Chapter 203: The Vessel (1/2)

Surprise surprise. Who would've thought that this is actually the only remaining settlement in the Middle Plane. I, for one, didn't think that such a thing was possible. If it were in the Lower Plane, it would've been more likely to happen but in the Middle Plane where everyone has a cultivation level beyond the Transcendence Realm, that seems like a far-fetched dream.

But judging on the stern expressions on everyone's faces, one could tell that they were telling the cold hard truth. I have no idea how they were able to verify such a thing, but they believed it was so. And if that's the case, then it wouldn't hurt if I were to assume the worst-case scenario as well.

”How did you come to that conclusion? How can you be so sure that this is the last settlement in the Middle Plane?”

”About that, Yongrui, this settlement is actually a mixture of all the settlements in our region. We are the strongest region in the Middle Plane and if we couldn't survive, we know that the weaker regions don't stand a chance as well.” White answered, trying to simplify the situation as much as possible but he wasn't doing a good job at it.

After seeing my confused and dumbfounded expression, he let out a sigh and made another attempt in explaining everything.

”Six years ago— ” White began.

'So we're starting from there, huh. In any case, please go ahead.' I said in my head.

”Six years ago, a year before the outbreak started, every Sect in this region waged war against each other. I already told you how it came about but all of those were just the tip of the iceberg. You see, our region is the most powerful region in the world. And because of that, no one dared offend us. But things took a turn for the worse when other Sects in this region started getting greedy, trying to take over the lands of other sects.”

Luxor cleared his throat. ”They said that it was all for a good cause, that they were attacking the other Sects to remove the weakest Sects in the most powerful region. Of course, some of the Sects agreed and the others disagreed. In the end, our region was separated into factions, those who are neutral, those who favor attacking the weaker sects, and those who are not in favor. Well, you know what ensued next. An all-out war that left the whole region defenseless.”

”Then the Black Spirit Sect entered the scene. They just appeared out of nowhere and started manipulating the rabid humans. We later found out that they were behind the outbreak.” This time, it was White who continued on with the topic. ”Since the war just ended, the Sects didn't have time to regroup. In the end, every Sect has fallen on the hands of the Black Spirit Sect. Only a few of us managed to escape and hastily build a settlement in this valley.”

So...

Based on what they said, doesn't that mean that the other sects had a higher chance of survival than every sect in this region combined? They just came out of a war, surely they won't stand a chance if they were attacked by another stronger sect.

In that case, that means that there's also a greater chance that this is not the only standing settlement in the Middle Plane. These fools, they're thinking rather shallowly.

”Yongrui, you shouldn't judge them. They probably escaped from the clutches of the Black Spirit Sect by the skin of their teeth.” Hui-ying reasoned. ”They're probably disoriented since then. And also, I do think that their mindset is not that far-off. Even if the strongest region was weakened due to war, they'd still be more formidable than the weaker regions or sects. There's a good chance that the other weaker sects didn't stand a chance against the Black Spirit Sect.”

”I get it, but still, it's way too early to assume that not a single sect survived.” I returned.