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Several days later.

Mi Yun Mountain.

"My avatar, I have successfully fulfilled the mission. Song Xiren is willing to cede Leshan and Anyang to Taiping Dao and hand over the Immortal Sects of Red Creek Valley and Flying Mist Mountain for our protection."

Upon his return from Changqing Mountain, looking travel-weary, Qing Guanzi brought back this good news.

"Really? It seems that Changqing Mountain also felt the pressure and chose to concede."

Lu Yuan looked at his excited avatar and couldn’t help but smile.

He had anticipated that the Changqing Immortal Sect would opt to withdraw, so it wasn’t much of a surprise.

Yet, acquiring two countries without deploying a single soldier or warrior indeed brought joy.

"Now that Leshan and Anyang belong to our sect, Changqing Immortal Sect has also provided the documents ceding the sovereignty of these two countries."

After sharing the good news, Qing Guanzi began to ponder how to administer the new territories, asking, "How should we govern these two countries now? The Immortal Sects above them, Red Creek Valley and Flying Mist Mountain, should we keep them or destroy them?"

Changqing Immortal Sect only ceded the sovereignty of these two countries, but this sovereignty was merely administrative.

The real masters of these countries were still the two Immortal Sects: Red Creek Valley and Flying Mist Mountain.

Now, the sovereignty cession by Changqing Sovereign only transferred their supreme command over these sects to Taiping Dao.

Other than the supreme command, the other powers still belonged to the local forces of the two countries, namely Red Creek Valley and Flying Mist Mountain.

To solidify control over these two countries, Taiping Dao could not overlook these two Immortal Sects.

The decision had to be made now: whether to keep these two sects as vassals, much like Xuan Turtle Mountain and Jintai Gate, or eradicated them to take direct control.

"These two Immortal Sects don’t even have a True Person among them; what virtue or ability do they have to possess two countries?"

Hearing his avatar’s query, Lu Yuan scoffed coldly, "Send someone over to notify these two sects about the change in their supreme command and then ask if they would like to pledge allegiance to us.

If they are willing to surrender, then spare these members of the Immortal Sects, reorganize them locally and establish branches of our Taiping Dao in these two countries.

If they refuse, get someone to go to Xuan Turtle Mountain and inform Zhu Zhenghe and his senior about Leshan and Anyang being vulnerable to Demon chaos.

Now that these two countries are under Taiping Dao’s jurisdiction, let them lead their Spirit Beast Gods there to patrol.

To prevent the Immortal Sects under my rule from being obliterated by demons.

Tell them that I’ve entrusted this task to them; they’ll understand what I mean."

If Red Creek Valley and Flying Mist Mountain had any Immortals, they would indeed hold some value for Taiping Dao.

Considering that three Emperor Immortals and thirty to forty Human Immortals had just perished in the Changqing Domain, the numbers of True Immortals dramatically decreased, creating a scarcity of Immortals among the sects.

The value of a Human Immortal now, compared to before the war, had increased manifold.

If Taiping Dao could attract a living Human Immortal, it would be equivalent to two or three from before the war, making them valuable for persuasion.

Offering up two countries as appeasement wasn’t a significant issue.

However, these two Immortal Sects, now devoid of True Immortals and with their disciples reduced to one or two hundred, mostly low-level cultivators in the initial stages and possibly lacking anyone in the Five Qi Towards Primordial stage...

With such meager strength, whence came the face to occupy two countries?

A man is not guilty for being ignorant, but he is guilty if he harbors a jewel.

Currently, Red Creek Valley and Flying Mist Mountain were like children holding gold in a busy market, devoid of the strength to preserve their ancestral legacy and thus cannot blame others for being ruthless.

Now Taiping Dao was the real master of these two countries. Their previously loyal masters from Changqing Immortal Sect had already betrayed them.

As a newcomer with no relations to them, Taiping Dao naturally didn’t feel obliged to be polite.

To devour them completely, taking all without reservation.

So why choose Xuan Turtle Mountain for this dirty job?

Naturally, they have a prior record.

In previous cases like Youxin Country and Xiaye Country, the presence of Xuan Turtle Mountain was seen everywhere.

Taiping Dao, having just been established with insufficient disciples, let alone other Spirit Beasts, couldn’t even find suitable candidates to feign being demons.

But Xuan Turtle Mountain was different.

They specialized in fostering Spirit Beasts, and had gathered Ghost Kings as Spirit Gods among them; sending these Spirit Beasts and Ghost Kings would perfectly impersonate demons and ghosts.

They also had experience, making them well-suited for the job.

If truly determined, they could wreak havoc in a well-established Immortal Sect.

Let alone two weakened sects barely hanging on.

Of course.

Employing Xuan Turtle Mountain for this task wasn’t just because they were suitable; it was also to let them show their allegiance.

Currently, the power dynamic had become quite clear.

The Jiuzhou Immortal Gate and Changqing Immortal Sect in the north had both declined greatly following the recent war.

Formerly, the quite weaker Taiping Dao, which had also faced the potential threat of destruction, rode the tide, securing the dominant power in the Southern Domain.

One couldn’t be certain of the distant future.

But within the next 3000, or even 5000 years, Taiping Dao was set to be the decisive authority in this region of the Southern Domain.

With the secured position of Taiping Dao and the actions of Changqing Immortal Sect in the north breaking the courage of the smaller Immortal Sects in the Southern Domain.

Thus, whether for survival or for future betterment, the three Immortal Sects in the Southern Domain began to fervently ally themselves with Taiping Dao.