Memories of the Past

To be sure, Chu Xiyao showed not the slightest emotional ripple on her face. Even the spiritual energy flowing through her meridians and qi sea remained utterly undisturbed.

But when she heard what Du Chong had just said, her heart was, after all, stirred.

Both the Great Tribulation of Tian Ding Mountain and the Outer Court Calamity had taken place more than three hundred years ago.

Now, with Chenping Continent already teetering on the brink and doomsday liable to arrive at any moment, Chu Xiyao had never imagined that anyone would suddenly bring up those events from the past.

She had assumed that even if anyone still remembered those old affairs, they would be treated as long-buried history, never to be mentioned again.

But Du Chong's appearance today, and what he had just said, made Chu Xiyao grow wary once more.

More than three hundred years ago, the Monster Suppressing Stone that had sealed the Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul was stolen from Caiyun Tower on Qingchan Peak.

Given Chu Xiyao's current standing in the Supreme Martial Guardian Hall of Empty Mountain Sect, she had naturally learned many of the secrets from that time.

For instance, the role Li Haoran had played behind the Great Tribulation of Tian Ding Mountain and the Outer Court Calamity of Empty Mountain Sect.

Although Huo Mu had been the chief culprit behind the disasters that had befallen Tian Ding Mountain and Empty Mountain Sect's Outer Court more than three hundred years ago,

those calamities would never have unfolded so smoothly without Li Haoran's instructions and tacit approval.

Chu Xiyao knew very well that Li Haoran had made his choice to settle the Karma left behind when True Person Caiyun slew the Black Flood Dragon all those years ago.

The Black Flood Dragon's destruction of