Compared with those from the other regions, the people of the Central Lands, especially those of the sacred lands, understood the course of events and the details far more clearly.
Many could not help sighing in dismay.
"The Heaven-Dominating Sacred Land really... brought destruction upon itself! They thought that once that Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable and his personal disciple had left the Cangyuan Realm, the Worry-forgetting Sect had lost its greatest protector. They figured they could throw their weight around and arrogantly sought to wipe it out, only to bring ruin upon their own sect instead!"
"Exactly. But who could have imagined that Celestial Venerable Hanli of the Worry-forgetting Sect had long since become a half-immortal and was only half a step from true immortality? All I can say is that the Heaven-Dominating Sacred Land deserved its destruction!"
"True enough. The Heaven-Dominating Sacred Land brought this fate entirely upon itself. Its disciples dared to harbor vile intentions toward the Worry-forgetting Sect's disciples, only to be killed because they were outmatched. Before the Worry-forgetting Sect had even pursued the matter, they actually dared to bring their people over to demand an explanation and blockade the sect. If Celestial Venerable Hanli hadn't already been a half-immortal, who knows how things would have ended?"
"Who could disagree? Still, after this incident, we must discipline our disciples strictly and forbid any conflict with the Worry-forgetting Sect's disciples, lest we follow in the Heaven-Dominating Sacred Land's footsteps!"
"Indeed. With a half-immortal patriarch on the verge of attaining immortality presiding over it, the Worry-forgetting Sect is now an existence no one in this world can afford to provoke. If we don't keep our disciples in line, and one of them offends the Worry-forgetting Sect someday, we'll be doomed beyond redemption!"
Such discussions filled all the