Returning to Great Cang, Enemies of Old

Wei Tu's luck was fairly good.

By the time he took the ultra-long-distance teleportation array from the Central Region of the Great Flame Cultivation Realm to the Great Flame Southern Region, Blissful Divine Marquis's martial-law order had already been lifted. After a simple inspection, he successfully slipped away from beneath the Netherworld Sect's very nose.

The Netherworld Sect was the new power Blissful Divine Marquis had created after Feng Yuan and Iron Tortoise Master, the two alliance leaders, died.

The former Nine Nations Alliance and Three Creek Alliance had now become relics of the Great Flame Southern Region's past.

Yet clearly, Blissful Divine Marquis alone was still unable to control such vast territory as the Great Flame Southern Region.

After setting foot in the Great Flame Southern Region, Wei Tu more than once happened upon cultivators from Central Region powers such as the Spirit Immortal Path and Flame Emperor Sect secretly gathering and meeting.

It carried the tense feeling of storm winds filling the tower before the rain came.

"Over twenty years in seclusion?" At the same time, Wei Tu learned of Blissful Divine Marquis's current situation.

He had learned this information from Netherworld Sect cultivators.

In order to maintain the current situation, the Netherworld Sect cultivators had been constantly spreading word in secret that Blissful Divine Marquis was about to break through to the Spirit Transformation Middle Stage, using it to steady people's hearts.

At first, this alarmed him. With the Exalted King Palace Secret Realm involved, Blissful Divine Marquis was his potential mortal enemy. If the man broke through, it would be greatly detrimental to him... Yet after giving it some thought, Wei Tu could not help shaking his head. He believed this was likely false news, nothing more than a smokescreen.

—How could the Spirit Transformation Middle