During this period, Mei Jinqiu’s days were not easy. The Eternal Immortal Sect had always prided itself as the leader of Little South Continent and truly took on the responsibilities that the title entailed. While thriving, it never forgot to lift other forces as well by transforming wasteland, channeling, and gathering qi for Little South Continent.

As the fortune of Little South Continent rose, resources that had been deeply buried in the earth began to emerge one after another.

Major and minor spirit veins, ancient secret treasures, Great Ability Dojos, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures, Hidden Worlds, lost sections... various opportunities blossomed like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

The atmosphere of Little South Continent steadily climbed, filled with hope. Many people believed that in the foreseeable future, it would surely catch up with the other eighteen continents, and perhaps due to the absence of rampant Demon Cultivators, it might even surpass the seven continents of the Southern Celestial Land where the eight major Demon Dao forces resided.

Most importantly, there was no Fallen Immortal Land in Little South Continent. While other continents struggled to cope with the Fallen Immortal Land, Little South Continent presented a peaceful scene, surely a fertile land full of potential.

Therefore, numerous forces from other places chose to branch off and establish sects here. On the one hand, they aimed to claim a share of the "hope," and on the other hand, to evade the rules recorded in the Innate Spiritual Treasure’s "Heavenly Book."

According to the rules of the "Heavenly Book," whenever a large-scale disaster occurred, all registered forces must contribute.

However, Little South Continent, because it had been too remote before, was not within the registry of the "Heavenly Book."

During the twenty years of Fallen Immortal Land’s eruption, countless forces flocked to Little South Continent like crucian carp crossing a river.

Where there are people, there is Jianghu, let alone so many people crammed in at once.

Initially, everyone was polite, focusing on harmony to generate wealth, but it hadn’t been long before issues like territory division, resource scrambling, and disciple conflicts made tensions flare.

Recently, they even set their sights on the hills of the Eternal Immortal Sect, because it was the best land in Little South Continent.

Seeing the Little South Continent painstakingly built by the Eternal Immortal Sect about to be plucked by foreign forces, Mei Jinqiu found history strikingly similar, but this time there was no Fan Wubing to turn the tide. How could one not worry?

When Zhu Zixuan arrived, he was naturally warmly welcomed.

Half a month later, Zhu Zixuan took the lead in organizing a "Dao Discussion Conference," inviting various major forces to the Eternal Immortal Sect for a Dao discussion.

Afterwards, the many forces eyeing the hills of the Eternal Immortal Sect dared not cause trouble anymore.

But Zhu Zixuan understood that they stopped coveting the Eternal Immortal Sect merely because they realized that White Jade Capital intended to support the Eternal Immortal Sect and did not want to mess with the big player of the Daoist School. Other places being targeted didn’t have it so well; after all, White Jade Capital couldn’t have everything.

Zhu Zixuan naturally didn’t have the energy to take care of every local force in Little South Continent that was being targeted, and even if he did, he wouldn’t do it. One of the fundamental reasons that White Jade Capital was highly revered by major forces all over the world was because White Jade Capital never over-interfered—this was a basic stance and principle.

As long as it didn’t get too excessive or result in something horrific, Zhu Zixuan had to turn a blind eye.

What he needed to maintain was the overall order of Little South Continent, responsible for laying the foundation; as for decoration, that was truly out of his hands.

With him present, foreign forces restrained themselves considerably, and wouldn’t engage in outright plunder.

However, none of the foreign forces that came to Little South Continent were easy to deal with, and even without outright plunder, there were many ways to crush the local forces of Little South Continent in "normal competition."

This day,

Qi Ming returned from outside and immediately found Mei Jinqiu,

"Sect Leader, something happened over at Fan City."

At the mention of Fan City, Mei Jinqiu’s eyebrows twitched involuntarily, "What’s the situation?"

"The Zhengyuan Hall from the Immortal Continent, Xinghai Sword Sect from Chuirizhou Continent, and Shan Jue Sect from Taiyin Continent have clashed with the Fan Family. These three forces are hoping for Fan City to open some of its commercial governance rights." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Why?"

"According to them, Fan City is located at the junction of Red Maple Basin and Qi Yue Plain, and is at the convergence point of four major underground spirit veins, naturally suitable to become a central hub of the Profound Realm. These three forces recently just want to encircle that area to develop a Profound Realm and proposed the banner of benefiting the entire Little South Continent."

Mei Jinqiu furrowed his brow, "Wasn’t Fan City the main city of the Fan Family since its establishment? Where did the so-called commercial governance rights come from!" He gave a cold snort, "This is essentially wanting to take over! Today they propose a so-called commercial governance right, tomorrow they’ll come with a transportation right, eventually squeezing the Fan Family out of Fan City layer by layer. Ridiculous!"

Qi Ming nodded, "This is blatant strategy. But they’re waving banners full of rhetoric like benefiting Little South Continent, leaving the Fan Family temporarily at a loss for a rebuttal."

"This must be avoided at all costs. If they actually take Fan City, then the other local forces in Little South Continent really have no way out."

Qi Ming sighed, "Alas, the Fan Family’s rise was indeed rapid, but ultimately it’s a new force lacking a backbone. With Celestial Venerable Zhu needing to uphold White Jade Capital’s principles, it’s probably hard for him to say much. If only Manman were here, given her relationship with the Fan Family, she would never allow such a thing to happen."

Mei Jinqiu paced back and forth several times,

"The Eternal Immortal Sect is currently under the watchful eyes of too many foreign forces, and making even a small mistake will be seized upon. We cannot rashly engage in this dispute... we must notify Changkong and have the Great Li Dynasty step in and provide support."