As for the Star Palace, you promised Xing Yao that so long as you were still alive, the Cold Abyss Divine Palace would not launch an attack on the Star Palace's strongholds.
This promise of yours would likely let Xing Yao sleep soundly. Though the two palaces appeared to share a decent relationship with the outside world, one mountain could not hold two tigers. Before the prospect of profit, Xing Yao seemed to have long foreseen the day you would clash, and the matter had only made her increasingly uneasy.
Before absolute strength, Xing Yao saw no chance of victory whatsoever. If the two palaces went to war, aside from asking the Ganyang Divine Court to mediate, the Star Palace would have only two options: retreat inward or play the sentiment card.
As the Star Palace Master, she naturally would not be willing to yield territory. As for playing the sentiment card, the only route available at present was likely through Ye Xing, Jin Chang Geng's disciple. Xing Yao had indeed initially intended to do so, hoping to convey goodwill to the Cold Abyss Divine Palace through Ye Xing.
But with your promise now in place, this crisis no longer existed. Accordingly, the benefits of the Western Region became hardly worth mentioning to Xing Yao. Rather than continuing to expand outward, she felt it would be better to first steady her own foundation.
On the other hand, since this matter rested on the premise that you remained alive, the relationship between the Star Palace and the Cold Abyss Divine Palace would not sour anytime soon. At the very least, her relationship with you would surely reach its peak; she did not want you to die prematurely...
The reason you gave this promise was also very simple. On one hand, the