News that the Liu Household of Peach Blossom Island had defeated the Black Tiger Whale Pod soon spread throughout the Southern Sea. After hearing it, many Nascent Soul True Lords raised their appraisal of the Liu Household a notch, further magnifying the Liu Lineage's prestige.
Meanwhile, news of the Black Tiger Whale Pod's appearance in the Southern Sea put many weaker island immortal cities on a war footing, terrified that the defeated pod would come looking for trouble!
After all, not every island immortal city possessed the Liu Household's strength. Most were fortunate to have one or two Nascent Soul True Lords stationed there, and such strength amounted to little before the Black Tiger Whale Pod.
To calm the people, Gao Shanhe, the Azure Cloud Sect's Spirit Transformation Early Stage Grand Supreme Elder stationed in the Southern Sea, personally set out to find the Black Tiger Whale Pod. Yet after searching for more than ten days without discovering any trace of them, he could only return in frustration!
After the Black Tiger Whale Pod attacked Peach Blossom Island, the major cultivation lineages and rogue cultivators of the Southern Sea felt increasingly unsafe. Apart from the few island immortal cities guarded by cultivators at the Nascent Soul Late Stage or above, where people remained relatively calm, many lineage cultivators living in weaker island immortal cities began considering relocation. They took action one after another, moving their entire households or some of their members to other, more powerful islands.
Peach Blossom Island, whose strength had earned recognition through its battle with the Black Tiger Whale Pod, became an important option for many lineages and rogue cultivators. The number of cultivators and rogue cultivators pouring onto the island rose sharply, putting considerable pressure on the Liu Household's leadership.
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