Only a small proportion of people had moved to the continent in the recent decades.

"Let me ask Gujian Qingshuang and Yun Tianque to confirm." They were definitely natives, so Tianming needed them to send some people out to test this theory. He also had Yin Chen try verifying it as well. Either way, it was relieving to hear.

"Either way, let's make sure they order anyone who’s just moved to the continent in the past hundred years to not set one foot out of the formation." It was rather intriguing for a divine tree to make it so that the denizens of the continent were like its descendants, almost like some of its essence flowed in their veins.

The arrangements were relayed back to the two sect masters and they immediately formed probing parties. Tianming also ascertained that some dozen people in the town he was in had died, all of whom were outsiders. This was a small, old town that didn't have too many interactions with the broader outside world, and none of the local...