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The man brought forth nine sticks of incense, bowed three times to the altar, and then placed them in the incense burner.

"Alliance Leader, this time we're taking advantage of the White Lotus Society's dealings with the Little Knife Sect of Southeast Asia to sabotage them behind their backs. If the White Lotus Society finds out, it could very well spark a war. The members of the White Lotus Society are a bunch of lunatics," the pale-faced man said, coughing.

"What is there to fear? The White Lotus Society once thought that obtaining the Outer Canon of the Yellow Emperor gave them leverage over my Heaven and Earth Alliance. Little did they know the Da Yi Pill we chose back then was the real answer. Now the H-12 is selling so well, while the White Lotus Society's Yellow Emperor Meridian Map is labor-intensive and costly, requiring their pharmacists to visit personally each time.

In a few years, what will they have to compare with us? If they stay obediently on the Korean Peninsula, I may spare them. But if they dare to covet all of East Asia, I'll make sure the White Lotus Society vanishes from this world."

If any high-ranking members of the Heaven and Earth Alliance were present, they'd recognize these two as the alliance's super experts.

The Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance and the White King Bai Yongge.

No one knows the real name or origin of the Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance. Every predecessor passes the title down to the successor along with the position.

Over time, successive leaders of the Heaven and Earth Alliance have been known only by this title.

"Where did Fukurokuju go? Didn't I leave him to guard the headquarters as Acting Alliance Leader when I'm away?"

After the incense was set, the Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance noticed the silence in the hall and frowned in discontent.

"Someone come." Bai Yongge coughed once, then immediately shouted.

Soon, a man hurried over, bowing deeply to the two.

"Where is the Black King?" Bai Yongge asked.

"The martial arts hall in Chinatown refused to pay the $1 million levy and ended up killing the Heavenly Guardians Tanaka Ryuu and Mitsumasa Higuma. The Black King has taken five Incense Masters to handle the matter," the man replied.

"Hmm? Two Heavenly Guardians killed?" The Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance seemed surprised.

"Yes, the Black King said the Chinatown martial arts hall found a Gang Qi Grandmaster to help them, so he went personally."

Bai Yongge's eyes revealed a hint of interest.

According to years of investigation by the Heaven and Earth Alliance's intelligence department, of the world's total population,

approximately 1% are Ming Jin Martial Artists, 0.001% are Dark Force, while only 0.000006% are Huajin Grandmasters.

In other words, out of 10 billion people, only about 600 are Huajin Grandmasters.

This group of people represents the pinnacle that martial artists can reach.

And there exists a small number of people who have surpassed martial arts, reaching the level to pursue what the ultimate martial arts entails.

This realm is unanimously referred to by the East Asian martial arts world as the 'Hidden Pill Realm.'

Globally, only about 50 people have reached this stage.

The Hidden Pill Realm is further divided into Lower Dantian Inner Strength, Middle Dantian Gang Qi, and Upper Dantian Seeing Divinity.

The Heaven and Earth Alliance knows of 28 Inner Strength Grandmasters.

There are 18 known Gang Qi Grandmasters.

The number of Seeing Divinity Grandmasters is currently unknown.

The emergence of a Gang Qi Grandmaster can have as much influence on the martial arts world as the Japan Island being fed an old boy again.

Bai Yongge discreetly glanced at the Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance. The Leader had achieved Qi and Blood Condensing Pill as far back as forty-three years ago.

So how far is he now from the realm of seeing divinity, forty-three years later?

"A Gang Qi Grandmaster from the mainland?" The Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance frowned.

For hundreds of years, the Japan Island, as the base of the Heaven and Earth Alliance, has been managed by successive leaders like a fortress.

Any formidable martial artist had to either join the Heaven and Earth Alliance as a Guardian or be killed or driven away by the alliance.

Currently, no other Hidden Pill experts exist on the island outside the Heaven and Earth Alliance, so the sudden appearance of a Gang Qi Grandmaster standing up for the Chinatown martial arts hall naturally led the Leader to speculate about their origin.

"The subordinate is also unclear," the man shook his head.

At this moment, the soft ding of the black-gold elevator doors sounded in the hall.

As the elevator doors slowly opened, Yellow Earth Incense Master entered, carrying two unconscious people on his shoulders.

He glanced at the Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance and Bai Yongge, instantly dropping the two people to the ground and kneeling on one knee, loudly reporting, "Reporting to the Alliance Leader, a major event has occurred."

"Speak," the Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance sensed something amiss.

"The Black King... was killed, aside from me, the other four Incense Masters are trapped in the Chinatown martial arts hall. I barely escaped to report,"

The hall instantly became extremely silent, overwhelmingly quiet.

Bai Yongge even refrained from coughing, rubbing his hands with a peculiar look in his eyes.

He understood that a major event had occurred. In two hundred years, the Heaven and Earth Alliance had never suffered such a significant personnel loss.

Especially since the fallen was Fukurokuju. Who was he? One of the double kings of the Heaven and Earth Alliance, its core, and ranked tenth in the world!

As a Gang Qi Grandmaster, and someone who also possessed the divine Buddha appearance, his strength was undeniable. His importance in the conflicts between the Heaven and Earth Alliance and entities like the White Lotus Society and Taiping Tianjiao was crucial.

Now you're telling me that Fukurokuju is dead, killed by someone?

"Was he shot?" After a brief silence, the Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance raspily asked.

Yellow Earth Incense Master hurriedly shook his head, "No, he was killed by a Gang Qi Martial Artist. That person was so strong that even when the five of us Incense Masters teamed up, we couldn't withstand a single move."

"Good, good, good! Good, good!" The Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance laughed instead of becoming angry, his laughter echoing throughout the hall.

Everyone present was so terrified that their hair stood on end, cold sweat running down their backs.

Day-to-day, they saw this Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance as always calm and collected, neither overly joyous nor sorrowful.

But today, his emotional control snapped, revealing the depth of his inner fury.

"Yongge," the Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance said.

"I'm here."

"Write an invitation and send it to the Chinatown martial arts hall. Tell them I wish to host the Gang Qi Grandmaster at Mount Fuji," the Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance instructed as he walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking coldly down at the bustling Kyoto street below, lost in thought.

"Understood." Bai Yongge nodded, turning to leave.

He recalled that since joining the Heaven and Earth Alliance, the Leader had only ever invited three people.

The first was a general from the West Asian rebel forces.

The second was the Vice Sect Leader of the Taiping Tianjiao.

The third was a billionaire from the top 500 corporations of America.

Now, Wang Longhu became the rare fourth invitee.

What's more intriguing is that the venue is at Mount Fuji.

Bai Yongge felt a sense of anticipation, as he hadn't seen the Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance take action in many years.

Seeing him in action might allow Bai Yongge to judge how much the Leader's power had advanced over these forty-plus years.

How far is he from reaching the Upper Dantian's Seeing Divinity stage?

Throughout history, those who achieved the Three Elixirs and Four Perfections were rare, and all were mythologized as immortals.

Figures like Chen Tuan and Ge Hong, while famed Daoist scholars, were too far removed from modern times, making their documented achievements hard to verify.

This makes it challenging for people to truly believe anyone has completed the Three Elixirs and Four Perfections transformation and thereby attained immortality.

The hope of verifying this path naturally falls upon individuals like the Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance—those with exceptional talent, willpower, and fortune.

This was precisely why Bai Yongge chose to join the Heaven and Earth Alliance and follow the Leader in the first place.