398: The overall situation has been determined

The Holy Fire Sect and the Heaven Sword Flower Sect were annihilated in one fell swoop, and the Dragon Heaven Palace headquarters was completed, after which the Dragon Heaven Palace moved its main force to the Ninety-Ninth Heaven.

However, the Twelfth Heaven could not be abandoned.

After an internal discussion,

It was decided that the Twelfth Heaven would henceforth be used as the base for the Dragon Heaven Palace's Utility Disciples, Outer Sect Disciples, and Inner Sect Disciples.

Core Disciples, Supreme Disciples, and Legacy Disciples, on the other hand, would relocate to the headquarters in the Ninety-Ninth Heaven.

Basically, Disciples who could enter the Dragon Heaven Palace headquarters all had a Cultivation Realm of at least the Immortal King Realm.

With the Dragon Heaven Palace's powerful entry into the Ninety-Ninth Heaven, the nearly sixty other overlord Sect forces in various Heaven Layers that had not submitted to the Dragon Heaven Palace became restless, and one after another, they announced their submission to the Dragon Heaven Palace and acknowledged Long Aotian's status as the Immortal Realm Master.

However, their wavering between submission and non-submission, their repeated flip-flopping, had already offended the Dragon Heaven Palace, and now their submission and acknowledgment were clearly too late.

The Dragon Heaven Palace simply ignored them.

The other nearly forty overlord Sect forces that had always submitted to the Dragon Heaven Palace and had not left the ranks of the submissive, however, smiled.

Submitting when you want to, not submitting when you don't want to—this isn't child's play; how could it be that simple?

As the Dragon Heaven Palace took control of the Ninety-Ninth Heaven, news also spread that the Dragon Heaven Palace could produce a large number of Immortal Emperors who Condense Supreme Rule, and that all overlord Sect forces submitting to the Dragon Heaven Palace would receive 100,000 slots each year to Cultivate in the Supreme Rule Condensation Tower.

Through Long Aotian's accelerated time flow, the nearly forty overlord Sect forces currently submitting to the Dragon Heaven Palace have already produced the first batch of 100,000 Immortal Emperor powerhouses who Condense Supreme Rule through the Dragon Heaven Palace, and their overall strength has long surpassed the nearly sixty overlord Sect forces that did not submit to the Dragon Heaven Palace by several streets.

What's more, these nearly forty overlord Sect forces that submitted to the Dragon Heaven Palace were basically overlord Sect forces from The Lower Thirty-Three Heavens; now they are rising powerfully like the Dragon Heaven Palace, and with the Dragon Heaven Palace moving its headquarters to the Ninety-Ninth Heaven, they have also set their sights on the Upper Thirty-Three Heaven Layers.

This made the overlord Sect forces in the Upper Thirty-Three Heaven Layers feel like they were sitting on pins and needles, and they eagerly chose to submit to the Dragon Heaven Palace, hoping to gain the Dragon Heaven Palace's acceptance and protection.

But the Dragon Heaven Palace didn't pay them any mind, and seemed to tacitly approve of the overlord Sect forces from The Lower Thirty-Three Heavens having designs on them?!

The first to seize the opportunity were the Demon Suppression Hall and the God Slaying Hall.

Dong Baiqi and Shentu Kun, these two killing gods, directly forced the overlord Sect forces of the Ninety-Seventh Heaven and the Ninety-Sixth Heaven to yield their positions, bringing the Demon Suppression Hall and the God Slaying Hall to the Upper Thirty-Three Heaven Layers in one move.

Other overlord Sect forces from The Lower Thirty-Three Heavens followed suit, but strangely, none of them dared to target the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer, and the overlord Sect forces of the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer who had previously not submitted to the Dragon Heaven Palace were also on tenterhooks.

Finally!

Under immense pressure, the overlord Sect forces of the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer voluntarily withdrew from the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer and moved to The Middle Thirty-Three Heavens.

When the original overlord Sect forces of the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer left the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer, everyone seemed to have discussed it beforehand, and still no overlord Sect force dared to take control of the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer.

It was very subtle!

After waiting for more than half a month, under the curiosity of countless people, the new overlord Sect force of the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer finally surfaced.

That's right, it was the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace!

In fact, everyone had already guessed it was the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace; all the overlord Sect forces in The Lower Thirty-Three Heavens were relocating, but only the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace remained still, and Shentu Kun and Dong Baiqi were very shrewd. Realizing that Feng Zixian was their master's woman, they dared not target the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer.

