Taoyuan Sect's declaration had been somewhat reluctant. Given their consistent stance throughout the heavens, they had actually been more inclined to take Primordial Beginning Sect's side.
After all, Primordial Beginning Sect had Tier 7 Dao Masters when it needed Tier 7 Dao Masters, Ancient Inheritances when it needed Ancient Inheritances, and its Numinous Treasures and spirit artifacts were all among the finest in the world. Its foundations ran deep, talents emerged in endless succession, and its various invisible strengths across the Myriad Worlds were even more daunting to behold.
Though Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, this rising star, had been unrivaled in momentum over the past thousand years, facing a Giant like Primordial Beginning Sect still gave people the feeling of a mayfly trying to shake a tree, utterly oblivious to its own limits.
But Taoyuan Sect's circumstances differed from those of the other Major Sects of the Heavens. When they had previously chosen a place to settle in Heavenly Origin, they had chosen the Execution Heavenly Kingdom, which wore the same pair of trousers as Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
And that was not all. Over the years, Taoyuan Sect had also been the first among the Major Sects of the Heavens to make up its mind to completely transfer its assets from the heavens to Celestial Origin Realm, in preparation to welcome the tremendous opportunity of Tianyuan's revival.
By now, more than half of Taoyuan Sect's members had settled within the Execution Heavenly Kingdom. Their investment in that divine kingdom could be called an all-in gamble, pouring nearly all they had accumulated throughout the heavens over so many years into it.
Thus, even if Erqiang had not been standing behind True Lord Taoyuan with a blade at his back, True Lord Taoyuan could only represent his sect in taking Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom's