In the past, diabolical cultivators were most active in the Southern Regions. The area was remote and impoverished, full of sinister places, and lacked strong immortal sects. Moreover, even the top sects in the Southern Regions, specifically the Mount Shu Sect and the Great Astral Sect, were ranked among the weakest of the Divine Nine.0

But times had changed. The Mount Shu Sect had risen to power, and Red Cotton Peak now attracted cultivators from across the land. The righteous forces were growing more powerful, which meant that the diabolical cultivators were being forced into smaller and smaller corners.0

Even before the collapse of the Penglai Supreme Sect, many underground diabolical cultivators had already begun to relocate. After the fall, when the demons started inhabiting the Three Islands of Penglai, the Eastern Regions quickly became the main stronghold for diabolical forces. The land was wealthy and bustling, yet it lacked a powerful sect capable of keeping them in check. As these diabolical cultivators grew more active, chaos spread across the region and dragged the common folk into misery.0

The worst of the chaos unfolded...0