The war on the front lines was pressing, yet the rear was far from peaceful.
Within the Great Yan Sacred Dynasty, some cultivators had begun to stir restlessly.
They wanted to become usurpers, to seize power, plunder resources, even overthrow the Sacred Dynasty while the Sacred Emperor was at the front and the Sage Master had vanished.
Countless rumors spread throughout the land. Some said the Sage Master had already ascended to the higher realm; some said the Sacred Emperor had died in battle at the front; others said the Great Yan Sacred Dynasty's fate had run its course.
Those old cultivators who had followed the Great Yan Sacred Dynasty all the way naturally did not believe such nonsense.
But among those who had joined later, those forced to integrate, and those who had long harbored resentment, quite a few believed it.
A heretical sect arose in response to the times—the Fate Sect.
The moment the Fate Sect appeared, it spread rapidly. Its doctrine was simple:
The Great Yan Sacred Dynasty's fate had run its course, Heaven's mandate had shifted, and only the Fate Sect could lead all living beings through the calamity of the Void God Race.
What was Destined by Heaven was the destiny of the Boundless Void.
Many cultivators believed it, including even some major forces.
They had long been dissatisfied with the Great Yan Sacred Dynasty's rule, had long dwelled bitterly on the power they had lost, and had long been lost regarding their future fate.
The emergence of the Fate Sect gave them a reason, a direction, and a hope.
A Qing spoke solemnly:
"I have calculated the Fate Sect's backing. There is indeed something strange about it."
He paused, his brows tightly furrowed. "They seem to carry the true destiny of this Boundless Void."