Another half month had passed since the Challenge Incident ended.
The tale of the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao suppressing the Limitless Sword Sect's Sect Master and shattering an Illusion Realm with a single thought had become common knowledge.
After disappearing without a trace for several days, the Illusion Alliance became active again.
And it did so with great fanfare.
The reason was simple.
The heavens governing Illusion Realms had changed.
After Jiang Lingfeng's "brave remarks," the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao had fully opened up Spiritual Energy Authority for Illusion Realms.
In short, the Network Server was now open to everyone.
But this did not come without conditions.
If an Illusion Realm created by cultivators failed to meet the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao's standards, its Illusion Crystal Stone would shatter outright.
In turn, the cultivator who created that Illusion Realm would also suffer a certain degree of punishment.
Du Cheng, for instance, who had created the "Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm," had not only fallen seriously ill, but also lost half a cultivation realm.
In other words, creating an Illusion Realm had become a high-stakes gamble.
Win, and they would become bound to Heavenly Dao, their Illusion Realm would earn the admiration of thousands, and they would rake in Spirit Stones until their hands went limp.
Lose, and their cultivation would regress, with calamities coming one after another.
But what cultivator would willingly live beneath someone else's thumb?
Every last one rubbed their fists and flexed their hands, determined to make a grand showing in Illusion Realms.
Rumor had it that even people within the Spirit Cloud Sect and Sky Profound Gate had begun secretly researching Illusion Realms...
After all, no one wanted to miss such a heaven-sent opportunity.
The Path of Illusion was such a fat morsel that