In the Ancient Immortal Realm.
The major factions had been anything but peaceful lately. Ever since learning that [Heavenly Court] was stirring up trouble in the first layer of the Ancient Immortal Realm, they had continuously sought to enter the second layer to investigate. Even though the Integration-stage ferocious beasts within had inflicted devastating losses on them, they had no choice but to keep sending people in to gather information.
This was different from the Three-Eyed Alliance's earlier revelations. At that time, people had still been skeptical, but after what happened at the Ancient Immortal Auction, everything had been confirmed, giving the major factions a sense of urgency.
The murder of the Crown Prince of Central River made the major factions realize even more clearly that if they did not take the initiative to do something, [Heavenly Court] would eventually slaughter them like dogs, leaving them no room to resist.
As the major factions continued to explore the second layer of the Ancient Immortal Realm, quite a few had already established bases there to monitor its changes at all times.
It was under these circumstances that many Integration-stage cultivators who had entered the second layer discovered something unusual—the Ancient Immortal pressure was weakening!
At first, no one was certain whether their senses were mistaken or whether the Ancient Immortal pressure had always fluctuated. But after more than a month, through constant exchanges among the Integration-stage cultivators, they confirmed that the Ancient Immortal pressure truly was steadily weakening.
This astonished everyone. According to previous records, the pressure in the Ancient Immortal Realm should not change much, much less weaken continuously for over a month. This abnormal development made everyone feel that something might have happened.
"At this rate, in a few months at most, the Ancient Immortal pressure will fall to