Three years passed since the Innkeeper had released a letter in response to the pressure from the Path of Chaos. To mortals, three years was a tremendous amount of time. Their entire lives could change in this span of time. Labourers could pick up skills, kids could pick up martial arts, and many could take their first steps on the cultivation path. Marriages could be made or broken, alliances could be formed or shattered, and bright futures could turn dark, or vice versa.
However, in the cultivation world, three years were but a blink of an eye. Generally speaking, three years was not really enough time for something major to happen. There were, of course, exceptions, but most of the time three years was barely enough time for a Celestial Immortal to take a snort meditation break.
The influence of the appearance of the Dream realm had still not completely revealed itself, let alone the ramifications of the Midnight Inn successfully opening and running a tavern there.
