Li Yao was rather astonished. "Now that you put it in such a way, the Imperium today is indeed chaotic and as unpromising as a setting sun. It is rather miraculous that it has survived a thousand years and is even showing the signs of rejuvenation!"
"Yes. Logically, such an Imperium where the strong prey on the weak should've collapsed abruptly in the cruel exploitation and the everlasting internal strife," Di Feiwen said. "But an eternal factor helped it to maintain the vulnerable stability, which was the Covenant Alliance.
"No matter how selfish, aggressive, unpardonable, and sophisticated the Immortal Cultivators are, the Covenant Alliance is their common foe. No Immortal Cultivator is willing to be deprived of their feelings and free will and end up as a pathetic puppet.
