Once these procedures were complete...
Changyuan then brought Cheng Daoxian to the underground secret vault, from where they teleported to the family's true place of inheritance.
That was, the palace.
He also taught Cheng Daoxian everything about the method of entry and the Seal Technique.
Meanwhile!
As this Venerable's decree was issued...
Countless forces throughout the Boundless Sea affiliated with the three great alliances naturally descended into considerable chaos.
After all, in the Cultivation World, there was no shortage of cultivators who were refined self-interest seekers!
Nearly ninety-nine percent of cultivators were people of that sort.
The immortal clan forces were somewhat better off. Because they shared blood ties, nothing major broke out.
Yet even among them, there were Ancestors who feared death and clung to life.
The forces formed by Rogue Cultivators, however, possessed nowhere near the cohesion of immortal clans.
Thus...
Overnight, many small factions disbanded one after another, their people gone and their buildings empty.
In the end, all they left the three great alliances were islands riddled with holes, along with some Qi Refining Stage and Foundation Establishment Realm juniors who had no idea what was going on.
Clearly...
They were all abandoned pawns cast aside by those Golden Core cultivators.
At this sight...
The upper echelons of the alliances flew into a rage and immediately issued kill orders.
They also dispatched squad after squad of law-enforcement teams to hunt down the leaders of those factions.
Yet there was one particularly strange point. Whether it was the Demonic Path Alliance, the Sea Suppressing Alliance, or the Immortal Alliance, there were many Golden Core True Persons who abandoned their homes and livelihoods. Yet almost no Nascent Soul Cultivators were seen fleeing. All of them obediently waited for the alliance's summons.
It was as though they had