White Kui had taken the initiative to join forces with Shaoyang and Evergreen not because he wanted to avenge White Azure Dragon, but mainly because Gao Xian had frightened him.
The formidable White Azure Dragon had been blasted apart on the spot by Gao Xian after a single misstep, body and soul utterly annihilated!
The whole world knew that Gao Xian loathed the Demon Race and Demonic Cultivators to the marrow. Faced with such a dangerous foe, White Kui naturally had to exhaust every means to get rid of him.
The Heavenly Demon Alliance and the Penglai Association had always maintained a fairly decent relationship, and he had some friendship with Shaoyang and Evergreen as well.
After all, they were all seventh-rank powerhouses of the East Sea. Over tens of thousands of years, they had constantly crossed paths—if not looking down, then looking up.
On the other hand, White Kui also knew that the members of the Penglai Association deeply detested Gao Xian.
They had encountered Gao Xian again beneath the Jade Firmament Divine Tree, yet Black Tortoise was nowhere to be seen. This made White Kui even more uneasy, so he simply sought out Shaoyang and Evergreen to join forces.
Though Shaoyang Heavenly Lord and Evergreen Heavenly Lord bore ill will toward Gao Xian, they were not particularly willing to make a move personally.
Bai Yue and Mysterious Underworld both had personal vendettas against Gao Xian, but they had no such excuse. Besides, Gao Xian had already advanced to the seventh rank, which made them deeply wary.
White Kui suddenly coming to propose an alliance greatly tempted the two seventh-rank Heavenly Lords.
Hundred Illusions was crafty and slippery; there was no point expecting him to contribute. But with White Kui joining them, things were different.
Even if Gao Xian