After bringing Pill Tower and Burning Flame Valley aboard, Xiao Wujiu held a brief discussion with both factions. Having unsurprisingly secured the leading position, he then exchanged some resources with them, establishing a mutually beneficial relationship.
Of course, it was mostly Xiao Wujiu's side providing support. After all, the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan were Emperor Clans, and even the resources Xiao Wujiu had used to refine Heavenly Demon Puppets amounted to only a small portion of what they possessed. It was merely that very few of those resources were useful to Xiao Wujiu. With such an enormous investment of resources, nurturing a few Dou Sheng powerhouses was practically effortless.
The reason he was willing to do this was not because he truly valued Pill Tower and Burning Flame Valley joining him.
Although the rules and theories from his previous life might not necessarily apply in this fantasy world, having more friends and fewer enemies could never be wrong.
Make friends with the former, destroy the latter—only by pursuing both could one ensure a lasting plan.
After seeing off the Pill Tower Ancestor and Fire Cloud Ancestor, Xiao Wujiu did not consider recruiting more allies. Those matters were not for him to handle.
He immediately headed into the depths of Ancient Dragon Island. The valuable corpses of the Stone Clan had already been gathered and were waiting for him to turn them into Heavenly Demon Puppets.
Once the Stone Clan experts' corpses were refined into Heavenly Demon Puppets, together with the puppets previously made from Spirit Clan experts, their middle- and high-level forces would be roughly comparable to those of Emperor Clans such as the Lei Clan, Yan Clan, and Yao Clan.
As for lower-level strength, it could no longer affect the course of the war, so there was no