"Seize a Fiefdom Establishment? Could the Immortal Sects have selected a new batch of disciples to descend the mountain for training, with some True Person hoping to use the opportunity to secure benefits for their descendants?"
The Ninth Princess looked thoughtful.
Li Ling asked, "Is this the inside story behind how the Immortal Sects settle dominion over the world and divide up the continents?
"I think I heard before that the sovereigns of the Mystic Continent's kingdoms receive their authority from the immortals. Their standing and powers are fixed, but their borders aren't. Each must rely on their own abilities to secure territory, population, and wealth."
The Ninth Princess said, "Exactly. Back then, Xu Xin also rose in arms and joined the contest for supremacy under the overarching order established by the Immortal Sects. If someone uses the ancestor's seclusion to seize her Fiefdom Establishment this time and wipes out Xu Xin in one stroke, they really might cook the raw rice before anyone can stop them."
Li Ling asked, "Aren't those juniors afraid of offending the Old Ancestor?"
The Ninth Princess said, "The Immortal Sects follow rules. As long as they don't exterminate entire sects and bloodlines, what do a few dead or injured disciples and descendants amount to?
"Everyone wants to advance in cultivation, and resources have to be fought over. In the ancient cultivator era, when there were no Immortal Sects and no rules, offending someone was truly something to fear.
"But back then, there was no Fiefdom Establishment or sect, nor any distinction between rogue cultivators and sect cultivators. People only began building factions after occupying a Spirit Peak Blessed Land for a long time."
Li Ling said, "That's true. In earlier eras, withdrawing from the world was the norm. The divide between immortals and mortals