Time flowed on without pause, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
This month had been the darkest period in the history of the three sects.
Their disciples fell one after another. During this time, even the group of elders they had dispatched was inexplicably wiped out.
The three sects were utterly enraged, and news of the matter swiftly spread throughout the Beginningless Great World.
This caused the various races and powerful figures within the Beginningless Great World to entertain thoughts they should not have had.
The three sects seemed different from before.
In the past, the three sects had acted with overwhelming tyranny. Whenever even one disciple died, they would turn over every inch of land within hundreds of millions of li around the place of death in search of the culprit.
Anyone involved would be killed.
Yet now, even a group of their elders had been exterminated. Faced with such a vile incident, the three sects had actually managed to hold themselves back.
This... greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.
It also prompted the powerful figures lurking in the shadows like wolves and jackals to begin investigating what exactly had happened within the three sects.
Not only those powerful figures—even the major factions and races were investigating.
Over the years, the three sects had continuously oppressed and exploited them, making them suffer beyond measure.
They dreamed of overturning the three sects.
But helplessly, they lacked the strength to do so.
Now that they had finally seen hope against the three sects, how could they possibly give it up?
Once the three sects showed even the slightest sign of decline, they would surely rise as one and attack, carving the three sects up completely.
And today was the day the three sects would execute those two thieves