With this information, everything became clear.
Since the Dark World was contaminated and the Heavens and Myriad Realms had targeted the Ancestral Realm to annihilate its human powerhouses—wiping out everyone of significance—it stood to reason that they would leave behind watchers to keep guard.
These watchers kept track of the Ancestral Realm’s strongest beings. If anyone appeared who posed a threat to the Heavens and Myriad Realms, they would be struck down. This explained the great battle that had occurred; the news of the Extreme Path opening must have been leaked by these foreign watchers stationed in the Ancestral Realm, specifically to draw out and destroy those Nine-Fold Sovereigns.
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