The situation on Chenping Continent had changed completely.

Or rather, the sunshine and shadow over this domain heaven were now entirely determined by those few Immortal Ascension cultivators.

After Liang Qianbo, that Passable God Realm elder from Wind Ravine Valley's Qingjin Ravine, who had been chosen by Du Cang Mountain and hailed alongside Kongshan Sect's Chu Xiyao and Lingxiao Temple's Bai Jinye as one of the "Three Heroes of Spirit Connection" of Du Cang Mountain, was ambushed and killed eleven days ago, Wind Ravine Valley finally made their move once more.

And it was a major move.

The Ascended Steward of Wind Ravine Valley, Realman Shuangyu, Yin Xia, personally set out to travel to the Danyang Sect in the Eastern Domain of Chenping Continent to oversee the investigation into the attack on Liang Qianbo. Furthermore, the Supreme Imperial Law Court and the Supreme Surveillance Court of Wind Ravine Valley, with nearly forty Grand Elders of the upper three realms between both courts, all mobilized in full force to thoroughly investigate every possible related lead.

From the moment Wind Ravine Valley began their operation to the moment the forces behind the provocation of Du Cang Mountain were eradicated root and branch, less than four hours had passed in total.

The thinking of those people was simple.

Or rather, one could say it was quite similar to the thinking of that traitor from Mirage Palace, Xiao Bo'an, who had been proficient in the Weaving Dreams Night Sky Observation Mirror and had indirectly contributed to the "Great Chaos of the Immortals."

That was, the current Chenping Continent should not be controlled by those Immortal Ascension reincarnations who should have long been buried in the river of history.

These people believed that if those past Immortal Ascension cultivators could govern Chenping Continent through "reincarnation and renewed cultivation," then this domain heaven would forever fall into the hands of these people.

And the cultivation world of Chenping Continent, every spirit stone, every spirit herb, including every cultivator, was merely the possession of those insurmountable, lofty, exalted figures.

At the opening ceremony of the Du Cang Mountain Dao Discussion, Chen Yan had announced to the entire world the fact that "the heavens and earth were dying."

And these more radical cultivators believed that this rotting cultivation world was no longer worth saving, and some even wanted to destroy it all the faster.

Thus, these people set their sights on the Guardians of the Dao of Du Cang Mountain.

Stupid and mad.

That was Chen Yan's assessment of these people, and it was also the assessment of the other Immortal Ascension cultivators.

And this time's "purging" had unfolded on a scale far larger than the world had expected.

Over a hundred cultivation sects were implicated, and over a thousand cultivators with cultivation realms above the Martial Spring Realm were killed.

And all of this happened within three days.

Given Wind Ravine Valley's scale, thoroughly investigating all the conspiracies behind this should have taken no more than three days at most.

It was just that Realman Shuangyu, Yin Xia, had simply been going through the motions before this.

...

And so, another three years passed.

Chenping Continent was peaceful and harmonious, except for that pitch-black rift above Du Cang Mountain, which had expanded by roughly another three hundred li in length over these three years. Aside from that, nothing else unusual had occurred.

However, the rate at which that pitch-black rift was expanding was in fact continuously accelerating.

In these three years, the length by which that pitch-black rift had expanded already exceeded the length it had expanded during the few years after the end of the Great Chaos of the Immortals, excluding these three years.

Kongshan Sect, Qingchan Peak, Caijun Tower.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The third-generation Ascended Steward of Kongshan Sect, True Person Caiyun, Kong Yang, who sat upon a prayer mat within the tower, coughed several times in succession.

The body of this great power of the Immortal Ascension Realm had grown increasingly frail.

As an Immortal Ascension cultivator, he no longer looked radiant and spirited like the other current Ascended cultivators of Chenping Continent.

Or rather, quite the opposite. The current Kong Yang didn't look like an Immortal Ascension great power, nor did he even look like a cultivator.

He looked like a mortal in the advanced stages of illness, one who might breathe his last at any unknown moment.

"Patriarch Kong."

The voice of Kongshan Sect's current Sect Leader, Yun Yichen, came from before Kong Yang.

Kong Yang slowly opened his eyes, casting his gaze of neither sorrow nor joy upon that Unity realm cultivator before him.

"What is it?"

Kong Yang then spoke.

"A letter arrived from Du Cang Mountain, hoping that Patriarch Kong would make your way over as soon as possible."

Yun Yichen said.

"I understand. I'll head over tomorrow."

Kong Yang nodded.

Although the letter sent from Du Cang Mountain stated that they hoped Kong Yang would hurry over to Du Cang Mountain, in truth, Du Cang Mountain was not in a rush.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent a letter in such a leisurely manner, but would have directly dispatched someone to Kongshan Sect to escort Kong Yang over.

Yun Yichen did not immediately leave, but stood in place, watching True Person Caiyun seated on the prayer mat with some concern.

Patriarch Kong's condition seemed even worse than the last time he had seen him.

He wondered just how much longer Patriarch Kong could...

"For a while yet, I won't be dying."

Just as Yun Yichen was worrying inwardly, Kong Yang's voice suddenly came:

"So there's no need to worry too much."

Kong Yang's words caused Yun Yichen to start slightly, and then this Unity realm cultivator hastily bowed in the direction of Patriarch Kong:

"This junior oversteps, please forgive..."

"If you want me to hold on a bit longer, then shut your mouth right now and get out."

"Yes..."

Yun Yichen said as such, then turned around, and as if remembering something, mustered his courage to look back and speak toward Kong Yang:

"This junior has one last thing to say... Since Patriarch Kong's current condition has already deteriorated to this degree, it would be best to put off the summons from Du Cang Mountain for now..."

"No."

Before Yun Yichen could finish, Kong Yang immediately rejected it.

"..."

Yun Yichen said no more, merely bowing toward Kong Yang once more before turning and leaving the Caijun Tower.

Silence returned within the tower.

How many more years could he live?

Kong Yang thought to himself.

Originally, he had believed that with his rate of dao resonance erosion, supplemented by the suppression of the Purple Mansion Record, he could hold on for another few hundred years.

However, the course of events had not unfolded as Kong Yang had imagined.

The rate of dao resonance erosion was accelerating, much like the speed at which that pitch-black rift above Du Cang Mountain was expanding.

He didn't know whether the "calamity" that Chen Yan spoke of would arrive first, or his own death.

Perhaps, if he maximally limited his dao resonance erosion, he could hold on for about another twenty years.

But what difference did living twenty more years or twenty fewer years make to him?

Life had quietly entered its final chapter. As his dao resonance faded away, even the chance for reincarnation and renewed cultivation ceased to exist.

Kong Yang's only wish was to do as much as he could in these final days.

If he could have his way, the more, the better.

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