"Qi Family?"
Within the Sect Gate Hall, after learning the information he wanted from the two Cave-Heaven Realm elders of Tianhao Sect, Yang Qingyun raised an eyebrow.
It turned out that behind this war, it was actually the Qi Family, one of the seven great forces of Eastern Province, that had been pushing things forward from the shadows.
As for the specific reason,
the two Cave-Heaven Realm elders of Tianhao Sect did not know either.
Not long after the Spiritual Qi Resurgence began, Wind Thunder Pavilion had nearly swept across half of Eastern Province, razing mountains and destroying temples, slaughtering everyone in its path.
Having sensed the danger, Tianhao Sect had taken the initiative to submit to the Qi Family of the nearest domain.
Now, although Tianhao Sect was the overlord of Qilian Domain, it had actually become a subordinate of the Qi Family, one of the seven great forces of Eastern Province.
Several years ago,
someone from the Qi Family had come and hoped that they would send people to take control of Western Mountain Land.
As for why, the Qi Family's people had not explained in detail. They had merely revealed that some of the Qi Family's subsequent actions required Western Mountain Land, and that they needed Tianhao Sect's help.
Naturally, Tianhao Sect had no room to refuse an order from above.
Moreover, as a local major sect of Qilian Domain, they knew that Western Mountain Land was merely a barren region. Before the Spiritual Qi Resurgence, the only force entrenched there had been a tiny Void Realm cultivator.
Thus, they had readily taken on the entire task.
They simply had not expected that,
when they sent their disciples to sweep through Western Mountain Land and take control of the place,
they would suddenly discover that an enormous