The announcement that two great super sects were joining the Heavenly Way Alliance swept through the venue like a storm, shaking everyone present.
Of the seven great super sects, two had already joined. With Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain now a subsidiary sect of the Tianli Sect, that accounted for half of them. The first- and second-tier sects still watching from the sidelines could wait no longer.
The entire venue erupted. Everyone clamored to join the Heavenly Way Alliance, and the hubbub turned the place into a bustling marketplace.
"Senior brother, it seems the Heavenly Way Alliance really is unstoppable!" Sword Moon Heavenly Venerate watched the representatives rising one after another and listened to the clamor, her expression grave and troubled. Once the Heavenly Way Alliance was established, they would be at a severe disadvantage.
If they refused to join, they would be excluded from the mainstream powers. Should trouble arise, the Heavenly Way Alliance might truly refuse to help. There was also the Myriad Transformations Return-to-Origin Art, the key to their sect's prosperity. Without it, they would soon be overtaken by other sects.
They might even fall to the lowest ranks before long.
Lie Jiuyou's eyes were dark, his voice low. "Don't announce our position yet. It won't be too late to join in a few days!"
Holding their tongues now was a way to preserve their last shred of dignity. If they joined the moment the Tianli Sect put forward its proposal, wouldn't all their previous struggles have been meaningless?
Where would their dignity be? Their self-respect?
Behind them, True Lord Ziji wore a conflicted expression, but he could not help shaking his head inwardly.
What use was saving face now? If they joined later, they would probably gain even less, and lose face all the same.
But he