Ning Fa wore a look of realization.
This was also news he had never heard before, and it would indeed be of great help to him.
He could not help asking curiously, "If that is so, why do the other powers of the Tianshu Alliance not lend a hand to the Heavenly Evolution Sect?"
Su Wanwan gave a soft laugh. "It is indeed puzzling, but to us cultivators of the Five Spirits Sea, the reason behind it is something everyone knows in their hearts.
"Although the Tianshu Alliance takes the form of an alliance, the Heavenly Evolution Sect can be considered an oddity within it.
"Because the Heavenly Evolution Sect has always gone its own way and followed its own principles. Many times, it does not even give face to Taichu Gate and Pure Sword Studio, the two leading sects.
"Strictly speaking, the former leader of the Tianshu Alliance was actually the Heavenly Evolution Sect.
"In the war to overthrow the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty more than Ten Thousand Years Ago, it was also the Heavenly Evolution Sect that first raised the banner of rebellion.
"During the nearly thousand years of war that followed, the Heavenly Evolution Sect single-handedly withstood much of the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty's strength. It could be called the greatest contributor to the dynasty's downfall.
"And because of that, it also suffered the greatest losses.
"So after the war ended, the Heavenly Evolution Sect's strength declined considerably, allowing Taichu Gate and Pure Sword Studio to surpass it instead.
"Yet the Heavenly Evolution Sect did not possess much ambition. It was content to remain in the second line and merely sought to control this stretch of the Five Spirits Sea on its own.
"Moreover, even if the Heavenly Evolution Sect is not as strong as Taichu Gate