As the strange incidents continued, both the Heavenly and Abyssal Realms gradually tightened their security, with important vaults receiving additional protection, weaker members of powerful factions rarely travelling alone, and inspections around teleportation formations becoming increasingly strict.
Cultivation resources were delayed as transportation routes changed, merchants avoided regions where attacks had occurred, and powerful families began recalling members from distant territories while gathering forces around important locations.
When the Heavenly Realm began moving powerful Angels between important regions, the Abyssal Realm naturally noticed the movement through the spies they had secretly maintained within the Heavenly Realm for countless years, while the Heavenly Realm possessed its own spies scattered throughout the Abyssal Realm.
