Back in the study of Heaven's Realm, Hu Qingya sent away everyone unrelated to the matter, then stood before me and spread out the enormous map of the Immortal Ascenders' territory. It marked four vast regions expanding around Sky City. The southern region, occupied by the Jiufang and Beihu Lineages, had been mapped out almost in full, while the regions belonging to the Gulong and Shengtu Lineages, which stood opposite them, were replaced by a vast expanse of darkness.
"We're allies with the Jiufang Lineage, so we have a rough map of part of their territory. Besides, the regions they occupy border part of the old Heaven's Realm, making it easy to verify. As for the Beihu Lineage, most of its territory lies within the old Heaven's Realm. Only some border regions are occupied by various major lineages, and their affiliations aren't clear, but obtaining a map is still not difficult." Hu Qingya pointed toward the region south of Sky City, in the direction of Heaven's Realm.
"So half of the territory north of Sky City, facing Heaven's Realm, belongs to the Shengtu and Gulong Lineages?" I asked pensively.
"Exactly. As Sky City spread outward, it encompassed a vast starfield where the four imperial clans, along with the Immortal Ascenders, resided. The regions were boundless. Thus, the conflict among the lineages under the Jiufang Lineage, sparked when lineages under two Emperors used the extermination of Heaven Peepers among the Immortal Ascenders as a pretext, had escalated into the current situation. Though insignificant across the entire Immortal Ascenders' starfield, within the region where we Primordial Immortals currently reside, it was no less than a decisive battle between opposing forces." Hu Qingya moved her finger across the intersection of the Jiufang and Gulong regions. A small portion of the territory had already