Everyone had their own calculations upon hearing this.
So many mighty cultivators could not possibly all belong to the Azure Cloud Sect or Fang Qianyuan, pledging themselves to a single side.
That would not only force the ancient cultivators' wills, but also break the alliance's tacit understanding regarding the division of spoils.
Fang Qianyuan had clearly realized this as well. By raising the matter publicly now, he was undoubtedly giving everyone tacit permission to recruit them through their own abilities.
After all, mighty ancient cultivators were not spoils like scriptures or ore veins. It was essential to give full consideration to their personal wishes and compete for their allegiance through whatever means each side possessed.
King Mu recalled something and asked, "Does Venerable Fang intend to open new battlefields to settle them?"
"Indeed," Fang Qianyuan said. "Haven't we been doing our utmost to search for new worlds while campaigning in the Jianmu World? As it happens, more than ten smaller ordinary worlds have been confirmed to contain one or two Heaven Tier experts, or treasures of the corresponding Human Rank and Earth Rank grades. We can dispatch them to conquer those worlds individually."
"Moreover, Fellow Daoist Li and Fellow Daoist Duanmu have achieved a decisive victory in their campaign against Jianmu. They will soon escort those six Life Essence Fruits back..."
"When the time comes, we can also station several ancient cultivators in the Jianmu World to resist the Spirit of Nature's final counterattack!"
Everyone was delighted and surprised. "Fellow Daoist Li and Fellow Daoist Duanmu succeeded?"
This seemed to have only just been confirmed, but it was not beyond their expectations.
They had all been receiving updates on the Otherworld campaign and knew their side would win sooner or later, so they had long been prepared for it.
Still,