After eleven years in this world and joining a sect, he had gained a deeper understanding of it.
Great Li's territory stretched boundlessly, with thirty-six provinces, myriad vassal states, and countless trillions of subjects under its rule.
Sects and imperial power stood side by side, while demons and monsters lurked beyond their borders.
As the strength of Great Li's imperial Li Family declined, its control over the thirty-six provinces grew ever weaker.
In truth, rival powers stood shoulder to shoulder, and strength reigned supreme.
The highest publicly known cultivation realm in this world was spirit transformation, and the current emperor of Great Li, Li Yuhuan, stood at its peak.
The Mystic Sword Sect was not among this world's foremost sects, but its Supreme Elder was said to be at spirit transformation, while its current Sect Master, Lu Baichuan, had reached great accomplishment in the Purple Mansion Nascent Soul realm.
Gu Yuanqing, however, believed that the strength within the Heavenly Canopy Dao Realm went far beyond this. Higher-level cultivators merely remained behind the scenes, cultivating without stepping into the world.
After all, his apparent cultivation was only at Qi Refining. He had not even reached Foundation Establishment, so naturally he had no way to obtain more information or delve into deeper secrets.
Nor did he intend to. Knowing these things or remaining ignorant of them would make no difference to him. After all, he had never planned to get involved, nor was he particularly attached to the opportunities in this world. He only wanted to pass ten thousand years in peace. If something truly changed later, he could wait for the right moment to act, provided his strength was sufficient.
His current Nascent Soul cultivation was already enough to handle the vast majority of troubles.
"The strife among the gods has