Penglai and Beiming Sect, both originally aloof from worldly affairs and refraining from Martial World disputes, yet in the year 1723 of the Shenzhou Calendar, when bandits invaded, disciples from both sects descended the mountain to oppose the enemies, never to return.
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Ye Wanlan closed her eyes, and upon opening them again, the figures of Yue Zheng and Xing Yun were no longer visible.
All she could see were two extremely bright spheres of light in the sky.
She knew that Yue Zheng and Xing Yun were burning their own lifeforce.
The flame of life, a brilliance not even the sun could surpass.
However, Penglai and Beiming Sect joining the battlefield did not reverse the situation.
But indeed, it significantly delayed the progress of time.
