[This is Shrouding the Heavens!]

For all his careful planning, Lin Xian had miscalculated two things. First, he had never expected the Ji Family's old saint to enter seclusion as well. Without a towering figure whose word carried absolute authority, the alliance had fractured into factions, each pulling in a different direction.

The other mistake was even more important: he had not expected cultivators in the Shrouding the Heavens world to be so genuinely headstrong, to possess the courage of an Immortal Second Realm Mighty Figure who dared stake his life on becoming an immortal.

Even with two saints in seclusion, they still dared to scheme behind the scenes.

Only in the Shrouding the Heavens Universe, where the word "struggle" ran through everything, would this happen.

In any other universe of immortal cultivation, the younger generations would never dare defy their ancestors' wishes.

"People of Shrouding the Heavens, huh." At that thought, the lingering conflict in Lin Xian's heart vanished.

Cultivators of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths could have low cultivation and weak combat prowess, but they absolutely had to be stubborn—and they had to know how to talk big.

"Perhaps they're relying on their Ji surname," Ye Fan said with a faint sigh. "The same blood flows through their veins. Even if the Ji Family's saint comes out of seclusion, could he really bring himself to kill them?"

"As long as no blood is shed, the saint will only give them a scolding."

"It still comes down to our own lack of strength. The Heavenly Jade Sacred Land is too weak." Lin Xian shook his head. "If Tianxuan had even one Great Power, we wouldn't be at everyone else's mercy."

The root of the problem was the gap in the sacred land's fighting strength, with no one to bridge the generations. Once Sage