「The third day of the fifth month.」
「The Daoist Palace outpost in Jinhuai City.」
Few people moved about at high noon under the city's blazing sun. But inside the main hall of the Daoist Palace outpost, the air was thick with the clamor of voices. Hundreds of Qi Cultivators had gathered around the announcement board, silently reading a new notice that had just been posted.
The announcement was lengthy, over two thousand characters long, but it conveyed two main points. First, the world had long been ravaged by war, causing immense suffering for the common people. Furthermore, infighting among Cultivators had led to the deaths of innocent bystanders. Therefore, effective immediately, all sects were forbidden from engaging in conflict. Violators would be branded as Evil Cultivators.
