Chapter 379: Chapter 164: Closing the Mountain for a Century, Officially Retreating from the World._4
After all, just by hearing the name,
one already knows that something is not quite right.
Throughout the entire Xuantian Continent, almost everyone is discussing two pieces of news.
One is about the Heavenly Dao version of the great turmoil.
The other is about Chen Qiu from Quzhou of the Lower Nine Provinces, Heavenly Pride.
Before achieving Nascent Soul, strength far surpasses his peers, all are Heavenly Prides.
Once Nascent Soul is achieved,
there’s no longer the title of Heavenly Pride, as Nascent Soul already means one can hold a high position, officially entering the Cultivation World.
And just as the new Heavenly Dao version “Great Unrest” was about to arrive!
Many forces sent people to the most famous Gua Cultivation sect in Zhongzhou in an attempt to probe some insider information, but the reply they received was that this Gua Cultivation sect had no response to the outside world, simply announcing that it would close its mountain for a hundred years, officially beginning its strategic retreat.
Although no inside information came forth,
just this piece of news alone was already enough.
It implies that this Zhongzhou Gua Cultivation sect must have calculated something. Generally speaking, if a sect wants its teachings to last a long time, they would occasionally close their mountain and retreat from the world, and the timing of such a retreat often coincides with great upheaval!
Immediately afterward—
News arrived one after another, casting a shadow over the hearts of countless forces in the world.
Zhongzhou’s “Xuantian Sect” announced to close its mountain for a hundred years and formally retreat from the world.
Zhongzhou’s “Qi Family” announced to close its mountain for a hundred years and formally retreat from the world.
Zhongzhou’s “Luohua Valley” announced to close its mountain for a hundred years and formally retreat from the world.
Upper Nine Provinces, Jizhou’s “Xuan Palace,” announced to close its mountain for a hundred years and formally retreat from the world.
Lower Nine Provinces, Yizhou…
One by one, top forces chose to close their mountains for a hundred years and formally retreat from the world, led by that strongest Gua Cultivation sect in Zhongzhou. Even Zhongzhou’s “Xuantian Sect” had already decided to close its mountain for a hundred years and formally retreat from the world.
“Xuantian Sect” might sound somewhat unfamiliar.
A hundred years ago, the Holy Daughter who mended the sky and obtained a hundred billion merits came from this sect.
Even this sect has chosen to withdraw from the world.
This made other forces even more fearful of the impending Heavenly Dao version, these top forces must have received some message to choose to retreat from the world en masse, they couldn’t possibly retreat without any reason!
Not every Heavenly Dao version prompts these top forces to retreat.
Only when these top forces feel that they might suffer heavy losses or even risk extinction in this Heavenly Dao version do they choose to retreat.
Panic gradually spread across the nineteen provinces.
Not every force has the privilege to retreat from the world; one must have a small world that can autonomously generate Spiritual Energy to be eligible to retreat. And such small worlds are not something every force possesses.
Moreover, retreating for a hundred years requires enough stockpiled Pills, Spirit Stones, various Cultivation Resources, and so on.
It’s quite a test of a force’s foundation.
With a somber face, the Su Family Patriarch stood silently in place without speaking; he had just received news that the other two forces in Quzhou with Divinity Transformation experts had also retreated from the world.
One was the “Tao Sword Sect” where Li Shiyi belonged.
The other was the “Qi Sect,” where a True Disciple died at the hands of the Evil Clan a few days ago.
Neither of these forces possessed a small world. As he understood, they had paid a heavy price to go to Zhongzhou, seeking the protection of a top force there, renting a place in that top force’s small world to retreat.
This also meant that,
now he was the only Divinity Transformation expert left in Quzhou.
In fact, he could understand why these two forces chose to retreat; after all, the world was about to plunge into great turmoil, and the Divinity Transformation experts from these two forces had returned severely injured from a Heavenly Dao Secret Realm a few months ago, with their injuries still unrecovered to this day.
He let out a long breath, a flicker of indecision in his eyes; he too was thinking of fleeing.
Although he didn’t know what message those top forces had received, with everyone else fleeing, staying alone in Quzhou made him feel quite insecure.