A decree from the three Taoist Lords instantly froze the white-hot conflict of the Fulong Dao.
Bound by the decree, all Sixth Realm experts were withdrawn, and even the Fifth Realm members of the Daoist Lineages were forced to stand down.
This was mainly because the decree wasn't conveyed vaguely as it had been in the past, but was instead an explicit prohibition.
So, there was no room to find loopholes or reinterpret the message.
However, the Fulong Dao conflict did not end. On the contrary, it intensified, with those of the Fourth Realm—who previously couldn't even get involved—now becoming the main fighting force.
'We've fought this hard already. You can't just call it off. What about all the people who have died?'
The upper echelons retreated without much change, but the deaths among the middle and lower ranks were very real.
Moreover, this coercive action created a deep and obvious rift between the upper and lower echelons of the three Daoist Lineages.
