Within the palace.
Dark netherglow rippled ceaselessly, giving off a chilling aura. Vast Marsh looked down from the throne at the center, rather curious about what choice the other man would make.
Xu Xuan seemed to be considering his options, but inwardly, he was shocked.
Heaven's Eclipse's foundations far exceeded his expectations. Counting Bo Chang, who had already left the Grotto-Heaven, this faction alone had six subordinate Purple Mansion cultivators at its command!
What did that mean? Some of the declining Immortal Sects in Great Li, such as Azure Radiance and Great Peace, probably had fewer True Persons than Heaven's Eclipse had retainers.
And that did not even include the Purple Mansion Dragonkin. Heaven's Eclipse alone likely had more Purple Mansion cultivators than any single Immortal Sect in Great Li, yet it still fell a little short of Mist Blossom. After all, that lineage carried Heavenly Mist's inheritance.
Xu Xuan had finally glimpsed a scale and a claw of the colossus that was Dragonkind. His heart surged, tinged with dread. If there were no restrictions on Dragonkin reproduction, they truly might become invincible beneath heaven at the Purple Mansion level.
Of the Four Seas, the Eastern Sea was now the broadest and most intact, larger even than the Western and Southern Seas combined. The number of Purple Mansion Dragonkin within it was probably terrifying.
As for accumulated wealth, Dragonkind's reserves were even more astonishing. The Eastern Sea had watched the winds and clouds change for ten thousand years; who knew how many legacies of Dao traditions it had acquired? Even the Seven Sects of Great Li combined could not confidently claim to rival its wealth.
He had no doubt that, provided Golden Core cultivators stayed out of it, the Eastern Sea's Dragonkin could sweep aside any power in Li-Liao!
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