Ji Shan stepped out of the Golden Sea Domain, his face deathly pale and blood at the corner of his mouth. He was badly wounded.
"Welcome, True Lord!"
On the other side of the boundary wall, several Spirit Transformation cultivators waited with a group of beautiful maids to receive him respectfully.
This domain was also subordinate to the Immortal Artifact Sect. As the war between the Immortal Orders continued, the sect's forces had gathered and centralized power on a vast scale. Local sects were no longer semi-independent.
Under normal circumstances, Ji Shan would recuperate here for several decades, then proceed to the next domain once his wounds had healed. This was why the war between the Immortal Orders advanced one careful step at a time: the geography of the greater world had a profound effect on how the war unfolded.
"True Lord,"
"This junior's residence is ready. Please stay there..."
A beautiful Spirit Transformation cultivator spoke, her eyes full of invitation.
"Excellent."
Ji Shan laughed heartily.
Under the guidance of the Six Paths Reincarnation Soul Shell, he was a genuine Ji Shan. He would do everything exactly as he would have in the past.
Meanwhile, several Void Refining cultivators in this domain suddenly felt an impulse to travel, visit friends, or carry out routine missions for the Immortal Artifact Sect...
Every last thing had a reasonable explanation.
In short, they chose this moment to step through the boundary wall, setting off signs of a breached domain in every direction.
Thunderflame Domain.
The place where the Pure-Yang Sword Heir had once been born had become a battlefield for the Immortal Orders. The slaughter had continued for over ten thousand years. Countless prodigies, heroes, and champions had died here, their corpses blanketing the earth and turning once-vibrant land into a realm