On the Southern Heaven Continent.
The foremost powers of the immortal Dao were now the many longevity aristocratic families and the Great Flame Dynasty's faction.
The Great Flame Dynasty possessed a vast territory spanning more than forty million square kilometers, with a population exceeding three billion.
As the "state religion," the Great Flame Sect had recruited millions of outer disciples.
Its disciples at the Nascent Soul Realm and above now numbered more than twenty thousand.
Among them were quite a few exceptionally gifted individuals.
Since the Mountain Sea Alliance's return, many Nascent Soul Realm disciples of the Great Flame Sect had traveled far and wide, earning modest reputations of their own.
Flying Immortal Valley focused primarily on nurturing the younger generations of the Lin Family. Though it had few disciples, its cultivation resources were abundant.
It also subdued Golden Core Realm greater demons from the Southern Wilds and the Myriad Demon Sea, nurturing them so they could undergo their tribulations and assume human form.
Once they successfully survived their tribulations and transformed, they became Nascent Soul Realm Demon Kings.
They could naturally cultivate spells and divine abilities in human form and travel the world.
Ten Thousand Flowers Valley now primarily recruited female disciples, while male disciples had become relatively scarce.
However, Ten Thousand Flowers Valley remained a dual cultivation sect that practiced the harmonious union legacy.
It was simply that the Dao partners of its female disciples were primarily younger members of the Lin Family from the Flying Immortal Sect.
Ten Thousand Flowers Valley was effectively a training ground for the Lin Family's younger generations' "prospective marriage partners."
This brought Ten Thousand Flowers Valley and the Flying Immortal Sect even closer together.
Moreover, any children born to these dual cultivation partners had a high probability of possessing spiritual roots and