Over the next few years...
The Cultivation Worlds of several nearby kingdoms were likewise roiled by wind and clouds!
This was because several Devil Lords who had explored the Abandoned Mansion with Madam Yao had perished, their bodies and Dao extinguished. With no Devil Lords left to preside over those resource-rich sects, they naturally became targets.
Of course.
Though the Immortal Dao sects coveted them, they lacked the standing to join in the division of spoils.
This was because an Immortal Alliance envoy had descended and issued a prohibition: no conflicts were to arise with Devil Dao Sects.
Likewise.
An envoy from the Demonic Path Alliance arrived shortly afterward, delivering the Venerable's decree, whose general meaning was the same as that of the Immortal Alliance envoy.
For this reason, the many Immortal Sects could only watch, or skirt the edges and swallow up a few leftover industries.
Yet during this period, unknown cultivators often appeared, acting as flies in the ointment.
One Nascent Soul Cultivator who concealed both face and aura even directly emptied the sect treasury of a devil sect that had lost the protection of a Nascent Soul True Lord.
In response.
The Devil Lords of the major devil sects were enraged beyond measure.
Later, that Devil Master directly fought a great battle with the Ancestor of a certain immortal sect.
This showed that, constrained by the majesty of the Immortal Alliance, those covetous Immortal Dao True Lords had not acted openly—but there were no shortage of little schemes in the shadows.
Of course!
Cheng Buzheng, who had long since arrived in Immortal Alliance City, knew nothing of these matters.
It was not until six years later, after completing Fudao Hall's order and returning to Jin Kingdom, that Cheng Buzheng learned of this.
The reason was that, before