Lu Yin liked hypocrites. They knew how to read the room.
He knew how to deal with upright gentlemen, and hypocrites were even simpler—they were afraid of dying.
With the Moke Sword Sect settled, the Ghost Shadow Sword Sect was easy to handle. If they refused, Lu Yin could make them vanish from the universe. Gui Wuzong's greatest wish now was to be healed; he had no other thoughts at all. He agreed without even considering it.
The people who had been captured agreed soon afterward as well. Nearly all of them were leaders of major powers in the Central Region. After all, the ones who'd come to compete for Gu Yue's inheritance were naturally top figures. Once they surrendered, the powers they led followed suit.
In the end, each person had only one life. Few would rather die than surrender. Besides, this was only an alliance, not genuine submission to Lu Yin. They had opposed it because they didn't want someone above them giving orders. But now that their lives were on the line, why would they care about that?
The wooden statue was put away, and Ke Yun bowed to Lu Yin of his own accord.
The old woman at the Enlightenment Realm surrendered too. She was a Rogue Cultivator, and reaching the Enlightenment Realm as one spoke to her extraordinary talent. She had been hired by the Central Region coalition army for this operation, just like the three Enlightenment Realm experts who had tried to assassinate Lu Yin before. She didn't care about the Eastern Frontier Alliance or the Central Region coalition army; she had no stake in any of it.
The assassination gradually came to an end. Through the efforts of Wang Wen, Wei Rong, and En Ya, it became news that shook the Outer Universe.