After withdrawing his Eternal God-Demon Body, Liu Yu resumed absorbing Supreme Spirit Liquid. There was still plenty left of what the major factions of the Shang Continent had "voluntarily" handed over, enough, he reckoned, for further breakthroughs.
With the disappearance of the mysterious manifestation, the members of the Immortal Fox Sect and the powerful figures concealed in the shadows who had witnessed everything began entertaining different thoughts.
The members of the Immortal Fox Sect were plainly incredulous and curious about the person breaking through the Sovereign ranks.
They were incredulous because that person could hardly be a "local" of the Immortal Fox Sect. If their sect had possessed such a monstrous talent, how could they not have known? Surely the sect master could not have kept that person hidden until today. Besides, the Immortal Fox Sect could not possibly possess a mysterious manifestation of that caliber. They knew their sect's resources well enough.
Their curiosity concerned the identity of the person making the breakthrough. Of course, they had their suspicions: this person was very likely a disciple of the mysterious expert whose relationship with their sect master was rather intimate. Even if not a disciple, it had to be someone that expert had brought along.
Unlike the members of the Immortal Fox Sect, the experts lurking in the shadows began considering joining the sect.
The Shang Continent could now essentially be said to belong to the Immortal Fox Sect. Although, on the surface, the major factions still appeared to hold their separate territories, those experts knew perfectly well that the sect master had attached herself to a suspected Heavenly Sovereign and secretly subdued those factions. After all, the disturbances across the Shang Continent during that month, while not enormous, had hardly been insignificant...
These rogue cultivators were mostly Lower Earth