Location:Pavilion — Main Hall / Various workspaces
Date/Time:Late Voidmarch, 9939 AZI — continues from Ch 375
Realm:Lower Realm (soul-space)
The room leaned in. Jayde didn't waste it.
"Before we plan, we need to understand what we're working against internally." She looked at Heiteng. "The Temple. What's the full picture?"
Heiteng stepped forward. Mercury silver eyes sweeping the room — not every face here had heard this yet.
"The Radiant Realm — the Temple — controls the Mid Realm almost entirely. Trade. Governance. Cultivation resources. Passage between realms. In the Upper Realm, they hold a smaller territory, but the most influential — the seats of religious authority and the largest cultivation academies." He paused. "The passage between the Lower and Mid Realms has been closing for months. Nothing moves without Temple approval. Only children and young adults that the Temple has selected are getting through."
