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What Shangguan Ling had said about the Immortal Domain had already spread throughout the entire Jianghu. Most Jianghu folk were merely curious about it, but the discerning figures among the major powers were somewhat resistant.
There were only so many benefits to go around in the Jianghu, and now more people had come to vie for them. Even if everyone had shared the same ancestors ten thousand years ago, with martial inheritances and even bloodlines tracing back to the same source, probably few would be willing to accept it.
Su Xin had remained in seclusion for a full month. During that time, Shangguan Ling had already brought the Shangguan Clan of the Cold Heaven Domain, along with some other martial artists, down to the lower realm, completely merging with the Runan Shangguan Clan.
Although there had been some opposition within the original Shangguan Clan, most supported it. After all, their Shangguan Clan now had a True Martial Realm expert and could rightfully become the foremost of the Six Great Clans.
Moreover, Shangguan Ling was exceedingly generous. He directly passed down secret arts that the lower-realm Shangguan Clan did not possess, such as the Mountain-Moving Secret Art. The Cold Heaven Domain also had abundant cultivation resources, and Shangguan Ling treated both sides equally. Whatever the Shangguan Clan of the Cold Heaven Domain possessed, the original Runan Shangguan Clan possessed as well.
The Immortal Domain was, after all, the Immortal Domain. Though it was now on the verge of collapse and mostly barren wasteland, the dense heaven-and-earth vital energy had nurtured no small number of heavenly treasures. Shangguan Ling's reserves were therefore exceptionally abundant.
Under Shangguan Ling's methods, the people of the Cold Heaven Domain also integrated into the Jianghu