The Mysterious Sect

A hazy drizzle shrouded an ancient forest. Lush, towering trees covered nearly every inch of the land, while the occasional gaps shimmered with the deep-blue glow of lakes. Everything looked like an untamed wilderness untouched by human presence.

Yet behind this forest, within a sunken canyon like a massive sinkhole, stood many pale-white buildings rarely seen elsewhere. They emitted a faint, lustrous glow, as beautiful as moonlight.

This was the mysterious sect that had recently risen along the border of the Water and Fire Kingdoms—the Ninja Sect!

The founding of the Ninja Sect was quite fantastical. After so many years, there were almost no places left in the Water and Fire Kingdoms where a sect could be established. Any blessed land rich in spiritual energy had long since been occupied by powerful sects; taking a share from their hands was no easy matter.

Thus, to avoid drawing too much attention, the Ninja Sect had chosen a sparsely populated forest of poisonous mist when it was founded. It lay near Jinglan Ancient Lake. Though its spiritual energy was quite abundant, terrifying mist would drift over from Jinglan Ancient Lake from time to time. Ordinary people could not survive in such poisonous fog for long, much less cultivate there.

Yet no one knew what method the Ninja Sect had used, but they had somehow created a formation capable of purifying the mist. So long as the fog did not blanket the area on a vast scale for an extended period, the sect could live safely within this terrifying forest.

By the time other forces discovered what was happening here, the Ninja Sect had already taken shape. A few ill-intentioned sects attempted to probe them, but every attempt ended fruitlessly.

However, after several such attempts, some factions made a startling discovery: the white