Tianming had long since memorized the names and origins of every single sect. Next, he needed all of them to report their military forces and where they were stationed at. But before that, he had to deal with the alliance council.

Right now, the second-, third-, and fourth-rate sects all stood by him. However, the fifth-, sixth-, seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-ranked sects hadn’t truly fallen under his banner yet. He still needed a deep discussion with Northdipper Swordsage and the rest.

“Please follow me, alliance leaders,” he said. He was above them in status, but these were all his seniors based on qualifications. Hence, he still had to be polite with his words.

But if they tried to use their seniority to bully him, he wouldn’t be polite.

The reason he had to give the first-rate sects so much importance...