Just as expected, the course of events unfolded exactly as Bai Ze had anticipated.
Not long afterward, the four powerful organizations, including the Tianyang Alliance, unhesitatingly adjusted and changed the specific amount of "immortal crystals" to be collected.
Without question, such a move was bound to cause a certain degree of chaos and unrest.
Yet surprisingly, although everyone harbored dissatisfaction, not a single person dared step forward to become the bird that stuck its head out.
The reason was simple. Before such an absolute gap in strength, they knew full well that they had no power to fight back and not the slightest qualification to resist the rules set by those powerful factions.
It was much like how Bai Ze and the others were likewise powerless to defy even stronger beings.
As time passed, although they now had to hand over as much as eighty percent of their "immortal crystals," the greatly reduced number of True Immortal Realm second-layer experts meant that the immortal crystals ultimately allocated to each person were still barely enough to fulfill Moon Maple Valley's required payment.
Moreover, adding in the various precious resources they had obtained from that thrilling hundred-year Life and Death Battle, Bai Ze and the others began entering seclusion to cultivate.
At this moment, Bai Ze sat quietly within his deep and secluded Cave Mansion.
With a light lift of his arm, several thousand "immortal crystals" glowing with mysterious light appeared before him in the blink of an eye.
Then, in the span of an instant, a string of crisp cracking sounds resounded throughout the entire Cave Mansion.
Those originally incomparably hard "immortal crystals" shattered completely in an instant, transforming into an incomparably dense torrent of "immortal power" that seemed almost tangible.
This powerful "immortal power" whirled rapidly around Bai Ze, swiftly