The First Dungeon - Part 5

A month had passed since I’d decimated the Ying family and their estate.

I leaned back in the Su family manor, which had since become a buzz of activity. After the fall of the Ying family, everyone had looked to Wenxi Su and the Su family to lead Murdock.

And a new faction had formed as well. My family, along with the rest of the sects that had come up from the mortal world, had made a group called simply The Alliance. We’d carved the Ying family compound into five different structures, rebuilt within the grounds. Each structure was headed by one of the powerful sects that had come from the mortal world.

I had led efforts and used The Alliance’s manpower as we rebuilt Murdock after the fight with the Ying family patriarch. If anything, Murdock looked like it was well past recovery and moving forward at a blistering pace.

The mortal cultivators had injected a livelihood that the town had been missing before. Hundreds of third- and fourth-ring cultivators eagerly pushed their cultivation to the next level, using the immortal mana to speed up their efforts. Mana beasts outside the city were becoming scarce as the eager cultivators worked to fill their rings and progress their capabilities.

Looking around, I tried to spot my target. I needed to talk to Wenxi. For all the growth and excitement that was stirring in Murdock, I had other plans.

As a fifth-ring immortal, I needed stronger opponents, so I was thinking about venturing north towards Blueheavens. It was supposedly a mecca of cultivators and home to the main compound of the Su family.

Wenxi had said her family was only a medium-sized power among the city and other ancient families. I wanted to find more clues about my mother’s family and where she might be, and that was my best bet.

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Release date

Lydbog: 24. december 2024