Emerald Screen Mountain shimmered with interwoven spiritual light, and those coming and going were all high-level cultivators in the eyes of ordinary people.
After Taoyao advanced to the Celestial Phenomenon realm and the pioneering decree was issued, forces from all sides pledged allegiance. The Mountain-Chasing Dao grew ever more bustling. By now, in Layered Mountains Continent, the Mountain-Chasing Dao had returned to its position as overlord. As for the Barbarian Clan, once favored by many, it had sunk back into silence, able only to hold fast in the bitterly cold lands and no longer daring to head north.
Throughout this process, more and more Impermanence Sect cultivators began appearing before outsiders. Though the Hundred-Fruit Garden Blessed Land could temporarily shelter them, a Blessed Land was ultimately different from the greater world. If they wished to climb high enough, it was best to cultivate in the greater world.
Most importantly, the Impermanence Sect had too many cultivators, particularly a considerable number at the Dao Foundation and Purple Palace realms. Cultivating within the Blessed Land for too long would also damage it. After all, the Blessed Land's carrying capacity was limited.
Those who knew the truth were puzzled by these Impermanence Sect cultivators continuously integrating into the Mountain-Chasing Dao, but none dared say anything. They merely found the Mountain-Chasing Dao increasingly unfathomable. Those who did not know simply sighed that the Mountain-Chasing Dao truly deserved its status as the overlord of Layered Mountains Continent, with profound foundations and powerful experts emerging one after another from within the sect.
As for the Mountain-Chasing Dao's past calamity, it had unknowingly been cut off by someone, and few mentioned it any longer.
Thus, the Impermanence Sect began to revive in Layered Mountains Continent under the Mountain-Chasing Dao's name. Meanwhile, the great powers outside had no