The Ancestor Returns

"I never expected... so much to have happened..."

After a long while, Aaron tossed Li Xisun aside as though throwing away garbage. With a flick, he sent out a fireball and burned the man to ashes.

He himself gazed out over the eight-hundred-li Great Marsh Lake, recalling the information he had obtained earlier.

'After the great battle between the Far West Alliance and the Black Demon Sect branch ended... the Black Demon Sect branch holed up in Yuanchen and swore not to expand outward for a thousand years...'

'With the external pressure gone, the Far West Alliance immediately fell apart...'

'Yet Vast Righteous Sect, relying on the late Core Formation Holy Heart Scholar, still firmly held the largest share of the spoils...'

'But fair days did not last... roughly several decades after I went to Great Qian, Holy Heart Scholar exhausted his lifespan and passed away in meditation. Crimson Fire Old Monster became the new Supreme Elder...'

'Vast Righteous Sect slowly declined from then on. By the time Crimson Fire Old Monster, Azure Pill, and the others had all died of old age, Vast Righteous Sect astonishingly had not produced a single new Core Formation cultivator... Just then, Azure Cauldron Sect produced a Core Formation cultivator who called himself Azure Cloud True Person... He led Azure Cauldron Sect in joining forces with other Core Formation powers to breach Vast Righteous Sect's mountain gate. They even occupied Martial Kingdom, developing Azure Cauldron Sect into a colossal power spanning both the Forest and Martial Kingdoms...'

'Now, the Far Western Lands are still a chaotic battlefield of warring nations, with Core Formation sects ruling each country... Well, it's not much different from when I left.'

'I just never expected Azure Cauldron Sect to make such a comeback! Time truly is the greatest director