There was usually a reason when two major powers cooperated, especially organizations with a long history of resentment like Shrek Academy and the Body Sect.
The direct reason they could now sit peacefully in the same room and discuss cooperation was undoubtedly the threat posed by the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult.
If neither Shrek Academy nor the Body Sect had been unable to contend with those two forces, it would probably have taken several decades to bring about cooperation between them.
What Du Busi was asking about was, in fact, the reason for this cooperation and what they should do after it.
Once Tang Wulin understood that, the answer was simple.
"From the Sun Moon Empire's attempt to turn the vast majority of our Original Three Kingdoms' top talents into hostages during the last Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, it was clear that they had already prepared for war. Within half a year at most, they would have launched it."
"However, after the battle at Sunrise City, we happened to completely wipe out the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Corps, one of their Hands of the Nation's Protection. That directly damaged their foundations and greatly delayed the start of the war."
"After all, the direct losses suffered by the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Corps were only one aspect. More importantly, we demonstrated our military deterrence to them: as long as we top Soul Masters wish it, we can still deal with the Beast King Soul Engineer Corps."
"So, Xu Tianran's failure to launch a war over the past two years was not only to recover his strength. Another important reason should have been to reassure his people."
"Now that two years have passed, they should have mostly settled things. Although the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer