Outside the Cloud Sea Secret Realm.
A crowd waited there, densely packed, a sea of people. They came from the various holy lands and imperial dynasties, with many Blood-Changing Martial Saint experts stationed among them. At this moment, all eyes were fixed upon the golden gate atop the Golden Staircase hanging in the void.
If that golden gate in the void disappeared, it meant the Cloud Sea Secret Realm had closed.
And according to past experience exploring the Cloud Sea Secret Realm, anyone still inside when it closed could basically be considered dead!
Because everyone who had remained in the Cloud Sea Secret Realm before had died. When it opened again next time, not even their bones could be found.
Many people did not know what dangers lurked within after the Cloud Sea Secret Realm closed, but they all knew they had to leave before it did.
Yet the Tianxuan Saintess, Purple Mansion Saintess, Supreme Saintess, and the others had not emerged yet. They were all figures who had stirred the winds and clouds, having performed exceptionally at the East Sea Martial Arts Exchange Conference. They were leaders among the younger generation.
Of course, aside from the holy lands they belonged to, what the other factions cared about more was what the Tianxuan Saintess, Purple Mansion Saintess, Supreme Saintess, and the others had gained atop the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge, what secrets they had learned, and whether other opportunities lay hidden at the bridge's end.
Those were the matters the other factions cared about most.
Without those things, the other factions would have preferred for the Tianxuan Saintess, Purple Mansion Saintess, Supreme Saintess, and the others to remain in the Cloud Sea Secret Realm. That would mean a few fewer threats.
Though the major factions might join forces, when there