In the Cultivation World, the rise and fall of a lineage was as ordinary as could be. Even a major sect was never an enduring presence.
The three major sects on Ice Plains Island had been nothing more than minor sects tens of thousands of years ago.
And the major sects that had possessed Spirit Severing realm cultivators tens of thousands of years ago had by now become ordinary sects. The destruction of a cultivation lineage naturally could not be considered a major matter.
The only possible obstacle was the entanglement between the Tang family and Ice Separation Palace.
But Qin Fengming was not overly worried about this. The Tang family's territory lay far too distant from Ice Separation Palace's foundation. In ordinary times, so long as nothing happened, the other forces could maintain peace out of consideration for Ice Separation Palace. But once trouble arose, driven by profit, that fear would naturally vanish like smoke in thin air.
Qin Fengming was utterly certain of this.
Back then, in the Human Realm, more than a dozen of them—early and mid Integration stage cultivators—had dared to directly besiege a late Integration stage cultivator. That was the best proof.
Half an hour later, Qin Fengming left the Marketplace. His escaping light rose, and he shot toward the northwest.
With Qin Fengming's departure, an explosive piece of news suddenly spread from the Marketplace throughout the surrounding Cultivation World. It spread so quickly that in barely the time it took to drink a cup of tea, it had already swept across a radius of twenty to thirty million li.
"The Tang family offended Ice Separation Palace and has already been abandoned by Ice Separation Palace."
Regardless of whether those who heard this news believed it, everyone naturally passed it along.
As the news spread,