After the Divine Ruins Realm gathering ended, the enormous plaza did not display the prosperity of past sessions. The streets between the shops saw few people, and the entire plaza felt somewhat heavy and oppressive. After the Divine Ruins Realm closed in previous years, there would always be a frenzy of buying and trading. But now... it seemed no one had any interest in it.
By custom, after the Divine Ruins Realm closed, Wu Xiong, the Great Commander sent by the Immortal Palace, would evaluate and assess the various factions. Yet the moment the Divine Ruins Realm closed this time, Wu Xiong led the Immortal Palace's large contingent straight back to the Immortal Palace, barely pausing at all. Was Wu Xiong's attitude telling everyone that this Divine Ruins Realm gathering had neither winners nor losers?
As a result, many sects that had gained nothing dismantled their shops in a great clatter and headed straight home. The sects that had made gains were left utterly speechless. Some entire rows of shops were torn down until only one or two stood alone, while others went so far as to smash their own shops to pieces, leaving the remaining shops as though they stood amid a garbage heap.
Once one faction pulled such a stunt, others immediately followed suit. Those shabby shops were not worth much anyway. Within a day or two, the vast plaza had become a genuine garbage plaza. Viewed from the air, it was a sight of devastation as far as the eye could see, as different from before the Divine Ruins Realm opened as clouds were from mud.
Du Feng and the others stood atop an abandoned shop, looking at the bleak surroundings with laughter and tears caught in their throats. They could often see factions wrapping up and