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As the Underworld's mortal enemy, the Heavenly Court naturally wanted to swallow it whole.
As one of the Two Palaces of Heaven and Earth, the Heavenly Court naturally knew just how terrifying the cultivation methods hidden within the Underworld were.
More importantly, the Heavenly Court possessed a secret that even the Underworld did not know: the cultivation methods of the Heavenly Court and the Underworld could actually be used interchangeably.
Back in ancient times, both the Heavenly Court and the Underworld had been top sects of the Jianghu, each with Heaven-Connecting Realm experts standing guard.
Under pressure from the Human Emperor, Great Emperor Fengdu and Haotian God had even joined forces in ancient times to assassinate the Human Emperor. Though both ultimately failed and were killed by him.
However, before they joined hands to assassinate the Human Emperor, the two had already cast aside the barriers between their factions, completely opening up and merging their respective cultivation methods, greatly increasing their power.
The Heavenly Court had learned of this matter from some surviving ancient texts. For some reason, no such information had been passed down in the Underworld.
That was why the Heavenly Court had been so eager to annex the Underworld in the past. What they coveted was not merely the Underworld's resources—the most important thing was its cultivation methods.
However, as the Underworld gradually rose to prominence and was even named alongside the Heavenly Court as one of the Two Palaces of Heaven and Earth, the Heavenly Court's desire to completely annex it had actually weakened considerably over the years. But now that people from the Underworld had shown themselves