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Chapter 1400: Chapter 1025: New Alliance_3

Who would want to put in all that effort only to make things easier for others? Cao Yuanwei is pulling in many cultivators from the Commerce Association, trying to seize the opportunity for a collective ascension, leaving Du Li and the others behind."

The Elder Scholar listened, twitching at the corners of his mouth, and said coldly: "You all really have high opinions of yourselves. Do you think you can ascend just because you want to? Have you ever taken a good look at yourselves in a puddle of water?"

"When you’ve been in a high position for too long, it’s normal to lack self-awareness," You said softly. "Most cultivators at this stage don’t see much fault in their past actions. If they had true self-reflection, they wouldn’t have fallen to this point. It’s just that the Heavenly Dao was lacking, and didn’t strike them dead during tribulation crossing, giving them a false impression."

Lu Chongde nodded and said, "Even if I fall into your hands, I don’t think I was wrong before. If I wasn’t going to fight or compete, I might as well become a Buddhist Cultivator. Why be a Demon Cultivator at all? Survival of the fittest is the way of the Heavenly Dao. Now, it’s just the winners becoming kings, the losers turning into bandits."

Cao Yuanwei had thoughts of going solo, so he began roping in members not on the alliance list. Though he was in the Demon Realm Alliance, we were ready to break away and form a new alliance at any moment.

At the time, those who chose to follow him were mainly the City Lords, workshop chiefs in Market, and Commerce Association members.

Though they had money, they lacked cultivators with strong combat capabilities, so Cao Yuanwei extended his reach to the Law Enforcement Hall and the Left and Right Martial Guards, successfully recruiting a group of powerful cultivators.

Then Du Li ordered to halt the affairs of the Law Enforcement Hall and the Commerce Association. We realized the Commerce Association was exposed and would eventually get entangled, leading to the establishment of the new alliance under Cao Yuanwei’s connections. But soon, conflicts arose mainly due to the exposed power of the Celestial Dao’s remnant, which continuously threatened cultivators. Everyone felt uneasy, thinking the collective ascension plan was simply a march to death!

Without the lure of immense benefits from ascension to immortality, internal strife within the newly established alliance was unending.

First, the city lords started siding with opposition, feeling that without exposing their identity as traitors, they could still enjoy life by guarding their cities; then we, the military generals, refused to be subservient to merchants who could simply sip tea and crunch numbers while we risked our lives, who would be willing?

Thus, Cao Yuanwei, who spearheaded the new alliance, was killed after just one day as the Alliance Leader.

Initially, the new alliance headquarters was set in Wanbao City, led by Kang Muzi, a staunch supporter of Cao Yuanwei. However, as the vision of ascension fell apart, Kang Muzi regretted it, fearing trouble from Lan Shanying and Du Li, and exited the new alliance following Cao Yuanwei’s death.

Later on, the Extreme North Realm suddenly had a burst of spiritual energy. In the leaderless fight for the Alliance Leader position, someone suggested that whoever could seize the city near the Extreme North Realm could become the Alliance Leader.

Firstly, the Extreme North Realm is far from the Demon Realm Alliance, making it relatively safer;

Secondly, many city lords who initially joined the new alliance out of indignation at being excluded from the collective ascension realized not being on the death list was actually beneficial, thus felt no animosity towards Lan Shanying and Du Li. Seeing the instability in the new alliance, they withdrew.

Many of them had control over cities close to the Extreme North Realm, allowing them to hunt traitors while providing a foothold for the new alliance, achieving two goals with one effort.

Relying on combat power, they first established positions like Left and Right Forward Generals... I used my cultivation to seize the position of Left General, but given my scant support, I dared not rashly target cities, so I set my sights on Qihan Mountain..."