The Primordial Five Elements Sect!
Fang Chen's eyes narrowed. He had never heard of this sect.
But inside Little Crane, the Nether Prison Immortal King's eyes narrowed as well. "I've seen fragments about that name in some extremely ancient texts. It was one of the sects most skilled in the Five Elements Dao during the Primordial Era. Its founding Sect Master was said to be a Cultivator with a five-element Spiritual Root. He took part in the First Heaven-Extermination War and ultimately fell!"
Little Crane relayed the Nether Prison Immortal King's words to Fang Chen.
Once Fang Chen learned the Primordial Five Elements Sect's origins, he was surprised. He had not expected these people to be Cultivators from the Primordial Era.
Fang Chen returned the courtesy at once. "No need for formalities, Daoist Friend Gu Daozi. How did you come to be here? And why was the Devil Race pursuing you?"
A bitter look crossed Gu Daozi's face. "It's a long story."
He took a deep breath and began to explain:
"The Primordial Five Elements Sect was nearly destroyed after the First Heaven-Extermination War. Only a few inheritors remained, living under assumed names. I was a disciple of the sect's last Elder. We followed our master into the Second Heaven-Extermination War. He was gravely wounded in the fighting and led us into a region of Chaotic Space, where we lost our way. It wasn't until a hundred thousand years ago that he mustered what strength he had left to open a Spatial Passage and send us out!"
Fang Chen had not expected Gu Daozi and the others to have lived through the Second Great Calamity.
They were the first Cultivators he had met who had survived it.
He asked Gu Daozi, "Are there many Cultivators like you who survived the