The chin almost hit the ground.

Because the place where the senior sister pointed was right at the heart of Dongyue.

"Dongyue City."

"Once it was the entire central area of Dongyue, but after several wars and the chaos that affected the entire Cultivation World hundreds of years ago, this place lost its former vitality and was replaced by a somber silence."

"You should know about the last great chaos in the Cultivation World. At that time, our sect was also impacted. Originally, we only had a strained relationship with the Xuanyin Sect, with minor clashes. But from the time the former top cultivator at Heavenly Power Peak drew the line, both sides completely tore apart."

"Initially, Purple Cloud Palace maintained a neutral stance, but after that incident, it was dragged into the conflict, and the chaos ended with the death of Demon Night True Monarch."

"You might only be aware of the chaos among the Central Plains Eight Sects, considering our sect was a participant at that time, including Swordmaster Peak, which suffered severe losses because of this matter, leaving only myself remaining. It does sound quite melancholic."

"However."

"A hundred years ago, in the normal turmoil of the Cultivation World, our sect's losses were relatively minor. The truly severe losses..."

"were in Dongyue."

"Their internal strife turned the nine families into three sects and divided them into seventeen clans. Eight clans nearly perished due to the civil war, and the national capital, Dongyue City, was largely destroyed. In a century, hundreds of thousands of cultivators died miserably, and the population drastically fell, with less than thirty percent of the twenty million citizens remaining."

Just these few sentences are terrifying enough.

The chin almost hit the ground; such horrifying conditions, in his knowledge, only appeared in history books when studying the end of the Ming Dynasty, where such frightening numbers could be seen.

For a moment, his past speculations resurfaced, particularly regarding the theory of "sacrifices." The senior sister also discussed it with him before; could it be that the so-called "sacrifices" were meant to end this so-called chaos?

If he were a participant, a leader in the Cultivation World, he probably wouldn't hesitate either.

He glanced at the young man, as if deciphering Jiang Feng's thoughts, neither affirming nor denying, she deliberately mentioned these matters before Jiang Feng set out far, just to give this kid some lessons.

Lest he embarrasses himself when he goes out.

"Floods erupted, the skies crumbled, earth-fire erupted, disasters accompanied the war, flooding, Earth Dragons, plague, famine swarmed in, the sky was without sun for miles, clouds densely covered, and it took decades to disperse."

"The land cried out, flowing with crimson blood, gray-white covering the entire Dongyue, devoid of daylight, crops and animals died miserably, leaving no survivors, even the air was full of lingering poison, the harsh environment chills the heart."

"Not to mention ordinary citizens, even cultivators with lower realms found it hard to survive in such a cruel environment. The war intensified and initially was barely controlled, but when the former nine families of Dongyue fell into complete chaos and external enemies invaded,"

"They could no longer sit idly."

"Once, there was conflict between Southern Borders and Dongyue. The tug-of-war lasted decades. Your little girlfriend probably mentioned the war between Dongyue and Southern Borders to you."

He nodded vigorously.

He had a pretty deep impression of it because three years ago, when he was shopping and dating near Shuangfeng City with Cen Yueyue, she mentioned it. In Cen Yueyue's words, it was a bunch of useless families who couldn't win the civil war and were pushed to the edge, then thought about picking up leftovers on other people's lands.

As a result, they went to pick up leftovers and ended up half-dead, with a few families even destroyed. Since then, the families squeezed into the Southern Border were kept in check.

But he didn't expect that behind Cen Yueyue's offhand remark was such a terrifying story.

"Internal turmoil and external threats, with the Demon Clan watching closely from above and Southern Borders invading the territory from below, even reaching beneath Dongyue City at their deepest. Hence, they erupted."

"They awakened the Primordial Giant Beasts that had been imprisoned for years from their slumber. These beasts were of the same generation as our sect's Old Ancestor Kui Niu, yet unlike Old Ancestor Kui Niu, they mostly acted on instinct, lacking human understanding."

"The Upper Three Sects' Dragon Python and Snake took advantage of the ancient beasts left behind by their ancestors to gain the upper hand in the battle, exterminating the remaining families. But the chaos brought by several Primordial Giant Beasts plunged Dongyue into panic."

"Especially those ancient beasts capable of controlling celestial phenomena and overturning the earth; they were symbols of disaster and plague in ancient times, and upon reappearing now, the havoc they brought exceeded expectations and became completely uncontrollable."

"Accompanying the Cultivation World's war was the mundane disaster caused by the fight over the remaining fertile lands. The collision of the two created a landscape truly littered with corpses, without a soul spared for miles."

"In the end, it was a Human Clan Immortal Monarch who intervened, managing to subdue the remaining ancient beasts, tame those which could be tamed, and strike down those to be killed on the spot."

"But as a result, Dongyue City, once the most fertile and resource-rich land, transformed into a Poisonous Land. Consequently, Dongyue City and the sixteen surrounding cities collapsed one by one, leaving traces of cultivators everywhere, the lingering poison failing to disperse."

"The soil is laden with poison, spring rains bring stench, various toxins and countless decomposed bodies rendered the whole land a poisonous pit, even breathing there disturbs the mind, and it includes the Gu poisons from Southern Borders."

"In such an environment, it truly provided the best breeding ground for Gu poisons, flourishing massively, making the land completely untillable. Forget humans, not even livestock could be found."

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