As the former leader of the Five Great Ancient Clans, the Maha Ancient Clan naturally had connections throughout the Great Thousand World.
By contrast, the Pagoda Ancient Clan's prestige had soared like the sun at its zenith of late, and the various powers were all willing to help suppress it somewhat.
After all, the Pagoda Ancient Clan's rise had shattered the Great Thousand World's existing balance.
The problem was that Futu Yun had left far too deep an impression on them all.
He was the Great Thousand World's First Killing God, who killed without mercy, as well as its foremost strategist, whose calculations never missed a thing.
Under these circumstances, the various powers ultimately reached a consensus:
They would wait and see, keeping out of the matter and leaving the Maha Ancient Clan to deal with the turmoil itself.
While the Maha Ancient Clan busied itself reaching out to powers everywhere,
everyone assumed the Pagoda Ancient Clan would also actively prepare for war and approach them to forge alliances.
After all, once war broke out, these neutral supreme powers would have no small role to play.
That was why these powers were in no hurry to choose sides. They wanted to see what tempting terms Futu Yun would offer before making their plans.
They certainly had their abacuses clicking away nicely, hoping to curry favor on both sides and reap every benefit.
Yet they discovered that they had miscalculated once again.
The Maha Ancient Clan was indeed actively courting the various powers, but there was no movement whatsoever from the Pagoda Ancient Clan,
as though it had never noticed that the Maha Ancient Clan intended to strike back from the brink.
Not only had the Pagoda Ancient Clan made no attempt to recruit allies, it showed not even a trace