Chapter 613: The So-Called Invitation

"Didn't I tell you I was going to leave?"

Li Heng stopped his footsteps and smiled.

His relationship with the Multiverse Alliance right now was that of a patron and a prostitute; each harbored their own ulterior motives, so what kind of feelings could there be to speak of? It was only natural for him to leave after he was done, he wasn't a scumbag. Not to mention, from his initial stance, he could have slaughtered the entire Multiverse Alliance and it would have been fine.

"Our Leader sent a message, asking the Great Venerable to stay for the time being and wait for a period, so that our Leader may host a banquet to entertain the Great Venerable. Otherwise, if this matter were to spread, wouldn't it be said that our Multiverse Alliance neglected you, Great Venerable?" the Third Elder said sincerely.

"Wait for a period, how long is that?"

Li Heng smiled.

"It should not be long."

The Third Elder answered, biting the bullet.

Although his own Leader had sent a message saying he had already embarked on the return journey and would return in a few days, he did not know the specific time either. Rather than answering incorrectly, it was better to give a vague answer.

In any case, he would first stall this Great Venerable into staying here.

"Look, even you aren't sure of the time, why should I wait? Besides, hosting a banquet to entertain? Interesting, does your Multiverse Alliance also favor such cumbersome and meaningless etiquette?"

Li Heng shook his head and smiled.

Having reached his realm, what meaning did hosting a banquet have? Was he supposed to show off and act arrogant, or display his holiness in front of others? He wasn't that bored, and it was even less necessary.

"This is the invitation from the Leader for you, please take a look, Great Venerable."

The Third Elder felt helpless inside and directly played his trump card, handing over with both hands an invitation that seemed neither gold nor wood, with a material so incredibly strange it was as if it had been condensed from the Dadao Zhiyuan.

Li Heng raised an eyebrow and took the invitation from the Third Elder's hand.

This invitation was black-gold throughout, with several large gold-stamped characters branded on the surface. Each character was a text of the Great Dao; taken out individually, any one of them could become the Dadao Zhiyuan of a Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

"'To be opened by the Great Venerable'? It's actually quite 'polite'?"

He opened the invitation, and it instantly bloomed with light. Several lines of large characters manifested in the Void above, like a three-dimensional projection.

【The Great Venerable descending upon our Multiverse Alliance is the honor of our Alliance. Therefore, I ask the Great Venerable to take the position of Vice Leader of our Multiverse Alliance. Wait for my return, and we shall discuss the grand plan together. Do not decline.】

A cold, indifferent voice also rang out, echoing through the Multiverse Alliance and the Great Dao Ark; it was the message from that Leader.

Li Heng shook his head with a calm expression. It looked polite, but it didn't sound polite at all, and the more he looked at it, the less polite it became. What position of Vice Leader, wait for him to return—he had no intention of discussing anything with him at all.

He had directly made the decision for him.

Compared to Li Heng's calmness, the entire Multiverse Alliance was about to boil over at this moment. This was the Leader's voice, and a Vice Leader? Could it be that the Alliance was about to have a Vice Leader!

The Third Elder was suddenly struck with immense shock.

Out of awe for his own Leader, he had not opened the invitation beforehand; he was only now learning of the content on it. Thus, at this moment, he had not expected his own Leader to be so magnanimous, directly granting this Great Venerable the position of Vice Leader.

Although he had previously promised Li Heng the position of Vice Leader, that was just a blank check, and he himself did not believe the Leader would actually agree. He had not expected the Leader to be serious about it now.

The Venerable Realm is truly Terror!

In the source land of the Ark, the Great Elder and Second Elder, who were cultivating in seclusion there, had unsightly expressions on their faces. Their moods were much the same as the Third Elder's, but they felt a bit more irritation than he did.

Because they had originally aspired to the position of Vice Leader.

What exactly was the Leader thinking? To actually give it to an outsider?

They could not understand it in the slightest.

Somewhere on the Great Dao Ark.

This was a Heavens and Myriad Worlds, now the dwelling place for those Immortal God of the Heavenly Court who had defected to the Multiverse Alliance. It was infinitely vast; even countless universes were but a drop of water here.

But even with such vast territory, the area still could not put these Immortal God of the Old Heavenly Court at ease. Because they knew that in the Multiverse Alliance, all of this was hollow. Without the protection of a Venerable, they were ultimately outsiders, duckweed without roots.

However, fortunately, after so many years of effort, they had finally produced a good seedling who had entered the Venerable-level inheritance sequence, codenamed Number Ten. As long as he could complete certain tasks and pass the screening, he could successfully become a disciple under a Venerable and leap over the dragon gate.

It was just that now, everything had come to nothing.

Inside a magnificent palace built with countless universes as bricks, more than a dozen Sacred surrounded Number Ten, glaring at him, sighing from time to time; the atmosphere was dismal.

"Why must you elders sigh? That is a Great Venerable, and one who is related to the Old Heavenly Court, with old ties to us. He will surely protect us, why be so negative?"

Number Ten frowned, expressing his lack of understanding.

After he returned, he had recounted the previous events one by one. As a result, these elders of his were not happy but sighing, and even angry, believing he had done something wrong.

"Boy, you don't understand. As the saying goes, the guest bullies the host. That Great Venerable is too strong; it is impossible for him to integrate into the Multiverse Alliance. To the Multiverse Alliance, he remains an outsider. I predict that this Great Venerable and the Multiverse Alliance will surely have a battle! If we defect to that Great Venerable, then to the Multiverse Alliance, we will also be outsiders, or even traitors."

"If it were just that our countless years of effort went down the drain, that would be one thing. What I fear most is that the Multiverse Alliance will develop true hostility toward us, causing us to suffer a Disaster of annihilation."

A Sacred spoke up, shaking his head with a bitter smile.

"But even if that were the case, what of defecting to that Great Venerable? That is a Great Venerable!" Number Ten still did not understand.

"The Multiverse Alliance's power is vast and deep-rooted. Do you really think one Great Venerable can shake it? The current Leader of the Alliance is even more unfathomable; I fear he can even deal with a Great Venerable."

The leading Sacred shook his head.

Number Ten was startled.

"Father, how can even you say such things!"

"Hmph, you unfilial son, you still have the nerve to call me father?"

"Ever since we defected to the Multiverse Alliance, there has been no turning back. Staying in the Multiverse Alliance, the future may be Unknown, but there is still a bright hope. But defecting to that Great Venerable, that is truly a future of bleak prospects, not to mention whether he will treat us as traitors to the Heavenly Court!"

"Enough. Having committed such a mistake, I should have sealed you for billions of years, but considering you had no other choice at the time, I will punish you by sending you into the army of the Venerable of Slaughter to earn battle merits and make up for your crimes."

"If you cannot earn one hundred thousand battle merits in the future, no matter what happens, do not come back."

Number Ten's father frowned, feeling frustrated that his son failed to meet his expectations.

Just as he was about to take action and throw out this unfilial son who had caused such a great disaster, the voice of that Multiverse Alliance Leader rang out, washing over this place, causing these dozen-plus Sacred to suddenly freeze.

Number Ten's father draped his arm over Number Ten's shoulder, beaming with joy.

"Well done, from today on you are my brother..."

Number Ten, who had been super-promoted in rank, was completely bewildered.

Li Heng, on the other hand, did not take the so-called invitation or the position of Vice Leader to heart. He did not care about the entire Multiverse Alliance, let alone these hollow statuses.

He still chose to leave, but instantly, Causality pressed down, attempting to stop him from leaving.

Li Heng narrowed his eyes.

This is the Causality known as "Vice Alliance Leader"....