Liu Qianjue looked at Lu Yin with an amused expression. "Resistance? What resistance? Immortal Old Man thinks too highly of himself. He isn't that important. Even if councilors are used to keep other councilors in check, our Inner Universe has two of them as well. They may be councilors in name only, but the Inner Universe's momentum can't be suppressed by a mere councilor."
"We didn't act before because the time wasn't right."
"And now it is?" Lu Yin asked.
Liu Qianjue shook his head. "Whether the time is right or not, the Eastern Frontier Alliance must be dismantled. Alliance Leader Lu, do you know how much damage the alliance has caused the Inner Universe since it was established? Let's set aside the other factions. My Sword Sect alone has lost several million cubic meters of Star Energy Marrow."
Lu Yin frowned. "Are you counting from when the Inner and Outer Universe were cut off from each other?"
"From when they were connected again," Liu Qianjue replied.
Lu Yin fell silent.
"Cultivation takes a long time. A year is nothing, but it's perfectly normal for a sect to exist for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years—or longer. You can calculate how much they'll lose over that span."
"Senior, that's not how you calculate the losses. These resources weren't your surplus. Otherwise, after all these years, the Sword Mountain alone would be overflowing with everything you gained from the Outer Universe. There aren't enough resources in the Outer Universe for you to consume them all."
"True. Even so, it's still a considerable loss. And that's only Star Energy Marrow. If we include all the resources and talent we could have discovered, the losses are incalculable. The Eastern Frontier Alliance can't bear them."
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