Specifically, before the start of the third round of team competition, the leaders of the six sects summoned everyone.
When the sect leader of the Fuxian Sect mentioned the momentous event that would lead them to the Return Journey Secret Realm—the destruction of Xuanyuan five thousand years ago—some of the elders seemed to have guessed something and had a sense of understanding.
That happened five thousand years ago, so long ago that I've only vaguely read about it in history books.
As the sect leader of the Fuxian Sect unleashed a burst of golden spiritual energy, all the jade slips containing direct disciples received general information about the competition.
Five thousand years ago, the Xuanyuan family, at the height of its power, fell into demonic possession overnight and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of cultivators in the city. The once bustling Fusheng City was completely wiped out, and no one knows what happened to this day.
Tianning carefully read the message sent by the sect leader. After seeing the Demon Sword appear in Floating City and the Xuanyuan family members using the Demon Sword to massacre the city, she roughly guessed the intention of the Six Sect Ancestors in making her and Wenren Xue continue to participate in the competition.
Because the Return Journey Secret Realm is extremely dangerous, the sect leaders specifically reminded everyone in the rules that they must always be on guard! Once they sense danger, they must immediately crush the jade token and leave the secret realm. After all, the sect leaders do not know what dangers their disciples would encounter if they entered the Return Journey Secret Realm and returned to a thousand years ago.
However, at the end of the rules, a specific clause was added: No matter what happens to Tianning and Wenrenxue, they must stay until the day the destruction of Xuanyuan occurs before they can leave the Return Journey Secret Realm!
Before that, even if they crushed the jade tablet, they could not leave.
The reason for doing this was that on the day of Xuanyuan's destruction, demonic energy raged in the city, rivers of blood flowed, mountains of corpses piled up, and cries of resentment filled the air.
If Tianning and Wenren Xue are indeed demonic cultivators, then they will definitely be affected and unable to suppress the demonic energy within them to harm others. When the Six Sects reveal what happened before, they will be executed on the spot, and the audience will have no objections.
That's one point, but what else is there?
If it were only for her and Wenren Xue, the six sect elders wouldn't have needed to go to such lengths.
Sure enough, before Tian Ning could continue to ponder, the elder of the Fuxian Sect said, "This time, exploring the truth about the destruction of Xuanyuan is secondary; the main purpose is to obtain the Floating Life Giant Tree."
A murmur of doubt arose from below: "The Floating Life Giant Tree?"
It's another unfamiliar word.
However, the disciples of the Dan Ding Sect seemed to know this, and their faces showed surprise. Then Helian Boda explained to everyone: "The Floating Life Giant Tree is an extremely rare ninth-order spiritual plant. According to records, there is only one Floating Life Giant Tree in the world, and it is located in Floating Life City."
"That's right. According to historical records, the Xuanyuan family had a unique way of caring for the Floating Life Tree. Every year, the Floating Life Tree would bear fruit—the Floating Life Fruit—which greatly increased the cultivation of the Xuanyuan clan members who consumed it. The Xuanyuan clan and the Floating Life Tree complemented each other. However, since the destruction of the Xuanyuan clan, the place became a dead city. Later, various sects sent people there to rebuild it. But in a certain great battle, Floating Life City was completely occupied by demonic cultivators." The sect leader of the Dan Ding Sect said, "Later, the demonic cultivators have been taking good care of the Floating Life Tree, trying to use it to restore the prosperity of Floating Life City a thousand years ago, but to no avail."
According to the sect leader of Dan Ding Sect, in the past two years, the cooperation between the Eastern and Western continents will reclaim Fusheng City, which has been occupied by demonic cultivators. Therefore, they also want to take this opportunity to find a way to revive the Fusheng Giant Tree.
After all, the Floating Life Fruit is a rare and precious item for cultivators.
Sect Leader Xiao instructed everyone to prepare well, as the third round of the team competition would take place tomorrow.
His gaze towards Tianning was filled with worry. The dangers of this journey to the Return Journey Secret Realm were unknown, and if Tianning lost control of the Demon Sword, the consequences would be unimaginable...
Tianning wasn't worried about this. She went back to read her storybook that night, since she wouldn't be affected by the demonic energy. However, Wenren Xue was just as troublesome. Since they were both entering the same secret realm, it was obvious that Wenren Xue would cause trouble again.
Tianning turned to the next page of the storybook, pondering a hundred ways to make Wenren Xue die a tragic death.
Sensing her thoughts, the demonic sword was eager to try its luck; it had long disliked that ugly woman who had slandered Ningning!
In order to win favor, the Demon Sword began to give Tian Ning advice.
The other swords were very dismissive of this.
Tianning listened carefully and said, "That's good."
Demon Sword: "!"
The other swords: "?"
“But I have a better idea,” Tianning said, offering a pie-in-the-sky promise. “You break your contract with me and go find Wenren Xue to form a contract with. Her willpower is weak, and she will surely fall into demonic possession soon. Then I will step forward, kill her, and save everyone!”
Demon Sword: "?"
Finally, Tianning added, "After that, I will rescue you from her clutches, and then we will form a pact."
Demon Sword: "..."
The Demon Sword remained silent; he dared not take the bait.
If Tianning's plan is implemented, I'm afraid that when the contract is renewed, Tianning will be able to maximize its defenses.
Tianning felt it was a pity; the Demon Sword was not easy to fool after all, and refused to agree no matter what she said.
Considering the unknown dangers of the secret realm, Tianning still did some intensive research on the destruction of Xuanyuan two hours before the competition began.
There isn't much recorded in historical books about events from five thousand years ago:
Compared to ordinary cultivators, the Xuanyuan family members were exceptionally gifted from a young age, far surpassing others in the path of cultivation. In addition, they had the opportunity to consume the Floating Life Fruit, making the Xuanyuan family one of the most prosperous families five thousand years ago.
It's truly heartbreaking to see such a family wiped out overnight.
So what exactly happened five thousand years ago?
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