By the time Li Yun emerged from the Primordial Land, Changqing Sacred City had received word that Ancestral City had forcibly claimed Panic Domain as territory under its direct rule. Its people abandoned their pursuit of Li Yun and hurried back to Changqing Sacred City.
Hengjing, Yuantai, and the other Sage Constant experts gathered in one hall at Changqing Sacred City.
"Ancestral City has forcibly claimed Panic Domain as territory under its direct rule. What are they trying to do?"
"Are they testing us?"
"The nerve of them! Those people in Ancestral City have quite the appetite. We must teach them a lesson, or they'll think our hidden sacred cities are just decorations."
"They'll keep taking a mile every time we give them an inch!"
The Sage of Changqing was away from the sacred city. In his absence, his disciple Sage Kong Mu governed Changqing Sacred City. Sage Kong Mu was also an expert at the peak of Sage Constant.
Disdain showed on Sage Kong Mu's face.
"Whether they're testing us or genuinely intend to bolster Ancestral City's prestige, this move has crossed a line. It's time to teach them a lesson."
"We must make them understand that their so-called Ancestral City is a joke. A faction without a half-step Ancestor to hold it together has no right to show its face in the Primordial Land."
"I've already contacted Mu Yuan, North Ring, and the other sacred cities. Next, we'll issue Ancestral City a Sacred City Decree in the name of the sacred cities, ordering them to sever their rule over Panic Domain!"
"If they know what's good for them, that will be the end of it. We can let Ancestral City continue to exist. If they don't, hmph, then Ancestral City need not exist at all..."
Smiles appeared on