Two Entirely Different Worlds

South of the Longevity Mountain Gate lay rolling, unbroken hills stretching from east to west and continuing southward for hundreds of thousands of miles.

By now, the spirit cities and marketplaces scattered like stars throughout this vast hilly region had all completely changed in nature.

Some had become logistical supply transit hubs; others had become fortresses and passes, exterminating the stragglers that slipped through from the Frontline Battlefield.

At the southernmost edge of this vast hilly region, once the heartland of the Great Chu Cultivation Realm, was now, in practical terms, a frontier land.

And this frontier was anything but peaceful. It was a place of endless slaughter!

From the very beginning of the Demon Calamity, the prepared Longevity Sect had already made arrangements to abandon more than half of the Great Chu Cultivation Realm.

After ordering Longevity Sect disciples across the Great Chu Cultivation Realm to return to the mountain gate, they established a temporary line of defense in the East Lake Waters.

Beyond East Lake, they established a second line of defense, relying on the Azure Wu River in central Great Chu.

The edge of this hilly region was the third line of defense, as well as the most crucial logistical support point.

However, with the Longevity Sect's severely wounded strength at the time, it was ultimately unable to bear the weight of such a terrifying Demon Calamity.

In just a few short years, the East Lake and Azure Wu—those two defensive lines—were breached one after another.

Fortunately, those years of respite allowed the Longevity Sect to rise from the brink of death and be reborn in fire.

After all, no matter how terrifying the Demon Calamity was, it remained within the boundaries of this world. The pinnacle of the cultivation world was Nascent Soul Great Cultivators and