"Hurry up, hurry up!"
"Stop wasting time!"
"Everyone, get moving... I'll say it again! By order of the Ruin Master, all cultivators must be registered from this day forth. Anyone who dares conceal themselves will be treated as one of the Demon Monk's followers and executed without mercy!"
"Furthermore, anyone who has reached the Integrated Body Realm may head to the vicinity of the Baiqu Yin Clan's Daoist Grounds. The Ruin Master will hold lectures at irregular intervals to point you toward the Tribulation Crossing Realm..."
Inside the Ruins of Zhangshi.
Holes riddled a crowded, dim cliff face.
Cultivators' presences filled every cavern, and at their entrances, wary, vigilant figures could faintly be seen.
These cultivators' presences varied in strength.
The lower their realms, the closer their positions on the cliff were to the bottom.
Three caverns stood side by side at the very top. A figure flew out of each, their faces bearing caution, wariness, solemnity, worry, and ingratiating smiles...
In the void outside the cliff, several similarly dressed figures were shouting, proclaiming the upheaval that had recently taken place within the ruins.
Of the three figures who had flown from the highest caverns, the one in the middle, an integrated body early stage rogue cultivator, carefully approached. He cupped his hands and greeted each of them before forcing a smile.
"Senior disciples of Golden Water Marsh, I have been in seclusion recently and know little of the changes within the ruins. I had no idea the Marsh Master had already subdued the Baiqu Yin Clan and even united the Ruins of Zhangshi. What wonderful news."
The cultivators all frowned at his words. Their leader snorted coldly.
"What nonsense are you spouting! The Baiqu Yin Clan... are fellow travelers of ours. There's no question of subduing them, and the