Nowadays, ordinary people in the Great Dry Imperial Dynasty knew only that the world was divided into nine regions.
But what they didn't know was that if they leafed through the records of the many ancient powers, they would learn that when the Great Gan Dynasty was founded, there had been a tenth region:
West Mountain Dao!
It was just that, thousands of years ago, when the Black Tide surged, many dark spirits emerged from the wilderness and fought a world-shaking battle against the Great Dry Imperial Dynasty in West Mountain Dao.
That battle had been earth-shattering. Many powerful figures had fallen, but it had also stabilized the Great Dry Imperial Dynasty's position.
However, the Great Dry Imperial Dynasty gradually declined afterward, losing control over the world. The nine great powers rose up and began ruling the realm alongside the dynasty.
What no one knew was that West Mountain Dao, reduced to ruins in the battle, had once again been occupied by powerful dark creatures.
This time, Linlang Blessed Land and Taiyue Mountain had intervened and sealed those dark creatures away. Thousands of years had passed since then.
Though these two blessed lands kept to the shadows and stayed out of worldly affairs, they still had to act when the safety of the entire continent was at stake.
After all, if they allowed this continent to fall into chaos, it would also affect their plans to enter the Golden Great World.
"Powerful creatures from the beginning of the Black Tide upheaval are still sealed away in West Mountain Dao?"
Hearing Muyue's explanation, Jiang Yan's eyes flickered.
"Sure enough, you can still learn a thing or two by asking old powers about these secrets."
"What a blessed land this is. If I can kill those powerful creatures one by one, I'll