"Mhm, okay Master, after we hit a wall this morning, we've gathered a lot of information about the Bai family this afternoon.
This Bai family...
Their background is quite intimidating, which is why they sought your help immediately, hoping you could assist them."
Qing Wu sat next to Wan Lei, blinking her big, watery eyes. She took Wan Lei's left hand, gently leaning her shoulder against his, her broad chest softly brushing against his arm, looking pitiful.
Yuan Jun also hurried over, sitting on the other side and taking Wan Lei's right hand. However, she wasn't as adept at alluring gestures, so her nuzzling was a bit stiff, yet not without a youthful, pure beauty.
Wan Lei was a bit bewildered and pulled his hands away.
"What are you doing, what are you doing? Just talk properly, why are you grabbing me?"
Seeing Wan Lei's lack of romantic sensibility, Qing Wu pouted aggrievedly, her long eyelashes fluttering.
"This Bai family was a prominent family in the Southern Territory long ago, even tracing back to before the Third Immortal-Demon War.
The Southern Territory has now been fully restored by the Immortal Venerables, but it wasn't always like this. After the Second Immortal-Demon War, the Southern Territory was destroyed, with only one-tenth remaining. This means that at that time, the Southern Territory was essentially just the northern part of what is now the complete Southern Territory.
After the destruction of the Southern Territory, the period between the end of the Second Immortal-Demon War and the end of the Third Immortal-Demon War saw sparse spiritual energy and scarce resources, comparable even to mid-tier planes like our Lei Feng Realm.
But even in the poorest places, there are major powers and great families. Fifty thousand years ago, the Bai family already had a cultivator at the Transcendence Realm, making them a hegemon in the eastern part of the Southern Territory.
At that time, other hegemons included the Ziyang Sect, the Myriad Sword Sect, and four other families and sects, totaling seven major powers.
The young prodigy of the Bai family in that generation was named Bai Han Jie. He was initially just an ordinary talented young man, with nothing particularly outstanding. However, in his generation, many formidable figures emerged in the Southern Territory, and Bai Han Jie happened to be good friends with them.
'Formidable figures? Who were they?'
Wan Lei listened intently, not even noticing that his hand had been gently grasped again by Qing Wu's soft, boneless fingers.
'Wan Jian Yi, Liu Zi Yan, Xia Da Yu, Wan Yi, Han Xiao Feng...'
'The Hall Master of the Sword Hall, the Hall Master of the Pill Hall, the Golden Immortal Venerable... these were all protagonists of that era of great upheaval.'
Wan Lei's eyes narrowed. He had heard before that the Immortal Venerables and Sword Saints, among others, hailed from the Southern Territory. That's why, even though the Southern Territory had no Saints, no one dared to provoke it given its background.
'Yes, Bai Han Jie was very close to them.'
Qing Wu pouted slightly and leaned against Wan Lei's shoulder again.
Wan Lei was preoccupied with worry and didn't notice her action. Xi Ren and Yuan Jun, seeing this, also smiled gently and quietly leaned closer.
Master's shoulder was the place that gave them the most sense of security.
'I know what happened with this Bai family. The Golden Immortal Venerable mentioned that when he was studying alchemy at the Ziyang Sect, he visited the Bai family. I don't know if he went with Zi Yan.
Upon arriving at the Bai family, he went with a friend to destroy a family. This friend was likely Bai Han Jie, and the family they destroyed was Han Feng Xue's family.
Later, Han Feng Xue returned for revenge, defeated the Immortal Venerables and others, and then in the battle of the Hidden Realm, Han Feng Xue was killed, Qiong Dian Demon God was killed, their souls merged, and they escaped to the Negative Plane, becoming the last Demon Venerable.
This then led to fifty thousand years of the Positive-Negative Blood War...
A butterfly gently flapped its wings...
You say Bai Han Jie went to destroy Han Feng Xue's family back then, which resulted in the current weakness of the Positive Plane, with countless soldiers fighting and dying to protect their homes and country in the Blood Sea.'
Yuan Jun and Qing Wu twitched their lips upon hearing this. Master's logic for shifting blame was truly remarkable, attributing this to Bai Han Jie. Even if there hadn't been Han Feng Xue, wouldn't other jealous Demon Venerables have appeared? Wouldn't they have invaded the Positive Plane?
'Yes, although Bai Han Jie was considered a contemporary prodigy of the Immortal Venerables and Sword Saints, his talent and potential were far inferior to others. During the Southern Territory Great Battle, the Sword Saints and others were already at the peak of the Golden Immortal Realm, and the Immortal Venerables were beginning to become Saints, yet he wasn't even at the Immortal Realm.'
After Qing Wu finished speaking, Yuan Jun added a point.
'However, during the Southern Territory Defense Battle of the Immortal-Demon War, almost all the forces from the Five Elements Hall and the Immortal Realm came to participate in the Southern Territory.
To protect the Bai family and the Southern Territory, Bai Han Jie forcibly broke through to the Immortal Realm, drawing down the Heavenly Tribulation. He rushed out of the defensive array and into the Demon race army. Relying on the Heavenly Tribulation, he killed over a thousand demons, but he was also besieged by the demons and ultimately, during the third wave of the divine soul tribulation, both his physical body and soul were annihilated.
Inspired by him, many cultivators who were close to breaking through to the Immortal Realm forcibly consumed pills, self-destructed their foundations, broke through to the Immortal Realm, and drew down the Heavenly Tribulation to perish with the demons.'
Wan Lei knew about the Southern Territory Defense Battle. It was the final decisive battle, the Third Immortal-Demon War. The demon race advanced like a broken bamboo. Later, the Five Elements Hall was established, and the Sect Leader Wan Hong consolidated the Immortal Realm's forces, counterattacking all the way, pushing the demon race's forces to their main base in the Southern Star System in the southernmost part of the Immortal Realm.
Then, in desperation, the demon race broke their cauldrons and sank their ships, bringing all their people from the Demon Realm to the Immortal Realm, directly attacking the Immortal Realm continent, intending to destroy it and disrupt the Immortal Realm's destiny. The decisive battle took place in the Southern Territory.
It was in that battle that the Five Great Immortal Venerables and the Ghost Emperor returned as Saints, leading the armies of the Ghost Realm and the Dragon Clan, along with the Immortal Realm armies, to defeat the demon race.
'He was a heroic figure like the Monkey King. But why would such a righteous and upright person protect someone in his family who had committed a grave mistake?'
Wan Lei was puzzled. He knew that Liu Er Mi Hou had followed the Monkey King as a trusted subordinate for tens of millions of years, yet after making a mistake, the Monkey King still executed him mercilessly.
'Once they gained power, they became corrupted and degenerated. Bai Han Jie was a person with strong family values. During the internal conflict in the Southern Territory after the battle of the Hidden Realm, the major powers of the Southern Territory began their decisive battles.
The Golden Immortal Venerables united with four families to form an alliance and engage in a decisive battle with the four opposing families. The name of the alliance was chosen by the Sword Saint, drawing from his divine ability 'Myriad Swords Returning to One,' and it was named the 'Gu yi Alliance' (Alliance of Returning to One), signifying the unification of the Southern Territory.
The first leader of the Gu yi Alliance was the ancestor of the Ziyang Sect, Liu Zi Yang, who also became an immortal and won the battle against the main villain of the enemy.
However, after that battle, the Five Great Immortal Venerables and the Sword Saint went to develop in the Great Tang Dynasty, where the world was even vaster. Only Bai Han Jie remained in the Southern Territory, unwilling to leave his family."