Chapter 509 - 460: The Secret of the Ancient Road and Heroic Pass
The Heavenly Pass was a secret, so formidable that even Ancient Great Powers could not overcome it, and eventually, they had to retreat, covered in blood.
Canglan Saint Master said, "Why did you choose to stay and guard the ten Heroic Passes instead of leaving the Ancient Road? Where do these Guardians come from?"
"Each Guardian of the Heroic Passes was once from the Immortal Sacred Land, which had marched into the Primordial Immortal Realm!" An elder from the descendants, known as an Old Immortal, revealed this answer, startling everyone and causing their faces to show shock.
It was unbelievable–the so-called Guardians were once people from the Immortal Sacred Lands. Each Heroic Pass represented an Immortal Sacred Land, and this revelation brought with it a sense of alarm.
"Like our Purple Mansion Sacred Land, and like other Immortal Sacred Lands, there have been some that disappeared or declined in history throughout the Heavenly and Myriads of Realms, all because they obtained ancient steles, opened the Ancient Road, and disregarded the advice of the Heroic Pass Guardians, forcefully attacking the passes," said an Old Immortal descendant of the Purple Mansion Sacred Land, one of the eldest among these descendants. Known as Elder Kushi, despite his depleted vigor, he possessed great strength. His lean figure standing there exerted an intense oppressive force.
Elder Kushi was explaining some esoteric knowledge about the origins of the ten Heroic Passes and the Guardians.
Each Guardian of the Heroic Passes was once an Immortal Sacred Land, but their stories were too ancient; some had been completely lost to history, barely mentioned in ancient texts or documents.
For example, the Purple Mansion Sacred Land, which had last opened its pass more than a hundred thousand years ago, could only lead one to imagine how ancient the previous Heroic Passes were–at least tens of thousands of years apart, some even spanning tens or hundreds of thousands of years. They were immensely ancient, and some Sacred Lands had even vanished forever.
All these Immortal Sacred Lands had once marched upon the Immortal Heavenly Pass, but it was undeniable that almost no mention of their assault on the Heavenly Pass can be found in old texts; it was only known that they were bound by oaths to the Heavenly Dao to guard the Heroic Passes for generations, barring later arrivals.