Chenping Continent's skies had changed.
Or rather, whether the skies over this land were dark or clear now depended entirely on those few Ascension Realm cultivators.
Eleven days after Liang Qianbo—a Spirit Realm elder from Qingjin Stream in Fengjian Valley, chosen by Du Cang Mountain and named one of its "Three Heroes of Tongshen Realm" alongside Chu Xiyao of the Empty Mountain Sect and Bai Jinye of Lingxiao Temple—was ambushed and killed, Fengjian Valley finally made another move.
And it was a major one.
Yin Xia, True Person Shuangyu and Fengjian Valley's Ascension Realm leader, personally set out for the Danyang Sect in Chenping Continent's Eastern Region to oversee the investigation into Liang Qianbo's murder. Nearly forty Supreme Elders of the Upper Three Realms from Fengjian Valley's Supreme Law Court and Supreme Supervisory Court also came out in full force, investigating every possible lead.
From the moment Fengjian Valley took action to the moment the force behind the provocation against Du Cang Mountain was uprooted, less than four hours passed.
Those people's thinking was simple.
Or perhaps it was much like that of Xiao Bo'an, the former Mirage Palace disciple who had mastered Weaving Dream Night Sky Observation and indirectly brought about the "Chaos of Immortals."
They believed Chenping Continent should not be ruled by Ascension Reincarnations who ought to have vanished into the long river of history.
If Ascension Realm cultivators of the past could rule Chenping Continent by reincarnating and cultivating anew, these people reasoned, then this land would remain in their hands forever.
Every Spirit Stone, every spiritual herb, and every Immortal Cultivator in Chenping Continent's cultivation world would be nothing more than the property of those untouchable figures looking down from on high.
At the opening ceremony of the discourse at Du Cang Mountain, Chen Yan