The Beast God Realm, Bright Light Settlement.
Ever since Xu Xing had left, the rules he established had gradually faded, and tensions between the settlement's inner and outer districts had grown increasingly pronounced.
People's hearts were unsettled.
This was especially true of those inside the settlement. They already had cultivation, making them far stronger than the people on the outskirts, who had only just begun their journey into cultivation.
Moreover, the simplified version of the Law-Intercepting Heaven-Veiling Technique had little offensive power, so the two sides were not evenly matched.
Still, those Xu Xing had left behind had at least retained some kindness in their hearts. And wary of the bloody methods used before, they were willing to yield when faced with certain choices.
Among them,
the siblings Xi Yun and Xi Li stood out. They had received the cultivation methods Xu Xing left behind and had been appointed as the settlement's administrators.
Thanks to the two of them mediating, tensions between the inner and outer districts of Bright Light Settlement remained manageable in the early days.
But as time went on, the conflict between the two sides did not fade. Instead, it grew more pronounced.
The people on the outskirts grew stronger and stronger, and were no longer satisfied with the meager resources they had received at the start.
But those inside already held an overwhelming advantage in force, and were willing to give up less and less.
The strain of all this left Xi Yun and Xi Li physically and mentally exhausted.
They tried to get things done, but the people inside often showed respect only on the surface, and paid them lip service while doing as they pleased.
The people outside, meanwhile, felt that since Xi Yun had once been one of them, he ought to fight