Within the spatial passage, a massive, luxurious flying vessel sped onward without pause. Though it bore the insignia of a merchant association, every flying vessel and cultivator it passed sensed an utterly terrifying pressure.
No one knew where this unheard-of merchant association had sprung from, but most understood clearly in their hearts that the people aboard were absolutely not to be offended!
Inside the flying vessel, the largest room had been completely remodeled. Many decorations had been cleared away, and a jade slip floated above a jade table. Flowing light burst from the jade slip and gathered in midair, fully displaying a map of the entire Eastern Saint Domain.
When Bai Yu had purchased this flying vessel, he had obtained this map with its complete network of routes. It marked not only the visible spatial passages across the continent, but also the territories of all the major powers.
"The territory ruled by the Holy Heaven Cult lies at the easternmost edge of the Eastern Saint Domain, while the Sword Burial Sect and the Dragon Bone God-Suppression Sect lie to the northwest."
"The domains ruled by these three superpowers occupy one-third of the entire Eastern Saint Domain here."
"And in the remaining two-thirds, there are actually more than ten other superpowers."
"Compared to the Northern Frontier, the level of chaos here—and the intensity of the competition—is more than a hundred times greater."
Looking at the densely packed distribution of forces across the map, Bai Yu sighed.
Unlike the Northern Frontier, the Eastern Saint Domain was more than ten times larger. Because of its resources and spiritual energy, the number of superpowers here was enough to make one's scalp go numb. They tightly controlled their territories by enfeoffing subordinate sects.
Meanwhile, those subordinate sects were almost constantly locked in slaughter. New powers