"Quite a few unusual developments seem to have cropped up in the Spirit-Taming World lately. Wu Lianyi's remaining forces and the survivors of the Two Sects have been especially active."
At the Warrior Administration headquarters in the Azure Cloud Sect, the main hall was brightly lit. Beneath the enormous white tiger statue, Wang Zhu, Shang Jingyun, and several other senior officers gathered to discuss matters and exchange intelligence gathered in recent days.
Although the world's attention was now focused on the Otherworld, as Grand Commanders of the Warriors, they still stood firm in their duties.
The expedition to the Otherworld had the support of the aristocratic clans and great clans of the former Heavenly Dao Alliance and both the Righteous and Unorthodox Paths, along with rogue cultivators from across the world. The Warriors were mostly called upon for reconnaissance and exploration, providing assistance from the sidelines; they could not take the leading role.
Instead, monitoring their native lands and guarding against the spread of the Demonic Path and a counterattack by the Two Sects remained their primary work.
"What are they after this time?" Whenever Wang Zhu thought of Fang Qianyuan sealing himself away to seek a breakthrough, he could not help feeling a headache coming on.
For twenty years, Fang Qianyuan had subdued the world through his strength alone. Any practitioner of demonic heresies who heard his fearsome name could only tremble and tread as though on thin ice. How would they dare stir up trouble?
But now, the situation seemed to be undergoing a subtle change.
"They're probably contacting people from both the Righteous and Unorthodox Paths who previously had ties to them. When Wu Lianyi was still around, he established many secret strongholds throughout our native lands, particularly in the Eastern Sea and Northern Desert. He also