All under heaven bustled for profit; all under heaven thrived for gain.
The word "profit" pierced straight into people's hearts. It could turn friends against each other as enemies, and enemies into friends.
Just as Jiang Dali had guessed, Mara and the heads of the Four Great Clans had indeed established a cooperative relationship and become temporary allies.
When Mara's primordial spirit had been swallowed by the Earth Crystal Core and dragged into the Heavenly Abyss, Mara had chosen to cooperate with the heads of the Four Great Clans in order to save himself.
The reason the two sides had reached this cooperation so quickly was mainly because of a formidable enemy named Jiang Dali.
Even Jiang Dali himself likely had not expected that, because he had inadvertently captured Mara's remnant divine seed, Mara's primordial spirit—while resisting Earth's Will within the Heavenly Abyss—had gained a brief chance to negotiate with the heads of the Four Great Clans.
If the heads of the Four Great Clans insisted on devouring Mara's primordial spirit, Mara would use the remnant divine seed to inform Black Wind Stronghold Master Jiang Dali of the Earth Crystal Core's danger and scheme, warning him not to approach it.
In that case, the Four Great Clans' scheme to set a trap and capture Jiang Dali would naturally be difficult to carry out.
But if the heads of the Four Great Clans were willing to spare his primordial spirit, Mara was not only willing to help awaken Demon Emperor Liudao, but also willing to lure Black Wind Stronghold Master Jiang Dali to the Land of Calamity so the Earth Crystal Core could devour him. That was also why Mara had falsely claimed he needed the companion crystal core.
At this moment—
Within the Land of Calamity in the deep sea,