To contend with their Principal Household, the Hengyang Lu Clan, the Nine Serenities Lu Clan naturally had to seek as many allies as possible.
They already had one ally, the Grand Hua Jade Heaven Sect's Mirror-Holding Armored Lord, Divine Master. For some unknown reason, however, this Divine Master's attitude had suddenly become ambiguous, as though he had grown wary of their Nine Serenities Lu Clan.
Left with no other choice.
Their ancestor, Immortal Lord Duo Ning the Usurper, could only seek other allies. Fortunately, the search went fairly smoothly. The South Sea Dragon Clan was willing to ally with them and offer assistance, and beyond the South Sea Dragon Clan, there was also the force behind these black-robed cultivators-the First God Cult.
The First God Cult was not well known in the Boundless Southern Heaven Realm. It was not even a publicly established force and had no mountain stronghold of its own. It was merely an obscure Demonic Dao faction that worshipped the "First God," the founder of the Qi Sea Uniting Spirit Dao and the Boundless Southern Heaven Realm's first Divine Master.
Though it had little reputation, their ancestor, Immortal Lord Duo Ning the Usurper, and Lu Danyan had personally investigated it.
They learned that the First God Cult possessed a well-preserved succession of teachings. Its followers were few, but almost all were Great Cultivators in the World-Raising and Suspended Sky Realms. There were even several in the Ascension Realm, giving it high-level fighting strength comparable to a major power.
From this, they deduced that the "First God" worshipped by the First God Cult most likely truly existed. Otherwise, the cult could not have produced such a complete inheritance. He simply was not a Divine Master of the Boundless Southern Heaven Realm, but an Ancient True Lord.
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