As the fighting continued to spread, the battlefield grew increasingly chaotic. In truth, the more individual martial might stood out, the less large-scale battles mattered. In the eyes of the higher-ups, the fighting on the main battlefield was little more than children playing house.
Perhaps the main battlefield served another purpose: selecting talent and training troops. There were always rogue cultivators whose outstanding performances earned them a place in a major sect, allowing them to leave the battlefield. The Heavenly Soul Sect did much the same. On the one hand, it had to send low-level wraiths to wear these people down; on the other, it could use the fighting to temper its new disciples.
The Heavenly Soul Sect had taken in quite a few disciples in a short time. They had not cultivated for long, and their strength had not risen quickly enough. Even with the Rapid-Progress Secret Method, problems could easily arise if they had never experienced battle.
For all these reasons, the main battlefield remained in place. Of course, for weaker individuals and smaller factions, it was also somewhere they could easily earn honor and even recruit some people.
Like the other higher-ups, Huo Hai did not focus his attention there. Instead, he kept searching the surrounding area. As the fighting continued, the battles nearby grew increasingly chaotic and complicated. At first, only Spirit King experts had fought, but later, more and more Spirit Emperor experts were drawn in. Dragging things out favored the Heavenly Soul Sect.
Although none of the major sects wanted their own strength to suffer excessive damage, they did not want to prolong matters either. As more and more experts emerged from the Heavenly Soul Sect, which controlled the Nether Soul Grotto, the other sects began to realize something was wrong.
Before long, the