Lin Bai had always remained extremely vigilant toward the attitude displayed by the Azure Lotus Sect.
At first, when Lin Bai was Prince Qin of the Chu Empire, he had once led troops alongside Chu Tinghan, Chu Tingxue, Princess Chenxian, and the others to reinforce the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect.
At that time, the Azure Lotus Sect had secretly ambushed the Chu Empire's reinforcements in the Dragon Mountain Range, which lay between the Chu Empire's territory and the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory.
But after Lin Bai and the others entered the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, the Azure Lotus Sect had declared that it "would not interfere in the internal struggles within the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect."
When the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley opposed the Seven Nights Divine Sect, they had once invited the Azure Lotus Sect to join their alliance.
The Azure Lotus Sect had refused, stating that it would not participate in the Seven Nights Divine Sect's internal struggle.
Now that the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect were facing off against the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, they had also invited the Azure Lotus Sect to join their alliance.
The Azure Lotus Sect had refused again.
During this period, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had also sent people to invite the Azure Lotus Sect to pledge allegiance. However, although the Azure Lotus Sect had not explicitly refused, it had merely been stalling for time.
On the surface, it seemed that the Azure Lotus Sect did not interfere in the internal struggles within the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect for various reasons, adopting an attitude of "we will pledge allegiance to whoever wins in the end."
But in reality, the little schemes secretly carried out