To send exiled criminals to the Abandoned Lands and ensure that no being from the Abandoned Lands entered the Mainland, a sect had established itself at the border to gain the favor of the Emperor. This sect was known as the Clear Spring Sect.
It began as a minor sect with no notable ancestral resources or advanced cultivation techniques. The sect possessed only a few dozen disciples, and even among them, only the core disciples had reached the peak of the Spirit Warrior Realm.
Their survival depended entirely on the annual Soul Stones and resources granted by the Empire in exchange for guarding the border.
However, ten years ago, something about them changed.
