Xiao Xiao is truly willing to contribute her power for the sake of the human world, even willing to sacrifice her personal interests to help humanity. The Alliance should not allow such a person to suffer losses.

Yes, it might not be easy for Xiao Xiao to advance to True God status. When she's about to advance, I must be vigilant. If anything unexpected occurs, I will pull together the Divine Phoenix lady and other Grand Elders from the Alliance to offer her support, ensuring she safely becomes a True God.

The resources of the Alliance should be allocated to those who are truly willing to serve the Alliance; we must not let these people feel disheartened.

"Xiao Xiao, wait for good news. Taking advantage of the fact that the Heavenly Court is not making any drastic moves right now, I will go to the Alliance to request the Energy Fruits for you."

Zhou Xuanmen put away his Divine Treasure and instructed Xiao Mu, "I won't be returning. Tell the others that I'm going to seek help from the Headquarters and will be back soon. During this time, it's best for you to stay with everyone and not to scatter. I'm worried that the Heavenly Court will target you."

"The Senior's reminder is well taken. I'll stay with everyone for the time being. Safe travels." Xiao Mu waved to Zhou Xuanmen.

Zhou Xuanmen nodded, a dark grey curse cloud surged beneath his feet. Stepping on the curse cloud, he first headed north, then west, deliberately avoiding the Dalin Abyss, and flew towards the Alliance Headquarters.

Senior Zhou avoided the Dalin Abyss!

Zhou Xuanmen's deliberate detour around the Dalin Abyss inexplicably made Xiao Mu feel the pressure, even a powerful True God like Zhou Xuanmen did not wish to directly conflict with the Heavenly Court at this time.

It seems that the arrival of the new True God has indeed brought unimaginable pressure to the human world.

Unable to resist, Xiao Mu walked to the spot where Zhou Xuanmen had just stood, stood on the edge of the cliff, and looked out towards the Dalin Abyss.

Above the Dalin Abyss, Xiao Mu deliberately observed the aura of divine authority of a True God. Soon, he noticed that, in the sky above the Dalin Abyss, in addition to the authority of the Divine Monarch of Retribution and the Lord of the Nether River, there was also another divine authority of retribution.

And this new divine authority of retribution seemed far more potent and intense than that of the Divine Monarch of Retribution.

The Retribution Cloud formed by the Divine Monarch of Retribution's divine authority in the high skies was probably about a thousand miles in radius, whereas this new one covered an area of at least three thousand, or even five thousand miles in radius.

The power disparity is too great.

This divine authority of retribution, ranging from three thousand to five thousand miles in diameter, was now gathering in the air forming a huge dark cloud.

This gloomy cloud seemed to contain countless wronged Yin Souls struggling and howling within it, covering the heaven and earth below, turning it eerily somber, almost turning it into the Netherworld.

Under the impact of such an overwhelming momentum, even Zhou Xuanmen repressed his own aura, concealing his divine power, clearly not wishing to directly conflict at this time.

Yuan Men and Yu Tong, on the other hand, freely released their divine authority, becoming extremely aggressive; on one hand they were provoking, and on the other, they were fearless.

"This is what a real top-tier True God is like. Compared to him, Yuan Men and Yu Tong are not even worth mentioning."

"Senior Divine Monarch Wu De once mentioned that even among True Gods there are strong and weak ones; he himself is among the stronger True Gods. I wonder, compared to him, which one would be more formidable in perfect condition—Senior Wu De or this individual."

"Strange, where has Senior Wu De gone? When will he be able to return?"

"After all, the Senior's injuries were too severe. In the last battle with Yuan Men and Yu Tong, he actually failed to defeat his opponents, which must also have been a significant blow to him."

Continuing to gaze at the Dalin Abyss from afar, Xiao Mu's vision focused intently like a laser, aiming miles away without dispersing in the slightest.

In the Dalin Abyss, the Mutated Beings of the Heavenly Court were busy. Many of them were carrying various materials and transporting them to a small mountain peak which used to be the base for Zhou Xuanmen.

One by one, small Arrays were laid out, and between them, there seemed to be connections, forming a Great Array.

What is this for? Has the Heavenly Court discovered the exact location of the Pool of Chaos, and are they about to breach the Creation Array?

A thought suddenly occurred to Xiao Mu, and he was startled.

Hmph!

An abrupt cold huff sounded right by Xiao Mu's ear, like a needle cruelly pricking his soul, causing his entire body to go numb in an instant.

