Everything had been going fine, but then Yōu Ye'er had revealed the Yōu Secret Art during ZENITH, which had completely disrupted the Yōu family's plans. Even the Sword Sect had begun to suspect that the Yōu family was hiding some ulterior motive. After all, even an idiot could tell that someone who had mastered the Yōu Secret Art was from the main family of the Yōu clan. Why would the clan’s main family break away? Even if that was true, how could the Yōu clan have ever allowed the Yōu Secret Art to be taken away without making any attempts to recover it?

None of this made any sense, and so, it was impossible for the Yōu family to retain the Sword Sect’s protection. Madam Yōu, or rather, the entire Yōu family, had chosen to instead rely on the Great Eastern Alliance, which meant Lu Yin.

"Why do we want to join the Great Eastern Alliance?" Yōu Ye'er could not help herself from asking.

Madam Yōu felt helpless. "Exposing the Yōu Secret Art is no different from announcing that we are the main branch of the Yōu clan; who in the Innerverse would still dare to accept us? The Sword Sect or the Wen family might have the courage to do so, but they also have other goals. The Great Eastern Alliance is an amalgamation of many different interests, and Lu Yin is the champion of ZENITH, which has garnered him a great deal of support from the...