Li Yao was both delighted and worried after hearing Meng Chixin's words.
He was delighted that Meng Chixin did not mean to surrender to the Imperium of True Human Beings wholeheartedly but was trying to ensure the independence and interests of the Ancient Sages Sector even after hearing about the dominance of the Imperium from Heiye Lan.
The guy's stance could be the most critical breach later.
After all, the Star Glory Federation was certainly not as aggressive as the Imperium of True Human Beings. If the Ancient Sages Sector was willing to join the federation, it would probably exist as an autonomous world.
That should be very attractive to many Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector.
What worried Li Yao, on the other hand, was that Meng Chixin, as the Wolf God born and raised on the Dark Cloud Prairies, still believed in 'survival of the fittest', which was similar to the Imperium of True Human Beings' ideology.