Yu Ci knew very well that when he used "Eternal Azure Sky" over Xi Yu Lake, then turned it into a spirit talisman and placed it on his wrist, he had already won this chaotic contest involving many parties and factions outright.
In other words, the favorable turn of events was already tilting toward him, the "victor."
Best of all, Yu Ci had not done anything "beyond the scope."
He had merely risen in furious counterattack during a perilous assassination attempt against him, defeated numerous powerful figures including the Blood Mansion Ancestor and Zhao Xiangshan, and won openly and fairly.
Perhaps, during some portions of it, the effects he caused had "spread" to many innocent people.
But as the "landlord," and also the maker of the rules for the Three Northern Lakes, the Xiyu Alliance had failed to uphold its responsibility of maintaining basic order. Whether it was the Blood Mansion Ancestor or Zhao Xiangshan, both had dwelled within the Xiyu Alliance's sphere of influence for years and could fully be considered part of the Xiyu Alliance.
Not to mention that Sun Weizhen-sized loopholes had even appeared in the Three Origins Secret Array, which was meant to uphold "fairness." Whether by ordinary moral standards or by the basic rules formed over the Xiyu Alliance's long history, the greatest party responsible was none other than the Xiyu Alliance itself!
Yu Ci stood upright, his hands clean, with every right to speak;
The Xiyu Alliance, meanwhile, had stepped one foot into the mud and could only blame itself for not watching where it was going.
Before the Xiyu Alliance's upper ranks found a new way to restore "balance," every loss caused by that "imbalance" had to be borne by the Xiyu Alliance.
Still, what sort of "compensation" he could secure and how