This gathering of the Wuliang Holy Land's upper ranks lasted a full seven days.
Disputes raged throughout the deliberations. Even the several Quasi-Emperors who served as its hidden reserves reached an impasse, nearly bringing the meeting to a deadlock.
In the end, only after the Wuliang Holy Lord used certain special means to summon the holy land's true hidden reserve was the matter settled with a decisive stroke, bringing its upper ranks to a final resolution-
The Wuliang lineage would take the initiative to avoid this withering age, planting the seeds of its legacy and waiting until the next golden age arrived before letting them grow into towering trees.
Both the still-young immortal sprouts chosen to inherit the lineage and some of its upper ranks, along with Saint Realm elders from its various branches, would obey the holy land's supreme resolution and seal themselves within divine source, waiting for an opportunity to emerge in a later age.
It was conceivable that when these immortal sprouts and experts preserved as seeds appeared in the world again, tens of thousands of years might already have passed.
The many accidents and unforeseen changes that might occur over those long years could even delay that time further.
In short, from then on, the Wuliang Holy Land formally began contracting its sphere of influence, voluntarily relinquishing its influence and control over the Big Dipper Star Domain and ceding vast resources and lands to others.
Such measures naturally breathed new life into Big Dipper, but they also brought considerable turmoil. Across the Five Great Domains, a host of former "underlings" unleashed wave after wave of bloody storms as they fought to become Big Dipper's next overlord.
Meanwhile, with the Wuliang Holy Land setting the precedent, many Immortal Dao Lineages that likewise possessed Extreme Dao legacies responded