As the Spiritual Essence World merged into the Nine Provinces Four Regions, it effectively ceased to exist.
The new Nine Provinces Four Regions were still changing slowly. In time, the land would return to the terrain of the Nine Provinces Four Regions.
It was a kind of inertia. Once Heavenly Dao Reincarnation was established, the Nine Provinces Four Regions would settle into a stable geographical pattern.
Every world devoured in the future would gradually evolve into the pattern of the Nine Provinces Four Regions.
As more worlds were devoured, more cultivators would become gods.
And as cultivators continued to bind themselves to the world's logic, the number of powerful individuals unaffiliated with any faction was bound to grow.
They could not directly control Heavenly Dao Reincarnation.
But if they exerted their full strength to make their own logic resist its control, they could still have a considerable impact.
That was especially true at critical moments, such as when invading another world or resisting an invasion from beyond.
With so many factions among the Heavenly Emperors and Ghost Emperors, they would inevitably need to win these powerful gods over to strengthen their control over Heavenly Dao Reincarnation and their own forces.
The war in the lower realm was one clear example of this factional struggle.
It was a chance to display their strength and draw more heavenly gods and yin gods to their side.
The flames of war still raged under the Way of Forbidden Laws.
The slaughter of flesh and blood would continue until one side fell and collapsed completely.
The Haoran Sage kept issuing orders, trying to turn the tide of defeat.
He was no weak commander. With the mental strength of a Conceptual Logic Prototype, he could grasp every detail down to its finest point.
He had a