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The Dongting Immortal Sect had split apart, changing the landscape of the Eastern Domain.

Many forces once suppressed by the Immortal Sect now seized the opportunity to rise.

And without question, the greatest beneficiary was Xu Changqing's Azurewood Sect.

The main reason was that Lin Feng, founder of the Dafeng Dynasty, was his second disciple.

With that connection, the Dafeng Dynasty spared no effort in supporting the Azurewood Sect. Fengrao Commandery, as its core heartland, offered it endless conveniences.

Not only did it open its Spirit Vein mines and medicinal fields for Azurewood Sect disciples to cultivate and refine pills,

it also mobilized dynasty cultivators to help the Azurewood Sect guard its territory and resist other factions.

In just five years, the number of Azurewood Sect disciples had doubled, its territory steadily expanded, and it had become one of the most influential sects in the Eastern Domain.

Yet the winds and clouds were ever-changing. Besides the Azurewood Sect, two other great powers had risen abruptly in the Eastern Domain, their momentum no less fierce.

The first was the Mother Insect Sect, whose hidden controller was the legendary Lifeless Insect Mother.

Its disciples all followed the path of insect control, their methods venomous and bizarre, impossible to guard against.

The second was the Nine Nether Sect. This force acted in secrecy, yet killed with ruthless decisiveness.

Behind it stood the Evil Cultivator force that had lain dormant for years: the Yellow Springs Alliance.

Clearly, the Yellow Springs Alliance intended to use the Nine Nether Sect to establish its foothold in the Eastern Domain once more.

Previously, with the Dongting Immortal Sect in the Eastern Domain, neither the Yellow Springs Alliance nor the Lifeless Insect Mother dared act too brazenly despite their ambitions.

Now that the Dongting Immortal Sect had split apart