Lingyuan Mountain Range was the largest mountain range near Taiyu City. It stretched across two cities, including the passage between Taiyu City and Anyu City.
Three Great Sects had also been established within the Lingyuan Mountain Range near Taiyu City: Lingyu Palace, Taiyu Valley, and the Nanhua Sword Sect. All of them had been founded by experts at the Internal Refinement Grandmaster level.
It was said that the Three Great Sects had originally been connected, which was why they had been established so close to one another, but this claim had never been confirmed.
Within the Lingyuan Mountain Range, the Three Great Sects formed a three-legged balance of power. Friction existed between all three sides, though it had not yet reached the point of a fight to the death.
However, Qingzhou had suffered a severe drought this year. Not only had grain production fallen, but all kinds of cultivation resources had dwindled as well. Much of the Lingyuan Mountain Range showed signs of withering, and cultivation resources that had once been self-sustaining had become scarce.
There had already been many internal conflicts within the Three Great Sects, and now they had all erupted. At this time, Qingyuan Sect was levying cultivation resources, yet its grain supply had not decreased.
This was practically digging up the foundations of the Three Great Sects.
Naturally, the Three Great Sects were unwilling to accept this. They joined forces directly to deal with Qingyuan Sect. If they took down Qingyuan Sect, they could replace it and become Qingzhou's hegemonic force.
This was not a spur-of-the-moment decision. They had begun laying the groundwork long ago, placing people inside Qingyuan Sect. Those selected were all people whose families had been wiped out by Qingyuan Sect, because such people were the easiest to use. The hatred within them