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Yet despite these concerns, Yan Youyi remained confident and undeterred, "Convincing the Wind and Thunder Path and the Jade Toad Tao is indeed difficult, and I do not pin my hopes on them. What I’m referring to is the Heavenly River Sect."

Xiao Yizhi frowned, "But the Heavenly River Sect, like our Giant Spirit Sect, only has Human Immortals and no Earth Immortal True Person. Even if we could persuade them to join us, we would only gain two or three True Persons at most. It still wouldn’t change the overall situation."

Among the other four Immortal Sects in the Nine Provinces.

The Radiant Emperor Dynasty is the strongest, occupying a Great Domain with thirteen nations, and relying on the fast-track methods of the Fortune Dao, they’ve managed to accumulate three Earth Immortals through sheer force of numbers.

The Great Domain where the dynasty now resides, like the Changqing Domain, lacks a Great True Person to suppress it, and has fallen into an era of chaos and upheaval.

Therefore, the Radiant Emperor Dynasty is actively striving to seize control of a Great Domain and cultivate a Heavenly Flower Great Real Person.

This is also why they are not particularly interested in the war over here in the Changqing Domain.

Why bother with yours when I have my own troubles?

Moreover, compared to the Immortal Sect of the Nine Provinces in the Changqing Domain, the Radiant Emperor Dynasty located in another Great Domain clearly has a greater advantage and more opportunities for success.

There is even less reason for them to abandon their main pursuit for a branch matter, to fight over the so-called ancestral grounds in their homeland.

As for the other three Immortal Sects, the Heavenly River Sect, although the most active, lost their Earth Flower True Man in a major battle against the Changqing Immortal Sect three thousand years ago. He was slain by the enemy and died on the battlefield.

Following that, the influence of the Heavenly River Sect plummeted.

Having lost the protection of the Earth Flower True Man, they faced numerous challengers in their own Great Domain, and their position was at risk of decline.

Yet the Immortal Sects of the Nine Provinces were actively protecting this staunch ally.

After the fall of the Heavenly River Sect’s Earth Flower True Man, several True Persons from the Nine Provinces Sects consecutively took turns standing in support of the Heavenly River Sect.

Including Master Ding Wanxuan from the Haiyun Pavilion, this Earth Immortal went so far as to make frequent visits to the Heavenly River Sect to back them up.

After several battles, the surrounding forces finally were made aware that the Immortal Sects of the Nine Provinces were unified, and even without an Earth Immortal True Person, the Heavenly River Sect still had strong support behind them.

Thus, this dispute finally began to subside over the past thousand years.

Next is the Wind and Thunder Path.

The Wind and Thunder Path is an ancient grand sect, with even Lu Yuan having some connections to it.

The first Immortal teaching he obtained, the Five Thunder Book, which was a family heritage passed down by his good friend Sun Siwen, came from this Wind and Thunder Path.

Therefore, Lu Yuan can be said to have inherited some of the Tao of the Wind and Thunder Path.

However, he only cultivated the Five Thunder Book for two or three years in the beginning.

Latterly, due to the harsh conditions in the Nine Provinces, after acquiring the Way of Control Pneuma, he switched to cultivating the Taiping Dao Book directly, leaving the Five Thunder Book completely behind.

But Sun Siwen’s ancestor, Sun Qingyi, ascended to the Immortal Realm with the Purple Cloud Taoist Master through the Northern Dark City twelve hundred years ago.

By then, he had already achieved the cultivation of Gathering Two Qi. Whether he succeeded in becoming immortal and whether he is still alive is unknown.

If he is alive, he would likely have joined the Wind and Thunder Path.

The topic has strayed somewhat.

Getting back to the main point, with the Wind and Thunder Path’s status as an ancient grand sect and having survived to the present, it naturally possesses considerable strength.

Their ranks include one Earth Immortal and three Human Immortals, and they control six small nations, thus fitting the profile of a grand Immortal Sect.

The other sect, the Jade Toad Tao, is significantly weaker, with only four Human Immortals and control over three small nations. It can only be said that they have the legacy of an Earth Immortal, but the chances of producing an Earth Flower True Person are slim.

Therefore, among the other four Immortal Sects, the Radiant Emperor Dynasty is too distant and too preoccupied to care about them.

The Heavenly River Sect, which has the best relationship with them, is also struggling to look after itself.

The Jade Toad Tao is too distant and lacks the capability to help.

The only capable sect, the Wind and Thunder Path, learning from what happened to the Heavenly River Sect, dares not to send out an Earth Immortal True Person to lightly involve themselves in the disputes of the major Immortal Sects.

This is also the reason for the confusion of Xiao Yizhi and his group.

Those who can help don’t want to, and those who want to can’t.

Now, with Yan Youyi bringing up the Heavenly River Sect, does he truly not understand the problem?

Unless...

Xiao Yizhi and the others thought of something, looking towards Yan Youyi with a mix of excitement and surprise.

Seeing that the group had guessed the truth, Yan Youyi stopped being mysterious and laughed, "My fellow Dao friends are right. The Heavenly River Sect’s Huang Yuanxiu actually broke through his realm and condensed the Earth Flower Dao Fruit thirty years ago.

However, considering the advantage of keeping a hidden card, and since Master Huang had just broken through the Great Realm and his strength was not yet stable,

he decided to keep the news under wraps for safety reasons.

This is critical information I received during our mission to the Southern Domain. Our School Leader Meng disclosed it to me so I would be well-informed and could act accordingly.

That is also why I was so firm and fearless when facing Qing Guanzi previously.

And why I now propose to expel Taiping Dao from our land.

Because we truly have the strength to do so."

Xiang Huizhou from the Danding Sect expressed joyfully, "So that’s how it is, that’s how it is. It’s about time. Given the foundation of the Heavenly River Sect and three thousand years, it’s indeed time for an Earth Flower True Person to emerge."

As an original Earth Immortal Sect, the Heavenly River Sect controlled the territories of four nations in their Great Domain, originally consisting of five Human Immortal True Persons.

Now that one of these True Persons has become an Earth Flower, they have immediately regained the structure of one Earth Immortal and four Human Immortals within the ranks of the great Immortals.

Their strength has almost undergone a qualitative change.

For the Jiuzhou Immortal Gate, which has always had good relations with the Heavenly River Sect, this is undoubtedly thrilling news.

Duan Ming also happily remarked, "Master Huang’s condensation of the Earth Flower is truly a great fortune for us. With him, even if he’s not strong enough to take to the battlefield right now due to his recent breakthrough and hence unable to confront Qing Guanzi of the Taiping Dao face to face,

he could replace Master Ding to preside over the Western Domain, leading the followers of the Heavenly River Sect to protect our rear.

Meanwhile, Master Ding can be freed up to lead our forces southward to expel the Taiping Dao from this land.

The pressing crisis of the Jiuzhou Immortal Gate would be resolved in an instant. What a stroke of luck! Heaven truly blesses the Nine Provinces!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yizhi and the others all showed expressions of approval.