came before ascension."
"Sure enough, the Devil Race had brought boundless immortal opportunity! An opportunity enough to make one an immortal!"
"But what they did not know was that this had merely been a coincidence. The Immortal Light filling the sky had only appeared because the young master of the Immortal Sect had happened to reach the moment of ascension."
"After one night, dawn gradually rose."
"Under the sunlight, the townspeople looked up and discovered that the Devil Race had retreated, yet a figure still stood upon the city wall."
"For some reason, the young master of the Immortal Sect had not ascended. Instead, covered in wounds, he had died in battle atop the wall, his corpse still standing stubbornly upright."
"The people of the