Before long, Executive Regent Zhuang, Qing Shuo, Bai Wang, Daoist Zhen Yu, Awakened Firmament, Daoist Qiu Palace, and Daoist Fu Xiang had all manifested within Pure Profound Dao Palace.
Including Xun Ji, who had not yet arrived due to the limitations of his Dao methods, there were now eight great powers of the upper realm who had joined Celestial Xia's camp. Including Zhang Yu himself, there were nine.
As for Daoist Mi Zu, although he had expressed his intention to draw closer to them, the two sides had interacted only a few times and had yet to establish sufficient trust. Thus, Zhang Yu had not handed the Mystic Chaos Cicada to him that day. He could only be counted as someone leaning toward them, not yet a true fellow traveler, at least for now.
The nine great powers stood within Pure Profound Dao Palace. Though only wisps of their qi-intent had arrived, all manner of phenomena manifested. Their Dao methods blended and collided, stirring one another into turbulence. Had Daoist Fu Xiang not made preparations in advance and promptly deployed the Origin Capital Mysterious Diagram to conceal them, the five would likely have noticed at once.
Daoist Qiu looked about him. Seeing so many great powers of the upper realm gathered here, he felt both astonished and exhilarated. He had never expected there to be so many fellow travelers.
Moreover, he discovered that not all of them were cultivators originally belonging to Celestial Xia. There were Origin Xia cultivators like himself, as well as great powers who clearly belonged to neither side.
This camp encompassed a far broader range than he had imagined.
The others were also examining one another. Some had only seen each other's Dao names within Origin Void before, and this was their first true meeting. It