The Mao Lineage was part of my plan for the Transcendent Immortals, practically the foundation stone. Their growing stronger could only benefit me. At the very least, they could become a sharp weapon in my hand someday.
Using karma weapons to destroy these immortal realms was truly unfair to the Transcendent Immortals. I needed to find another way to solve the corruption problem. Studying innate immortal qi was one of the keys, but before that, I first had to find the first "private army" of Transcendent Immortals in this corrupted region.
I knew this meant I might become a double-dealer. On one side, I would discuss and cooperate with the Original Immortals to deal with the Transcendent Immortals, while on the other, I would strengthen the Transcendent Immortals themselves. But if I did not do this, I would inevitably be led around by the nose by the three great powers.
Given the current conditions of the Heavenly Realm, even if I begged heaven and earth while recruiting troops everywhere, all I could obtain would be the leftovers of the three great powers. To the other powers, they would ultimately be third-rate goods, and would never become a main force they acknowledged.
Moreover, even if I looked at this matter from another angle—for example, if I controlled all three great powers—could I really stand against the Transcendent Immortals? Probably not. The Transcendent Immortals were already extremely powerful, and there were so many immortal realms that it was horrifying. Their numbers might be equal, but when it came to high-level immortal clans, there were definitely more on the side of the Transcendent Immortals. In the end, if they clashed head-on, all the Original Immortals would be wiped out.
Thus, my philosophy of coexistence between the Transcendent Immortals and the Original Immortals took