On the forty-eighth year of the Spirit Inception Era, war had broken out between the Dao Palace and the Federation.
Five months later, the war had ended. The Dao Palace cultivators, led by Mie Liezi, had chosen to surrender.
It had been a brief war, but one that had been intense and with a high casualty count. Its end had been viewed as a mystery by almost everyone.
That was because no one had witnessed the most decisive battle. It had remained a mystery that had fueled many rumors regarding how the war had truly ended.
Rumors spread from person to person. During this period, the postwar cleanup and rebuilding efforts continued nonstop. The first on the agenda was what to do with the Dao Palace cultivators who had surrendered. Thirty percent of the surviving cultivators were judged to have committed grievous crimes. Their sentence was declared forcefully by Duan Muque and broadcast to the entire Federation. They were to be executed!
