Fifty years passed by in such an atmosphere.
For cultivators, fifty years was not particularly long, but for mortals, it could be an entire lifetime.
Thus, when the fiftieth year finally arrived, the Mortal World had already become divided into two completely different worlds.
On one side was the secular world, and on the other was the cultivation world.
The former had gradually returned to normal over the course of decades, but the latter had never relaxed for even a single day.
The atmosphere between heaven and earth grew heavier the more time passed.
It was as if an invisible divine mountain had descended upon the Nine Great Mortal Worlds, pressing down upon the hearts of all cultivators.
At first, the mortals were extremely tense as well.
When the news of the Cleansing first spread, countless parents told their children stories about the terrifying beings that would descend from beyond the heavens.
