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"So Shaking Light intends to stand with the Ruthless Great Emperor's successor?"
A mighty figure from the Jiang Family spoke, his gaze flickering.
Strictly speaking, because of Divine King Jiang, the Jiang Family should theoretically have been Ye Fan's natural ally.
Now that Ye Fan, the Sacred Body, had stepped forward, they should have given it some consideration.
But unfortunately, the Jiang Family was not a monolith internally.
When the Divine King was still around, they could naturally unite as one. But now that Jiang Taixu had left, some people naturally had other ideas.
The Ji Family, on the other hand, had said little. After Xu Yue and Ye Fan had brought the Void Mirror to their doorstep last time to purge their ranks, the several mighty figures from the Ji Family kept an unusually low profile.
In truth, if the many holy lands and aristocratic families of the Eastern Wilderness—or rather, the Big Dipper—faced external pressure, they could still unite. Those Holy Lords who schemed against one another in ordinary times could immediately become remarkably principled, even willing to sacrifice themselves.
When the Primordial Races emerged not long afterward, the human holy lands and aristocratic families as a whole would still perform passably well.
But under the present circumstances, nearly every holy land and aristocratic family had its own dirty laundry.
Even Yaochi, which had a relatively good reputation, was only better by comparison.
To attain their current status and power without blood staining their hands was clearly impossible. That was simply the nature of the environment.
And it had to be said that because the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art was a demonic technique that harmed others to benefit oneself, absorbing the origins of other prodigies,