Within just three days of the exact location of the all living beings secret realm being exposed, Pope Tokens from Spirit Hall had flown across the continent, north and south.
Four red-robed bishops riding flying soul beasts unfurled a gold-embossed scroll in midair.
"The all living beings secret realm is a heaven-sent blessing and shall fall under Spirit Hall's jurisdiction."
The announcement instantly pressed down on the entire continent, leaving it struggling to breathe.
In the taverns of Suotuo City, drunken patrons roared when they heard the news, smashing their cups with a series of sharp cracks.
"Spirit Hall wants to swallow the secret realm whole? They've gone too far! It doesn't belong to them!"
"No kidding! When have they ever let anyone else get a slice?"
As the news spread, the world erupted in an uproar.
The first to respond was the Clear Sky Sect, which no one had expected.
After years in seclusion, the Clear Sky Sect released a giant black-feathered eagle from the northern border that very night. The message carried on its back contained just one simple sentence:
"Spirit Hall dreams of swallowing this blessing whole? Wishful thinking! I, Tang, shall rally my entire sect against our common enemy, and our whole clan shall stand together to resist!"
It was signed: Tang Xiao.
No one had imagined that the Clear Sky Sect, forced to seal its mountain for twenty years, would be the first to leap out and oppose Spirit Hall.
But this was only the beginning. Within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect...
Ning Fengzhi personally took up his brush. His letter was exceedingly short and elegantly worded, without a single curse.
Yet reading it from beginning to end conveyed only three words: not a chance.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was even more