When the Sky Falls, the Tall Bear the Weight

Since the Bodhi Sect stirred up trouble, Northern Continent had been stiflingly tense for a long while.

So many third-rank cultivators—people qualified to establish lineages and call themselves patriarchs in the other continents—had fallen one after another. In the past, such a thing would have been utterly unimaginable.

They had yet to find that band of monks, but the deaths had not stopped. Worse still, people were dying at the hands of great demons released by their own side.

Under such circumstances, the atmosphere in Northern Continent grew ever more tense. Everyone feared for themselves and distrusted one another.

At last, a new rumor completely ignited everyone's emotions!

Senior Sister You Yao of Clear Light Cave intended to make a move against Origin-Opening Prefecture.

One had to know that Northern Continent now stood in a three-legged balance. Apart from the smaller Daoist grounds, only three people were qualified to occupy the lands of four prefectures. Between them alone, they had carved up nearly half of Northern Continent.

They were Senior Sister You Yao of Clear Light Cave under the Upper Clarity Sect Master, Senior Brother Li Shan of Profound Mystery Cave under the Grand Clarity Sect Master,

and Venerable Qi Xian under the Eastern Extremity Emperor.

A delicate balance had long existed among the three.

Yet after so many fellow disciples had departed Northern Continent, Senior Sister You Yao was now the first to strike, intending to become the first cultivator to occupy five prefectures.

Thus, everyone began paying attention to Origin-Opening Prefecture, wanting to know which fellow disciple had been so unfortunate.

That investigation was no small matter. The instant the title Grand Emperor of Void Alchemy spread out, everyone froze for a moment before recalling that Southern Continent cultivators had previously fled here as refugees.

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