The Eastern Wasteland Nineteen Kingdoms.
In total, there were seven great cultivation sects: Returning Heaven Valley, Five Elements Sect, Golden Light Cliff, Divine Wood Sect, Six Armor Mountain, Mountain Shaking Peak, and Blowing Snow Palace.
Among them, the Five Elements Sect had originally been the overlord of the entire Eastern Wasteland. It was just that fifty years ago, after its sole Nascent Soul Ancestor passed away, the inheritance of its five meridians split apart, and Golden Light Cliff and Divine Wood Sect separated from it.
But a camel starved to death was still bigger than a horse. The Five Elements Sect was still the number one force in the Eastern Wasteland.
Across the entire Eastern Wasteland, these seven great sects monopolized the supply of Foundation Establishment Pills. The other Rogue Cultivators, Cultivating Families, and even heirs of smaller sects, if they wanted Foundation Establishment Pills, could only seek them from the seven great sects.
Among them, ordinary Rogue Cultivators generally found ways to directly enter one of them, becoming disciples of the seven great sects. After their contributions within the sect were sufficient in the future, they could exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills.
The heirs of Cultivating Families and smaller sects could exchange precious resources such as Spirit Stones and spirit herbs for them.
Every so often, the seven great sects would release a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills to supply the cultivation forces beneath them.
Apart from the above, markets established by Great Merchant Guilds from outside the region would also occasionally let a few Foundation Establishment Pills slip out, all to open up the Eastern Wasteland market.
Yun Country, where South Stream Market was located, had previously been a subordinate force of the Five Elements Sect. After the Divine Wood Sect split off, it became the border between