The once-noisy cities had fallen utterly silent.
After a thousand years of activity in these cities, the living beings outside the bone towers had returned to their starting point once more.
There was no telling how many cycles this world had undergone.
The great clans living in the bone towers had long since grown accustomed to such sights and outcomes.
If events followed their former course, the Netherlings would slowly awaken their intelligence, then enter the empty cities under the guidance of the great clans. New Desolate Gods would emerge once more, and a tiny handful of outstanding individuals would be able to join the bone towers...
But this time, things were different.
The exiles in the bone towers were already stirring restlessly.
The great clans led by the Wa Clan and the Chi You Clan aimed to crush the Warden Clan, then escape this world.
The great clans led by the Xuanyuan Clan also aimed to escape this world, but their objective was to stop the Wa Clan and the Chi You Clan...
An irreconcilable conflict existed between these two forces.
Both sides understood perfectly well that the beginning of this thousand-year cycle was destined to be unlike those of the past.
Inside the Chi Spirit Bone Tower...
All the members of the Chi You Clan had gathered in the square.
Old Jin stood tall at the very front. He could barely contain the excitement in his heart, though his expression remained calm.
"As members of our Chi You Clan, you must be well aware of our origins," Old Jin said, his voice carrying clearly to every ear. "I, Fu Er, Chi Yi, and others... we came from the far vaster Mother World. Our roots lie in the Mother World! From the moment I entered this world, I have