A week after Gu Tao left, everything remained as usual. Everyone continued to perform their roles; the base trained new recruits day after day, major sects quietly developed within their respective domains, and the equilibrium of the thirty-three heavens was still delicately maintained.
Representatives from the Mountain and Sea Realm had arrived to negotiate some agreements regarding the bilateral free trade zone—mainly anti-dumping measures and mutual assistance policies—while the rebellion in the Dragon King Territory continued to expand, seemingly backed by external forces, though no one could confirm the evidence.
