"The Wilds stretch more than ten billion li in every direction. Altogether, they're much larger than the Central Land. Countless powerful beings lurk there—even Great Demons whose territories span tens or hundreds of thousands of li.
"We so-called Thirteen-Road Demon Kings are nothing but little demons scraping by on the edge of the Wilds. It wouldn't be strange if some formidable figure came out of nowhere and wiped us out with a wave of a hand!"
That makes sense, Tang Changsheng thought. If the Demon King Alliance had not lived from one day to the next, how could it have submitted to him so readily?
"My lord, Mountain Girl is right. In fact, three of the Nine Great Immortal Sects—the Northern Pole Xuanyuan Sect, the Western Pole Heaven-Piercing Sect, and the Southern Pole Ancient Nether Sect—are stationed in the deepest reaches of the Wilds, holding the whole region in check."
Tang Changsheng nodded slightly. The Wilds were what remained after the Eastern Glory World swallowed dozens of worlds large and small and digested their essence: the refuse.
The trouble was that the Eastern Glory World had indigestion. Not just refuse, but plenty of that essence had been left mixed into the Wilds.
As a result, although most of the Wilds were barren beyond words,
there were still many sacred mountains and holy lands where Earth Qi gathered. And the vast Wilds concealed all manner of filth.
Not only had the Demon Sects fled there, but countless monsters lived there too, along with natives of those worlds destroyed long ago...
Thus, three of the Nine Great Immortal Sects, known as the Three Poles Immortal Sects, each held one pole and stood guard within the Wilds.
That was why Tang Changsheng had met disciples of only six sects—the Heavenly Star Myriad Forms