Suyao looked at Zhunti and said coldly, "Fellow Daoist Zhunti, you are too modest.
Your own cultivation is already at the peak of Quasi-Saint. Looking across the various religions of the Mystic Gate, below Saints, aside from Senior Sister Ling Yan, I fear it would be difficult to find anyone who can firmly stand a notch above you.
With your ability, even if you did not ally with us and instead led the Western Religion's followers alone, you could still establish your own front within the Ten Thousand Immortals Array. Why lower yourself to take orders?"
Although the Western Religion had one less Saint, it had gained a Quasi-Saint at the peak with freedom of action.
Its strategic power had been weakened, but in terms of tactical power, it had instead been strengthened.
Zhunti's roots and talent, even among the Three Thousand Guests of Purple Cloud Palace, ranked near the front.
Religious affairs and miscellaneous chores could be entirely handed to Direct Disciples, his Good Corpse, his Evil Corpse, or even handled by directly using an incarnation art; they would scarcely delay his own cultivation.
With such a veteran powerhouse present, in conventional battlefields below Saints, his influence was immense.
Even Duobao, with the support of the improved Ten Thousand Immortals Array, might or might not be able to deal with Zhunti.
After all, the foundation of the Ten Thousand Immortals Array lay in the combined force of "ten thousand immortals";
compared to peerless vicious arrays like the Demon Race's "Zhou Tian Stars" and the Wu Clan's "Twelve Divine Fiends" from in the past, which could clash head-on with Saints, it was ultimately a level inferior.
A peak Quasi-Saint, facing a formation whose combat strength had not reached the "Saint level";
even if he could not break the array, he