Immediately afterward, blood red as if dyed flowed out from his eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. Simultaneously, his vision was disrupted, unable to keep watching the Dalin Abyss miles away anymore.

Another True God!

Xiao Mu came to his senses and realized that the disruption was from another True God. This individual had noticed him sneaking a peek at the Dalin Abyss and attacked him with Divine Sense.

Fortunately, the distance was sufficiently great. This individual was not yet able to truly harm him; at most, they could only inflict damage to his Divine Sense.

So powerful!

Xiao Mu dared not be careless anymore; even though that True God had only demonstrated a fraction of his power, it was enough to be a warning to him.

However, soon Xiao Mu encountered another puzzling question.

The arrival of this True God is so powerful that as long as he and the Yuan Men under Yu Tong join forces, they would be capable of defeating the Human world and completely occupy it. Why, then, has he not taken direct action?

Xiao Mu couldn't figure it out, could it be that this newly arrived True God is actually wary of the Divine Monarch Wu De?

No, that's not right. The current Divine Monarch Wu De probably isn't worthy of this newly arrived True God's wariness, is he?

If not the Divine Monarch Wu De, then who could it be? Emperor Xuanding? Divine Phoenix? The Human Emperor's contingency plans? The Heavenly Emperor?

Xiao Mu thought of various possibilities but couldn't determine which one it was for certain.

Soon, he stopped pondering over it. The enemy was too strong; he had to use the time to enhance his own strength urgently.

On his way back, he caught up with the main forces and relayed Zhou Xuanmen's instructions before leaving, then continued to advance with everyone else.

When they reached the edge of Twilight Forest Village, everyone stopped and settled on a hilltop. While the others rested, Xiao Mu began his cultivation.

He intended to seize this opportunity to continue increasing his strength. The Great War might break out soon, and the stronger he was, the more chances he would have to save his life.

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Zhou Xuanmen used the technique of Riding Clouds and Mist, flying straight to the Alliance Headquarters.

"Greetings to Grand Elder Zhou!"

"Good to see you, Grand Elder Zhou, welcome back to the mountain!"

The guards at the base of the mountain greeted Zhou Xuanmen who returned riding on clouds.

Zhou Xuanmen did not stay, hurrying towards the central area of the headquarters on his cloud.

"Why is Grand Elder Zhou in such a hurry?"

"So rushed, I'm sure something significant must have happened. Otherwise, the usually amiable Grand Elder Zhou wouldn't ignore greetings and not even stop for a moment."

"Something significant? Could it be... Twilight Forest Village..."

The faces of the guards having the conversation subtly changed, as unpleasant thoughts surfaced in their minds.

Dong! Dong! Dong...

Inside the headquarters, a clear and vibrant sound suddenly echoed. The massive Divine Treasure bell at the central location of the headquarters was being struck, its ringing transforming into tangible sound waves, expanding in all directions.

"The Summoning God Bell!"

The guard who had just spoken turned pale, his expression grave.

The Summoning God Bell was used to gather all Grand Elders of the Alliance for meetings. Being rung suddenly guaranteed that something major had happened.

Dong! Dong! Dong...

The guards at the entrance of the headquarters silently counted the number of times the Summoning God Bell rang. Five times, six times, seven times... fifteen times, eighteen times... thirty-six times.

"Thirty-six times?"

One guard was visibly shocked. The Summoning God Bell was to gather all Grand Elders of the Alliance for meetings, and twelve rings signaled utmost urgency, whereas thirty-six rings indicated a matter of life and death.

Grand Elder Zhou Xuanmen had just returned and sounded the Summoning God Bell thirty-six times, bringing an urgent matter involving the life and death of the entire Alliance.

What exactly happened?

Some were panicked, some were terrified, but everyone knew that all Grand Elders who could make it to the meeting would probably have to return to the Alliance Headquarters immediately.

Grand Elder Zhou Xuanmen was a composed individual. He would never raise false alarms or misreport the military situation.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh...

An Escape Light rose from the eastern part inside the Alliance headquarters, another appeared from the west, and yet another Escape Light shone from outside the Alliance...

Eventually, a total of eight Escape Lights appeared. These eight Escape Lights, each coming from different directions, had a unified goal: they were responding to the Summoning God Bell, heading back to the Alliance headquarters' Meeting Room.

"Grand Elder Zhou Xuanmen, why have you rung the Summoning God Bell?" A white-bearded old man dressed in hemp clothing, simple in appearance, leaning on a wooden cane, appeared at the entrance of the Meeting Room, and asked while looking at Zhou Xuanmen.

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