The top masters were long dead leaving Makenna as the only ruler, and he was also on their side so there was no need for him to cut connections with them. The martial artist of the Blaze Lands over there were bigger than the martial artists of the Siel family, and there many Grand Cultivation masters among them hat could fight on par with Makenna so there was no way he could turn against them. This only left the option of the green-eyed devil as the only valid case scenario. But who would believe that an outstanding Core Formation master could not finish off a Divine Sea expert?
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The stories didn't add up and no one could blame them for not understanding; even the young master couldn't believe what he was saying. He, an outstanding master among the older generation was reduced to a laughing stock, a mad man, a man who finds silly excuses to cover up his incompetence… how could he not hate Nero to his bone?