Sage Qingwei’s statement shocked the entire assembly, as if an earthquake had struck within the hall.0

Sage Qingwei had only just concluded the Fenglin Campaign, and now he intended to ignite another war in the New Continent? The Li family truly followed through to the end, determined to use the Daoist Order’s sword to secure even greater gains.0

However, the Shibo Hall and the Duzhi Hall would be the first to object. Two consecutive major wars had already stretched the Daoist Order’s finances thin. The past two years had essentially been spent cleaning up the aftermath, and the Daoist Order had not yet fully recovered its strength.0

Now that things had only just improved slightly, they wanted to wage war again? Moreover, they wanted to fight on the far side across the ocean. Such enormous expenditures could push the Daoist Order’s finances to the brink of collapse.0

Many already believed the Daoist Order was “sick.” If it also lost its financial resources, the consequences would be unimaginable.0

Not everyone present at this council came from the Taiping Sect. There were also members of the Zhengyi Sect and...0