Chu Liang sat atop a mountain peak, holding a feather fan in hand. As he gazed toward the distant Devil Illusion Mountain with his divine sense, he murmured to himself, "I sit atop the city tower, admiring the mountain view while chaos brews beyond the walls…"3

Beside him, Lin Bei called out, "The message has arrived!"0

Chu Liang snapped his feather fan downward. "Inform everyone. Attack!"0

Lin Bei burst into loud laughter. "Heheheh! The leader of the Dark King Sect would never have expected that we’re the ones behind Immortal Yuan Lu. Chu Liang, your sinister cunning—uh, I mean, your strategic foresight, is truly admirable. As expected of my brother!"0

Chu Liang shared his insight with a smile. "It's always more effective to deal with local threats using local people."0

Just like the previous operation against the Penglai Supreme Sect, if this strike against the diabolical sects had been carried out by the Mount Shu Sect or other righteous cultivators, they would not have been able to pinpoint the root of the problem and would have ended up putting in twice the effort for half the results.0

However, by using a divide-and-conquer approach, where having the locals turn on each other, the results would be much more effective. No group was ever completely united. If you spotted the right conflict...0