When others saw that Shentu Kun and Dong Baiqi dared not occupy the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer, they couldn't help but ponder.

Some understood the reason, while others were completely baffled.

However, so many people not daring to occupy the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer surely meant there was a reason they didn't know, so the overlord Sect forces who couldn't figure out the reason also dared not touch the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer.

It wasn't until the appearance of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace that the baffled overlords suddenly realized the truth.

The Sect force personally created by the Immortal Realm Master's woman, the only overlord Sect force to receive special preferential treatment—the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer could only belong to the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace!

Overlord Sect forces submitting to the Dragon Heaven Palace each received 100,000 slots per year to Cultivate in the Supreme Rule Condensation Tower, but one special overlord Sect force, distinct from all other overlord Sect forces submitting to the Dragon Heaven Palace, received a million slots annually.

This special overlord Sect force was the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace.

In other words, even if it weren't for the relationship between Long Aotian and Feng Zixian, with the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace's current strength, it would still be more than capable of easily taking the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer.

And with the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace taking control of the Ninety-Eighth Heaven Layer, the great upheaval of the overlord Sect forces from The Lower Thirty-Three Heavens moving to the Upper Thirty-Three Heaven Layers came to an end.

At this time, in the Immortal Realm, in the Ninety-Ninth Layer of Heaven, there was no longer any overlord Sect force that dared not submit to the Dragon Heaven Palace, or dared not acknowledge Long Aotian's status as the Immortal Realm Master.

Now, it was no longer a matter of whether they submitted to the Dragon Heaven Palace or acknowledged Long Aotian as the Immortal Realm Master; rather, the Dragon Heaven Palace simply ignored their submission, which made them somewhat restless.

If they couldn't be accepted by the Dragon Heaven Palace, how could they obtain slots to Cultivate in the Supreme Rule Condensation Tower?

This, for them, was undoubtedly very dangerous.

The overlord Sect forces in The Lower Thirty-Three Heavens easily forcing them to move out of the Upper Thirty-Three Heaven Layers was just the beginning.

If they couldn't get the Dragon Heaven Palace to accept them and obtain slots to Cultivate in the Supreme Rule Condensation Tower from the Dragon Heaven Palace, then their Sect forces would gradually fade from the Immortal Realm's history and be replaced by other Sects.

In fact, it wouldn't even take long; the Dragon Heaven Palace's speed of rise was terrifying, creating nearly 600 million Immortal Emperor Realm powerhouses who Condense Supreme Rule in less than half a year, which was incredibly frightening.

Other smaller Sect forces would only need twenty to thirty thousand Immortal Emperors who Condense Supreme Rule to easily destroy them.

The overall situation of the Immortal Realm's unprecedented great change in billions of years was set; whoever left the Dragon Heaven Palace was heading for a dead end, heading for destruction.

Those overlord Sect forces that had left the ranks of submission to the Dragon Heaven Palace, after being forced by the overlord Sect forces of The Lower Thirty-Three Heavens to move out of the higher Heaven Layers, suddenly realized their mistake and shamelessly begged the Dragon Heaven Palace to accept their submission.

But clearly, the Dragon Clan people were very vengeful.

Dragon War Emperor kept them waiting for a full year before finally agreeing to accept their submission.

However, while they were accepted, the old man said that due to their previous bad behavior, there would be another year of observation.

Hearing this, those overlord Sect forces all looked as bitter as gourds, yet they were helpless and unable to refute.

A year passed quickly.

These overlord Sect forces eagerly came to the Dragon Heaven Palace to pay homage once again, hoping that their Sects could also obtain slots to Cultivate in the Supreme Rule Condensation Tower.

But the old man played dumb, stating that while the Dragon Heaven Palace accepted their submission, it never said that accepting their submission meant giving them slots to Cultivate in the Supreme Rule Condensation Tower. 'Ah, so you guys weren't sincerely submitting to the Dragon Heaven Palace after all, but were after the slots to Cultivate in the Supreme Rule Condensation Tower...' For a time, those overlord Sect forces were unable to voice their grievances, feeling stifled and uncomfortable.

Seeing these once high-and-mighty overlords all cowering in fear, the old man knew he had played enough and that going too far was counterproductive. He then casually mentioned:

"In half a year, the first Immortal Realm Master of our Immortal Realm will pass his position to This Palace Master and prepare to Ascend to the Divine Realm.

This Palace Master hopes to see your level of support for This Palace Master at that time, and to see that you are sincerely submitting to the Dragon Heaven Palace, and not just for the slots..."

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