Published: August 10, 2026
Chapter 1032: Never Say I Didn't Warn You!
"Good to say, good to say."
"The past is already the past. There's no need to keep bringing it up."
"From now on, all of us will be in the Fourth Battle Zone. Liu hopes that all fellow daoists will do their best, and that we may fight together for the rise and fall of Tian Nan!"
Facing the compliments of the true lords, Liu Yu smiled warmly.
The shift from a council system to an elders' system was, in essence, the transfer of part of the power that the three great powers had wielded over Tian Nan during wartime into the hands of the Qingyun Society.
For example, in the past, which positions the major forces of Tian Nan were supposed to defend, and how many cultivators they should send into battle, had always been decided by the three great powers.
On this matter, even nascent soul sects had little room to bargain.
But now, the entire front line had been divided into nine battle zones, and all the sect forces of Tian Nan had also been divided into nine parts. During wartime, the nine elders would each command their own portion, without interfering with one another.
Even the three great powers, in theory, could not point fingers recklessly.
Of course, the three great powers occupied six of the nine elder seats, so in reality the number of cultivators they could mobilize had not decreased much.
Viewed from another angle, it also reduced internal friction, though the forces of one's own sect and its affiliated powers now had to personally go to the front.
From the opposite side's perspective, sending away those opponents who were full of schemes and tricks, and assigning them to manage three battle zones while only judging results, might not necessarily be a bad thing.
In this way, it was undoubtedly possible to mobilize all sides more effectively and bring out the full strength of the Tian Nan cultivation world.
Moreover, the divine transformation great sects had already yielded a step. They had let you manage your own affairs, so if you still refused to consider the bigger picture, thunderous suppression would arrive in an instant!
With a divine sovereign in charge, as long as the demands were not too excessive, the elders would mostly give face.
From the current situation, because the Human Race was declining day by day, the three great powers, with their vast foundations, still had their concerns.
They had no choice but to accept the current outcome, and in the short term, they probably would not make a move.
With all these factors combined, the alliance elder wielded immense power, possessing both legitimacy and strength.
As long as one was willing to spend the time and effort to govern, that power could be extended almost without limit.
Life and death could be decided with a single word!
Even if a true lord refused orders, there were still plenty of ways to deal with them.
During wartime, disobeying orders was a grave crime, and if pursued to the end, it could even be equivalent to "treason against the human race."
First of all, as an alliance elder, openly declaring that the target had committed "treason against the human race" would leave them with almost no place to stand in Tian Nan.
To become a traitor to humanity that everyone in the cultivation world denounced, having their sect destroyed and their entire clan exterminated would still be considered light punishment.
As for soul extraction and spirit refinement, grinding bones to dust and scattering ashes, the nine elders absolutely had the strength to do it.
For example, Liu Yu not only ranked among the pinnacle true lords himself, but there were even faint calls for him to be the "number one true lord."
Then there were his core confidants like Ink Plum, Yellow Brow, Yan Kai, Zhuo Mengzhen, Zhou Yunlong, and others. Pointing where to strike was all that needed to be said.
As for the people indirectly mobilized through his identities as an alliance elder and president of the Qingyun Society, there were even more of them. The number of great cultivators under him was already close to double digits, and it could be said that formidable generals were gathered here in great numbers.