"For this assignment guarding the Demon Cave, our Nine Li Valley will work with True Lord Jiang of the Silver Moon Trade Association..."
True Lord Beiheng spoke.
Assignments to guard the Demon Cave were coordinated by the Infinite Hall.
Naturally, they would not assign Nine Li Valley and Corpse-Nurturing Mountain together when the two already had a feud.
Otherwise, before they could properly guard the Demon Cave, the Nascent Soul True Lords on both sides would probably start fighting each other.
Half a month later.
You set out for the Demon Cave.
Guarding the Demon Cave was a benefit reserved for Nascent Soul-level powers in the Infinite Domain.
It was also a benefit the Infinite Hall willingly offered to win over the domain's factions.
Otherwise, the Infinite Hall could have monopolized the assignments to guard the Demon Cave.
Had you not joined Nine Li Valley, you would never have gotten a turn.
The closer you drew to the Demon Cave, the scarcer the spiritual energy became, while exceedingly overbearing demonic baleful qi filled the surroundings.
Even Core Formation True Persons would suffer some degree of demonic corruption if they stayed in such an environment for too long.
Looking out, you found the surrounding mountains and rivers shattered. You frequently spotted ravines stretching hundreds of miles, permeated with baleful qi and deathly energy left over from Elder Antiquity.
Clearly, the War Between the Two Realms at the end of Elder Antiquity had been unimaginably brutal. Even lofty True Lords-
-and Heavenly Monarchs had fallen.
Were it not for that War Between the Two Realms, the Human Realm would never have declined to its present state, with Heavenly Monarchs so few that they had almost become legends.
Soon, you arrived before the Demon Cave.
From afar, you saw an immense spatial rift