It had already been five years since Yang Qingyun had used secluded cultivation as an excuse to travel through the myriad worlds via Entering the Great Thousand Dreams.
During these five years,
far too many things had happened.
First of all, the situation across the Eastern Continent had undergone drastic changes. The local forces of the Eastern Continent, led by the Five Elements Magnetic Sect, had temporarily ended their originally brutal war with the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
The outside world had offered all sorts of theories about the specific reason for the truce. Some guessed that higher-level forces had intervened to mediate, while others believed that both sides had chosen to rest because of the heavy casualties they had suffered earlier.
But outsiders did not know the true reason.
One thing was certain, however: on the front lines, both sides had reached an unspoken understanding and would no longer engage in large-scale clashes.
The flames of war that had swept across the Thirty-Six Domains of the Eastern Continent had temporarily vanished.
However,
the Eastern Continent had not regained peace because of this.
On the contrary, battles and bloodshed continued to erupt frequently in various places.
Attacks and annexations between factions emerged one after another, while blades and raging fires spread into every corner.
This was the result of order collapsing among all sides during the chaotic war between the Wind Thunder Pavilion and the major local forces of the Eastern Continent.
The great powers that had originally stood at the very top had devoted tremendous energy to the war, causing their control over those below them to decline sharply.
As a result, ambitious figures from every quarter had risen one after another, using the chaotic situation to expand their own strength.
They fought for resources and seized territory, rapidly expanding