Recently, the Three Thousand Provinces had ceased to be peaceful.
On his way back to the Heaven Mending Sect, Lin Fan heard plenty of news, some of which greatly surprised even him.
"Have you heard? Half a month ago, the Demon Dragon Dao's newly appointed successor was ambushed and killed while traveling. Not even a corpse was left."
"What? Who had such heaven-defying audacity that they dared offend an enduring Dao Lineage like the Demon Dragon Dao?!" someone exclaimed in shock.
"They say it was the work of inheritors of the Great Unity Heavenly Art. They've been roaming the major provinces, devouring the life essences of living beings to strengthen themselves."
"At first, only ordinary disciples from some great sects fell victim to their vicious hands. Those Dao Lineages didn't pay much attention, since disciples died or were injured in all sorts of accidents every year.
But later, that only fanned the flames of their arrogance. Or perhaps they'd grown stronger and were no longer satisfied with that, so they began targeting the prodigies of the various clans directly."
"Is that demonic art so alluring that they'd offend all the major powers for it? Where in the Three Thousand Provinces could they possibly find refuge afterward?"
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air, unable to understand. In their eyes, such behavior was undoubtedly courting death.
"Tsk, it's more than alluring-it's astonishing. It can let an utterly ordinary person stand shoulder to shoulder with a First Generation. Even the leaders of the great sects want a look at it."
"Besides, quite a few Heavenly Talents and successors have been attacked over the past few years. A First Generation was killed, and they say even the Immortal Palace Successor nearly fell into an ambush."
"Hiss... Have those great sects done nothing?