Chapter 1613: Chapter 1560 – Chapter 1561 Ranking Worries_2

So what about now?

The current situation is that more and more creatures are appearing, and the resources needed are also increasing, showing signs that the previously suppressed contradictions might erupt again.

In such a situation, it is no wonder that some powers and some formidable beings have begun to entertain other thoughts.

Of course, for the time being, this has no significance to Yu Yiyao, since the realm she is currently in doesn’t even reach that of a True Immortal. She simply has no qualification to intervene in matters concerning the heavenly and earthly order. Even ordinary True Immortals don’t have the qualifications; they merely follow the flow.

For Yu Yiyao, the most important thing is to become a Tao-Certifying True Immortal, so she can take control of her own destiny. No matter what the situation, enhancing her own power is the best choice.

After entering the trials of the Myriad Laws Realm, she truly understood how many powerful beings there are in this world, realizing that what she had seen before was just a drop in the ocean.

“Wanting to plunder the ranking points, it seems that I can only consider aligning myself with the Shenxiao Sect!” Yu Yiyao frowned slightly, a thought she couldn’t help but have in her mind.

She did get that piece of information early, but with Yu Yiyao’s wisdom, she saw right through it as an Open Scheme, intentionally attracting manpower from the Jade Emperor faction.

Therefore, Yu Yiyao naturally didn’t want to get involved, since it was all irrelevant to her, whether it was stopping the Jade Emperor faction or the Great Law Decree Technique. She didn’t care at all, so even if she hadn’t seen through Wan Fayi’s strategy, she wouldn’t have involved herself in the matter.

Even though there were significant grudges between the Heterodox Alliance and the Jade Emperor faction, with frequent suppression from the Jade Emperor in the past, as her master said, these were issues for those higher-level powerhouses to consider, not for someone of her junior status. They couldn’t bear such burdens.

In recent years, the development of the Heterodox Alliance has been suppressed by the Jade Emperor, which Zhao Baiyang was very clear about. He knew that perhaps the death of Emperor Wuzong was not the most important reason; more importantly, it concerned the face of the Great Ming Royal Family and the name of the Jade Emperor, thus they restrained their old enemies.

But under someone else’s roof, one has to bow their head. Although the Heterodox Alliance has developed rapidly, it still falls short in comparison with the Jade Emperor faction, not to mention even Pang Hong, as the Sect Leader of Shen Xiao, feared the position held by the Jade Emperor–Zhao Baiyang had even less ability to shake the status of the Jade Emperor.

Thus, facing suppression from the Jade Emperor over the years, Zhao Baiyang’s strategy has been to counter moves more reactively, only adding insults to injuries alongside other forces when there was an opportunity to retaliate, but he absolutely would not take the initiative to put the Heterodox Alliance in a position to directly confront, which he saw as an unwise approach.

Perhaps the Jade Emperor Lineage only had grievances with them, but the current position of the Jade Emperor meant that any desire to take action against the Heterodox Alliance required justification. At least for now, the forces of the Jade Emperor faction could not overwhelm him, otherwise, it would not just be covert suppression.

And if the Jade Emperor could openly take action without restraint, it would signify that the power of the Jade Emperor had developed to an unbelievable extent, and by then, the Heterodox Alliance indeed might pose a great threat, but at the same time, the Jade Emperor would also pose a significant threat to other parties.

The threat from the Jade Emperor was never solely towards their Heterodox Alliance; rather, when the opponent really grew stronger, the resulting conflicts of interest would involve multiple parties, making the vast conflicts of interest and the grudges of the Heterodox Alliance truly insignificant by comparison.

Like the saying goes, when the sky falls, there will be taller people holding it up; Zhao Baiyang wasn’t worried about this, as there would be others more concerned about the expansion of the Jade Emperor’s power, which would affect more people’s interests.

Just like before, when the Jade Emperor began to ambitiously seize power, the other Imperial Honors and various Top Immortal Sects wouldn’t just stand by; they would inevitably take action.

Even though Zhao Baiyang received information about the Jade Emperor’s plot to seize the Great Law Decree Technique during this Myriad Laws Realm trial, Zhao Baiyang still took no action. After many disciples of Heterodox Alliance entered the trial, he did not mention any words instructing them to stop the actions of the Jade Emperor faction, instead, only telling them to prioritize seizing fortuitous opportunities.

In Zhao Baiyang’s view, there was no need to explicitly remind them, as with the domineering style of the Jade Emperor Lineage, there would surely be many people trying to stop them, and his own disciples need not waste their energy on such matters.

He also wasn’t worried that everyone would think the same way, and as such, there would be no interference in the actions of the Jade Emperor’s side, because that was impossible. After all, everyone stood on different levels and thus the rise of the Jade Emperor affected different interests.

There were many more people with interests than him, so if others did not care, he could certainly do the same. The so-called barefoot are not afraid of those wearing shoes; it was nothing more than that.

Thus, once Yu Yiyao entered the Myriad Laws Realm, her focus was on plundering points and seizing fortuitous opportunities, caring about nothing else as nothing was as important as her Tao Certifying.

But now, with more and more people attracted by Wan Fayi’s plan, she realized that if she did not proactively align herself, she might not even make it to the second round.

This wasn’t needless worry, but something that might very well happen!

“Nowadays, various parties are forming alliances, countless people are drawn by this Myriad Laws plan, and if conflict breaks out, it could lead to a melee, ending in heavy casualties and leaving only one victor, while those who didn’t participate directly reap the benefits and advance to the next round,” Yu Yiyao thought of several possibilities, and this was the first.

With so many forces mixed together, a careless fight could easily ignite a major conflict, and one side might defeat all opponents. However, no one side has as many as a hundred thousand people, so those who were not swept up would get hit by a windfall, advancing by lying low.

“However, this is filled with too much uncertainty; after all, it’s a great melee. If someone achieves enough points before dying, even if eliminated, the remaining half of their points might be sufficient to secure a spot. During a melee, even if the points are initially dispersed, they will slowly converge,” This possibility also worried Yu Yiyao.

In one-on-one combat, the stronger nearly always wins, but in a melee, no one can guarantee they won’t have an unexpected upset, and scavenging isn’t impossible.

Thus, some might not last till the end, but if their luck holds, they could still accumulate enough points.

However, this scenario is not very likely, and even if it occurs, it wouldn’t affect Yu Yiyao since her points were not too low.

What worried her was the third possibility, which was quite threatening to her and to all the powerful figures who did not participate in this event.

That is, if these people unite, form an alliance, and start dividing the spots while jointly eliminating outsiders.

Don’t think such a thing couldn’t happen, in fact, it’s quite probable. After all, these powerful individuals aren’t fools; none would allow others to profit from their strife, so they would inevitably remove threats to maximize their own interests.

More importantly, there is a precedent in the previous development of worlds, where similar events occurred. Some thought to profit from not getting involved in the disputes of top immortal sects, waiting to pick up the pieces when these top sects wounded each other.

But unexpectedly, the parties reached a tacit agreement, directly divided the interests, and then joined forces to eliminate those planning to benefit from their conflict.

With such a precedent, Yu Yiyao didn’t think these people would refrain from doing the same.