"A celestial blossom, blessed with ten thousand years of nature's gathered grace,
A divine peak descended from heaven, an evergreen clan enduring through the ages."
These two lines referred to the Ancient Clans, the true overlord among cultivation powers within ten thousand miles.
Its heritage stretched back countless tens of thousands of years. Although no Nascent Soul cultivator had ever emerged in its history, cultivators of the Golden Core Perfection Realm had appeared generation after generation.
With the wealth it had accumulated over those countless millennia, even a Nascent Soul True Person dared not provoke it lightly.
The Ancient Clans could be counted among the overlord powers of the Fire Prosperity Kingdom's eastern region, and they held considerable sway even within the Immortal Alliance.
The six nearby Golden Core sects all lived at its mercy. The slightest offense could bring disaster upon them.
Accounts of its origins varied widely, but one explanation had won the agreement of the vast majority of cultivators.
Countless tens of thousands of years ago, an unimaginably enormous mountain had suddenly fallen into the eastern region of the Fire Prosperity Kingdom. A lineage had then arisen from this Divine Peak, taking the name Ancient, and thus became known as the Ancient Clans.
This Divine Peak was immense, covering an area more than ten thousand miles across. An immortal city named Divine Peak City had been built around it.
The Ancient Market Xu Yan was heading to was a cultivation market established on the outskirts of Divine Peak City.
It was considered the largest market within ten thousand miles, with a great abundance of spiritual goods. Precious heavenly treasures occasionally appeared there as well.
As a result, the market flourished, drawing countless cultivators, including solitary rogue cultivators and members of small lineages.
The constant stream of cultivators