A hundred years earlier, Danxia Peak had been held not by the Luo Tian Society, but by the Min family. They were renowned for their mastery of formations. However, they had made far too many enemies, and when powerful foes rose against them, countless forces united to besiege them. With no allies to come to their aid, they endured a year-long encirclement until both food and supplies were exhausted. In the end, the peak collapsed, the family perished, and only the mortal bloodline of Min Longyu survived.1

The Min family had once enjoyed great renown, but at their core, they were nothing more than a cultivation family. Within their ranks, they had possessed no more than six or seven Initiates. The Luo Tian Society of today was far stronger than the Min family had ever been, yet the enemies they now faced were also of an entirely different level.0

The Min family had endured for a year only because their enemies back then had not been much stronger. Now, however, the coalition led by the Zheng family of Rolling Dragon Ridge possessed power more than three times that of the Luo Tian Society. Among their ranks stood experts whose very presence made hearts tremble. No fewer than eight had already reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment. At the very forefront was Zheng Xian, who had achieved Perfected Mastery of Foundation Establishment!3

Moreover, Zheng Xian was far from an ordinary rogue cultivator. Those with some amount of connections knew that in his early years, he had been a True Inheritor disciple of the Flame Alliance. He had made a grave mistake and he had been expelled from among their ranks, but it was said that his abilities were not inferior to the True Inheritors of the...0