Chapter 642 - 742: Explanation
"After the carnage, those sects finally managed to catch their breath and began to clean up the environment around their own sects. After all, with three whole years of killing, I'm not sure about the other sects, but the Taichu Sect was really on the verge of becoming a pile of corpses. At that time, the bodies of those monsters, those organizations' members, just weren't dealt with, letting them decompose and then giving rise to plagues. Although these plagues didn't have much effect on us cultivators, some monsters naturally carrying poison could slightly affect the disciples then, but fortunately, it was still alright."
"However, the environmental pollution was the most severe. If I remember correctly, the entire area within one hundred miles of the Taichu Sect was almost barren, with corpses littered everywhere, filled with marsh gas and poison gas. Even a bird flying over would want to take a rest, but as soon as it descended a bit, it would plunge into the marsh and poison gas, never to fly up again."
"Afterwards, after clearing their surrounding environments and using arrays to absorb spiritual Qi and nourish the surrounding areas, the few major sects realized why they had been fighting for so long without anyone coming to their aid. So, they began urgently contacting other sects, and after reaching out to the righteous sects, they even contacted the demonic sects."
"After various contacts, those major sects discovered that among the six great sects, only their four major sects remained, while some minor sects and loose cultivators had either not been besieged or couldn't be contacted. After investigating, they found that those had been exterminated for quite some time," Tian Chu Zhenren sighed deeply.
Ye Tianfan took a deep breath. Although he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, just by listening, he could tell how brutal the war had been.
Tian Chu Zhenren continued, "And among the four major demon sects, except for the one that had already been exterminated, the remaining three were basically severely battered at the time. Even I alone could have wiped out one of those sects because all their top members were in a state of serious injury and coma. Later, the righteous and demonic paths decided to set aside the difference between good and evil and focused first on resisting this organization's invasion. However, those three heavily damaged demonic sects were no longer able to resist the organization's invasion. So, there was a person of great courage who consolidated those three sects into a new sect, which is now the Demon Sect. And that person was the last generation's Demon Sect Leader, Yang Jutian!"
"Uh..." Ye Tianfan, who had felt some pity, was suddenly at a loss for words at hearing such a comical name, shook his head, and then prepared to listen to what Tian Chu Zhenren would say next.
"But to be honest, if Yang Jutian had not stepped up to unite the three demon sects back then, the demonic path might have quickly declined, and by now, there wouldn't be anything left of the Demon Sect."
"Although I don't know what great achievements Yang Jutian had, just the act of consolidating the demonic path at the time was his greatest achievement. It can be said that without Yang Jutian, there would be no current Demon Sect; without the Demon Sect, there would be no current demonic path. Put simply, if it weren't for Yang Jutian's move, by now, the entire demonic path might just have a few rats left, lingering there, waiting for the resurgence of the demonic path."
"At that time, the four major righteous path sects, along with those minor sects and loose cultivators, plus the Demon Sect and those minor sects and loose cultivators on the demonic path, formed a defensive alliance at a minor sect of the righteous path, Tianyuan Sec's Tianyuan Peak. And Tianyuan Sect was also an annihilated sect, so Tianyuan Peak became the temporary base for both the righteous and demonic paths. Besides, the previous Sect Leader Senior also went to Tianyuan Peak with sect leaders from all over the realm for this meeting," Tian Chu Zhenren said.
"Tianyuan Peak? Is there anything special about that place? Why hold the meeting there?" Ye Tianfan asked curiously.
"There wasn't anything special about Tianyuan Peak itself, but there were two reasons why it was chosen at the time," Tian Chu Zhenren explained.
"Two reasons?" Ye Tianfan asked with confusion.
"The first reason is that Tianyuan Peak belonged to the Tianyuan Sect, but Tianyuan Sect had already been annihilated and crushed. Moreover, Tianyuan Sect had few disciples, so Tianyuan Peak's environment was relatively good; with a little cleaning, it returned to its picturesque state. Unlike other exterminated sects where the environment was either poor or too far away. And the second point was precisely due to its location, Tianyuan Sect's position was in the middle of the whole world, though not at the very center, it wasn't too far from any sect. So after weighing these factors, Tianyuan Peak was chosen." Tian Chu Zhenren said.
"I see!" Ye Tianfan nodded, indicating his understanding.
"After this, the righteous and demonic paths began a fifteen-year cooperation. Specifically, it was an alliance. During the existence of this alliance, there were no distinctions between righteous and demonic paths, with all cultivators referred to as the Avengers Alliance. The main power members of the Avengers Alliance were Tianchu Zhenren, the Demon Sect Leader at the time, and the Sect Leader of the Benevolent Sect back then. These three were also known as the Three Giants of the Avengers Alliance," Tian Chu Zhenren said.
"Avengers Alliance? Three Giants?" At this time, Ye Tianfan really didn't know what to make of it. The feeling of rip-off was just overwhelming. Was it really that lazy to come up with names? Do you not blush when you shamelessly copy?
"Are we now allied with the demonic path?" Ye Tianfan suddenly remembered, as Tian Chu Zhenren had just mentioned, that Tianchu Zhenren previously went to Tianyuan Peak to hold a meeting. Was this meeting indeed the alliance?
"Of course, the Avengers Alliance has reappeared now. Although two of the three giants are no longer around, new, strong replacements have joined, so today's three giants are still very powerful!" Tian Chu Zhenren said with a smile.
"Master, compared to the Avengers Alliance five hundred years ago, how does today's Avengers Alliance fare in terms of strength?" Ye Tianfan was curious whether the current Avengers Alliance was stronger or weaker compared to five hundred years ago.
If it is stronger, then there would be no need to worry about the war failing because they had won five hundred years ago, and there would be no reason for a stronger alliance to fail now. If it is weaker, then they would have to fight desperately because, if they failed, Ye Tianfan felt that they would face death. Thus, failure was not an option in war, only success was allowed.
