"Could it be that they don't want anyone to resist the corruption anymore?" Song Wanyi asked in confusion. The others seemed to share the same thought. We were the first line of defense about to face the corruption, so attacking us would be no different from killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.
Ruan Qiushui quickly said, "That's precisely the problem. Defending against a corruption invasion and fighting the corruption aren't the same thing. They could come up with any number of reasons. For example, they've sent us so many resistance troops and so many resources, and have practically emptied the borderlands for us. But if the faction among them that's hostile toward us claims that we're merely taking the opportunity to develop ourselves, what will their core leadership think? Three years isn't long, but it isn't short either. It can serve as a buffer period for an excuse. Even if they send troops under the pretext of making us fight the corruption, while claiming they're helping oversee the Household of Six Divine Heavens, no one would have any way to refute them."
The entire hall erupted in an uproar. Ruan Qiushui's conspiracy theory had garnered far more support than that, so everyone inevitably began viewing the matter from this angle.
"And if they abolish us and drive us onto the battlefield, won't everything here become theirs?" Ruan Qiushui concluded.
On the map, the forces of Heaven's Realm were soon hounded and blocked by the three factions from all sides. In the end, they could only advance toward the corrupted region, which had once been Heaven's Realm's territory. Everyone watched helplessly as clusters of stars quickly became part of the corruption.
Meanwhile, with the Household of Six Divine Heavens serving as a buffer, the three factions once again obtained