In the Northern Territory Mountains, Mu Bai reorganized his original army of eight hundred thousand cultivators into a cultivation sect, naming it the Northern Territory Sect.
The Northern Territory Sect accepted human cultivators, maintaining order within its territory and shouldering the responsibility of defending its borders. It attracted large numbers of human cultivators, its membership soon reaching a million.
The sect had been founded, but cultivation resources for these million cultivators became a difficult problem, with medicinal pills in especially short supply. For low-ranking cultivators, taking medicinal pills was the main means of increasing their strength.
Fortunately, there were countless herb fields within the territory. Mu Bai also sent people to purchase Beast Cores and beast materials from Spirit Monkey's and Gray Bear's territories, and human cultivators excelled at pill refinement and artifact forging. In less than two years, the medicinal pills, Soul Soldiers, and battle weapons forged by the Northern Territory Sect not only met its cultivators' needs but also drew Beast Race powers from several neighboring regions like ducks flocking to water.
Over those two years, the birth and rise of the Northern Territory Sect became a major event that shook the Beast Territory. Some even speculated that this would mark the birth of a second Human Spirit Domain. What Mu Bai had not expected was that Zhou Qilong would lead a group back to Northern Territory City, adding another formidable force to the Northern Territory Sect.
Mu Bai had never liked handling administrative affairs, and Zhou Qilong's arrival relieved his pressing need. Mu Bai entrusted the sect's affairs to Zhou Qilong and devoted himself to cultivation without distraction.
Just as the Northern Territory Sect's influence was steadily growing, someone came alone to challenge it at its gates.
The visitor stood empty-handed, his red robe snapping in the