Over a month had been enough for the surrounding races from other domains to gain a clear understanding of the overall situation in the Void Return Realm, as well as the strengths and weaknesses within the Xuanling Domain. And so, their probing began.
The Eighth Order Tribes within the Xuanling Domain retaliated fiercely without the slightest hesitation.
If they showed even a little weakness at a time like this, the other side would take a mile after being given an inch.
Resources within the Xuanling Domain were limited-or rather, resources throughout the entire Void Return Realm were limited. Every extra mouthful someone else ate meant one less mouthful for you.
That was why those Ninth Order Races had prevented new Ninth Order Races from emerging back then. Otherwise, their interests would have to be shared.
The situation remained the same now. With so many races of the eighth order and above suddenly appearing, those who already held the benefits would not allow new competitors to join them.
If other Eighth Order Tribes were allowed into the Xuanling Domain, the interests of the Xian Clan and the others would be severely carved up.
Thus, they had to stop these outside races from probing right from the outset.
But this also meant that any possibility of both sides sitting down to negotiate had been torn apart completely.
It was not just the Xuanling Domain. Every territory inhabited by Eighth Order Tribes elsewhere in the Void Return Realm faced the same situation.
If they held firm, they could drive out these outside races. If they could not, they might ultimately have to leave in defeat, with no chance of entering another eighth-order territory, since those already had owners.
In the end, they could only retreat to remote territories that lacked even the resources