The Immortal Sect's Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the Ancient God Domain, Great Sun Heavenly Lord

"The Celestial God Palace of the Ancient God Domain wants to ally with the Immortal Sect to destroy the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace?"

Jiang Ding froze.

Then he found himself genuinely tempted.

The Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace had fought the Immortal Sect for thousands of years. Many predecessors had lost teachers, classmates, and comrades to it. Their hatred ran as deep as the sea; they had never forgotten.

But the Eight Great Immortal Sects of the Nine Spirits Domain stood together. Strike one, and you struck the whole pack. The Immortal Sect simply could not beat them.

"The Celestial God Palace seems deeply sincere."

"They're actively negotiating with the Immortal Sect Foreign Affairs Department. They plan to send another delegation led by Void Refining cultivators to visit the Immortal Sect, with their Spirit Transformation-stage Celestial God Daoist Heir accompanying them. They're making quite a show of goodwill."

"The Celestial God Palace's aim isn't hard to guess: devour the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace and advance beyond Dao Integration. Between branches of a demonic sect's legacy like theirs, the struggle over the Dao never ends until one side is dead. The Celestial God Palace's sincerity does have much to recommend it..."

"We've also noticed closer contact between the Azure Valley Immortal Sect and the Azurewood Immortal Sect of the Ancient God Domain, and between the Five Qi Immortal Sect and the Five Elements Heaven Sect. These branches of Immortal Order legacies lean more toward the orthodox path. They've begun cautiously probing one another, though the specifics remain unknown..."

"The Netherbright Sword Grotto-Heaven, meanwhile, seems quite lost. Its delegation hopes to seek an audience with Great Sun Heavenly Lord..."

This issue of the Immortal Sect's internal briefing devoted considerable space to the changes that had followed the Nine Spirits Domain's exposure to the