The Holy Land Core Region had a tradition: every thousand years, the Eastern Huaiyue Lord and the Eastern Calamity Sect Master would jointly preside over the division of territories.
Clans and sects could not remain at the same level forever. Some forces grew stronger and stronger, while others suffered upheavals and became weak.
The rule of redefining the borders every 1,000 Void Ember Years had been set by Dong Huaiyue in her previous life.
Within those thousand years, regardless of whether a clan or faction prospered or declined, its borders were not permitted to change.
The various clans could wage war, invade, and even colonize their enemies, but they could not alter the borders, carry out large-scale massacres, or occupy the enemy's core Living Zone and Cultivation Zone.
Only when the thousand-year deadline arrived could they truly possess those lands.
Now that the thousand-year juncture was approaching, all Eight Clans of the Holy Land had undergone changes. That was why the Goddess of War had convened the conference on setting boundaries and dividing territories as soon as she returned.
According to Dong Huaiyi, the Holy Land Core Region had changed greatly over these thousand years. The Eight Clans of the Holy Land, the Eastern Calamity Sect, and the Eastern Embrace Clan all had vastly different standings from a thousand years ago. Some clans were on the verge of withering away, while others had developed exceptionally well.
The former hoped to preserve their ancestral lands, while the latter hoped to annex the former's territories and expand their resource production. That was where the conflict came from.
There were powerful experts on both sides. When their opinions differed, violence was usually needed to settle matters.
The Eastern Calamity Sect Master and the Eastern Huaiyue Lord would play a major mediating role in