In theory, given the cultivation environment of the Horn Wood Flood Dragon Dipper Mansion's nine worlds, the possibility of an Attribute-Free Realm cultivator emerging was almost nonexistent!
Even if a powerhouse of such a realm had truly been born, they would most likely have followed some unseen summons and ascended to the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm. But to be safe, Shen Mo had still made several preparations.
After raiding Elysium Island in the Nine Nether Sea, Hongjue the Rogue, Gold-Piercing Ghost, Snake-Eel Heavenly Demon, Half-Zhijia Meng, and the other peak fifth-tier Demon Soul Generals within the Soul Refining Banner had devoured enough flesh and blood to undergo their tribulations and advance. This brought the number of sixth-tier Demon Soul Generals to twelve. With nine serving as the foundation and formation eyes, the Soul General Formation's might could rise another level, reaching the standard of the grand formation Venerable Myriad Saints had once set up to deal with Fairy Yuquan!
However, there were still no formidable enemies in the lower realm worthy of Shen Mo going all out against.
Thus, relying on his increasingly profound attainments in Artifact Forging, he used the Soul Refining Banner as a model to forge nine subsidiary banners. He then extracted nine sixth-tier Demon Soul Generals from the Soul Refining Banner and sealed one into each subsidiary banner. Afterward, through the passage between the two realms, he sent the nine subsidiary banners respectively into the hands of Sect higher-ups like Situ, who oversaw the affairs of each world!
These subsidiary banners lacked the ability to blood-refine Soul Generals. They could not even control the Soul Generals within them, nor did they bear any backlash.
They were equivalent to providing the sixth-tier Demon Soul Generals with a place to reside, while serving as relay hubs that allowed the