A hush of raw violence settled across the Gu World the moment the last members of the Gu Sect, along with hundreds of thousands of Divine Ascension Masters and billions of Apotheosis Masters from various subsidiary organizations, arrived through the teleportation formation. Cultivators attacked each other on sight, each driven by greed for strength or blind obedience to the orders of their superiors.
Amidst the chaos and carnage, the seeds of order slowly took root as individual factions regrouped and forged alliances anew. Because people had been scattered randomly throughout the Gu World upon arrival, it took some time for each faction to reconvene. To further complicate matters, communication gems and similar devices were only partially effective here, making it incredibly difficult to pinpoint allies or coordinate large-scale maneuvers.