The dim sun sank, and the radiant Divine Mirror rose.
On this day, Chenli lost four of its rulers and welcomed its one and only sovereign.
The Zuohuan Sect had been destroyed. This had become clear in the midst of the war between the Mingjing Sect and the Taiming Sect, but back then, nobody had the energy to pay it any attention.
Nearly all the disciples of the Zuohuan Sect had died in the battle that destroyed their sect. Most of those who had been away from the sect had also perished in the ensuing Ghost God upheaval. As for their "traitorous" sect master, he had returned to the netherworld alongside the other members of the Taiming Sect in the final battle between the Mingjing and Taiming Sects.
The entire Liuguang Sect had fled. There had been no word of them since, and no one knew where they had ended up. However, clues suggested that most of the sect's main force had entered Da Chen.
As for the Huangyang Sect, the last sect left standing, it had sent its congratulations as soon as An Jing declared the Mingjing Sect an Upper Sect.
Heavenly Monarch Hongwu had been trapped by the Taiming Sect's Heavenly Demon at his place of seclusion. He had only just broken free of his Inner Demon and prepared to act when the battle was already over. Facing the victorious Mingjing Sect, now home to a Lingxiao Realm expert and two newly ascended Heavenly Monarchs, Heavenly Monarch Hongwu had unhesitatingly sent his "congratulations," then used his mighty power to relocate the entire sect.
The Huangyang Sect's main force was based at Hongfu Mountain in eastern Chenli, with its sect headquarters atop a vast iceberg. When Heavenly Monarch Hongwu used his divine ability to move mountains and overturn seas,