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"We came unannounced because we didn't want outsiders to know. Forgive our presumption; we meant no offense!" said Immortal Venerable Guangsheng of the Vermilion Bright Nether Void Palace.
How strange. Disciples of the Vermilion Bright Nether Void Palace usually looked down their noses at everyone. Why was Immortal Venerable Guangsheng so polite?
In fact, all three veteran Immortal Venerables were remarkably courteous. Not one tried to use his superior strength to pressure Tang Changsheng.
Then there was their secret arrival, and their claim that they didn't want outsiders to know... Could it be...
Tang Changsheng had pondered the balance of power in the Eastern Glory World many times.
The Heavenly Star Myriad Forms Palace was undoubtedly the strongest. With the Three Extremes Immortal Sect's support and the Heavenly Court under its thumb, it effectively commanded the forces that made up the All-Heavens Star Dipper Formation.
Next came the Vermilion Bright Nether Void Palace, which controlled the so-called Yellow Springs Netherworld Formation. Though reputed to be the second-strongest Immortal Sect, it had long vied with the Heavenly Star Myriad Forms Palace for first place.
But ever since the last Great Calamity, when the Ghost Prison collapsed and the Vermilion Bright Nether Void Palace suffered a devastating loss of Origin Energy, it had kept a low profile.
Then came the Azure Sea True Void Palace, said to control all the world's waters. Tang Changsheng had a good relationship with it, but he had to admit that of the three upper palaces of the Immortal Sects, it was the most reserved.
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