The Northern Endless Sea, Profound Origin Ancient City.
Though Profound Origin Ancient City sounded like a magnificent city of Human Race cultivators, it was actually the ruins of an ancient city.
Most cultivators living there were Rogue Cultivators with no backing.
But recently, traffic through this dilapidated city on the frontier, which should have attracted no attention, had grown much heavier. Among the visitors were quite a few Direct Line Descendants of major powers.
Half a month earlier, the tremendous commotion from a nearby Nameless Floating Island had clearly plunged many powers, both near and far, into deep unease and fear.
That shrill howl was all too familiar to countless cultivators on the Northern Endless Sea.
It had most likely come from the Ghost Child Clan's Heavenly Demon ancestor at the Tribulation Transcendence stage.
What no one knew was which Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Powerhouse had fought him, or what dispute had sparked their clash.
After all, Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Powerhouses were the ultimate pillars of their respective powers. Forget testing one another on a whim; they hardly ever showed their faces.
But once something drove even such powerhouses to blows, it meant the seemingly calm situation on the Northern Endless Sea might already have changed dramatically beneath the surface.
Powers that had sensed trouble early and could relocate their entire clans had long since fled without a trace.
Those held back by one reason or another could only huddle together for warmth, as the people in this city had done.
Meanwhile, inside an unremarkable inn in the city.
A Cold Woman dressed in white sat at a table, her deep gaze fixed on the teacup before her.
Behind her stood three young cultivators shoulder to shoulder, each with an extraordinary bearing at first glance.
Their cultivation, strength, clothing, and manner all marked