As the prominent clans of each commandery bustled about holding all manner of banquets in Liu Province City, inviting one Liang Family descendant after another to attend, Liang Zhaohuang was likewise hosting a banquet in the Liang Family's newly built ancestral grounds in Liu Province City, entertaining guests.
Naturally, given his status as a Nascent Soul True Lord and Governor of Liu Province, the guests he hosted were of an altogether different standing, not comparable to those commandery clans in the city seeking to attach themselves to the Liang Family.
Those worthy of a banquet personally hosted by Liang Zhaohuang were essentially either from the great clans of the Immortal Dynasty's various provinces or from major Eastern Sea sects, and most were Nascent Soul True Lords.
With Liu Province included, the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty now possessed twenty-one provinces in total. The imperial house controlled the five provinces of Si Province, Yu Province, Yan Province, Ji Province, and Yong Province, while the remaining sixteen provinces each had an established great clan, making sixteen great clans altogether.
Even excluding the Liang Family of Liu Province, fifteen great clans remained.
Over a year ago, when Liu Province had established its cauldron and the Liang Family had risen to become a great clan, those fifteen great clans, along with the imperial house and several royal clans, had all sent congratulatory gifts.
However, at the imperial court's and royal house's request, Liu Province's establishment had been rushed, with time pressing.
Moreover, that had been the most critical point in the deadlocked war between the Immortal Dynasty and the Demon Country. They had been waiting for Liu Province to establish its cauldron, using it as a breakthrough point to unleash a sweeping tide.
Thus, at that time, most of the Immortal Dynasty's forces—including those of