At dawn, after Song Changsheng and his wife paid their respects to the two True Lords within the palace, they left Myriad Manifestations Palace early.
Outside Myriad Manifestations Palace, countless eyes watched them openly and in secret. The two simply held hands and openly returned to Heavenly Dragon Peak.
Seeing how relaxed they were, certain people's delusions were immediately shattered.
They had originally assumed that Myriad Manifestations Palace had dispatched two elders to take them away for questioning, since they had been voicing protests during this period.
They thought that, no matter what, even if Myriad Manifestations Palace was merely putting on a show, it would still reprimand them before making the Song Clan give up some benefits to soothe their feelings.
In the end, they had simply been flattering themselves. With the two reeking of alcohol and looking so deeply in love, how could they possibly have been reprimanded? They had more likely been eating, drinking, and enjoying themselves.
"Bastard! Why would Song Changsheng intervene? Aren't they enemies? Aren't they supposed to fight until one side dies? Why did it turn out like this?
"Didn't Myriad Manifestations Palace forbid internal strife? Why did it allow him to swallow them up?
"Birds of a feather flock together! Birds of a feather flock together!"
Within Thousand Blades City, after receiving the spies' intelligence, Shen Xunyan could no longer hold back his emotions and began venting his fury without restraint.
He and the Vast Sea Merchant Association had painstakingly planned this "accident" precisely to take advantage of the excellent opportunity created by Zhuang Yuechan's breakthrough, which had made up the Wangyue Song Clan's final weakness. Their aim was to severely damage the [Brocade Banner] and forcibly intensify the conflict between the two clans.
Once the two clans had beaten each other's brains