The Cao Family could be said to be Gao Lan's loyal lapdogs.
To outsiders, it did not seem that way, but in truth, their relationship was extremely close.
They had even been willing to blow up the Earth Immortal Remains, the foundation of their family, for Gao Lan's cause.
Originally, Gao Lan and Han Guang would have been plotting various schemes around this time, laying the groundwork for the great conflict between good and evil that would follow Recoome.
But now, Xu Yue had greatly diminished Gao Lan's ambition and domineering spirit ahead of time.
If he had still harbored some ideas during the early days of Great Shang's founding—
Then now, all he hoped for was that Xu Yue would keep his promise.
Because even after the Human Emperor Sword had been in his hands for so long, he still had not received even the slightest recognition from it.
It seemed utterly devoted to Xu Yue. The only reason Gao Lan could use it was because its master had assigned it that task.
Gao Lan had always believed himself to possess the bearing of a Human Sovereign. After suffering such a blow from the Human Emperor Sword and witnessing the changes in Great Shang, his lofty ambitions naturally faded considerably.
Thus, Gao Lan personally killed the envoy the Golden Tent had sent to negotiate with the Cao Family.
The Cao Family had not been secretly colluding with the Golden Tent of the grasslands.
But even without the Golden Tent's secret, Cao Xianzhi's inquiry had still heightened their vigilance.
Yet no matter how much they raised their guard, they never could have imagined that the breach would come from within.
Thus, when the Great Dao Tree, accompanied by numerous treasures, tore out of that minor world—
The unprepared formation protecting