Six Gates Mountain had originally been a sect, and Fan Zhiyang had once been a shrewd, capable, and devious immortal who had wielded great influence across the realm. But because of the issue of excessive taxes, the sect had ultimately fallen into decline.
There were quite a few ways to solve the tax problem. It could only be said that Fan Zhiyang had failed halfway down that road.
There were ways for a sect to obtain tax reductions, and more than a few at that. The most straightforward was to secure a seat in the main sect of the Six Paths Immortal Land. The next best option was to display the sect's formidable strength and provide powerful support during major sect missions. All of these could earn one's sect a tax reduction.
One had to understand that the various forces of the Nine Immortal Lands were constantly competing and fighting over realm resources. If there were no powerful immortals protecting a region, then, once the skin was gone, what could the hair cling to? So it was not that these taxes were entirely unreasonable. It could only be said that this world was simply so cruel.
Fan Zhiyang had been injured because he had accepted a challenge from the leader of a neighboring realm and ultimately been defeated. The Jade Immortal Sect had met with the same fate. However, its sect leader had not been injured. Although his cultivation was somewhat lacking, he had managed to hold on to his position and still had a chance to make a comeback.
Unfortunately, while keeping a low profile and biding its time, it had provoked me and brought down a calamity of annihilation. Thus, the Jade Immortal Sect had now been thoroughly reshuffled.
When they saw me return, the Fan family's descendants,