Past

[After observing for a long time, you found that the stories in these murals were connected.]

[The first showed a light shield covering the continent. Every few decades, thunder struck from the sky, killing countless cultivators. All cultivators wanted to break the light shield and escape.]

[The second mural depicted two people using the power of the sky to create four cracks in the light shield, escaping with serious injuries!]

[The third showed that soon after the two people broke the light shield and escaped, a black-clothed figure appeared in the air, furious and wanting to destroy the continent.]

[The fourth showed that when the black-clothed figure was about to strike, another white-clothed figure appeared and blocked him.]

[The fifth showed that after the two had a long secret conversation, the white-clothed figure summoned four fierce beasts to guard the cracks in the light shield.]

[And the black-clothed figure who had been furious before controlled a Southern Region cultivator and founded the Xianlin Sect.]

[You stared at the fifth mural, at the controlled cultivator who founded the Xianlin Sect, and felt he looked familiar, as if you had seen him somewhere before!]

[Unfortunately, the mural was too blurry, and you couldn't see clearly.]

[Finally, you shook your head and dismissed the thought. You thought that perhaps you were overthinking.]

[The Xianlin Sect was founded a million years ago, so the founder should have died long ago. How could you have seen him before?]

[After reading the five murals, you were fairly certain this was the story of the South Region's past.]

[Except for not revealing the origin of the forbidden formation, everything else matched what had happened in the South Region.]

[This included everyone wanting to break the formation at the beginning.]

[Mo Jingtian and Lu Wuya's escape.]

[And the anger of the powers in the fairy world, who wanted to destroy the South Region.]

[Until another great power appeared, and the two powers negotiated, or rather played a game.]

[The origin of the four fierce beasts and the founding of the Xianlin Sect.]

[At this point, you also roughly understood why there had always been legends about Mo Jingtian.]

[Because they did escape!]

[Only then did you realize that before these two seniors, Lu Wuya and Mo Jingtian, escaped, there was no Xianlin Sect.]

[Therefore, there was no shortage of immortal cultivators at that time. Although they would face thunder every few decades, all the immortal cultivators in the Southern Region did not have to hide from the Xianlin Sect's pursuit.]

[Of course, perhaps it was their escape that attracted the attention of the powers in the immortal world, which made life more difficult for the immortal cultivators in the Southern Region.]

[These murals had solved many of your doubts, but now you were more confused about the Xianlin Sect's current actions.]

[Weren't you here to participate in the elders' assessment?]

[Why were you shown these past events?]

[And at this moment, you saw a black-clothed figure appear out of thin air.]

[He looked at you sinisterly, and you were stunned. Wasn't this Shen Wuyou?]

[But soon, you noticed something wrong. This person did look like Shen Wuyou, but his demeanor and behavior were different.]

[Suddenly, you thought of something and quickly looked at the fifth mural.]

[This person's demeanor was almost exactly the same as that of the Southern Region cultivator who founded the Xianlin Sect in the fifth mural.]

[Could it be the same person?]

[You couldn't believe it. Could an ordinary cultivator live for a million years?]

[You quickly used the Eye of Insight to examine this person.]

[As soon as you finished the investigation, you were stunned!]

[What happened? Had the Eye of Insight failed?]

[You only saw a string of garbled characters and couldn't find any information about this person at all.]

[This made you even more panicked. You knew the Eye of Insight could even detect the cultivation of the Black Turtle in the Xuanxian realm of the Endless Sea.]

[Even Wu Youdao, the reincarnation of the White Tiger, couldn't hide his previous life from it!]

[If the powerful Eye of Insight talent actually failed.]

[Then how strong must the person before you be.]

[Before you could think further, the person spoke first.]

[He looked at you and said, "The incomplete insight rules are very good, but it is very impolite to treat the strong like this."]

[After he finished speaking, he snorted coldly, and you immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.]

[Your heart was turbulent now. Not only could you not see through him, but he had seen through you and knew about your insight talent.]

[But wasn't this a talent? He actually said it was the power of the Great Dao.]

[This led to many associations in your mind.]

[Although you didn't know what the Great Dao was, as a traverser, you had seen similar things and knew that the Great Dao was extremely powerful.]

[It seemed that the simulator you hadn't studied deeply might also have some origin.]

[However, you also knew this wasn't the time to worry about these things, so you didn't think deeply.]

[Instead, you looked at the person before you, alert in your heart, worried whether the scapegoat would really work if danger arose, after all, this person was too strong.]

[The founder of the Xianlin Sect, seeing your alert appearance, laughed and told you not to be nervous.]

[He asked if you wanted to know the story behind the mural.]

[Although you were afraid and didn't know what he planned to do, you also knew this was an extremely rare opportunity to understand the affairs of the Southern Region.]

[So you nodded.]

[Seeing this, he began to slowly tell the story behind it.]

[He told you he was the founder of the Xianlin Sect, named Shen Wutian, a genius of the same era as Mo Jingtian and Lu Wuya!]

[And the sect leader Shen Wuyou outside was just a clone he had created.]

[When Shen Wutian spoke of Mo Jingtian and Lu Wuya, his words were somewhat excited, as if there was some grudge.]

[You were puzzled but didn't interrupt.]

[Afterward, he said that after Mo Jingtian and Lu Wuya selfishly fled, the Southern Region completely became a purgatory.]

[Two powers in the fairy world, one used the four great beasts to block the formation's cracks.]

[And he, the strongest person in the southern region except for Lu Wuya and Mo Jingtian, was chosen by the powers in the fairy world to be the founder of the Xianlin Sect.]

[When you heard this, you understood that because Mo Jingtian and the others escaped, and Shen Wutian became the strongest, he was chosen as a pawn of the powers in the fairy world.]

[Perhaps this was why Shen Wutian had emotional fluctuations when speaking of Mo Jingtian and the others!]

[At this point, Shen Wutian didn't stop and continued the story.]

[He said that he had no self at all in the beginning, just like a walking corpse, and could only ruthlessly kill his compatriots every day.]

[He lived a life worse than death every day, until one day, he discovered the current headquarters of the Xianlin Sect.]

[He found that this land was a relic of ancient times, and here, he could temporarily escape the control of the powers in the fairy world.]

[So, he established the Xianlin Sect headquarters here, where he could temporarily break free from those fairy world powers' control.]

[After that, he also said that although this ancient land allowed him to temporarily regain his self, it was because the powers in the fairy world were too conceited.]

[The powers in the fairy world didn't care whether he could regain his self, as long as he completed the task.]

[Speaking of this, Shen Wutian looked at you for a moment, then continued, saying he had now reached a critical point of breakthrough.]

[Once he broke through again, even if he left here, he would have a chance to completely escape the control of the powers in the fairy world.]

[He asked if you were willing to help him!]

[Hearing this, you had an ominous premonition in your heart.]