After the Investiture of the Gods, the gates to the Immortal Sects were closed, and cultivators could no longer ascend to the Immortal Realm. With limited resources to fight over, conflict raged without end. Corpses littered the land, and lives were devastated. After years of fighting, the Three Great Clans finally reached a peaceful coexistence with the Demon Cult, the Yao Clan, the Buddhist Sect, and other forces!
Yet though the trees long for stillness, the wind will not cease. The major powers had been at peace, but the Ten Divine Artifacts have thrown their relations into turmoil. The Demon Venerable was sealed as a result, and the Demon Cult split apart. An unseen force seems to be manipulating it all, and the world of cultivation is about to be thrown into chaos once more...