News that Fang Chaoyun wanted to join the Heaven-God Alliance undoubtedly stunned many people as soon as it came out.
Fang Chaoyun was a top-tier Star Ruler and was even a disciple of Academic Heaven’s Song Fei, so how could he join Zi Luo Elder’s Heaven-God Alliance? Weren't the two sides irreconcilable enemies?
So lots of people initially scoffed at this. Coupled with the fact that the Heaven-God Alliance didn’t give any comment about it, people thought it was fake news.
However, Fang Chaoyun himself soon stepped forward and spoke out, proving that he truly did submit an application to join the Heaven-God Alliance, and that he did indeed want to join the Heaven-God Alliance.
"The Heaven-God Alliance is an organization that belongs to the gods and Star Rulers. It's not one person’s sole possession, so why can't I join?"
Elder Fang's powerful question was like a sharp spear that tore through the layer of protective excuses in front of the Heaven-God Alliance.
The Heaven-God Alliance was founded entirely by Zi Luo Elder, and he also wielded the most authority inside the organization, but that didn't mean he could openly proclaim that the Heaven-God Alliance was his sole possession.
The current Heaven-God Alliance was flourishing mainly due to the fact that some Star Rulers wanted to cling onto a powerful organization. They would be able to tap into the strength of a group, which was why they wanted to join an organization that seemed incomparably powerful.
After all, an organization with a Unified Dao powerhouse sitting at its helm had never appeared in the entire Myriad Heavens before.
Previously, Zhuangxuan and the others had always been promoting the organization as being open to everyone, so people didn’t realize something was wrong. Only Song Fei saw the weakness hidden in the deepest part of the organization.
The organization may be open to everyone, but Unified Dao cultivators had their own stances.
If Fang Chaoyun's membership application was rejected, then all those who had a grudge against Zi Luo Elder’s people would have to reconsider their own stances.
In other words, from the moment Fang Chaoyun acknowledged his own application, the attitude of the Heaven-God Alliance became less important.
Even if onlookers could still apply enthusiastically, the Heaven-God Alliance wouldn't dare to accept people as recklessly as before, because Fang Chaoyun's move was likewise a warning to the Heaven-God Alliance.
It didn't matter if his own application was accepted or not, but who knows if there were spies from Academic Heaven among the subsequent applicants?
Song Fei's move pretty much brought everything that was originally buried deep in people's hearts to the surface.
"I've already rejected Fang Chaoyun's application without giving a reason," Zhuangxuan said as such.
Xue Ren nodded slightly. At times like this, rather than finding some specious excuses, it was better to not give an explanation. In any case, everyone already knew why.
However, Zhuangxuan then continued, "Of the people who joined the Alliance in the past two days, two have already withdrawn, and a few now need to be re-examined. There’s even an old member who was found to have originated from Academic Heaven."
Xue Ren fell silent for a moment. "Many of the older members didn't know about the old man's existence when they joined the Alliance…"
"But no one can guarantee that they won't be incited into betraying us in the future." Zhuangxuan was still filled with indifference, completely unconcerned that everyone he was talking about was his senior. "We can't take any chances right now."
Xue Ren could only sigh again.
He knew Zhuangxuan was right. Although Song Fei could make his moves with ease, they couldn’t afford to take any risks, especially at this juncture.
The ten-year time limit was close at hand, and the entire Heaven-God Alliance could be destroyed if they slipped up right now.
However, Gao Xiaowen suddenly knocked on the door urgently and walked in, bringing a slightly frightening piece of information.
"Martial Uncle, Senior Gu Nan, he… went to seek revenge against Fang Chaoyun!"
……
It was true that Gu Nan had gone to seek revenge.
Although Fang Chaoyun intended to let Gu Nan go for the time being, Gu Nan had no intention of letting the other party go.
Without beating Fang Chaoyun into submission—beating him to the point where other people wouldn’t even dare to think about hindering Gu Nan—how could he continue his Divine Kingdom Wars?
And what Gu Nan did was also very simple, hardly much different from earlier.
He ran to Graceful Heaven and wreaked havoc before leisurely taking his leave, leaving behind an enraged Fang Chaoyun.
However, what was different from back then was that this time, Gu Nan did not return to his Divine Kingdom but stayed in the vicinity of Graceful Heaven instead.
"How dare you, impudent whelp!" Fang Chaoyun was the first to discover Gu Nan's whereabouts and struck without any hesitation.
Song Fei had told him not to provoke Gu Nan for the time being, but he hadn't forbidden him from fighting back.
A huge word "kill" character emerged from the void and quickly fell towards Gu Nan, which showed the murderous intent in Fang Chaoyun's heart.
However, Gu Nan just chuckled and casually threw a punch at the character. The giant character shattered while Gu Nan was sent flying, his right hand already a bloodied mess.
Gu Nan, who already advanced to Tier 8, finally had the ability to fight Fang Chaoyun head-on.
Although he still couldn’t really fight back, as long as he survived the encounter, Gu Nan had already achieved his goal.
Gu Nan revealed a trace of mockery as his figure instantly plunged into a spatial rift, having already gone to another plane.
His movements appeared hasty, and before he could close the spatial passage, Fang Chaoyun rushed over in the spur of the moment.
He could tell that the destination wasn’t Gu Nan's bizarre astral world, so he had nothing to fear.
However, Fang Chaoyun had just arrived when he heard cries for help.
"Elder Fang, please help! This thieving Gu Nan is here for my Origin Martial Realm!"
The one who opened his mouth was Origin Martial Realm’s Star Ruler Cao Yu, who was struggling to hold on under Gu Nan's frenzied attacks. When he saw Fang Chaoyun's arrival, it was as if he’d seen his savior.
Origin Martial Realm's Cao Yu, one of the Star Rulers who previously obstructed Gu Nan's Divine Kingdom War, was Gu Nan’s target this time.
Fang Chaoyun realized what Gu Nan was trying to do: he was clearly using this to warn all the Star Rulers who opposed him!
Cao Yu was considered the weakest of the Realm Level Star Rulers—not much better than Red—but he was still a Realm Level Star Ruler nevertheless.
If even he suffered heavy losses under Gu Nan's rampage, who else would dare to participate in the war against Gu Nan?
All these thoughts instantly flashed through Fang Chaoyun's mind, and without any further hesitation, he wrote out nine consecutive large characters.
However, Gu Nan just laughed, tossing Cao Yu aside and running away without another word, heading for Cao Yu’s lair below.
The nine large characters naturally followed him and were forcibly smashed apart by Gu Nan one by one, erupting with terrifying aftershocks that destroyed almost all of Cao Yu's lair.
Cao Yu looked like he wanted to cry but had no tears. "Elder Fang, this…"
Fang Chaoyun's expression was similarly ugly. Not long ago, he was able to easily defeat the other party and force Gu Nan to flee into his own astral world, but now he could no longer do anything to Gu Nan.
In the end, the Dao of literature that he specialized in was not the Dao of slaughter, so it was very difficult to kill Gu Nan.
But that didn’t mean Fang Chaoyun was out of options.
"No need to be anxious," he said in a low voice.
Fang Chaoyun began to write out characters quickly, and one "suppress" character after another appeared under his brush.
"As long as this person is suppressed, I’m confident I can…"
"Next, Black Dragon World." After Gu Nan destroyed Cao Yu's lair, he nonchalantly waved at them. "Old Cao, I'll come back again after I finish teaching everyone the first round of their lessons!"
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