"Don't put it that way. Though death is the final outcome, even ants steal a living—let alone humans."
"I refuse to believe you truly never thought of any solutions."
Li Yun smiled.
Then he suddenly took out another batch of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and tossed them over.
The nine Immortal Sovereigns received them without any shame, dividing them up and consuming them again right in front of Li Yun. Their condition improved somewhat more.
"Of course we did. How could we not?"
"We ourselves don't know how we survived the Epoch Calamity. But since we survived, who would truly want to die away silently like this?"
"Mm... wait, you're saying you don't even know how you survived the Epoch Calamity?"
"How is that possible?"
"Wasn't it because you made your own plans and turned Cloud Valley Immortal Sect into a Forbidden Land, thereby escaping the World Will's notice?"
Li Yun was somewhat startled. He suddenly felt that he might have been harboring some kind of misunderstanding about these Forbidden Lands.
The Immortal Sovereign who had spoken looked utterly dumbfounded.
"Why would you think that?"
"That was the Epoch Calamity. Within the calamity, everyone was steeped in the Calamity Qi of the Epoch Calamity. Even one's reason was reduced to less than thirty percent of normal. What could we have used to contend against the calamity? How could we possibly have artificially created a Forbidden Land like this?"
"Uh, all right... then how did you end up here?"
"I don't know!"
The speaking Immortal Sovereign wore a bewildered expression.
"My mind is full of chaos now. Many memories have already vanished. I only remember that when the Epoch Calamity descended, after a spell of disorder within Cloud Valley Immortal Sect, we immediately sealed the sect."
"No disciples were allowed