The Supreme Mirror did not renege on its debt and promptly settled two hundred thousand merit points.
Afterward, Shen Mo spent another ten thousand merit points to forge a contract with the mirror spirit, officially designating Five Dragons Mountain as the territory of the Crimson Flame Sect!
Upon leaving the Immortal Mirror world, he appeared directly at Dragon-Subduing Slope on Jade Spring Mountain.
Vice Sect Master Situ and many of the sect's higher-ups, along with over a thousand inner and Outer Sect disciples, had long been waiting outside the mountain-guarding grand formation. The moment Shen Mo appeared, immortal music swelled and countless arts manifested, creating an enormous spectacle.
Shen Mo found it somewhat puzzling. He had never liked putting on grand displays, yet Situ and the others had done exactly that.
Just then, he sensed strands of divine consciousness sweeping past, stirring tiny ripples through the void. The instant they brushed against him, they scattered like startled birds and beasts.
After a brief thought, Shen Mo understood the reason...
The Crimson Flame Sect had gained far too much from the war. Monopolizing Five Dragons Mountain with the strength of a single sect would inevitably make outsiders green with envy!
Although the sect's disciples had relied on the Living Beings Grand Formation to kill and injure several Divine Bridge Realm cultivators, temporarily suppressing the situation, it had also allowed outsiders to see through their true circumstances.
As long as he, the sect's strongest cultivator, did not show himself, the other cultivation forces and powerful members of foreign races would never give up. They would always harbor covetous and greedy thoughts, seeking to take a share of Five Dragons Mountain!
The grand display arranged by Situ and the other high-ranking members was a loud proclamation to the outside world that Shen Mo