"Thank you, Eternal Ancient Immortal Venerable, for showing mercy."
Ancient Saint Nether River sighed. He had calmed down considerably by now. If he had truly been crippled, then all hope for his immortal path would have been lost.
Later, Ancient Saint Nether River departed for distant lands.
As the first peerless powerhouse to openly challenge the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory, although he had not even made it through the outermost gate, he had sounded an alarm for countless old monsters. He became the number one cautionary tale in the Heaven Territory, with the Enlightened Ancient Clan ranked second.
The opportunity might have been immense...
But they could neither hold it nor hold onto it.
A hundred years later.
An "interesting incident" that swept across every Immortal Realm erupted within the Heaven Territory's Star Pivot.
Countless factions sprang up in the Star Pivot like bamboo shoots after a spring rain—"Ancient Immortal aristocratic families," "ancient Dao Courts," "the number one mighty clan," "the strongest Great Dao," and so on.
In the past, the Immortal Realm had been vast beyond measure. No one knew one another, and each ruled their own domain.
Now that the Star Pivot connected them all, factions that had once bragged within their own regions began emerging one after another.
"Outsider, have you ever heard of my Chi Clan of the Cosmic Sea?!"
"Bullshit Chi Clan! Have you ever heard of the Stupa Clan of the Xuanjin Immortal Realm?!!"
"Never heard of them. Trash... however many come, we'll kill them all. They're nothing but prey for my clan!"
"Come on!!"
"Then come over here!"
Just like that, the boasting between cultivators of the Star Pivot's local factions had now spilled into the open. The verbal battles within the Star Pivot crashed like mountains and seas, as surging as