When Xiao Fan and the rest arrived at the northernmost part of the Dark Place, it was already a day later.
The moment they arrived at the northernmost part of the Dark Place, they were already standing on the territory of the Myriad Bone Forest.
That's right, other than the Purple Sun Sky Sea and a few other special places, almost the entire northernmost part of the Dark Place was considered the territory of the Myriad Bone Forest.
As the number one sect of the Human Clan in the Dark Place, the Myriad Bone Forest usually kept a low profile and had a weak presence. It was completely different from the Blood Clan and the other five strongest clans, as well as the Yunkong College and the other four great academies, where the slightest thing would alarm the entire Dark Place.
However, even though it kept a low profile and had a weak presence, the strength of the Myriad Bone Forest was undeniable.
Because everyone knew that the Dark Place was the world of the other races. The Human Clan was surrounded by enemies everywhere, and every step they took was difficult. Not to mention cultivation, even living was difficult.
It was the same for the Myriad Bone Forest. Even though it was the number one sect of the Human Clan, even though it was on par with the Blood Clan and the other five strongest clans, as well as the Yunkong College and the other four great academies, it was still unable to change the situation of being enemies.
However, the Myriad Bone Forest had survived, and had even grown step by step to the point where it could stand on par with the Blood Clan and the other five strongest clans, as well as the Yunkong College and the other four great academies.
Furthermore, it was said that the Myriad Bone Forest had once been attacked by the Blood Clan and the other four strongest clans. Although the Yunkong College and the other four great academies were detached from the world, and would not take the initiative to participate in the struggle for hegemony in the Dark Place, and did not take action, there were still many experts from the academy who participated.
Therefore, it could be said that that battle was equivalent to the Blood Clan and the other four strongest clans, as well as the Yunkong College and the other four great academies joining hands to besiege the Myriad Bone Forest.
However, the result that caused everyone to be incomparably shocked appeared.
Before the army could reach the Myriad Bone Forest, the Blood Clan and the other five strongest clans, as well as the Yunkong College and the other four great academies, took the initiative to retreat. The army simply dispersed, and no longer encircled the Myriad Bone Forest. Everything ended there, and it could be considered as tacitly acknowledging the existence and position of the Myriad Bone Forest.
Therefore, the result of that battle was still somewhat incomprehensible even now.
As for the reason behind the inexplicable outcome of the battle, there were rumors that spread out very quickly after the battle. It was said that the Ten Thousand Bone Forest had humbly presented extremely valuable gifts to the Blood Clan and the other four strongest clans as well as the Cloud Realm Academy's four great academies' armies before they arrived. Only then did the Blood Clan and the other four strongest clans and Cloud Realm Academy's four great academies' armies retreat.
As soon as this news spread out, it immediately received the approval of many people in the Dark Place, because at first glance, it could indeed explain the reason why the Blood Clan and the other five strongest clans, as well as the Yunkong College and the other four great academies, had taken the initiative to retreat.
Even to this day, there were still many people who believed that the Myriad Bone Forest must have groveled and begged for peace in exchange for a peaceful place.
However, the truly discerning people scoffed at the reason for this outcome!
Because at that time, if the Myriad Bone Forest Academy had really groveled and begged for peace, then why would the Blood Clan and the other five strongest races, as well as the Yunkong College's four great academies, accept it?
They had directly attacked the Myriad Bone Forest, and all of the treasures in the Myriad Bone Forest belonged to the Blood Clan and the other five strongest races, as well as the Yunkong College's four great academies. Why would they be so greedy for those so-called valuable gifts?
Picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons?
Why would the Blood Clan and the other five strongest races, as well as the Yunkong College's four great academies, make such a low-level mistake that was clearly illogical?
Therefore, this rumor was definitely fake. Furthermore, it was most likely that the Myriad Bone Forest Academy had purposely kept a low profile to confuse others and conceal themselves.
As for the real reason for retreating, if the gifts and asking for peace were fake, then there was only one other possibility.
The Blood Clan and the other five strongest races, as well as the Yunkong College's four great academies, were afraid of the Myriad Bone Forest Academy. They knew that they would suffer great losses if they fought, so they retreated.
Furthermore, if the Myriad Bone Forest Academy had really paid a visit to the Blood Clan and the other five strongest races, as well as the Yunkong College's four great academies, they would definitely not have left to beg for peace. Instead, they would have left to display their might, so that the Blood Clan and the other five strongest races, as well as the Yunkong College's four great academies, would retreat in the face of overwhelming odds.
This was the real answer.
The strength of the Myriad Bone Forest Academy was hidden under its outer appearance. Those who did not know might think that it was an undeserved reputation, but those who truly knew would be extremely fearful of the number one human race sect in the Dark Domain.
"Withered Ancient City is right in front!" Outside the carriage, Mu Junsu, Lin Shan, and the Little Bastard were rushing the horses. Suddenly, the carriage stopped, and Mu Junsu looked into the distance and said.
"Withered Ancient City!" Hearing Mu Junsu's voice, Lime, Xue Qingwei, and Snow Red poked their heads out of the carriage and looked into the distance.
Xiao Fan also slowly opened his dark eyes. After which, he looked through the carriage and stared into the distance.
In the distant horizon, a large human race city stood tall. The walls of this large human race city were full of holes and holes, and there were even many broken parts. The entire city looked like a wasteland, extremely dilapidated.
