Three Origins Unite, Love Extends to All Beneath One Roof

Back at Sky Wave Peak, Luo Chen's days seemed to settle into their old, uneventful rhythm.

Each day, he simply cultivated behind closed doors and spoke to few people.

Wang Yuan occasionally came by to discuss matters concerning Myriad Paths Convergence.

But staying indoors did not mean Luo Chen ignored what was happening outside.

With the Web operating at full strength, large amounts of intelligence reached Luo Chen almost every few days.

After the Luo Tian Association abandoned expansion and turned to consolidating its gains from the battlefield, the enemies who had opposed it openly or hidden needles in the dark were caught off guard and suddenly showed their faces.

They had powerful backers and believed they had strength in numbers, so they grew increasingly unscrupulous.

Incidents targeting the Luo Tian Association happened from time to time.

In response, Sima Hui Niang changed her usual approach. Apart from assigning strong guards to a few merchant caravans under her command, she let everything else pass whenever possible.

Outsiders merely thought the Luo Tian Association had cowered under pressure from the Flame Alliance.

Even within the Luo Tian Association, some voiced their discontent.

But only Sima Hui Niang knew they had to wait for an opening.

Though their enemies were scattered, they were powerful. If the Luo Tian Association took the initiative and struck them down one by one, it would only risk getting its own feet tangled.

It would sink into the mire.

Better to wait until they gathered, then sweep them away in a single stroke.

Until that opening appeared, the Luo Tian Association needed to strengthen its cultivators as much as possible.

At Sima Hui Niang's direction, Murong Qinglian led the Merit Hall in conducting a broad Merit Assessment of the Luo Tian Association's Late Qi Refining Stage cultivators.