The Calamity Suppression Alliance existed solely to resist the Extraterrestrial Demons, after all, and had no authority to interfere in the internal affairs of the sects.
Each sect had its own ideas, and within each sect, different voices could be heard.
Pursuing one's own Dao path was acceptable, but divulging the sect's cultivation techniques was absolutely forbidden.
Yet without offering something of equal value, why would the Nine Regions Divine Continent bring out anything genuine?
An exchange between the two sides to seek their Dao paths together could not succeed merely by gathering everyone to discuss their views and insights on the Great Dao. It required exchanges concerning the foundations of the Great Dao, which inevitably reached deeper levels.
Moreover, the Spirit Venerable intended to gather everyone's wisdom and strength to find a way forward for their respective boundary domains. This was not something one or two sects could accomplish.
For several months in succession, discussion raged within every sect in the Spirit Realm.
Supporters argued that the Spirit Realm's incomplete Heavenly Dao was already as urgent as a fire singeing their brows. Without adapting, its Dao paths would only decline further. Though the Nine Regions Divine Continent had its shortcomings, it still had nearly ten Void Immortals, enough to prove that its path had merits. If they could take its essence to remedy their own deficiencies, they might well forge a new path.
Opponents countered that cultivation techniques were the foundation upon which a sect stood, embodying the painstaking efforts of generations of ancestral masters. How could they be shown to others lightly? What if the other side harbored prying intentions and used Dao discussion as a pretext to coax the Spirit Realm's secret arts out of them? Once all their hidden cards lay exposed, what could they do