However, a boundless and ancient aura emanated from this large human race city, causing it to look like an old and terrifying ferocious beast. Although it looked old and weak, and was about to decline, it still possessed an extremely terrifying strength. Anyone who saw it and intended to visit it would feel fear in their hearts.
Withered Ancient City, like the Purple Dawn Sky Sea, was one of the few special places in the northernmost part of the Dark Domain. Although it was in the territory of the Myriad Bone Forest, it was not part of the Myriad Bone Forest Academy's territory.
"Withered Ancient City!" Xiao Fan looked at the distant Withered Ancient City and suddenly spoke, his voice inexplicable.
When he was in the Eastern Spirit Lower State, Xiao Fan was mostly in the Eastern Domain and rarely left. Although he had never been to the Spirit Domain, he had been to the Dark Domain twice. One of the times he came to the Dark Domain, he went to the Withered Ancient City.
This was because the Withered Ancient City was the foundation of the human race in the Dark Domain.
It was said that the Withered Ancient City was built seventy to eighty thousand years ago. At that time, the four great academies of the Yunkong College had yet to appear, and the Blood Race was the only one among the five strongest races.
Of course, this did not mean that the Blood Race was the only peak force in the Dark Domain. At that time, there were other peak forces in the Dark Domain, and the Blood Race was the only one that had survived.
Those peak forces that could stand side by side with the Blood Race in the past, such as the Wind people, Lei people, Water Spirit Race, and Sky Horse Race today, had basically disappeared in the long river of history. They had either been reduced to small races and disappeared into the myriad races of the Dark Domain, or they had completely disappeared, never to be seen again.
Only the Blood Race continued to pass down their inheritance and survived, remaining at the peak.
The Myriad Bone Forest naturally did not exist at that time, and it only rose to prominence in the last thirty thousand years.
No one knew the true origin of the Withered Ancient City. They only knew that it was the last refuge of the human race in the Dark Domain. Every time the human race in the Dark Domain was on the verge of extinction, they only needed to hide in the Withered Ancient City, and an inexplicable power would awaken in the Withered Ancient City, protecting the entire human race. The foreign races of the Dark Domain would inevitably retreat in fear before this inexplicable power, and the crisis would be resolved. The human race of the Dark Domain could then live and reproduce here, waiting for the time when they could continue to grow stronger and be able to leave the Dark Domain.
Therefore, the Withered Ancient City was also known as the holy land of the human race in the Dark Domain!
Other than the Myriad Bone Forest and the thirty-six human sects in the Sky Shadow City, the rest of the rogue cultivators in the Dark Domain, as well as a few scattered human sects, had also settled down here.
The reason why the thirty-six human sects in the Sky Shadow City did not settle down here was because although the Withered Ancient City was the last refuge of the human race in the Dark Domain, it was simply too barren and lacking in cultivation resources. In order to develop, they moved to the Sky Shadow City, one of the top ten cities of the Dark Domain, and attached themselves to the Shadow Clan.
However, the times were still moving forward. Ever since the thirty-six human sects in the Sky Shadow City left the Withered Ancient City and moved to the Sky Shadow City, the Withered Ancient City had become much more prosperous and was no longer as desolate as before.
But now, seeing the Withered Ancient City again, Xiao Fan felt somewhat emotional, not because of its history.
Because it was in the Withered Ancient City that he had fought the Fearless War God, the Tyrant Lion King, Fairy Northern Fox, and other prodigies of the three major domains in the Battle of Heaven's Prides of the Three Major Domains. He had provoked some of the Dark Domain's prodigies and almost lost his life.
Now that he was revisiting this place, it was inevitable that his heart would be stirred.
Back then, after the Battle of Heaven's Prides of the Three Major Domains had ended, at least a hundred sects of the Eastern Region had joined forces to hunt down Xiao Fan because he had rejected the Yuan Gate and some of his enemies.
In the face of the combined pursuit of the hundred sects led by the Yuan Gate, Xiao Fan could not resist even if he had three heads and six arms. He could only flee for his life in panic and was on the verge of death several times. He was extremely down and out.
After fleeing for several months, the Eastern Region finally could not hold on any longer because the Eastern Region was ultimately the territory of the Yuan Gate and the other hundred sects of the Eastern Region. Where could Xiao Fan escape to?
He could only flee to the Dark Domain and the Spirit Domain and temporarily hide from the hundred sects of the Eastern Region. Then, he would patiently wait for the State Gate to open before returning to the Eastern Region. Finally, he would flee to the Central Region and completely leave the Eastern Spirit Lower Region.
After much consideration, Xiao Fan chose the Dark Domain that he had already been to once and chose the Withered Ancient City as the location.
The reason for choosing the Withered Ancient City was very simple. He fancied the inexplicable power in the Withered Ancient City that could protect the entire Human Race of the Dark Domain. As long as he hid in the Withered Ancient City, he might be able to obtain the protection of this inexplicable power.
However, the result was disappointing.
The power in the Withered Ancient City would only appear when the entire Human Race of the Dark Domain was facing a life and death crisis. At that time, the Fearless War God, the Tyrant Lion King, Fairy Northern Fox, and other prodigies of the Dark Domain had arrived and did not offend the other Human Race of the Dark Domain in the city. Therefore, they did not cause any backlash from the Withered Ancient City.
Therefore, Xiao Fan's plan ultimately failed and that battle was unavoidable.
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