Heavenly Snow Mountain. These three words referred not only to a modest mountain peak, but also to the name of a sect.
That sect was extremely small, having been established only a century ago. Its disciples numbered no more than five, and among the Nine Domains, it did not even count as a third-rate force. Yet its reputation was resounding.
Only because it was too unusual.
Everyone in Heavenly Snow Mountain cultivated only the Ruthless Dao.
The Ruthless Dao advanced at astonishing speed. For those seeking rapid success, it was a shortcut beyond compare. Yet in the cultivation world, the vast majority kept respectfully away from it.
Because the Ruthless Dao was an almost impassable dead-end road. One had to sever the seven emotions and six desires, cast aside greed, wrath, obsession, and delusion, and seek an utterly clear and empty state of mind.
But people were not grass and trees; who could truly be without feeling? From the very first step, this path was bristling with thorns. The higher one climbed, the harder it became to take even a single step. One misstep, and the Dao heart would shatter, the whole game would be lost, and decades would be wasted for nothing.
Precisely because so few people walked this path, Heavenly Snow Mountain stood out all the more.
Yet what truly made it famous was not this unique lineage, but its founder.
Xu Zhixiang.
Once the fourteenth personal disciple of the Primordial Unity Sect, now the master of Heavenly Snow Mountain, and True Person Yuanji's junior sister.
Quite a few people in the hall cast seemingly casual glances toward True Person Yuanji.
Most of the older cultivators present had heard something of that old affair from years ago. Back then, Xu Zhixiang had cut ties with the Primordial Unity