There had never been any shortage of clever people in this world. What you could think of, others could think of as well.
Thus, a most peculiar situation had emerged around the Forgetfulness River. Quite a few people knew that many factions had quietly entered the River of Forgetfulness Territory.
Yet those factions had not immediately begun fighting over the resource territories originally belonging to the two great abodes.
The waters were calm and the wind still—there was not even the slightest stir.
"My heavens, the calmer it is, the more terrifying it feels to me."
"Yeah, it's so quiet that it makes people uneasy."
"Do you think they might join forces and wipe out the Heavenly Profound Sect directly?"
"If that happens, the territories of the two abodes will belong to them, and the Heavenly Profound Sect's territory will become theirs as well."
"Holy shit, that makes sense. Perhaps they had no way to do it before, but under these circumstances, they have an excuse to conduct a great purge of all the factions in the River of Forgetfulness Territory."
"If that's the case, then the Heavenly Profound Sect is truly in grave danger."
"I wouldn't say that. The Heavenly Profound Sect was able to destroy the two great abodes without a sound, so they must be hiding plenty of strength. It's hard to say who will win and who will lose this time."
"No matter how strong the Heavenly Profound Sect is, two fists can't beat four hands."
"That's true. After all, they have quite a few factions to face."
While the others in the River of Forgetfulness Territory were abuzz with discussion, people from many factions had already arrived at the Heavenly Profound Sect to pay a visit.
Seeing so many factions come calling, the Heavenly Profound