Heavenly River Mountains!
This was the most important line of defense in the entire Endless Mainland, and was guarded over by Old Master Yu Ling leading the charge with the other disciples. At the back of the Heavenly River Mountains were cities which were heavily populated by mortals. If the Heavenly River Mountains were to be breached, the lives of those mortals were as good as gone as well.
Even though mortals were not really people who would be regarded seriously by cultivators, the fact still lay that mortals were practically the roots of every single sect. If all the mortals were gone, every single sect out there would eventually edge toward extinction. After all, no sect could live and last forever without the infusion of fresh blood.
At that moment, Lin Fan floated gently between the Heaven and Earth.
This is one hell of a creepy chapter. It reminds me of that scene from The Mummy when those scarabs went under the person’s skin. Yucks, that’s one hell of a cringefest. :<