"Heh heh, after I returned to the Heavenly Realm, I immediately formulated a grand plan to strike back at the Ascending Immortals. Unfortunately, although I very much wanted to cooperate with the Dao Alliance, the Star Realm, and the Jie Sect according to our agreement, I later discovered that we had internal unrest in the Heavenly Realm and pirates threatening us from outside. It wasn't suitable for us to launch a war against the Ascending Immortals right now. The Dao Alliance is so anxious to have us attack them—isn't it because there are traps ahead, and they want to drive us out of the Heavenly Realm so they can seize the several divine heavens in the Six Divine Heavens that still belong to us?" I swept a cold glance over Lin Mian, directly striking at the core of the matter.
Lin Mian's expression turned ugly. He had clearly prepared an excuse, and he shouted angrily, "Over the years, the Heavenly Realm has made all the preparations it needed to make and collected all the resources it needed to collect. The Heavenly Realm is countless times stronger than when it was first established, and all three factions have seen this with their own eyes. Now, the Corruptive Aura continues invading our Original Immortal territories, yet the Heavenly Realm remains entrenched and refuses to come out. Why? Are you waiting for the three major factions to be wiped out before the Heavenly Realm swallows us all and finally agrees to act?"
"That sounds like a fine idea. I wonder when your Dao Alliance plans to merge into my Heavenly Realm?" I thought to myself that this man looked refined and scholarly, but he was truly capable of pretending not to understand while spouting nonsense.
"Leader Xia! Please do not speak recklessly!" Lin