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The news that Bi Fan and the other two had defeated Xia Hongyuan spread quickly, shocking all the cities under the Six Absolutes Adventurer Group.
At the same time, everyone was delighted. From then on, the fifty-one cities would be one family, with no more fighting among them. They could finally cultivate in peace.
If wars kept breaking out, they would have no chance to cultivate in seclusion. Even if they did, they would be forced to come out before they were ready.
Now things were different. They could finally set aside their worries and cultivate in seclusion.
The city lords were the happiest of all.
Bi Fan sent the powerful cultivators back. Of the three cities, he left behind only one Profound Immortal Realm expert in each—their original city lords. Most of the cities' original experts had been subdued, and he had them remain at their posts.
They had Xia Hongyuan under their control, so there was no need to worry about him sending troops against the three cities.
Next, the city lords of the fifty-one cities submitted a joint petition to form a province named Six Absolutes Divine Prefecture. They sent their application to Tianyun Prefecture.
If everything checked out, they would receive a reply soon.
Bi Fan and the others hoped they would hear back before the year's end.
For the cities of the Chaos Realm, the year's end wasn't something to celebrate. Every year, they had to pay crystals to the prefecture they belonged to. The amount each city had to hand over depended on how prosperous it was.
The cities now controlled by the Six Absolutes Adventurer Group were all rather impoverished. Otherwise, Xia Hongyuan would have taken them long ago.
The crystals these cities produced barely covered the expenses of