The Immortal Realm had suffered fractures in many places during the Immortal-Insect War.
However, every Immortal Emperor's standing had already transcended the Immortal Realm's constraints. They could even be regarded as existing above it. Through the repairs and alterations made by the Immortal Emperors, the Immortal Realm had formed a closed loop of its own, apart from special worlds such as the Emperor's Mausoleum that had been split off...
The Immortal Realm's Sea of Clouds itself was now composed entirely of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, at a higher concentration than on the ground. Above the Sea of Clouds, the Thirty-Three Heavens had been built.
Mortals, cultivators, and carefree wandering Loose Immortals lived on the land, while true immortals dwelled in the heavenly palaces above.
In the past, the Immortal Realm had been divided into numerous factions. They had fought over sects and Dao Lineages, sometimes even shattering heaven and earth and unleashing all manner of great calamities.
The Immortal Realm's internal conflicts had always far outweighed its external threats.
Until the Swarm appeared. That terrifying external pressure had brought many changes to the Immortal Realm, even drawing it into something approaching a unified whole.
The Heavenly Court!
By now, the Heavenly Court's system was gradually maturing. Its core consisted of three Heavenly Emperors who had reached the ends of their Great Daos, with another eleven Immortal Emperors each performing their own duties.
Although the Immortal Realm's overall strength had declined considerably after the Immortal-Insect War, its ability to coordinate as a whole had actually grown stronger.
The Eastern Pole Demon Emperor was the Immortal Emperor who ruled over all demons beneath heaven. When he first proposed the concept of the Demon Clan, he had effectively gathered many members of the losing factions and forcibly melded them together.
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