Back to the Present.
Salvin muttered to herself. "The ancient promise. For our future. For our children."
Her ancestor made that promise to his race that day and has fulfilled it many times over. The Virut plane is their's now. Battle sage monkeys control it. They don't have problems with food anymore. Their mortals are kept safe from the violence and suffering of the cultivation world. Those that want to fight can fight however they want. But the effect of the promise has not ended yet.
Many people died that day just so that the first Sage could fulfill his promise of wiping out the vipers. If not for him calling them to die that day, they wouldn't have died. They would have had their lives. It might be a short-lived life full of suffering, but it will still be their life.
