"Ah."
Wang Zhengyang let out a soft sigh and continued, "The Seven Nights Divine Sect's situation today has a great deal to do with Yi Heng's injuries."
Qi Lingyu furrowed his brow and said quietly, "I believe I've heard some rumors about this too."
"It was said to have happened four thousand years ago."
"At that time, Yi Heng had just taken over as Sect Master of the Seven Nights Divine Sect when internal strife broke out within its territory. Several unknown forces suddenly rose up and set off a war across the region."
"As the highest authority within the territory, Yi Heng naturally had a duty he could not shirk. He stepped forward to stop it and preserve peace throughout the region."
"Back then, how overbearing was this Sect Master of the Seven Nights Divine Sect? He practically bloodbathed the entire territory."
"Someone once said... Sect Master Yi Heng was the most powerful Sect Master since the Seven Nights Divine Sect first established its sect in this territory. He was even said to have had hope of glimpsing the pinnacle of martial arts and becoming the legendary Great Mystic Art User."
"Yet who would have thought that, right after that upheaval..."
"News spread within the Seven Nights Divine Sect that Yi Heng had suffered severe injuries. It seemed that some kind of poison had also entered his body, and it could not be purged even after all this time."
"That was why Yi Heng had been... sickly and feeble all this time, relying on miraculous pills and wondrous medicines to maintain his life. He no longer had the strength to maintain order within the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory either."
"Left with no choice... Yi Heng's father, Yi Wen, the previous Sect Master of the Seven Nights Divine Sect,