Ever since Chen Changan left, the Five Clans Alliance had not stagnated. Instead, it had developed even faster.
The Five Clans Alliance had grown more quickly and smoothly than Chen Changan had imagined.
By now, the Five Clans Alliance had become a regional hegemon, and many family factions had chosen to attach themselves to it.
The change in its status and strength had brought about a tremendous shift in the Five Clans Alliance's overall fortune.
With that fortune behind them, the people of the Five Clans Alliance had all made rapid leaps in strength.
The Five Clans Alliance was now almost as powerful as the Myriad Worlds Sect. The only things it lacked were a deeper foundation and a greater number of Myriad Thousand Realm experts.
For that reason, when people from the Myriad Worlds Sect arrived, the Five Clans Alliance hesitated.
They neither agreed immediately nor refused outright, but instead called a meeting.
"Given how the Five Clans Alliance has developed over the years, what we need now is time. We need to lie low."
"We must improve our strength further. Only then can we protect everything we have now."
"Although Mr. Chen has done the Five Clans Alliance a great kindness, and there would be no Five Clans Alliance as it stands today without him, still..."
"Are we really going to give up everything we have and head to that unfamiliar place?"
"Everyone should speak honestly about what they really think. No pretending, and no empty talk."
"I want to hear what's truly on everyone's mind." The Hong Family Head looked at the others and asked with a grave expression.
The other family heads exchanged glances, unsure what to do.
"I'll go first."
"The Yun Family is closest to Mr. Chen, after all. He's practically half a member