After meticulously studying the history of the Xuanhuang World and conducting thorough research and verification with the Empire's few cultivators, the think tank arrived at a bold conclusion: these rules and restrictions likely only held sway within the Xuanhuang World itself.

This was because the techniques stolen by the Empire's technique thieves, while still subject to the exclusivity rule, did not grant the same clear, precise awareness of other practitioners' locations as they did within the Xuanhuang World.

In other words, the restriction was weakened.

This was likely because the Empire was not located in the Xuanhuang World proper, but in one of its subsidiary minor worlds.

Thus, the solution to their problem became glaringly obvious: they must sever their shackles, break away from the Xuanhuang World,...