Within the Azure Yang Upper Continent, edicts from the Profound Court had been issued only once or twice in the past fifty or sixty years, and both times had been proclaimed to resist foreign enemies. Yet this time, one had been issued directly to a single person. The repercussions were bound to be immense.
Those most shaken by this were the Daoist sects.
When the Inspection Office had come to inspect them in the past, they could still refuse on the grounds that mystic cultivators were not subject to the continent's administration, or simply invoke the name of the Profound Chief for protection. Moreover, such actions had tacitly been permitted by the Profound Chief.
But if a Profound Inspector of the continent came to inspect them, it would be entirely proper and justified. And since this authority had been granted by the Profound Court, even the Profound Chief would have nothing to say.
Once this Profound Inspector joined forces with the Inspection Office, what pretext could they use to resist?
At this moment, they truly felt the threat.
Thus, overnight, the upper echelons of numerous Daoist sects began paying visits to one another, seeking a proper response. Faintly, all the Daoist sects seemed to be showing signs of uniting as one.
Among them, there was no lack of a few extremists secretly plotting something.
In Radiance Prefecture, the seat of government for the Azure Yang Upper Continent, Supervisory Envoy Meng Yan swiftly learned of the news as well. Upon hearing it, his heart was filled with countless emotions.
He had not known much about Zhang Yu before. When he had submitted the Transcription Jade memorial, he had not expected the Profound Court to truly respond. As he himself had said, it had merely been a precaution against the unforeseen.
Yet