However, as time went on, the situation throughout the Southern Border grew increasingly chaotic. At the same time, because the concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy had fallen to a level that could only support Golden Core Cultivators, some Southern Border cultivators began harboring unusual thoughts.
Jing Kingdom was a major nation within Golden Sun's dominion. Among all the countries ruled by the Golden Sun Sect, its strength ranked near the top.
At that moment, more than a hundred people had gathered in a magnificent palace hall within Jing Kingdom's imperial palace. Judging from the auras radiating from them, every one of them was a cultivator of the Golden Core Realm.
Several of them had even reached the pinnacle of the Late Stage of Golden Core.
"Jing Emperor, are we really going to compete with the Golden Sun Sect for cultivation resources?"
After the group had gathered, someone asked one of the middle-aged men whose aura revealed pinnacle Late Stage of Golden Core cultivation.
This middle-aged man, whose aura showed pinnacle Late Stage of Golden Core cultivation, was Jing Emperor, the leader of Jing Kingdom's most powerful faction, the Jing imperial clan. He was also one of the people who had initiated this gathering.
If anyone from the Golden Sun Sect had been present to observe, they would have noticed that most of the Golden Core Cultivators gathered here belonged to subordinate forces of the Golden Sun Sect.
Moreover, the number of Golden Core Cultivators present already accounted for nearly seventy percent of the forces under the Golden Sun Sect's rule.
"Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy has been falling at an extraordinarily rapid pace, for reasons unknown. This situation may even continue to worsen. By then, if we want to maintain our current cultivation, we can only rely on