The Nine Provinces were Heaven Continent, Ding Province, Qing Province, Lei Province, Soldier Province, Yun Province, Mist Province, You Province, and Cang Province.
Among them, Qing Province and Mist Province were completely controlled by the Vast Sky Alliance, while Yun Province and Lei Province belonged to Myriad Demon Ridge. As for the remaining five provinces, sects from both major camps stood side by side, with no clearly defined ownership. At times, the east wind overwhelmed the west wind; at other times, the west wind overwhelmed the east wind. They were territories both sides fought over.
The peace talks had been proposed by Myriad Demon Ridge, so naturally, the Vast Sky Alliance chose the location.
At the border between Qing Province and Yun Province lay a sprawling mountain range. Like a colossal dragon stretched across the earth, its rolling peaks separated the two provinces.
Sleeping Dragon Mountain was the place selected by the Vast Sky Alliance for the talks.
When the Sect Master and Pang Zhen arrived together at the agreed location, more than a dozen figures were already waiting there.
All of them were major cultivators of the Divine Sea Realm, and among the very strongest of that realm.
Contrary to what most people might have imagined, these dozen or so top experts from the two major camps did not clash when gathered together. On the contrary, they were getting along harmoniously, chatting and laughing among themselves.
Anyone unaware of the circumstances would probably have thought they all came from the same camp.
Did that mean they bore no grudges against one another?
Of course not. Which one of them had not carved their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood? The lives lost beneath their hands had long since become uncountable.
It was simply because they all