The reason the core market was merged with other realms was also to expand it into a garrison point that could keep the Heavenly Realm Sect in check from all four directions. When the time came, whether the Heavenly City garrison acted openly and legitimately or infiltrated in secret, it could easily bury enough elite forces there to turn the tide. So this market was merely a smokescreen; in reality, it was meant to completely transform the core circle.
Only a few days after I returned, the second realm merger began. After all, the first merger had involved the nearest realms. The realms would continue merging one after another, with plans to combine at least a dozen of them into a super-large realm like Heavenly Sword Mountain. That way, Heavenly City could use the Heavenly Realm Sect as its foundation and rear base, instead of continuing to spread itself thinly along the border. This place would become the temporary headquarters in wartime.
This body tempering went off without the slightest mishap. After all, the matter of the Eight Sects of the Demon Gate had been settled, and the eight sects had withdrawn their troops one after another. Although the Heavenly Realm Sect had suffered considerable losses, they remained within controllable limits. The heaviest damage had been inflicted in the south and west, since when the eight sects joined forces to make their arrangements, several of them had split their troops and sent them in all directions.
The Demon Sects had all gone back to pack their things. The Heavenly Realm Sect had also begun licking its wounds. After entering the Primordial Unity Realm, I began preparing to break into the Limitless Realm. Once I reached the Limitless Realm, dealing with the Heavenly Dao Realm would no longer be difficult. Back