Chapter 642
At the end of the Great Plague Era, under the coercion of cultivators, the vast majority of mortals were relocated to various hidden realms and small worlds.
However, as the influence of the "incompatibility of immortal cultivation techniques" grew stronger, the cultivators ultimately could not escape the fate of mutual destruction. The immortal sects collapsed, and the cultivation civilization entered a prolonged period of darkness.
As the saying goes, "When one declines, another rises."
The number of cultivators dwindled to near extinction. Yet, mortals, like resilient weeds, began to emerge once again across the world.
Regarding the origins of these newly born mortals, some claimed they were survivors of the great migration. Others believed they were the descendants of cultivators. There were also those who suggested that mortals from the small worlds had broken through the blockade of the Immortal-Sealing Formation and returned.
Regardless, as cultivators gradually vanished from the land, the mortals of the Xuanhuang Realm began to thrive in the gaps left behind.
Along with the resurgence of mortals came the Xuanhuang Clear Heart Mantra.
Like folk songs and legends of unknown origin, it spread by word of mouth. Eventually, nearly every human tribe became aware of this technique, which allowed mortals to escape the influence of the Immortal-Mortal Miasma and once again embark on the path of cultivation.
Today's cultivators speculate that this could very well be the work of the Mysterious Eastern Extremity Heavenly Sovereign of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.