At Chen Changan's command, everyone in the Heavenreach Holy Land went into secluded cultivation.
Wang Ba also quietly left the Heavenreach Holy Land to carry out the task Chen Changan had assigned him.
Meanwhile, all of Azure Origin closely watched the situation in Ghost Abyss. Everyone wanted to know what would happen to the Heavenreach Sacred Academy now that the Sacred Academy Alliance's Alliance Leader had visited in person.
As time passed, another piece of news shook all of Azure Origin!
"Independence?"
"Equal standing?"
"Madness! This is fucking madness! You dare spread fake news like that? Do you have a death wish?"
"This is Azure Origin, the Sacred Academy Alliance's territory. How could they possibly allow anyone to stand as their equal?"
"Exactly. Independence might be possible, though even that would take gall enough to challenge the heavens. But equal standing with the Sacred Academy Alliance? That's a fool babbling about his dreams."
When the news spread, many people's first reaction was disbelief.
After all, this went completely beyond anything they knew, and it made no sense whatsoever. This was the Sacred Academy Alliance. How could they possibly allow anyone to stand as their equal?
If anyone so much as dared entertain the thought, the Sacred Academy Alliance would probably wipe them out the very next moment.
Yet as the news spread like wildfire, the Sacred Academy Alliance remained silent. That forced people to reconsider.
"The Sacred Academy Alliance hasn't done anything or said a word?"
"Could that be why the Alliance Leader visited the Heavenreach Sacred Academy in person?"
"But what has the Heavenreach Sacred Academy done to deserve such a concession from the Sacred Academy Alliance?"
"Then perhaps there's only one explanation. The Heavenreach Sacred Academy really has become powerful enough that even the Sacred Academy Alliance has