A few days later, Bewildering Mind Island and Vast Wave Palace released earth-shaking news: the old Daoist of Bewildering Mind and Blue Wave Feathered Scholar Suixin Yi declared that they had decided to join the Seven Seas Alliance. Admiring Five Swords Lord, the alliance leader, for his lofty righteousness, they would serve as the Seven Seas Alliance's left and right great protectors.
From that day onward, Bewildering Mind Island and Vast Wave Palace became part of the Seven Seas Alliance. Any disciple of Bewildering Mind Island or Vast Wave Palace was now a member of the Seven Seas Alliance. The moment this news spread, the world was in an uproar.
After all, the two men who had made this declaration were both great cultivators of the Earthly Fiend realm. Their status in the Outer Sea could be called "pillars holding up the torrent, divine needles steadying the sea." Once the old Daoist of Bewildering Mind and Suixin Yi had spoken thus, the entire world's balance of power was bound to change.
There were not many named Earthly Fiend realm experts beneath heaven. Among the Seven Great Orthodox Sects, there were only five Earthly Fiend realm experts in the open: Taiwu Xingyuan, the North Star Sword Sect's sect master; True Lord Lu of the Imperial Origin Sect; and Liu Tianming, the "One Breath Daoist" of the Southern Dipper Lineage. These three great experts were the Mount Tai and Northern Dipper of the orthodox path.
The other two were the Eastern Pole Great Sage of the Azure Yang Eastern Dipper Sect and True Lord Da Kui of the Central Limitless Sect. These five Earthly Fiend realm experts were the towering pillars currently holding up the orthodox path.
In the Outer Sea, there were Bewildering Mind Daoist and Blue Wave Feathered Scholar, two