Beside him, another clansman traveling with them witnessed his uncle's end and was overwhelmed with grief.
But it also made them realize that this place had become a dead zone.
The Dao Palace cultivator with the highest cultivation in the group suppressed his grief, pulled up his stunned nephew, and said gravely to the other equally helpless clansmen:
"Go! We'll go... go to the Heavenly Lake Mountains in the Northern Region and seek the Chi Family's help... No, it's better to split into two groups. One group will go to the Northern Region, while the other... goes to the newly established Tianxuan Holy Land in the Southern Region!"
The few survivors snapped out of their daze. Still barely recovered, they were almost out of their minds as they scrambled away from Scarlet Glow River's territory.
In the end,
they looked back at the mountains and rivers that had once often been shrouded in scarlet glow. Now, in their eyes, it was like a devil's den that devoured life.
On their way out, they gathered clansmen who had likewise been away from the clan. After taking stock of their numbers, including three half-grown children, only nineteen remained.
Since they had originally been only low-ranking cultivators within the clan, they had no idea what the Chi Family's current situation was.
After further discussion, they firmly decided to split into two groups.
One group of ten headed for the former site of the Heavenly Lake Mountains in the Northern Region, seeking out those Chi Family members who had also returned to the Big Dipper.
The other group of nine headed toward Tianxuan Holy Land, which was also in the Southern Region but more than seven million li away, and had risen to prominence in recent years.
As for Tianxuan Holy Land, given their