Compared to the Golden Sun Empire, the spiritual energy concentration in Great Xia had already fallen to the point where it was almost completely gone.
However, it was precisely because Great Xia had never possessed a high concentration of spiritual energy that the martial-artist-dominated Great Xia had not experienced too much turmoil.
By then, more than twenty years had passed since Bi Changsheng left Great Xia, and the situation there had changed considerably.
At that time, the most powerful faction in Great Xia was the Divine Fist Sect, which had gained the most from the war to destroy the Qian Empire. After more than twenty years of development, the Great Xia imperial court had actually overtaken the others and become the second-largest faction, surpassed only by the Divine Fist Sect.
Unfortunately, Fang Yaoyang, the only person in Great Xia who could be considered an acquaintance of Bi Changsheng, had already passed away. Thus, Bi Changsheng did not reveal himself to meet anyone in Great Xia.
Moreover, because the concentration of spiritual energy in Great Xia was extraordinarily low, Bi Changsheng merely visited the small courtyard near the Divine Fist Sect in Ningyun Prefecture and the Bi Family's old residence in Lin'an City to pay his respects before leaving Great Xia.
Bi Changsheng did not continue toward regions with an even lower concentration of spiritual energy. Instead, he turned and headed into the territory of the Purple Cloud Sect.
The Purple Cloud Sect had also followed the Golden Sun Sect's example and established the Purple Cloud Empire in the area around its mountain gate.
However, since the Purple Cloud Sect's strength ultimately could not compare with the Golden Sun Sect's, the situation within the Purple Cloud Sect's territory was far more chaotic than that within the Golden Sun Sect's territory.
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