Published: March 8, 2025
The southern region has fallen into chaos.
The Zhuge family is on high alert.
Zhuge Hun and Zhuge Wen, the two young masters, stand on either side, carefully arranging their forces.
The Ancestral Patriarch of the Zhuge family is stationed at the family stronghold, calculating heaven's secrets.
Three days later, after some calculations, a bit of insight finally emerges. By the time the family sends out notifications, the chaos has already subsided. Aside from the addition of several ruins, it seems as if nothing ever happened.
The Zhuge family's territory has returned to calm...
The group of troublemakers has seemingly vanished.
Holding the secretive insights calculated by the Ancestral Patriarch, the Zhuge family members feel a sense of frustration—what's the use of it now?
"The killing star comes from the south, turning heaven and earth upside down; lives are in turmoil at your anger. Heaven's secret is hard to measure, shadows can't stay; a false alarm, starlit northward gaze!"
This is the verse of the Ancestral Patriarch, Zhuge Cangtian.
If we had known it was a false alarm earlier, we wouldn't have been so alarmed...
But who could have foreseen such a thing?
However, the last line… "starlit northward gaze"…
Does it imply these people have gone north?
And with a war ongoing in the north, does that mean the Nine Calamity are heading to rescue Li Xiong Tu?
The Zhuge family immediately relayed this information.
...
Northwest.
In the command tent of the allied forces.
Diwu Qingrou furrows her brows, seated in the main position.
Having been here for a month, she now feels somewhat exhausted.
Although she has been appointed as the supreme commander by the Law Sovereign, very few actually regard her with the respect she deserves. Moreover, because she was appointed by the Law Sovereign, the proud supreme experts think of her as merely a flatterer...
Diwu Qingrou senses a distinct difference.
This place is not like the lower three heavens.
In the lower three heavens, they worship not only martial prowess but also wisdom! Thus, a scholar could become a Prime Minister, a Grand Teacher, or even a military advisor, as long as they could bring victory—no matter if they were a paralyzed person, they would still earn everyone's respect...
But here, only martial strength matters!
And it’s… only personal martial strength!
Only the power of individuals is revered.
With the Eight Great Families’ allied forces gathered, nearly everyone is a supreme expert, each looking down on everyone else.
Such superior forces facing a mere Li family—what need is there for planning?
No matter how many clever strategies you have, I only need one punch!
When Diwu Qingrou suggested a clever scheme, a supreme expert from the Ye family remarked, “Wisdom? Hahaha… wisdom is indeed useful, and no one denies that. But that is under the condition of equality! Commander Diwu, forgive my rudeness, but allow me to ask you this: A trap can ensnare a throne, but can it ensnare a supreme?”
“A swarm of ants can devour a caterpillar, but can they eat a living divine dragon? Hahaha… so-called wisdom is merely scheming and calculation. Do you really think that with over a thousand of us supreme experts facing a single Li family, we still need to deliberate? You hold them in too high regard!”
After he finished speaking, the other supreme experts in the tent erupted into applause and laughter!
Diwu Qingrou felt powerless.
Yes, there are over a thousand supreme experts here. Yes, the forces from each family are indeed impressive. The Law Enforcers have dispatched a large number of experts for revenge! There are three ninth rank supremes!
That is more than enough to deal with the Li family.
But this collective strength, if split, no single family could contend with the Li family! Yet each one acts as if they are number one in the world, with no possibility of sincere cooperation.
The Ye family and Xiao Clan have some grudges intertwined, seemingly ready to trip each other up at any moment.
And the Xiao Clan and Lan family also have their own grievances; the Zhuge family is embroiled too; the Ye family has faced losses, and the Chen family is particularly resentful. The Stone family is waiting for an opportunity…