Fang Qianyuan's ascension and investiture ceremony soon became a momentous event that gripped people's hearts, drawing the attention of Spirit Tamers across the world.
On the surface, it was merely a celebration, but in truth, it signified a major shift in the balance of power throughout the Southern Wilds.
With a newly ascended Heavenly Tier combatant-a powerful one in his prime, with boundless prospects-the Azure Cloud Sect could not possibly remain content with obscurity and never make a move.
Whether it would be conservative or open, passive or proactive, how it would respond to probes and challenges from other powers, how it would exploit its advantages to seize resources and benefits, and even how it would address conflicts throughout the world and act against the Demon Alliance-all these were matters of concern.
On a smaller scale, the Mystic Sun Sect and the Branch Headquarters of the Heavenly Dao Alliance and Demon Alliance in the Southern Wilds would bear the brunt. On a larger scale, pulling a single hair could move the whole body: if the Azure Cloud Sect made any unusual moves, the Spirit Taming Sect and Sacred Dragon Sect in the Central Province, the Flying Immortal Sect and Boundless Sect in the Eastern Sea, and the other sects would all be implicated.
Even the Artifact Sect and Pill Sect, which claimed permanent neutrality, might gain or lose substantial numbers of crafting commissions as the situation changed, affecting their immediate interests.
As major sect powers, they all had to send envoys of sufficient standing to the Azure Cloud Sect to attend this grand gathering and do their utmost to facilitate discussions, seeking consensus on the many matters to come.
As for the more distant Western Plains and Northern Desert, the Profound Yin Sect, Netherworld Sect, Myriad Phenomena Sect, and Great