Although the Great Eastern Alliance had managed to unite the Innerverse, it had also been forced to shrink its defensive perimeter. At the moment, they controlled the eastern portion of Blazing Mist Flowzone, half of Venom Flowzone, First Flowzone, Beast Tamers Flowzone, and so on.

Ancestor Tortoise’s sudden appearance astonished everyone from the Great Eastern Alliance.

Upon returning to the Ross Empire’s mobile fortress, the first thing that Lu Yin did was to contact the forces that controlled the Innerverse’s eight major flowzones.

On Sword Mountain, Liu Qianjue looked at the image of Lu Yin with an ugly expression on his face. "Alliance Leader Lu, my Sword Sect cannot agree to this! Sword Mountain has always been the very foundation of my Sword Sect. From the moment we first seized control of First Flowzone all those years ago, we have never once left. Even if I give you my word to abandon Sword Mountain and flee to Blazing Mist Flowzone, my sect’s disciples will never agree to it."

Lu Yin answered in a deep voice, "I am not asking you to abandon Sword Mountain. Once this catastrophe is over, you can return."

Liu Qianjue shook his head. "Of my Sword Sect’s tens of millions of disciples, hundreds of thousands of them are willing to die protecting Sword Mountain. Countless disciples have already been buried beneath this mountain, and it is a part of Sword Sect’s beliefs."

"Even if you will be destroyed with your Sword Mountain?" Lu Yin asked.

Liu Qianjue answered firmly, "Even...