His gaze usually remained fixed on the heights. It had been far too long since he had paid attention to the thoughts and attitudes of low-level cultivators. With one casual glance today, he immediately saw the restlessness in the hearts of the High-Level Heavenly Vault's living beings.
Years of isolation and years of "brainwashing" had left them numb. They knew nothing of the wider world and accepted only the ideas passed down by their elders.
In their minds, that faction had once been beaten into a sorry state by their elders and destroyed. Even if it had sprung back to life like grass in the spring wind, what could it possibly do now?
This instinctive contempt came from their elders.
The elders of most clans were dissatisfied with that faction, and their ideas had been passed down from generation to generation.
So they naturally believed that, against the High-Level Heavenly Vault, that faction deserved to be beaten until they were crawling in the dirt.
These ideas had gradually twisted their minds. They were slowly forgetting what true "victory" meant, and what kind of victory befitted the High-Level Heavenly Vault's exalted status.
An idea took shape in the Undefeated Immortal Venerable's mind: cultivators of the various clans should not be allowed to live in a "greenhouse." Some of their ideas needed to be put to the test; they needed to take things seriously.
The Undefeated Immortal Venerable had already sensed the other side's determination to take revenge. Though he still did not believe they would win, his guiding principle had always been never to underestimate an enemy.
He had made it this far because he had rarely made mistakes. That was why he had remained safe all this time.
Back then, when he fought the successor of that bloodline, if he