Amurong's words were contentious, but they had achieved their desired effect.

The authorities of the world federation had been concerned with whether or not Amurong was guilty of the crimes Hong Tianqi had accused him of—now, he had deftly changed the topic toward seizing control of Zhang Lie's research.

All of the Milky Way was hoping to see this mysterious recipe, after all.

Even so, Amurong didn't get off scot-free—not everyone was so easy to fool.

"Isn't it despicable of Amurong to be trying to attack the Zenith Dojo while Zhang Lie was fighting off the monarch of stars?"

"Regardless of the justification, this is behavior unbefitting...