On Silver Plain Mountain.
The original palace buildings, formations, and restrictions had all been stripped clean. The cultivators on the mountain packed the dismantled materials into storage artifacts such as Qiankun Pouches. Once they migrated to Five Dragons Mountain, they would be able to rebuild their mountain gate with relative ease!
The spirit fields, medicinal gardens, gold-and-stone mines scattered everywhere had also been destructively harvested. They would not recover without at least a century.
The same was happening across the immortal mountains of the Candle Dragon Range and among its various immortal sects. In barely over a month, they had gathered up all the belongings they could take with them. If their strength had allowed it, they likely would have dug away every strip of land and every vein of ore.
At least they still had some conscience and left Shen Mo a cave abode on Silver Plain Mountain.
This cave abode had originally been the residence of an immortal sect's sect master. Though it was not large, it was elegant and secluded, complete with living quarters, a secluded cultivation chamber, a discussion hall, an alchemy room, an Artifact Forging Room, and everything else one could need!
Seeing that Shen Mo had no maidservants or disciples at his side to order about, Shi Nianyao had even carefully selected more than ten young, beautiful female cultivators of considerable aptitude from the various sects and factions, then sent them into the cultivation residence where he was temporarily staying.
At a glance, Shen Mo saw through the calculations in the heart of this Heavenly Phoenix Palace Master. The female cultivators she had sent over were either outstanding descendants of high-ranking figures from the Candle Dragon Range or personal disciples of sect masters from various factions. One of them was even a closed-door disciple