Within the Famed Continent, the "Crossing Forgetfulness Secret Realm" was jointly controlled by fifteen sects led by the Origin Lamp Sect, Hu Mountain Lodge, and Mechanism Refining Sky Cliff. It was one of the largest secret realms on the Famed Continent currently held entirely under the control of cultivation sects.
At this moment, deep within the secret realm, three Daoists—two men and one woman—sat together. They were the sect leaders of those three factions. At present, all external affairs of the fifteen sects were decided by these three.
Yet these three had not always occupied the upper reaches. Over the long years, the fifteen sects had shifted from time to time, and these three positions had changed hands as well.
It so happened that over the past century, their three sects had been in an ascendant phase, and thus held this authority.
Seated in the middle was Zang Qingzhuo, sect leader of the Origin Lamp Sect. On either side sat Old Man Red Swan, leader of Hu Mountain Lodge, and Daoist Pi Yi, leader of Mechanism Refining Sky Cliff.
Zang Qingzhuo said, "An unexpected change occurred at Elephant Mountain. According to the latest reports, those cultivators from beyond the heavens have now seized the key points of entry and exit there. Our fellow Daoists sent over have been unable to break through for the time being, and the situation is now deadlocked. I sent someone to ask what it would take for them to open the passage. They said they would withdraw only if we cooperated with them in opening a passage between heaven and earth."
Daoist Pi Yi was a middle-aged female cultivator dressed in plain Daoist robes, with delicate features. Hearing this, she could not help frowning. "Why would they do that?"
Zang Qingzhuo said, "According to what