"Before we launched our all-out assault on the Jianmu World last time, I had a similar premonition. People from the Two Sects must still be operating in the shadows."
"I thought that with their foundations lost, no amount of scheming could stir up any waves. Yet in little more than a month, they have managed to influence even members of the Cloud Summit Alliance."
Fang Qianyuan had left King Mu and the others to their own devices.
He had never needed their support, nor had he feared their opposition. Joining forces with Tian Heng was enough to resolve any trouble.
After successfully conquering the Jianmu World and obtaining the Life Essence Fruit, which represented an opportunity for immortality and imperishability, his prestige within the Cloud Summit Alliance had reached an unprecedented peak, enough to overshadow every conflict.
No one could shake his position as leader anymore, much less openly oppose the alliance and directly challenge the mighty figures who wished to follow him and obtain their own chance at immortality and imperishability.
Even King Mu and Night King had to suppress their disloyal thoughts, obediently follow the alliance's orders, and add their bricks and mortar to the campaign of conquest in the Otherworld.
Such a change could only mean that someone had secretly offered them greater benefits, or that their own cultivation and strength had a chance of reaching the Heavenly Dao Realm, making them believe they could stand as his equals.
Putting together the clues he knew, Fang Qianyuan concluded that it should be the latter. The Cloud Summit Alliance had already obtained the Immortality Elixir. They only needed to keep following him, step by step, to fulfill their long-cherished wish. There was truly no need to set up a separate stove and invite a host of needless troubles.