The nine sacred lands, now nine divine sects, had always been second to only the six sacred palaces. They were lofty, untouchable, and reigned from up high over all others in the chaos. Even when their title had been stripped from them, they were still far more superior to any other faction.

And now, they were still divine sects!

But no one had fathomed that a prince from the sacred palaces would appear as soon as the nine divine sects reestablished themselves, and that the first item on the agenda would be to take the divine sect title away as well.

No one in the nine divine sects could take this lying down.

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“If we triumph over you, you’ll return the ‘sacred land’ title to us?” Three disciples stood atop the Inception Spiritrial Arena, regarding Lu Yun with a distinctly hostile lo...