Fan Qi showed no mercy to those who betrayed the family or those who were planted as spies. Even members of the Fan Family were not shielded. Those with minor offenses had their cultivation abolished, were expelled, or imprisoned in the family dungeon. Those with serious offenses were executed, including relatives of elders from the Council Hall.

In times concerning the family’s survival, drastic measures must be taken.

Both inside and outside the family, people were shocked by Fan Qi’s decisive actions. Over the years, the Fan Family’s development had been smooth, with hardly any obstacles, gradually growing stronger. This led to outside doubts, wondering if the Fan Family’s rapid rise was just a facade.

This event dispelled everyone’s doubts.

The Fan Family truly had the means, and Fan Qi indeed had the courage.

Even after such an event, Fan Qi did not waver in his previous ideas. Despite the pressure that the Council Hall’s plans might have been leaked, he held a Dao Discussion. He invited all the notable forces of Little South Continent, foreign and local, to join.

And the slogan he put forward was very straightforward: Discuss the necessity of opening Profound Realms in the Red Maple Basin, Qi Yue Plain, and the surrounding twelve regions.

This was almost like revealing his plans outright.

Fan Qi’s idea was that everyone understood the matter, but they all kept it hidden, doing things in secret. Given the Fan Family’s situation, covert actions would only get them gradually consumed. It was better to bring the issue to the table for discussion, making the benefits so attractive that everyone would want to join.

In these few days, all of Fan City was preparing for the Dao Discussion, even hastily constructing a large Dao Forum, sending a clear signal to the outside world: the Fan Family was serious.

Combining this with the recent major purge within the Fan Family, the outside world began to speculate on the purpose of the Fan Family’s actions.

Were they forced, or did they think they already had the means to contend with Zhengyuan Hall, Xinghai Sword Sect, and Shan Jue Sect?

The most accepted guess was that the Fan Family wanted to drag everyone into the water with them.

This overt purpose, even if guessed, wasn’t actually important. The key was, even if every force in Little South Continent knew what the Fan Family was up to, they would still have to join in.

Because the "Profound Realm Plan" revealed by the Fan Family was just too enticing.

According to the information the Fan Family released, they planned to build five Profound Realms along four major underground Spirit Veins. Such a scale was impressive even across the entire world.

Initially, everyone unanimously thought this was just the Fan Family making wild claims out of desperation. The other powers dared only to discuss building one Profound Realm in the Red Maple Basin and Qi Yue Plain areas. Why would the Fan Family claim to create five realms covering almost a third of Little South Continent?

There were many ways to get people involved; there was no need to create such a laughingstock.

However, within three days, the Fan Family "accidentally" "leaked" something.

This leaked information was a detailed proposal for building five Small Profound Realms, collectively forming a Great Profound Realm.

The proposal spanned 400,000 words, considering every aspect necessary for constructing a Profound Realm: site selection, terrain modification, Spirit Vein guidance, Gathering Spirit landscape creation, Array setup, fortune suppression, energy circulation, Dao proliferation... from Heavenly Mandate to construction timelines, details, manpower, and material requirements, leaving nothing out.

Anyone knowledgeable could tell at a glance whether this was a fairy tale.

This extremely detailed proposal ignited enthusiasm across Little South Continent.

The Fan Family’s plan was undoubtedly a Heavenly Dao-level project benefiting the entire Little South Continent.

Meanwhile, people couldn’t help but wonder what kind of extraordinary talent the Fan Family possessed to come up with such a plan. How did the Fan Family become so professional? Creating a Profound Realm involved industries spanning immortal paths: immortality, literature, martial arts, alchemy, tools, talismans, agriculture, craftsmanship, medicine, military, spirit, energy, arts... covering almost all major paths.

How could such a massive project possibly be managed by a small Fan Family?

Little South Continent was abuzz with heated discussions.

People quickly realized that Celestial Venerable Zhu from Wangxian Pavilion had recently arrived in Little South Continent to maintain order. Could this be a signal?

Was this actually under the direction of White Jade Capital?

Once White Jade Capital came to mind, everything became transparent. Of course, with Little South Continent’s obvious rise, White Jade Capital couldn’t possibly ignore it. There might even be involvement from Confucian Wenxin Heaven, Mo Family’s Great Wall, He Yue Village, and more.

So, this was likely a major upheaval in Little South Continent, once in a millennium!

Major and minor powers alike naturally couldn’t miss this opportunity.

However, people still couldn’t understand. If various families truly wanted to develop Little South Continent, why didn’t they choose Eternal Immortal Sect and instead chose the Fan Family?

At this moment,

the "Five Profound Realms" proposal had been leaked for five days. Whenever Fan Qi thought about this matter, his hands would tremble a bit. He remembered vividly,

half a month ago, on the night after the Fan Family’s major purge. He was contemplating in reverse how he would create a Profound Realm if he were to do it.

He was used to putting himself in his opponent’s shoes when competing, thinking of ways to defeat himself.