As the Imperial Pavilion began collecting resources on a massive scale throughout the True Realm, it soon stirred up discontent among many people.
Many people knew nothing about the Ancient Forbidden Land, but they could guess that something major must have happened in the True Realm for its energy to suddenly become so abundant—many times more than before.
Everyone wanted to seize this opportunity to cultivate properly and strive to break through to a higher realm.
However, the Imperial Pavilion's actions were undoubtedly disrupting their path to advancement.
"Damn the Imperial Pavilion! What are they trying to do? What gives them the right to take all our cultivation resources?"
"How despicable! Truly despicable! Do they really think the True Realm belongs to their Imperial Pavilion?"
"For so many years, the Imperial Pavilion has kept a low profile. I thought they were different from the other transcendent forces. I was wrong about them."
"But the people from the Imperial Pavilion said there was a reason for this. Right, didn't they say the True Realm had returned to this state because some Ancient Forbidden Land was opened?"
"They also said there was a huge danger inside the Ancient Forbidden Land, and the Imperial Pavilion Young Master needed to break through quickly. Otherwise, the True Realm would be in grave danger."
"Bullshit! Just because they say there's danger, that means there is? If the danger were really so great, why is the True Realm still safe and sound?"
"If you ask me, the Imperial Pavilion just made that up as an excuse. It was the Pavilion and that damned Young Master of theirs, Chen Changan, who came up with it."
"They're worried that with the True Realm in its current state, everyone else will break through too quickly and threaten the Imperial Pavilion's