When Liu Ci departed, there was a shower of spring rain.
When Yuan Qijing departed, there was a storm of wind and snow.
When Lian Sanyue departed, there was a wash of morning light.
When Pei Baifa and Nan Qu departed, strange phenomena also arose between heaven and earth.
Whenever a Heaven-Connecting Realm powerhouse left this world, they always left a distinct mark.
Now Green Mountain Many Peaks lay shrouded in endless dusk.
Twilight came from every corner of the horizon, its color deep as blood, giving a sense of extraordinary warmth yet extraordinary terror.
And so people knew that True Person Taiping was dead.
Just what sort of man had True Person Taiping been?
True Person Daoyuan had died in Nan Qu's ambush, and True Person Chen Zhou had died after his cultivation went awry. Afterward, Green Mountain had sunk into a long period of internal strife and weakness. Only when True Person Taiping led Jingyang, Liu Ci, Yuan Qijing, Corpse Dog, and Yin Phoenix in a bloody purge of the various peaks had the Green Mountain Orthodox Lineage been restored and its revival completed.
The Human Race of the Chaotian Continent had also endured a long period of chaos, falling apart before the Snow Nation's beast tide and nearly facing extinction. Only after True Person Taiping summoned the sects to the Plum Garden in Chaoge City to settle the great issues, and the Jing Dynasty regained power, had the Human Race begun its resurgence.
Counting Jingyang and the Nether Master, he had personally taught seven Heaven-Connecting Realm masters.
Because of him, the Nether Emperor had been imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Prison.
He had served as abbot of the Fruitful Accomplishment Temple.
He had single-handedly founded the Never-Old Forest.
Any one of these deeds would have been