"Taiping, has Junior Sister Ruoshuang explained the origins of our Azure Profound Sect to you?"
Lü Daoxuan sought confirmation from Xu Taiping.
"Martial Aunt Ruoshuang did explain some of the Azure Profound Sect's origins to me when I was in Youyun Heaven." Xu Taiping first nodded, then frowned. "I just don't know whether her explanation was complete."
"Let me hear it," Lü Daoxuan said.
Xu Taiping thought back for a moment before saying:
"Little Martial Aunt once said that our Azure Profound Sect's legacy actually came from the Taixuan Sect of the Sumeru Realm."
"Back then, a disaster called the Great Void Calamity completely erased the Taixuan Sect overnight. Only a tiny portion was preserved by the Five Elders of the Taixuan Sect at the time."
"That portion became the Immortal Mansion ruins in Yunmeng Marsh."
"But even so, the portion they preserved still could not escape the curse of the Great Void Calamity. Corpse qi kept emerging from that land, turning the elders and disciples living there into Corpse Wraiths one after another."
"For that reason, the Taixuan Sect moved the entire sect to Cloud Cottage Mountain, leaving behind only a Grand Teleportation Array connected to those Immortal Mansion ruins."
At this point, Xu Taiping sorted through his thoughts again before continuing:
"Martial Aunt Ruoshuang also said that, as a condition imposed by the True Martial Great Emperor when he accepted the Taixuan Sect's survivors, the Azure Profound Sect's disciples had to guard this Netherdark Demon Grotto for True Martial Heaven, generation after generation."
"And Martial Aunt Ruoshuang, the former Sect Master Zhou Ang, and you, Master, are both heirs of the Taixuan Sect and the three chosen in this generation to guard the Netherdark Demon Grotto for the Azure Profound Sect."
"That is also why Martial Aunt Ruoshuang