"Since you experienced the Divine Guard Office's campaign to wipe out the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect in your dream, you should know about White Bone Cave."
The Divine Ape Spirit Body smiled.
Yang Ling immediately nodded. "White Bone Cave was the first to make a clamor out at sea back then."
It really was.
The Divine Ape Spirit Body said, "That's right. White Bone Cave was a member of the Martial Alliance then. They acted as the vanguard on the Great Dream Dynasty's orders."
After a pause, he sneered.
"Unfortunately, White Bone Cave gained nothing in the end either. As soon as their Land Immortal passed away, the Great Dream Dynasty sent troops to conquer them."
"I was serving in the Divine Guard Office at the time and happened to join that campaign. I destroyed several of White Bone Cave's branch strongholds."
"White Bone Cave was wiped out by the Great Dream Dynasty too?"
Yang Ling looked puzzled. "Wouldn't doing that provoke everyone's outrage?"
"Whose outrage?"
"Wouldn't the other first-rate sects feel threatened by their downfall? If their First Rank Land Immortals passed away too, wouldn't the Great Dream Dynasty wipe them out as well?"
"It seems your understanding of this is a little off."
The Divine Ape Spirit Body said flatly,
"Without a First Rank Land Immortal holding the fort, they could only hand over their sect's inheritance and meekly accept a subordinate position from then on.
"It wasn't just the Great Dream Dynasty that wanted White Bone Cave destroyed. The other Martial Alliance factions all gained plenty from it too."
"Remember, that's how this world works. Only with a First Rank do you qualify for a seat at the table.
"Without one, you can only stand and wait for orders."
"If all the Great Dream Dynasty's First