Eighty miles east of Heaven's Mechanism Market, within a concave valley, gray mist churned and surged, shrouding the entire valley. Whatever scenery had once been within was now completely obscured.
The valley was not large, spanning only a few miles. On the high slopes surrounding it, cultivators gathered in groups of three or five, clearly having rushed over from nearby after receiving the news.
This location lay beyond the territory covered by any faction camp and counted as unclaimed land. There were many such unclaimed areas on the battlefield. After all, the battlefield was vast, and the camps of Nine Provinces sects could not possibly fit together without a seam, always leaving behind great swathes of land.
Centered around this place, there were four factions nearby: two from the Vast Sky Alliance and two from Myriad Demon Ridge. All were fifth- or sixth-grade factions with considerable foundations.
At this moment, two of those factions had arrived: Wind Flower Pavilion of Myriad Demon Ridge and Divine Concealment Palace of the Vast Sky Alliance.
Unlike the Rogue Cultivators traveling in little groups of three or five, both factions had brought nearly a hundred people, showing just how much importance they placed on this Boundless Mirage Realm.
They had been able to arrive so quickly mainly because they were close enough and had received the news in time.
The other two factions were not so fortunate. Even if they had received the news, it would still take them some time to get here.
At present, both factions were sending people to recruit the nearby Rogue Cultivators, but the results were far from ideal.
Rogue Cultivators in the Inner Circle were fairly independent. They were unlike the minor Rogue Cultivators of the Outer Circle, who could be won over with a few casual words.