After spending some time in deep conversation with the five people, Tang Luo and the others reasoned with them and convinced them that they were not traitors, but saviors.
At the same time, they explained the situation bit by bit.
According to these people, the Great You Dynasty had indeed existed, but that had been several centuries ago.
Now—rather, before the heavenly calamity descended—the mortal dynasty was not Great You. There were many mortal nations throughout the world, opposing and competing with one another, with occasional conflicts.
The boundary between immortals and mortals had also been relatively clear.
The major sects rarely interfered in the disputes of mortal nations.
According to them, the heavenly calamity had descended fifty years ago.
Fifty years ago, the cultivation world had still been at its peak.
Not only were Nascent Soul cultivators active, but Deity Transformation cultivators had become titans of the cultivation world. Even the Void Refinement realm had been "within reach," no longer a mere legend.
Until that black rain fell.
A black rain that covered nearly everything as far as the eye could see.
It rained for an entire month, and all things withered.
After the black rain came a tide of demonic beasts. For some unknown reason, although all things withered and mortals, even plants, died in great numbers, the numbers of wild beasts and demonic beasts barely decreased.
At the same time, they underwent strange mutations. Their numbers surged, and they began sweeping across the world.
Countless demonic beasts appeared, devouring everything before them like a pack of starving gluttons, like locusts passing through.
Every cultivator sect in the world came under attack.
In their battles against the demonic beasts, the cultivators suffered grievous losses. After more than a decade of war, countless cultivation sects had collapsed, with fewer