Loneliness
Over fifty years have passed since the last battle between Undead Phoenix and Five Feathers. For mortals, fifty years equals three generations, but for cultivators, this time is not as long as most of their retreat. Typically, the cultivation world operates slowly due to all the immortals and how differently they perceive time.
However, many things have changed in the Eternal Ascension World in the past fifty years. Many people now understand that the next yuan epoch will reveal this world's fate, and the past fifty years have already shown signs of this.
Wang Wei sat alone in his dimension, reading about reports. Most of them are about cultivators about to reach the end of their lifespan and becoming more extreme. Instead of focusing on cultivating his technique to a higher level, these people opted for the easy road: killing mortals. Of course, the result was their extermination and the endless torture of their souls.