While Jiang Dali was making extensive plans and preparations to head to the Sacred Dynasty, the impact of Black Wind Stronghold destroying Heaven's Gate continued fermenting throughout the Vassal States as he had hoped. It even drew the attention of some experts within the Sacred Dynasty who knew of Di Shitian's existence.
Such an enormous impact was not really surprising.
Although Heaven's Gate had remained hidden from the world for many years and had only emerged briefly, the vast majority of sects and factions within the Vassal States were unfamiliar with it.
Yet the terrifying power it displayed upon its emergence had suppressed every sect and school across the martial world of the various states until none dared voice their anger. Even Shaolin, which had always regarded itself as a titan of the martial arts world, chose to sit by and watch.
If that still did not illustrate just how terrifying it was, then the fact that renowned supreme experts such as Black Wind Stronghold Master Jiang Dali and Wudang's founder, True Person Zhang, had joined forces yet still failed to do anything to Heaven's Gate Master Di Shitian was enough to prove Heaven's Gate's strength. Its master alone was unquestionably a top expert of the True Return Realm.
Then, when the martial world had been helpless, Jiang Dali struck again and utterly wiped out Heaven's Gate, killing its master Di Shitian. This naturally shook the martial world. Black Wind Stronghold firmly secured its position as the foremost top-tier power in the Vassal States, so that when it later made a series of major moves to hold the Number One Martial Arts Tournament Under Heaven, the various sects and schools might not have responded enthusiastically, but at the very least, none dared object.
Under such circumstances, in Ying Nation, Divine