543: All the immortal sects have been destroyed; now only the Western Ridge and the Northern Wilderness remain!

Western Ridge has now become one of the places all Cultivators in the Five Domains are paying attention to, and the other place is the Northern Barrens.

However, all the Cultivators in the Five Domains now speculate that Shen Tianxing's next target will definitely be Western Ridge.

Firstly, Western Ridge is the closest to the Southern Domain. Secondly, although Western Ridge has many Schools and numerous experts, making it seem the most difficult to deal with, in reality, having more Schools is not necessarily a good thing; it makes it easier to be targeted!

Anyone with a bit of intelligence can realize that at this time, Shen Tianxing can completely adopt a strategy of defeating them one by one. After all, with so many Immortal Great Sects and other Sects in Western Ridge, they cannot be a monolithic entity.

This makes it very easy for Shen Tianxing to target and eliminate them.

For example, the Eastern Continent and the Southern Domain, their situations are similar to Western Ridge's; they were defeated by Shen Tianxing one by one, and even the Alliance they had agreed upon beforehand couldn't provide support in time before they were wiped out.

In contrast, the Northern Barrens only have two super-powerful Schools, the Holy Heaven Demon Sect and Dianxing Academy. Among other Sects, there are not many notable Schools. This is because, over many years of contention in the Northern Barrens, they have been completely suppressed by the Holy Heaven Demon Sect and Dianxing Academy.

No other Sects have been able to rise.

Therefore, whether it's the Holy Heaven Demon Sect or Dianxing Academy, their Sect cohesion is incomparable to that of the other Great Domains. As long as Shen Tianxing appears, the experts of these two Great Sects can gather in a very short time.

Western Ridge has recently welcomed more and more Cultivators. These people have come from the Eastern Continent and the Southern Domain. Now that those two Great Domains have been pacified by Shen Tianxing, those Cultivators with nothing to do have naturally come to Western Ridge to watch the excitement, wondering if Shen Tianxing will choose to act against the many Schools of Western Ridge.

"Who do you think Shen Tianxing will target if he comes to Western Ridge?"

"Who knows? He wouldn't possibly act personally. With just a few experts under his command, he's enough to sweep across the entire Western Ridge. Why would he need to act? I heard that Shen Tianxing didn't even go to the Eastern Continent or the Southern Domain; he's been staying in the Central Domain."

"I heard that too. Shen Tianxing has absolute confidence in his subordinates. Nearly twenty Immortal Realm Cultivators—no one in the entire Five Domains can withstand them. They can completely push through. Who would dare to say that what Shen Tianxing says is nonsense now?"

"Alas, there's no other way. If it weren't for believing the lies of the Three Saints of the Golden Crow back then, the Schools of the Eastern Continent and the Southern Domain wouldn't have been destroyed so quickly. I'm even wondering now if the Three Saints of the Golden Crow found those Sects displeasing and wanted to use a borrowed knife to kill."

"That's not necessarily true. The Contest of the Imperial Son is about to begin. When the experts from the Inner Domain descend, they certainly don't want to see any turmoil, and they need to smoothly bring the Imperial Son back to the Inner Domain. The Three Saints of the Golden Crow wouldn't dare to joke about such matters."

"That's right. Don't think that all the top experts from the Eastern Continent and the Southern Domain are dead. The strongest Saints in their Sects were all sent out for training to contend for the position of Imperial Son. When this Contest of the Imperial Son begins, these people will all return. Once someone wins the position of Imperial Son, they can use the Inner Domain experts to deal with Shen Tianxing!"

"Do you think it's possible that Shen Tianxing will also participate in the so-called Contest of the Imperial Son? With his strength, can anyone stop him from winning the position of Imperial Son? What you're saying is completely an illusion; no one can bypass him to get this Opportunity."

"This..."

In the taverns across Western Ridge, the topic of discussion was still Shen Tianxing.

However, compared to the sensation caused by the destruction of numerous Immortal Great Sects in the Eastern Continent and Southern Domain before, Cultivators from all sides have already grown accustomed to it.

After all, it had nothing to do with them, and being able to witness these once high and mighty Immortal Great Sects being destroyed one by one felt even more satisfying than if they had done it themselves.

The most important thing is that Shen Tianxing is now at his peak, and his strength is incredibly formidable. Cultivators from all Domains want to see if he will indeed become this year's Imperial Son, and if he will be favored by the experts of the Inner Domain.

...Western Ridge, within a magnificent mountain range, Suspended Islands floated in mid-air.

The sky was somewhat dim, but the full starlight still illuminated this Suspended Island. Wisps of starlight were drawn into the halls on the Suspended Island by ingenious Formations, illuminating the entire Suspended Island brightly.

This is Star Picking Hall, one of the several Immortal Great Sects in Western Ridge!

Star Picking Hall is not only widely renowned in the Five Domains, but it also once carved out a territory in the Inner Sea. Star Palace, one of the famous Three Halls, is Star Picking Hall's territory.

With Shen Tianxing's rise, Star Picking Hall originally had a glimmer of hope to leave the Inner Sea, but due to Luo Tianchuan's divine operation, in the end, all of Star Palace's family assets were left in the Inner Sea.

Moreover, for this, they even invited Fang Sihai, an Old Ancestor-level expert from Star Picking Hall who had just achieved the Immortal Realm!

A wisp of Fang Sihai's Divine Soul descended into the Inner Sea and unfortunately encountered Shen Tianxing. As a result, even that wisp of Divine Soul was slain.

Therefore, among the Sects with a deep grudge against Shen Tianxing, Star Picking Hall is definitely one of them!

Fang Sihai, this Immortal Realm Old Ancestor, used a great price to restore his Divine Soul recently, and his Realm has also stabilized. He almost fell back to the Golden Body Realm.

"Old Ancestor, have your Divine Soul injuries recovered?"

The Hall Master of Star Picking Hall once again came to the Golden Hall and met Fang Sihai. Seeing the increasingly strong Qi emanating from Fang Sihai and feeling no discomfort, his anxious heart finally settled a little.

Currently, people in the Five Domains are in a state of panic. The Immortal Great Sects of the Eastern Continent and Southern Domain have all been destroyed, leaving only Western Ridge and the Northern Barrens.

The Hall Master of Star Picking Hall was afraid that Shen Tianxing would come knocking, so he was uneasy every day.

Although Star Picking Hall also had its foundations, it was still not safe. Fang Sihai's injuries recovering and his cultivation stabilizing was undoubtedly a great piece of good news for Star Picking Hall.

Now they have confidence; even if Shen Tianxing truly comes, they will have the power to fight!

Fang Sihai glanced at him and said, "It has recovered. Don't worry, it won't delay anything."

Too many things happened during Fang Sihai's seclusion, and he knew nothing about them, but the Hall Master of Star Picking Hall did.

Now that Fang Sihai had emerged from seclusion, he couldn't wait to quickly tell him about the events that had occurred in the Four Domains recently, so that Fang Sihai would be mentally prepared.

"Old Ancestor, you don't know that the Five Domains have undergone a great change recently! That young man who came out of the Inner Sea is now wreaking havoc!"

"Even the two Great Domains of the Southern Domain and the Eastern Continent, all their Immortal Great Sects have been wiped out! Now only Western Ridge and the Northern Barrens are left!"

The Hall Master of Star Picking Hall smiled bitterly; he was truly afraid that Shen Tianxing would come knocking.

After all, in that battle in the Inner Sea, it was Luo Tianchuan of Star Picking Hall who acted to break the sealed teleportation channel, and it almost succeeded!

Fang Sihai even crossed Great Domains to act; there was a true enmity between the two!