Far to the west of Cloud Province lay a place called Cangwu Township.
It was no less than ten million li from Cloud Province Prefecture City.
As far as the eye could see, mountains rose layer upon layer, with waterfalls plunging and springs flowing.
Ancient trees towered into the sky, clouds and mist entwining around them, presenting a scene of secluded tranquility beyond the mortal world.
Yet in this seemingly peaceful land, a heaven-piercing incident had occurred just days ago.
Cangwu Township.
A solitary roadside teahouse.
Several Rogue Cultivators sat around a table, having ordered a pot of cheap local tea. They spoke in hushed voices.
"Have you heard? The mountain god Heaven stationed at Yangdiao Mountain was dealt with a few days ago."
A one-eyed man spoke in a lowered voice.
"This is practically a hundred and eight thousand li from Cloud Province Prefecture. What's so unusual about an immortal official dying out here?"
The gaunt old man across from him sneered, clearly unconcerned.
"This time is different."
The one-eyed man swallowed and looked around. "That Tiger Demon was too ruthless. Not only did it swallow Mountain God Zhao alive, it also smashed the Heaven-ordained mountain god temple to smithereens."
"It even declared that within eight hundred li of Yangdiao Mountain, only Black-Scaled King would be acknowledged from now on—not the rules of Heaven!"
At those words.
Everyone sucked in a cold breath.
Killing an immortal official was one thing... but slapping Heaven across the face so openly was simply courting death.
"Once this news reaches Cloud Province, will the Sky-Patrol Bureau really sit by and do nothing?"
As soon as this was said, a Rogue Cultivator immediately sighed in a low voice. "It won't be easy to handle..."
The one-eyed man at the same table widened his eye.