The Past of Thousands of Years Ago, the Struggle Begins Anew

The hand seals he kept forming were the stance he had taken in the Battle against Demons.

Facing demons great and small that blotted out the sky, the five joined forces. Their surging attacks seemed to roll back mountains and rivers, letting not a single demon cross their defenses.

The immense force they unleashed without cease had even smashed a deep, dark pool into the gorge amid the forest of peaks.

At the end of the vision, a tiny figure flickered into view within each of their cores. Those were the indestructible Nascent Souls possessed only by cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage.

For a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, so long as their Nascent Soul escaped, they could still find a way to resume cultivation without damaging their foundations.

Yet when the five Nascent Souls appeared, they resolutely gave up their chance to live.

With their Nascent Souls, they continuously drew upon the power of their bodies and performed a rite of enlightenment, each sealing their cultivation into a stone statue.

As they sealed away that boundless power, it became a vast curtain of light that still barred the demons' advance.

Scene after scene flashed before the crowd like light skimming across water.

When the visions faded, all that remained in their sight were five stone statues wrapped in five-colored light.

At that moment, the five statues radiated a vast, towering presence. It soared into the sky like the rising sun, its light spilling across the earth.

"Is this... the power of the Nascent Soul Stage giants of old? It's astonishing! Across all of Muyun Prefecture, I fear not even one Nascent Soul senior from any sect could possess such strength!"

"Nascent Souls! Those were Nascent Souls—nearly undying and indestructible! They'd reached Great Perfection in the Nascent Soul Stage.