Chapter 104: The Orthodox of the Guardian Receives No Protection from the Guardian

It’s just that the internal situation of the Immortal Boat Alliance is far too complex.

Convincing the other Heavenly Generals to unite the Immortal Boat Alliance is far too difficult.

Otherwise, Feixiao would have already moved to launch a grand purge!

“General Feixiao, please calm down.”

Jade Palace General Yao Guang turned the star chart in his hands, the constellations along his sleeve flowing endlessly, his voice low: “We all know the company’s ill intentions, but the cosmos has indeed undergone a great upheaval.”

Fanghu General Xuan Quan sneered, his dragon horns glinting coldly under blue light: “But the company’s plan to use us as a blade to kill is also true!”

“Hmph! So what if we know the company’s intentions? What’s your opinion, General Fubo?”

Zhuoyuan General Huai Yan sneered, clearly unimpressed by Xuan Quan’s words.

As one of the oldest members of the Immortal Boat Alliance, Huai Yan had long despised Fanghu Immortal Boat.

Or rather, his resentment toward Fanghu Immortal Boat, dominated by the Zhiming clan, ran deep.

Because the Zhiming clan cannot reproduce—each death reduces their numbers—they have, under Zhiming leadership, consistently pursued a defensive strategy.

They rarely respond to the Alliance’s calls!

Even during the catastrophe when Cangcheng Immortal Boat fell, Fanghu Immortal Boat hesitated and wavered over whether to send aid.

Though understandable, the tension between the Zhiming clan and the Immortal Boat Celestials has grown increasingly sharp.

At the head of the table, Marshal Hua sighed deeply, watching the generals bicker endlessly.

As a Patrol Mandate Bearer herself, though she held the rank of Alliance Marshal—technically half a rank above them—she had authority to discipline them.

But each of these generals had their own agendas.

Even as a fellow Mandate Bearer, though her strength surpassed theirs and her rank was half a level higher, she possessed only the theoretical right to discipline—by principle, all were equal.

Coupled with countless historical grievances within the Immortal Boat Alliance, despite having seven Patrol Mandate Bearers, they had never been able to unite their strength.

Do Itachi think only Luofu Immortal Boat secretly harbors the Medicine King’s esoteric transmissions, Zhiming-Celestial tensions, and old aristocratic remnants… and all these troubles?

In truth, every Immortal Boat faces the same problems!

In fact, Marshal Hua was also weary of Fanghu Immortal Boat, but as Alliance Marshal, she could not voice her true thoughts directly.

Otherwise, the consequences would be severe.

Of course, as Alliance Marshal, her strength was the greatest, and her accumulated prestige over the years still allowed her to command the room.

Without her, the Immortal Boat Alliance would have long since shattered from infighting.

“Silence! Silence!”

Marshal Hua stepped forward to halt the generals’ bickering, her expression grave: “Set aside the Interstellar Peace Company’s accusations for now. These greedy bastards may seem aggressive now, but it’s merely a probe.”

“The real question is: who tampered with the domain of time to create the Cosmic Dominator, the Grammer Empire?”

At these words, the generals fell silent.

The Grammer Empire was a force utterly opposed to the Immortal Boat Alliance.

The six Immortal Boats each held their own ideologies and wills; even within each boat, the web of hidden currents made the Heavenly Generals’ heads ache.

Sometimes, even Mandate Bearers were not omnipotent.

Especially Fubo General Xuan Quan of Fanghu Immortal Boat—did she not know her colleagues’ resentment toward her?

Of course she knew!

But it was useless.

Though she wished to serve the Alliance, every time she sought to act, her subordinate Dragon Masters would weep uncontrollably, clinging to her legs, lamenting how many more Zhiming dragon descendants had been lost…

Did she want to be a coward?

Of course not!

As a Patrol Mandate Bearer, how could she possibly shirk battle?

But she truly had no better options!

Yet the Grammer Empire was utterly different from the Immortal Boat Alliance.

The entire empire could not name a second Mandate Bearer.

Yet Empress Titanis of Grammer’s will permeated every level of the empire—she was the empire’s very will!

As the stronghold of the Fertility Faction, Grammer’s power structure followed the Fertility Faction’s traditional ways.

Countless Grammer citizens sincerely believed: the Empress’s will was the sole direction of Grammer’s advance.

Though Grammer was not an insect race, its governance system mirrored the Hive Network exactly.

Every citizen of the Grammer Empire truly fought to the last for the Empress!

Under this terrifyingly unified will, the Cosmic Dominator that dared challenge the Interstellar Peace Company was forged.

Yet more terrifying still: this Cosmic Dominator, in their eyes, had arisen due to the hand of some individual or faction!

Today, the cosmos has gained the Grammer Empire.

Tomorrow, our Immortal Boat Alliance might shrink from six boats to five.

Such a method was truly terrifying!

In the silence, Jing Yuan slowly raised his head, his golden eyes smiling faintly, his expression wry: “Gentlemen, though the company appears to be questioning us, anyone capable of orchestrating such a cosmic event—everyone here knows who it is.”

“The company merely lacks the courage, so it tries to drag us into the mess.”

At this, the generals exchanged glances.

“The Genius Club!”

That headache-inducing organization instantly surfaced in their minds.

Recalling the many remarkable feats pulled off by the Genius Club’s members, General Huai Yan stroked his beard and sighed heavily, his head pounding.

The saying goes: guard against fire, guard against theft, guard against geniuses.

Such is the deterrent power of a [Genius]!

“Pfft~ Hahaha…”

At that moment, Feixiao suddenly burst into laughter, her delight unmistakable.

“Now I understand why the Interstellar Peace Company is in such a rush.”

“It’s because their honorary chairman simply doesn’t care about the company’s survival!”

“Let them worry themselves. Why should we get involved?”

Hearing this, those present exchanged glances, their expressions tinged with a peculiar, knowing subtlety.

The company’s honorary chairman ignores affairs, but our Alliance’s Mandate-Bearer has genuinely bestowed protection upon our Alliance…

In other words, across the cosmic galaxy, most Path factions have their own supreme patrons watching over them—such temporal shifts, while impactful, are not as terrifying as imagined.

Yet.

Here is one unfortunate soul who reveres the Guardian Star God as lifelong honorary chairman and claims to be the orthodox of the Guardian Path.

But Guardian Kriper does not recognize him.

This Star God, though universally known across the cosmos for his boundless compassion for mortals,

has also been observed by major powers to be utterly indifferent to trivial matters.

Unfortunately,

the Interstellar Peace Company, in Guardian Kriper’s eyes, is precisely such a trivial matter…

The orthodox of the Guardian Path receives no protection from the Guardian—what a bitterly cold joke.

But it is the truth…