Over the past few years, most of the Gu Family and the Li Family Direct Descendants had withdrawn to the Qian Yuan Realm, citing Li Haotian's approaching seven-hundredth birthday.
Although the struggle between Gu Yuanqing and the Primordial Divine Sect would be decided by a battle between their supreme experts, caution was still the wiser course in certain matters.
Neither of the two leading powers had ever announced an impending war, but their unceasing clashes had stirred speculation among the many sects of the Exquisite Realm Domain.
They did not know that the Primordial Divine Sect still possessed a true god-level existence. Yet the sect had towered over the Exquisite Realm Domain for countless ages. How could it willingly relinquish its supremacy?
The moment the experts of those many sects returned from the Primordial Divine Sect, the coming battle was destined to be near.
Those returning experts secretly fanned the flames, making the entire Exquisite Realm Domain increasingly tense.
However, rumors that the Primordial Divine Sect had controlled the minds of the other returnees also spread throughout the Exquisite Realm Domain. People had noticed the changes in the returnees' dispositions as well.
Those sects also had quite a few cultivators who had returned from further training at North Spring Mountain. Together with the control they had maintained over their sects for centuries, this kept the overall situation in these boundary domains from veering completely off course.
Of course, that did not mean these people truly favored the Qian Yuan Realm.
Rather, no sect dared truly intervene in a battle between two colossal powers. One misstep would leave them ground to dust and shattered bones, and there were already cautionary examples before them.
Everyone throughout the Exquisite Realm Domain restrained their impatience and waited for the outcome of the final battle.