Ningshou Realm.
As the forty-eighth-ranked Exquisite World, it was far from weak.
Its factions and lineages with Heavenly Change Realm cultivators numbered well over ten.
Over the years, the various Exquisite Realm Domains had actually developed quite quickly, at least far more quickly than in the era when the Primordial Divine Sect held the world beneath its heel.
The Exquisite Realm Domains did not particularly lack resources. Even the smallest had fairly abundant spiritual qi.
What they lacked were inheritances, and they also suffered from the deficiencies of heaven and earth themselves.
Yet Gu Yuanqing had spread his teachings across the world, and every major realm had heard them. Though he had taught no specific methods, he had given countless lower- and middle-ranking cultivators hope of advancing further.
That was precisely why Gu Yuanqing's prestige in the Exquisite Realm Domains continued to rise with time: people kept gaining real, tangible benefits from his teachings.
In truth, to the people of these realms, who ruled the Exquisite Realm Domains did not really matter.
The truly great powers would never spare factions of their level a glance. So long as they did not seek their own deaths, it made no difference.
The Taichu Holy Church had stirred up trouble in the realms several times, but it had all eventually subsided.
The Qian Yuan Divine Hall of Ningshou Realm stood within Dongqing Main City. With it as the center, four branch halls had been established to the east, south, west, and north.
The Hall Masters of all five halls were disciples of the Qian Yuan Sect. Most of the others serving there were nominal disciples, while outer or nominal disciples established Daoist Academies around each divine hall.
This was also the most direct route for people of other realms to enter the Qian