Sun Ziwang's cold attitude swiftly drew the dissatisfaction of many people. Among them were even several renowned giants of the demonic path. In their eyes, given their status, extending an olive branch to a junior was an immense honor—yet he had refused them, or rather, ignored them completely, without the slightest temptation stirring in his heart.
Sun Ziwang also rejected the overtures from the upper ranks of Star Cluster Teachings. This was Ye Xiwen's intention as well. They were merely a group of Quasi-Emperors, without even a single figure at the Emperor Lord level, so there was no need to give them much thought. Though this might offend some people, Ye Xiwen saw it as a form of tempering.
Unless an expert at the Emperor Lord level made a move, Ye Xiwen would not even spare them a glance. Yet Emperor Lord-level experts would hardly care about such trivial matters.
Sun Ziwang's rise was so rapid that even the sect master of the Star Cluster Sect and the upper ranks of Star Cluster Teachings had begun to take notice. But to experts at the Emperor Lord level, it amounted to nothing at all.
How could ant-like existences make beings of that level look twice? Only someone who had reached the level of Bai Daozi or Heavenly Fairy Miao might catch their attention, because such people had truly touched upon the Emperor Lord level and might genuinely step into that realm. Only then were they worth a second glance.
But it was merely a second glance. When Bai Daozi faced Ye Xiwen, Ye Xiwen killed him as easily as saying the word, without the slightest misgiving.
After Sun Ziwang rejected the recruitment attempts of many important figures from various factions, trouble soon came knocking. Those of the demonic path had always