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Looking at Ye Yu’s serious expression, Hongluan couldn’t help but feel a little dazed.

That day, drunk on wine, she had accidentally agreed to Wei Aoshu’s request.

That was when she took Ye Yu as her disciple.

It had only been half a year since then.

Though Ye Yu often spoke stubbornly, whenever he had the chance, he would help her gather spirit stones to restore her losses.

At times, he even brought her spirit wine.

He was clearly much better than Tuoba Qiyue, who only read stories all day, and the cold, indifferent Xie Muling.

Hongluan could feel that Ye Yu genuinely cared for her, his master.

That feeling of warmth was something rare and comforting.

Apart from that, Ye Yu’s secrets were by far the biggest.

From his initial Foundation Establishment stage to now, even she could no longer discern his cultivation level.

Such rapid advancement could only be described as monstrous.

In her long years of existence, this was the first time Hongluan had encountered someone like him.

Perhaps he really was a good candidate to take over.

After much contemplation, Hongluan set aside her usual carefree attitude.

For the first time, she began to recount her past.

Thousands of years ago, the cultivation world was flourishing.

Practitioners displayed incredible powers, and those in the Tribulation Crossing and Ascension realms were numerous.

Compared to today, it was a golden age, leagues above.

However, the more power one possessed, the greater their greed.

The cultivators of the five continents constantly fought among themselves, all seeking more resources.

Countless cultivators fell.

Many might not like this truth, but none could change it.

Survival of the fittest was an unchanging law.

In that era, every continent had beings who suppressed entire regions, making it impossible for anyone to raise their head.

They were on the verge of Ascension.

While other cultivators were still fighting amongst themselves, they had already set their sights on the battle for the Heavenly Realm.

For those approaching the Ascension stage, the resources of the mortal world were of little concern.

Hongluan, as the strongest of the Central Continent, had reached the peak of the Ascension realm.

Her fame spread far and wide, and she was a figure of absolute prominence.

But during that time, spiritual energy from the mortal realm began to rapidly decline.

Lower-level cultivators may not have noticed it as strongly, but those at higher levels could easily detect it.

To find the cause of this decline, Hongluan traveled across the entire world, but found no answers.

Later, a grandmaster proficient in divination sacrificed half his lifespan to predict that the world would undergo great upheaval, and the mortal realm would face a catastrophic disaster.

However, he couldn’t determine what that calamity would be.

This left Hongluan feeling restless.

A few years later, Hongluan noticed that several friends who were on the verge of Ascension had mysteriously vanished.

This puzzled her greatly.

If they had truly ascended, there would undoubtedly have been major celestial phenomena.

Yet, she hadn’t sensed any of it.

Could they have died?

That seemed unrealistic.

Cultivators who managed to reach the peak of the Ascension realm were naturally gifted. They would surely have life-preserving methods.

How could they simply fall?

Thus, Hongluan sought out the strongest beings from the other four continents to ask if they had heard any news.

However, the other four continents’ strongest cultivators reported that some of their friends had also vanished mysteriously.

After sharing information and experiences, they all sensed something wasn’t right.

They began searching for answers.

Later, they discovered several Dao children whose strength far surpassed normal Ascension realm cultivators.

It was these Taoist boys who had been secretly hunting down Ascension realm cultivators.

Hongluan and the other strongest cultivators from the continents joined forces to capture one of these Taoist boys.

They hoped to interrogate him about why they were targeting the Ascendants.

However, these Taoist boys were peculiar. They would rather die in battle, with their souls vanishing, than surrender.

Moreover, after their deaths, their bodies would shatter into pieces resembling stone.

Hongluan couldn’t help but speculate inwardly.

Were these Taoist boys really human?

The Heavenly Dao certainly wouldn’t allow beings above the peak Ascension realm to exist in the mortal realm.

That was the very reason for Ascension.

Yet, the behavior of these Taoist boys didn’t resemble that of mortal cultivators at all.

Hongluan couldn’t figure it out.

Later, even the strongest beings of the Southern Barbarian continent faced attacks from these Taoist boys.

Thankfully, Hongluan used a secret technique to feign death, catching them off guard, and eventually killed one of them.

However, in doing so, she discovered something: these Taoist boys seemed to be hunting Ascension realm cultivators to steal their lifeblood or “qi luck.”

Hearing this, everyone was shocked.

With the declining spiritual energy of the mortal realm, cultivators once destined for the Ascension realm now became stuck at the Tribulation Crossing realm.

If this trend continued, Ascension would only grow more difficult.

If the Taoist boys managed to slay all Ascension realm cultivators, it would effectively cut off the path to Ascension in the mortal realm!

To prevent these mysterious Taoist boys from running amok, Hongluan and the strongest from the other continents formed an alliance, working together to hunt them down.

Hearing this, Ye Yu felt a sense of familiarity.

Tentatively, he asked, “Continent guardians?”

Hongluan’s expression grew strange.

“Indeed, some have referred to us as such, but it has been countless millennia. How do you know this?”

Ye Yu naturally couldn’t reveal anything about the true demon descendants from the Demon Realm. He could only feign ignorance, claiming hearsay.

However, based on Hongluan’s description, the history of these mysterious Taoist boys seemed far older, dating back to the time when spiritual energy began to decline thousands of years ago.

And the number was undoubtedly not limited to just one.

Could it be that, in the past, there were many more of these Taoist boys?

Thinking of this, Ye Yu couldn’t help but furrow his brows slightly.

Meanwhile, Hongluan continued to recount the events from the past.

The title of “Continent Guardians” was known to very few.

No, to be precise, even the existence of these mysterious Taoist boys was scarcely known.

Because they were too terrifyingly powerful. Ordinary Ascension realm cultivators were no match for them.

If such news were to spread, it would only create unnecessary panic among low-level cultivators.

Hongluan and the others believed that perhaps these mysterious Taoist boys were the calamity and upheaval of the mortal realm.

If they worked hard enough to eliminate all of these Taoist boys, perhaps this disaster would pass.

But in reality, time had proven to be too short.

By the time they realized, most of the Ascension realm cultivators of the mortal realm had already been decimated by these mysterious Taoist boys.

This left Hongluan and the others in a state of panic.

Such rapid destruction was almost incomprehensible.

After a century, Hongluan and the others finally determined that there were six of these mysterious Taoist boys.

Within that time, they had managed to kill four, but two remained alive and unaccounted for.

Because of the spiritual energy depletion, no Ascension realm cultivators had appeared in the mortal realm for over a century.

It seemed that the path to Ascension was truly being severed.

Hongluan and the other four Continent Guardians vowed that they would not ascend until the remaining two Taoist boys were eradicated, as they had to remove this threat from the mortal realm.

Years passed, but the whereabouts of the two remaining Taoist boys were still unknown.

Then, the strongest cultivator from the Northern Desolate continent received a message.

It stated that the true demon descendant of the Demon Realm, left behind in the mortal world, was about to awaken, and they intended to conquer the mortal realm as their own.

(Ch. 288, guardians of the continent fought the true demon descendants)