Take Feather God Palace in the eastern position for example, it is merely the top power in its location, with seven to eight subordinate second-level forces. The second-level forces only occupy part of the best territories and resources, beneath them are a bunch of third-level forces.

The third-level forces compete and even wage wars against each other, with second-level forces responsible for mediating;

If the second-level forces distribute benefits unequally or conflicts arise, Feather God Palace will send people to intervene.

Feather God Palace only needs to ensure that all Heavenly Immortals within its rule are registered and all Golden Immortals are under its control to maintain its superior status.

In the Immortal Realm’s Wangxian Valley, the sect of Linglong Fairy is one of the subordinate second-level forces of Feather God Palace.

Thus, although the Immortal Realm’s territories have been divided among the Eight Great Immortal Palaces, the order is still loose, with everyone fighting continuously, following the rude logic of ’might makes right’.

Besides, the Immortal Realm’s Wangxian Valley is a second-level force stationing a Golden Immortal.

’This is basically a giant Xu Realm.’

Xiao Hua Ting sighed with slight disdain.

Over there, Wang Jixuan called out: "Come over when you have time, I’ll test your cultivation."

"Coming!"

Xiao Hua Ting cheerfully bounced over and felt a bit nervous seeing Wang Jixuan sitting solemnly.

Xiao Hua Ting glanced at Mu Dan, who was busy brewing coffee, and was captivated by the scenes on the big screen.

The screen was split into sixteen sections, displaying the landscapes outside, occasionally a few figures could be seen flying by.

Xiao Hua Ting whispered: "Do we also have surveillance equipment outside?"

"Hmm," Master Wang smiled, "I’m not tied down here, sneaking out to place a few hidden surveillance devices is simple, we control the movements outside."

"That’s good."

"Don’t change the topic, let’s see how your cultivation is doing... Hit me with a punch, use your full strength, just don’t let your force leak out, otherwise your True Immortal Realm immortal power could destroy this place."

Wang Jixuan pointed to his chest.

"Ah?" Xiao Hua Ting’s almond eyes widened.

Though surprised, she thought, her teacher was surely far stronger than her by thousands of times. Since the teacher said so, she shouldn’t be polite.

Yes, just make sure not to let the force leak out.

Then, Xiao Hua Ting took a quick step forward, her figure soared, and she punched towards Wang Jixuan’s chest.

Master Wang’s figure didn’t move, a thin layer of green Immortal Light wrapped around Xiao Hua Ting, allowing her punch to fall with a muffled thud.

Xiao Hua Ting felt like her strength met a mass of cotton, akin to a mud cow sinking into the sea.

She felt a bit disappointed.

The imagined scenario of her teacher pretending to be strong, clutching his chest with a gasp, and then giving a bloodied thumbs-up didn’t happen.

"Not bad," Wang Jixuan gave a fair evaluation, "I’ll teach you how to fight later, you can practice in remote locales in the Immortal Realm."

"Hehe."

Gao Huating giggled awkwardly, dispelling the images in her heart.

"Hold this first," Master Wang retrieved two storage rings from his sleeve, filled with Spirit Stones and Elixirs.

"Okay, good."

"And this."

Wang Jixuan took out a sheathed short sword.

The sheath and handle were exquisitely crafted, adorned with carved dragons and phoenixes, and encrusted with numerous Shattered Star Ore, clearly a gift for women.

As Xiao Hua Ting gripped the sheath, she felt a cool Qi infuse into her body, seemingly having the effect of suppressing heart demons.

She drew the sword, its blade glowed like water, exuding a chilling aura, dropping the temperature of the command room to freezing point.

Nearby mechanical bodies shivered and hugged their arms as if truly cold.

"It’s an Immortal Treasure!" Xiao Hua Ting exclaimed.

"Do you like it?" Master Wang asked with a smile, "Refined a few days ago."

"Teacher, you’ve refined an Immortal Treasure?"

"Hmm," Wang Jixuan nodded slightly, "Though the probability of achieving an Immortal Treasure is low, inferior to Elder Shao, making a dozen Magic Treasures yields at least one transformation, mainly I didn’t collect enough treasure materials, most of our materials are sourced from Xu Realm."

