Within the Cloud Firmament Small World, the Liang, Yang, Liu, and Jiang families formed an alliance and negotiated a response to Human Emperor Yongkang's edict.
All four families agreed that under the current circumstances, directly defying Human Emperor Yongkang's edict and raising the banner of rebellion was unquestionably not the best choice.
Just as the Liang Family already harbored disloyal ambitions, the old aristocratic clans of the Yang, Liu, and Jiang families possessed precious little loyalty toward the imperial clan or the Human Emperor. Each had their own calculations.
Yet, like the Liang Family, none of them wished to be the bird that stuck its head out. Instead, they planned to make more preparations in secret and launch their rebellion when the time was right.
After all, the three families faced the same problem as the Liang Family. They were all first-rank aristocratic clans with Immortal-ranked Kings, making them the foremost targets of the imperial clan and the Human Emperor. Any movement that showed above the surface would inevitably draw the fiercest suppression and attacks from the imperial clan and the Human Emperor.
However, the four families did not possess the Lu Family's foundations and strength in the Western Region. They could not rebel without restraint, seize most of the Western Region in one stroke, and confront the Immortal Dynasty's central forces and the imperial clan's rebel-suppression army without fearing the imperial clan and Human Emperor's brutal suppression.
Thus, they had no choice but to play along with the Human Emperor and the imperial clan for the time being, buying time for their own actions.
The Lu Family had the Western Region, but the four families likewise had territories upon which they could build: the newly conquered Demon Country to the south, the islands of the East Sea, and other