"Such a major matter concerning the entire Human Race should be decided with the Ancestral Land's approval, shouldn't it?"
A True Lord spoke up. They intended to use the Ancestral Land to pressure Ye Lin into abandoning this idea. After all, this was a gamble with the future of the entire Human Race of the Eastern Continent.
It was also a gamble with their own futures. They were human, rooted in the Human Race; their prosperity and ruin were bound together with it. As for defecting to another race?
This was not some novel. The higher one's cultivation, the less likely other races were to accept them.
Even a race as powerful as the Demon Race would not accept the defection of a True Lord from an unfamiliar race. Once the Human Race declined, they too would be dragged down from their pedestals.
Though they were powerful, once they left the Human Race, every one of them would become a stray dog. There would surely be no place for them anywhere in the Eastern Continent.
If you were merely an insignificant nobody, then at worst they would let you go—play however you pleased.
But if you were a True Lord, then even if you fled to the ends of the earth, you would still have to die. Even the Demon Race dared not underestimate a True Lord's vengeance.
"Using the Ancestral Land to pressure me? Don't worry. If my proposal were brought before the Ancestral Land, it would pass unanimously as well."
"Besides, the Ancestral Land has no attention to spare for this matter right now. We can use the fairest method—let a vote decide."
"I won't ask for the opinion of all Nameless Mountain. Just those present: raise your hands if you are willing to take the initiative and