Among the civilizations seeking to join the Seven Directions Conglomerate was a top-level civilization—the Blue Tanuki Beast Civilization.
This was a fairly powerful top-level civilization, with roughly thirty Dominators, stronger than the Sky Feather Civilization.
Yet its application to join the Seven Directions Conglomerate was rejected by Wizard Civilization!
What Wizard Civilization wanted was not a disorderly hodgepodge of World Civilizations joining it.
If the system grew too bloated, it would only weigh down Wizard Civilization's own progress.
Moreover, within the Seven Directions Conglomerate, there was basically no situation where multiple top-level civilizations "co-governed."
If one had to put it that way, it was actually a case of "dual governance": Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain took charge, while the other top-level civilizations merely followed Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain to share in the benefits.
When Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain needed them to take the field, they had to do so!
If a top-level civilization challenged the authority of Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain, it would not be invited into the Seven Directions Conglomerate.
Rather than saying that the Blue Tanuki Beast Civilization had been rejected by Wizard Civilization, it was more accurate to say that it could not accept the harsh terms for joining the Seven Directions Conglomerate.
If they truly did as Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain demanded, how would that be any different from cozying up to them and becoming vassals of Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain?
The overwhelming majority of top-level civilizations possessed pride of their own.
Clearly, the Blue Tanuki Beast Civilization was no exception.
These furry creatures, whose average body length was less than half a meter and who even looked rather "cute," still could not accept the Seven Directions Conglomerate's stringent requirements.
However, the Blue Tanuki Beast