The Righteous Alliance had come this time under a signed agreement.
Just as the Righteous Alliance invited the immortal sects to observe when it held its Martial Tournament Grand Ceremony, ever since Saint Emperor Abyss founded the Righteous Alliance, the immortal sects had likewise invited the Righteous Alliance to attend as observers whenever the Immortal Sect Grand Competition was held.
But in past Immortal Sect Grand Competitions, they generally only sent three Void Return Realm cultivators and one Dao Integration cultivator. Never before had the current Speaker personally led a delegation of three Dao Integration cultivators to observe the event as they had this time.
As for the reason...
This competition involved the Taixuan Immortal Network, and for the time being, it was inconvenient to reveal that matter to the outside world.
Actually, following Tyrant Sovereign's suggestion, they had considered simply not inviting the Righteous Alliance this year and informing them only after all the Taixuan Immortal Network's functions had been tested and it had become completely stable.
But Xu Xing still wanted to show some consideration for the force his fellow countryman had left behind, so he discussed it with them again.
In the end, they settled on a plan.
They could come, but no more than five people, and they were not permitted to disclose anything that happened during this Immortal Sect Grand Competition to the outside world.
The terms sounded rather "overbearing."
Thus, after receiving the news, a small number of uninformed Dao Integration cultivators from the Righteous Alliance had been somewhat dissatisfied. They had even said that since the First Speaker—Saint Emperor Abyss—had already returned, they might as well not go.
Once Saint Emperor Abyss ascended to the immortal rank and gained sufficient standing to make the major immortal sects take him seriously, it would not