Within the Three Realms Sect, inside an ethereal palace.
Mists and clouds swirled all around, and a group of cultivators whose forms were hidden within them took their seats.
Enormous spiritual pressure spread wantonly, crushing the ground bare around them until not a blade of grass could grow.
This offered a glimpse of the deep foundations of a great sect.
"Why has the Sect Master summoned us back in such a fiery hurry?"
Someone spoke with a light laugh.
The Three Realms Sect had not had an easy time in recent years.
The cultivation arts practiced within their sect were among the most extravagant and resource-consuming, so they had exhausted every means to exploit the regions under their rule.
Without great cultivators above them to suppress matters, the accumulated resentment swiftly erupted.
With rebellions breaking out on all sides, even though they had done everything they could to suppress them and forcibly relied on their powerful strength to maintain the previous order, they had achieved little in the end.
Under such circumstances, although the changes in the tides of heaven and earth's spiritual energy had greatly increased the output of all kinds of cultivation resources, the Three Realms Sect had instead declined with each passing day, even reaching the point of living off its old reserves.
When people were driven into a corner with no way out, they naturally began searching for another path.
Like the other sects, the Three Realms Sect began thinking of ways to open up new sources of income while also attempting to make contact with other sects.
And through such dealings, they found a place like Heyang City.
Resources supplied from every direction across Yu Prefecture converged there, and because there were choices to be made between suppliers, the cost of acquiring resources had dropped