Nothing was inevitable.
If they truly waited until Konoha had completely defeated the Supreme One Clan before coming to pledge allegiance, then they would probably only be fit to serve as pawns. Whether under the rule of the Supreme One Clan or within Konoha, they would never truly grow powerful.
Compared to Ye Qingyang and the others, who had pledged allegiance from the very beginning, they could now only be considered icing on the cake. But if they waited any longer, they would not even be that.
With Chen Xuanyi and the others joining, Jianmu grew increasingly lush and verdant. Its phantom became more solid, even beginning to transform into a physical entity.
Buzz!
A faint tremor suddenly spread through the sky. Many people were drawn to it and looked up.
High above the nine heavens floated an enormous tree that blotted out the sky and sun. Yet this tree had already withered away, leaving only a broken trunk supporting the nine clusters of silver light above it.
The moment many people saw this, they understood. This was the dead Jianmu from the Ninefold Heavenly Palace, summoned by Jianmu's phantom.
Though it was withered wood, as an ancient God Tree, its aura remained majestic. It resonated with the Jianmu phantom summoned by Bu Lianshi, and once their auras joined together, Jianmu's pressure immediately surged again. The hundreds of thousands of Supreme One Clan cultivators currently operating the Supreme One Immortal Formation suddenly found the pressure upon them greatly increased.
Some Supreme One Clan members with relatively low cultivation had already begun to sway violently, clearly unable to withstand the backlash of such overwhelming pressure.
Earlier, in order to crush Konoha in one stroke, Crown Prince Changqing had brought over everyone in the clan who had awakened the Supreme One Scripture.