The Thirteen Great Bandits joining Beyond the Heavens had not been Chu Yang's arrangement, but it had been within his expectations.
At this stage, however, they were merely affiliated with Beyond the Heavens in name, not truly members in the strict sense.
As for that Old Undying...
Chu Yang reckoned that he likely held the same attitude, merely without stating it publicly.
With the Primordial Race emerging, chaos about to engulf the world, and a great age rising, the Thirteen Great Bandits naturally had to seek a way out without the foundations of holy lands and aristocratic families.
Especially since their grandchildren had close ties with Chu Yang, joining Beyond the Heavens had become the natural course of events.
Furthermore, Chu Yang had connections with two Human Race Ancient Sages. No one would believe that Beyond the Heavens was merely an empty name.
If, for a long period before this, the winds of the Fengyun world had converged upon the Eastern Wilderness because of Chu Yang, then after the turmoil surrounding Beyond the Heavens passed, the Central Plains became the place where those winds converged.
Because Qishi Mansion had opened!
Qishi Mansion opened once every ten thousand years, and each time it opened, the younger generation's Heavenly Prodigies from all Five Great Regions gathered there.
These prodigies did not necessarily all come from aristocratic families, holy lands, imperial dynasties, or great sects. Many had never shown themselves before the public, and no one knew which remote mountain valley they had emerged from.
Yet no one dared underestimate these unknown figures. Any one of them might be the heir of a Hidden World Expert, or a monster who had sharpened his blade for ten years.
Of course, if these people wanted to enter Qishi Mansion, they inevitably had to put in