I Don't Agree to the Terms

"The Godslayer Alliance has changed its name to the Divine Alliance," Wang Qi said with gravity in his voice. Ever since the last time he failed to release Gu Shanhai using the Endless Sea Spirit Claw, he had taken a detour to recruit the ship's doctor, Yu Ju. During this process, a significant change had occurred—the Godslayer Alliance was no longer covertly serving the Divine but had utterly transformed into loyal servants worshipping them.

"All the Divine have been released by the Divine Alliance, so that's why the other side is so arrogant, and they have openly sided with the Divine."

This incident caused an uproar throughout the Azure Sea domain. Still, everyone was silently furious, unable to voice their anger. For them, the power of the Divine Alliance was simply too great—so vast that no other force could resist it, especially since they had found a powerful backing.

"Have the people from the... Divine Alliance lost their minds, looking for a daddy to serve?" Yu Ju sneered disdainfully.

"Certainly not, it is said that the Divine plan to make the Divine Alliance the only legitimate organization in the whole world and let them govern all humanity. Those who don't obey will be executed. Now the Divine Alliance, with this momentum, is crazily expanding its power, and any dissenters have all been killed," Wang Qi knew that a true era change had happened.

Yet, he had still not managed to release Gu Shanhai, which made his already precarious position even more uncertain.

"So what should we do? We can't just sit and wait for death," Fang Jin's brows furrowed, worry evident in her expression. For her, the enemy was getting stronger.

"There must still be a chance. The Divine and the Divine Alliance are making such a big move; there must be secrets we don't know about," Wang Qi knew. The upper echelons of the Divine Alliance wanted to become divine beings, not dogs to the Divine. Hence, it wasn't possible to simply submit to the Divine—if that were the case, they'd never achieve divinity.

Therefore, he suspected that the transformation of the Godslayer Alliance into the Divine Alliance might be related to Gu Shanhai, the Heavenly Emperor.

However, he couldn't just come right out and say this, so his words just hung there, leaving a despondent atmosphere aboard the ship.

Gu Shanhai felt rather helpless about this, for he knew what was going on—the Divine thought they were capable after the winds and rains had stopped.

They sought to challenge Gu Shanhai and establish their own positions.

Gu Shanhai's deterrence had always kept them restless. It was only due to their insufficient power that they infiltrated the Godslayer Alliance until it eventually became the Divine Alliance.

But those upper-echelon members had only submitted due to force, as Wang Qi said. They had been fooled into focusing on becoming divine beings—how could they possibly become dogs to the Divine?

Altering the name from the Godslayer Alliance to the Divine Alliance was an act of submission by those leaders—if they didn't change the name, the Divine wouldn't mind replacing them altogether. The Divine didn't care who the leaders were since they only viewed humans as food. They wouldn't hesitate to consume a few human leaders for intimidation.

Fortunately, the upper echelon of the Divine Alliance was able to withstand the pressure and not hand over Gu Shanhai's fake body. They weren't fools—handing it over would essentially dash any hopes of achieving divinity, so they withstood much pressure, even when the Divine threatened their lives.

With Gu Shanhai's fake body, the Divine had to be cautious, fearing harm to their own interests. Without it, not only would the opportunity to become divine be lost, but the Divine would have no reservations, and the leaders would be like fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of their captors.

"A chance? What chance is there?" Fang Chen said in despair. The Divine Alliance was already immensely powerful before they openly sought the support of the Divine. Now with the Divine's backing, how could they win?

Fang Jin was also silent. Had it been earlier, she would have struck Fang Chen with lightning to wake him up. But now, she too knew they were powerless to change things.

"The Divine Alliance has the backing of the Divine. Don't we have something behind us? With the Heavenly Emperor on our side, we still have a chance."

"Don't tell me you also want to become Divine Slaves?"

Seeing this, Wang Qi's face turned iron blue, certain there was still a chance.

"But the Heavenly Emperor is being suppressed by the Divine Alliance. Do you really think he can prevail over such a vast number of Divine?" Yu Ju, the latest to join, spoke calmly.

"This... I..." Wang Qi wanted to argue, but after only a couple of words, he fell silent.

The atmosphere fell into a deathly stillness.

"If you want to side with the Divine Alliance, I won't stop you. You can choose for yourself." After a long while, Wang Qi spoke up.

He respected their decision, but once they agreed, he would kill them.

In Wang Qi's eyes, nothing related to Gu Shanhai's secrets could be exposed. Although he had had a harmonious relationship with his crew and respected their decisions, if they decided to side with the enemy, he would show no mercy.

Compared to the more trustworthy Gu Shanhai, the crew's significance was trifling. After all, he had used the grace of saving their lives as a threat to get them on board—otherwise, how could these people have possibly chosen his small boat?

"How could we? What nonsense are you spouting?" The most agitated response came from Tang Quan, who jumped up as if he'd been stepped on.

"Even if the Divine Alliance is mighty, my mother and I will never side with them," Fang Jin said, her tone harsh. Her entire family and former teammates died because of the Divine Alliance. How could she possibly join them, let alone the end result she feared would lead to death?