Old Ancestor Sun's words were filled with temptation, as well as an aura of bloodshed.
The eyes of Zhao Family Ancestor, Tianlan Ancestor, and Youlong Ancestor all revealed signs of eagerness.
It wasn't that they had never considered joining forces, but they had always been beset by misgivings.
Just as Old Ancestor Sun had said, their original plan had been to boil the frog in warm water.
They would slowly gnaw away at and suppress the Lan family, allowing it to gradually decline before swallowing it at the lowest possible cost.
But now, the situation had changed.
Myriad Divine Sect's intervention was like a whip, lashing viciously at their hearts.
The Lan family's marriage alliance with Myriad Divine Sect was absolutely unacceptable to them.
It meant that the Lan family would rise completely—and might even turn around and devour them.
"Old Sun, are you sure you want to act now?" Zhao Family Ancestor asked in a low voice, a fierce glint flickering in his eyes.
"Once the war begins, it will be a fight to the death. The four of our lineages will inevitably have to pay a price."
Old Ancestor Sun sneered viciously. "A price? Compared with being jointly oppressed—or even annihilated—by the Lan family and Myriad Divine Sect, what does this small price amount to?"
"As long as we obtain the Mysterious Spirit Pearl, everything we lose can be made up a hundredfold, a thousandfold."
"By then, we can enter the Divine Lord's Cave Mansion and obtain its opportunities and blessings, making our Four Great Families even stronger."
Those words completely ignited the flames in the hearts of the other three ancestors.
The Mysterious Spirit Pearl was the key to opening that Divine Lord's Cave Mansion. Perhaps it was their hope of breaking through their shackles.
"Good!" A