At Uchiha Madara's words, a trace of embarrassment surfaced on Yan Cangxuan's face before vanishing swiftly. He took a deep breath. "I was discourteous before, but I truly had no choice. It was only recently, after learning of the Holy Maiden's whereabouts and realizing that you were one of us, Senior, that I dared reveal myself and meet you!"
"Oh?"
Uchiha Madara took out the token Fu Qiuhe had given him last time. "You mean this..."
"Precisely!"
Yan Cangxuan said, "Does Senior know why our Heavenly Secrets Tower received the full support of the three great sacred lands—Profound Water, Azure Thunder, and Blazing Fire—to spread our intelligence network across the world?"
Without waiting for Uchiha Madara to answer, he continued, "On the surface, this tower exists for business, but in truth, it is a secret association established to guard against a hidden organization..."
"The Heavenly Alliance?"
Uchiha Madara spoke softly, and Yan Cangxuan's expression immediately changed. "Senior already knows..."
"I only know that, no matter how extraordinarily talented Nangong Li may be, he could not have built an organization that secretly laid plans across the world in such a short time..."
"Correct!"
Yan Cangxuan gritted his teeth. "The Heavenly Alliance was secretly established by the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land long ago. Over several centuries, it grew stronger and secretly infiltrated every sacred land, with the world as its ambition! Our Heavenly Wind Sacred Land's ancestors recognized this danger and deliberately established the Heavenly Secrets Tower to oppose the Heavenly Alliance, receiving covert support from all the sacred lands... Mad Great Master of that era was the previous Tower Master of our Heavenly Secrets Tower!"
"Unfortunately, in this generation, the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land produced an unparalleled genius like Nangong Li. The Heavenly Alliance has continued growing, while the Heavenly Secrets