"Wow... Doesn’t that mean! We can trade Immortal Treasures for Spirit Stones in the future!"

Wang Jixuan: ...

Mu Dan raised a hand to her forehead: "Please, we now possess most of the Xu Realm’s mines, countless Spirit Vein Mines."

Xiao Hua Ting: "Wasn’t it all abandoned when First Base was given up?"

"Who told you I stored mineral resources in First Base?"

Mu Dan proudly said:

"The Spirit Cultivator’s subspaces are all made by the boss, when he left Earth he made a batch.

"You can’t put all your eggs in one basket.

"Otherwise, do you think Second Base could develop so quickly? Relying solely on this small world’s sustenance is far from enough."

Xiao Hua Ting beamed with joy: "So I’m considered an Immortal rich second generation?"

"Pretty much."

Feeling great, Wang Jixuan handed Xiao Hua Ting a long dress prepared for Amina.

Xiao Hua Ting delightedly ran off to put it on without standing on ceremony.

Immortal Dress can self-adjust size, so there’s no embarrassing size mismatch.

When Xiao Hua Ting came out, Mu Dan actively asked:

"Boss, can we check outside to see what the large array needs now?"

"Yes, let’s go."

Wang Jixuan stretched languidly, looked at the big screen murmuring:

"These guys don’t seem motivated recently about finding Secret Realm entrances, could be brewing some sinister plot?"

"Two possibilities."

Mu Dan coolly explained:

"First, they might be negotiating with Feather God Palace, this is the ancestral lands abandoned by Feather God Palace’s ancestors, they surely know how to locate this place or bring it to present world.

"Second, they’re waiting for Heavenly Dao’s command, which hasn’t issued orders recently.

"Po Luo’s primary and secondary consciousnesses might be pulling separately."

"No clue," Wang Jixuan clicked his tongue, "We better not deploy a large number of precious Antimatter Bombs only for them to leave."

Mu Dan laughed: "No way, Po Luo won’t let us go, I suspect she wants to devour me."

Wang Jixuan: "Seize the chance for Possession."

"Without computational hardware, Mu Dan is just a sweet, lovely, charming elf."

"Hua Ting, help me, feeling a bit queasy..."

"As expected!"

While Master Wang bickered with Mu Dan, Xiao Hua Ting was hesitant to speak.

Suddenly, she had a thought.

As she, Wang Jixuan, and Mu Dan exited the spire, flying out of Second Base’s main stone plate, Xiao Hua Ting decided to share her view.

"Teacher, I have a guess."

"What guess?"

"About why they haven’t attacked us yet."

Xiao Hua Ting whispered:

"Is it possible, they’re waiting for us to respond? After all, I previously brought a letter inside, and you’ve said that Hei Yao is now the puppet of Heavenly Dao."

Wang Jixuan: ...

Indeed, that is a possibility.

"Let’s not worry about them, nor send a reply."

Wang Jixuan looked at the lush Secret Realm ahead, squinting slightly:

"Our goal is to exterminate the Dark Sect’s active forces, hit and run, guerrilla warfare.

"Reply or not, the effect is about the same.

"If they chicken out, that’s the biggest loss for us, Mu Dan’s bombs can’t be retrieved once placed."

Xiao Hua Ting nodded vigorously.

"Let’s go, inspect all around, fill in the gaps."

...

Meanwhile.

The issue Wang Jixuan and the trio were vexed about had already sparked a dispute in a grand hall.

Hei Yao stood quietly in a corner, his gaze slightly mocking, watching the so-called Golden Immortal experts argue vehemently.

On the eve of a great battle, these thought they could actually capture Wang Jixuan.

Heavenly Dao acts cautiously, mobilizing numerous Dark Sect experts yet still having him ’supervise’, indicates even Heavenly Dao consciousness isn’t 100% certain.

Evidently, Heavenly Dao has suffered losses at the hands of Wang Jixuan and Mu Dan more than once.

Hei Yao enjoys such scenes;

It allows him to feel a long-lost sense of conquest.

Thus, he deliberately signaled the old man and old woman to stand closely behind him and casually remarked:

"A bunch of fools."