All the noble families, chambers of commerce, alliances of rogue cultivators, and representatives of other sects who had gathered in Yunling City finally understood the full scope of the situation. Having collected enough information—some of which had been intentionally released by Jian—they all hurriedly departed from the city.
Cultivators with any degree of insight and responsibility sensed that something unusual was afoot. Cultivation families and sects began recalling their disciples from external training, replaced them with a new batch of Golden Core realm disciples, and intensified patrols throughout the mortal world.
The Daoist, Demonic, and Demon Clan factions reached an agreement to jointly host a grand competition for alchemy, artifact refining, talismans, formations, and combat over the next century. The event was scheduled to begin in ten years, with the intervening time designated for preparation. During this period, each sect would showcase its greatest strengths to attract a large influx of new disciples.
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