A few things had happened while Cecil was away. First of all, the Sect Master Selection was put on further hold because an organization that was threatening the cultivator society in the East had suddenly risen to power out of nowhere.
They were based in the north, in the territory that used to be Russia. For as long as everyone knew, that area was infested with monsters so it was uninhabitable. However, this dark organization had somehow acquired the power to manipulate and control these monsters.
The members of this organization called themselves ‘Devil Cultivators’ as they had control over the monsters which most people referred to as devils or demons nowadays. Not only that, but they could also merge with these monsters using magical means and turn into some kind of power hybrid for
