Undercurrents stirred in the universe, but amid the scheming of the various factions, time continued to pass.
The Freedom Alliance, led by Island Master Shihua, was established nonetheless.
The Freedom Alliance, the Northern Border Alliance, the Starry Sky Beast Alliance, and the Ancestral God School became the four most important neutral powers.
Afterward, just as in the original work, Island Master Shihua came in to negotiate separately.
However, because Dongguan had mentioned it long ago, the Purple Moon Universe's involvement was discovered through the Original Ancestor's targeted probing.
Being unable to control a faction he had established himself undoubtedly infuriated Island Master Shihua.
Meanwhile, Lightway Master rallied another group of factions, and his talks with Island Master Shihua reached another impasse.
That was because the information provided by the Purple Moon Universe concerned how to become a Universe Strongest One, not how a Universe Strongest One could cultivate to the Universe Strongest One Limit.
Another round of negotiations followed.
Within the Anti-Human Alliance, the Five Great Peak Ethnic Groups each had their own affairs to attend to, leaving them insufficiently enthusiastic about courting the various factions. Many powerful beings sensed that attitude, too.
As a result, the various factions were less enthusiastic about joining.
Because Giant Axe was still around, the two main passageways to the Initial Universe did not become humanity's fatal weakness as they had in the original work.
If it truly became necessary, abandoning those two passageways while inflicting losses on their enemies was an acceptable outcome.
Even the Original Ancestor tacitly accepted this.
Amid the indecision, another two epochs passed.
The Universe Ocean, Liuzhong Mountain.
Faint ripples spread through space, and a figure teleported out of them.
"Finally out." Dongguan looked back at the fantastical, magnificent Liuzhong Mountain, still shaken.
His luck had not been bad,