Time passed.
It had been exactly ten days since the new era began.
These ten days had been far from peaceful everywhere.
The Emperor Yongning ordered the soldiers under his command to march north and reclaim lost territory. The flames of war had nearly been fully ignited throughout the Black Mist World.
Unfortunately, after reclaiming just one region, the Shrine stepped forward to mediate, preventing an even greater war from breaking out.
Great Prosperity now had only half its territory remaining.
Dawn had barely broken.
Gu Yuan sat high within the Shrine and glanced at the words appearing outside.
[Slay the Outsiders. From noon today until midnight.]
Five large characters appeared overhead. Even Gu Yuan, who had been calm and unhurried, could not help but look twice.
Slay the Outsiders.
He closed his eyes. His Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivation spread out, his divine sense enveloping every region.
The spatial fluctuations were accelerating.
"It's finally here."
Gu Yuan rose from his chair and slightly stretched this body.
He wondered which world would connect to this one, and whether those on the other side might be people he knew.
Outsiders?
In streets and alleys, countless cultivators were stunned when they saw those words, unsure what they meant.
Slay the Outsiders?
How were they supposed to slay them?
Who were the Outsiders?
Questions tangled in everyone's hearts, and many began discussing it.
Such a long period had been given. Something was clearly wrong.
"What's going on? What counts as an Outsider?"
"Could it be hostile forces from other regions?"
"Doesn't feel like it."
"What does the Shrine say?"
"Someone already went to the Shrine to ask the Venerable. We'll probably know soon."
Unease suddenly rose in their hearts. The cultivators all felt that today's task was strange.
It gave them