Chapter 2231: Make the Next Move

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment, then immediately ordered people to arrange a grand welcome ceremony.

The Ten Thousand Gods Alliance came to urge him not to oppose the Foreign Tribe, and he definitely wanted to use the opportunity to promote it.

Zhang Lingquan hurried to the Central Dynasty with great worry, and upon seeing Ye Liuyun's high‑level reception, felt a glow on their face.

Yet they still said politely, "King Ye, why is this necessary?"

Originally they had doubted whether Ye Liuyun was scheming behind the scenes, but after seeing this situation, they immediately thought Ye Liuyun still respected the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance and would not oppose them.

The two Elders and several attendants they brought, Ye Liuyun also assigned people of appropriate rank to receive them.

"It's only natural! The Ten Thousand Gods Alliance worries and labors for the Divine Realm, so they deserve respect!"

Ye Liuyun also replied.

These words proved very useful to Zhang Lingquan.

They also sighed, "If Mo Xiaotian had half your enlightenment, the result wouldn't be death and disappearance."

"He defected to the Foreign Tribe, so he naturally deserves death!"

Ye Liuyun smiled and led Zhang Lingquan into the side‑hall banquet hall.

Zhang Lingquan thought it was prepared for them and kept saying Ye Liuyun was overly courteous.

But Ye Liuyun instead swiftly placed a Slave Seal on Zhang Lingquan.

Neither of them had a Divine Soul Contract in their Sea of Consciousness, and Ye Liuyun had already known this, so when he acted, he paid no heed.

Zhang Lingquan was also stunned, not understanding what Ye Liuyun meant.

At the same time, the two Elders they brought were also escorted in by Soul Cultivators; Ye Liuyun placed Slave Seals on those two Elders before leading them to the Grand Hall.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you, and I will continue to oppose the Foreign Tribe.

I just think the people now managing the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance lack blood, and it's time to replace them to lead the Divine Realm against the Foreign Tribe!"

Ye Liuyun used the Slave Seals to control them, explained his purpose so they wouldn't misunderstand.

But he also knew these people were fundamentally afraid of the Foreign Tribe, so their advice and information must be filtered.

Ye Liuyun had Zhang Lingquan conduct a Soul Search, obtaining the names and locations of Martial Cultivators they frequently dispatched, and handed them to Xia Tianqiong for investigation and verification.

Then Ye Liuyun let them propose suggestions on how to get the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance to send more people.

Finally, based on their analysis, Ye Liuyun confirmed two reasons.

One is that many unfavorable rumors about the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance are circulating outside, requiring investigation of the source and reduction of their spread.

The other is that Ye Liuyun is reluctant to cooperate with their suggestions against the Foreign Tribe, needing them to be pressured.

But they must not be discovered by Ye Liuyun, so they can only secretly send people to ambush.

After the agreement, Ye Liuyun directly sent them back to carry out the plan.

Then he leaked the message that Zhang Lingquan and others tried to persuade Ye Liuyun not to deal with the Foreign Tribe.

At once, the Martial Cultivators of the Divine Realm grew even more critical of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance.

They had just won several battles on the Alien Battlefield, their excitement still fresh, and immediately turned their guns on the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance, calling them traitors and even suspecting they were controlled by the Foreign Tribe.

From one to ten, ten to a hundred, the rumors grew more twisted, sounding as if they were true.

Soon, Xia Tianqiong, via the intelligence network, pinpointed the Elders the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance had sent abroad; Ye Liuyun, based on their strength, dispatched Soul Cultivators to subdue those people and bring them back, then placed Slave Seals on them and released them to await orders.

Next, Ye Liuyun received word that the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance was sending many strong individuals to investigate unfavorable information across the lands.

Ye Liuyun immediately assigned appropriate Soul Cultivators to strike them.

At the same time, several people changed into ordinary Martial Cultivator attire, infiltrated the Royal City, and slipped into the Royal Palace at night.

Among them was Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan, in the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance, isn't among the strongest, but he often leads teams on combat missions and is experienced.

On the way, he showed no concealment of his resentment toward Ye Liuyun.

The other two strong individuals who came with him were of lower status, so they could only echo him.

Actually, the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance originally didn't intend to kill Ye Liuyun.

After all, Ye Liuyun's cooperation with the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance is already much better than Mo Xiaotian's.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun is now very popular; if they truly killed him, it could cause great turmoil in the Divine Realm and perhaps turn them into enemies of the Divine Realm.

So Liang Yuan only spoke, not actually intending to act against Ye Liuyun.

But when Ye Liuyun learned it was Liang Yuan who arrived, he instead devised a better plan to continuously trouble the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance.

Liang Yuan, with those two Martial Cultivators, slipped into the Royal Palace at night, searching for Ye Liuyun's residence.

The Royal Palace's guards were strict, with patrols frequently passing; they moved while hiding their forms, and soon the three of them became separated.

At that moment, the other two Martial Cultivators quickly heard the sounds of fighting.

"Assassin!"

"Someone is assassinating the God King!"

Immediately a guard shouted, and all the guards rushed in that direction.

The two of them, seeing so many guards heading over, feared exposing themselves and feared the guards would later search, so they immediately withdrew from the Royal Palace and returned to the inn to wait.

But the news that arrived said Liang Yuan attempted to kill Ye Liuyun, leaving him severely wounded and his fate uncertain.

Liang Yuan's head was also displayed in front of the Royal Palace.

The news spread quickly, and all Martial Cultivators cursed the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance, saying they had already surrendered to the Foreign Tribe.

Ye Liuyun's massive army immediately struck the Alien Battlefield base, seizing all its resources, and the Alien Battlefield was completely sealed off.

The entire realm began capturing the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance's Martial Cultivators.

Even their families were individually seized and taken to the Royal City.

The Ten Thousand Gods Alliance members were originally Martial Cultivators from prominent families with substantial wealth, and these resources naturally fell into Ye Liuyun's hands.

The two Martial Cultivators immediately used Teleportation Tokens to rush back to the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance to report the situation.

Zhang Lingquan arranged for some elders to inquire about the situation, and even had people deliberately check their soul conditions, confirming they were not being controlled.

The result was that both of their accounts were consistent, both saying that Liang Yuan wanted to kill Ye Liuyun and had dealt him a heavy blow.

Even they imagined that after Liang Yuan entered the Royal Palace, he deliberately brushed them aside to have a chance to strike a killing blow at Ye Liuyun.

This shocked the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance as well.

They immediately sent people to visit Ye Liuyun, but unexpectedly, those sent were all captured by Ye Liuyun's subordinates.

Upon learning that their families had been captured, they became even more panicked and immediately began researching how to negotiate with Ye Liuyun.

They wanted to coordinate through the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance, but the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance also thought they had gone too far, actually sending people to assassinate Ye Liuyun, so they also couldn't be bothered with them and didn't want to help clean up their mess.

Left with no choice, the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance dispatched another two batches of people, but the result was that both groups never returned.