"World lord." After hearing what Xiang Tianheng had said, Yaoguang showed a trace of surprise on his face.1

The Nine Cauldrons Sect had always been extremely sensitive when it came to territory. This concerned the sect’s long-term strategic direction. After all, remnants of the Artifact Sect were bound to still exist in this world. If any of them were to suddenly step forward and proclaim themselves the legitimate inheritors of the Artifact Sect, then seize lands that had once belonged to it, unrest would be inevitable.0

Because of this, the Nine Cauldrons Sect never yielded an inch when it came to claims over former Artifact Sect territory, acting with determination every time there was such a dispute. The moment anyone dared to carve out territory and rule as a local king, they would be wiped out with overwhelming might.0

Even now, despite the fact that the sect couldn't truly absorb the East Sea's islands and the Shiwan Mountains, and was instead getting dragged down by these regions year after year because of the massive expenditures of manpower and resources needed to defend them, it had still never made the slightest concession regarding ownership of those lands.0

This was the very foundation upon which the Nine Cauldrons Sect had been established. Under such circumstances, the sect was actually willing to gift him a vassal world that had once belonged...0