True Monarch Tushan's Reputation Was Known to All

"Brother Sanwu!"

"Black Clan will never forget this great kindness and virtue!"

Even while struggling to Control Array, Hei Chengxiu, who had only just assumed the position of Black Clan patriarch, still spared some of his attention to bow deeply, expressing his boundless respect for the Shang Clan.

He was deeply moved.

Though the descendants of their ancestors often quarreled in ordinary times, and had repeatedly crossed blades over territory throughout history, resorting to every conceivable means save for preserving the final plot of land used to worship their ancestors—

When life and death truly hung in the balance, the glorious bloodline flowing through their veins was still the most reliable thing.

"For our ancestors' blood."

Shang Sanwu did not claim the credit, answering solemnly.

He had strongly supported and helped bring about this decision within the clan.

Merchants put profit first.

Business with the demonic path could be done, business with the righteous path could be done, and business with lowly Rogue Cultivators and those beyond the Northern Plains could likewise be done. Everything was for Spirit Stones.

But this was not the Shang Clan!

The Shang Clan had roots as well.

This was the community of righteous and demonic clans in the Northern Plains, bound together by their ancestors' bloodlines.

Without this community, no matter how skilled the Shang Clan was at business, it could not have survived in these Northern Plains where The Strong are Respected.

"For our ancestors' blood!"

Hei Chengxiu replied in the same grave tone.

After exchanging a few hurried pleasantries, they were immediately assigned urgent duties. More than a dozen Shang Clan Golden Core Cultivators and several hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators spread out to guard the various Formation Array Nodes.

With these cultivators, who had received Shang Clan Immortal Path Education from childhood