"Those who submit to me shall prosper; those who oppose me shall perish."
"Within a radius of a hundred million li of the Chaos Sacred Sect's sphere of influence, all sects and lineages that once depended on the Four Great Powers—"
"Within three days, come to the Chaos Sacred Sect to pay homage and offer your loyalty."
"Those who fail to arrive after three days shall be deemed enemies of the Chaos Sacred Sect."
"Kill without mercy!"
This decree was steeped in bloodlust and tyranny, leaving no room for compromise.
It was like a summons from the god of death, laid before countless powers.
Submit, or die.
For a time, the entire East Continent Central Region was on tenterhooks.
The patriarchs of countless minor sects and the heads of great lineages lay awake all night, caught between fear and reality.
Resist? What could they possibly use to resist?
Even the Four Great Powers had been crippled. Before the Chaos Sacred Sect, that prehistoric colossal beast, these small fry were not even enough to fill the gaps between its teeth.
In the end, reality triumphed over dignity.
The next day, an endless stream of people appeared along the mountain road leading to the Chaos Sacred Sect.
The sect masters and lineage heads who had once held themselves high now all bowed and scraped.
Bearing their most lavish gifts and harboring the most anxious hearts, they came to pay homage to the new overlord.
Meanwhile, before the overwhelming tide of power, the remaining forces of the Four Great Powers—
could only watch helplessly as the territories they had once controlled were devoured inch by inch by the Chaos Sacred Sect.
They had tried to unite. They had tried to resist.
But after the elders dispatched by the Chaos Sacred Sect had used