Why not first observe their movements quietly and occasionally probe with words? If we can persuade him to join us, we might as well simplify and abandon some Demon Cultivators in the alliance, and ascend together with the guests he chooses.

After all, this Mr. Jiang, who even dismisses a broken Divine Artifact, is formidable. Including him in the alliance would undoubtedly be a great assistance, making our collective ascension plan progress more smoothly."

"The problem is..." Du Li lowered his voice involuntarily and said, "Once the Wilderness World’s potential is completely exhausted to create gods and ascend, the entire world will collapse. What will happen to the Human World then?

Even if they are not affected by the collapse, without the revival of Spiritual Energy at night, those Human Race Cultivators will lose Spiritual Energy again, and the outcome will definitely be catastrophic.

And with the Human World having experienced the cycle of spiritual abundance—depletion—revival—again depletion, the world core is likely to dry up, leading to inevitable collapse. Would Mr. Jiang, who is known for his benevolence, tolerate it?"

Lan Shanying sighed pensively, "Many times, one must make sacrifices to gain something. Surely Mr. Jiang understands this principle.

Collective ascension creates a group of war gods, who enter the Celestial Realm and join the battle against the Demon God, becoming new forces to protect the peace of countless small worlds; 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

If they hold onto treasures but remain indecisive, once the Wilderness World falls again, the Human World will still be implicated, destroying two small worlds without accomplishing anything. I think, Mr. Jiang is not foolish, he undoubtedly knows how to make choices."

Du Li nodded slowly in agreement, feeling heavy-hearted.

"Pleasure Sect... How has it turned into such a big trouble, even infiltrating Evil Cultivators into the Demon Realm Alliance." Lan Shanying frowned, "The urgent task is to gradually scrutinize and remove traces of Evil Cultivators from the inside out."

He paused and sighed, "What a bunch of fools! They were chosen to join the alliance to do work, and collective ascension would surely have a place for them, yet they are shortsighted, falling into evil paths for immediate gain, harming themselves and others.

Just as well, removing those disloyal, and bringing in Mr. Jiang and his guests, a strong alliance makes everyone happy."

"But you can’t say it like that, after all, those who know of the collective ascension plan are very few. Cultivators like Zeng Chi, who not only don’t know the bright future but also have their lifespan nearing its end, inevitably have a momentary lapse and fall into evil ways..."

Before Du Li could finish his sentence, Lan Shanying snorted coldly, "As Cultivators, they should adhere to orthodoxy, have righteous hearts, behave righteously, no matter what there’s no reason to fall into evil ways.

If their lifespan is nearing its end, they cultivate evil techniques and harm sentient beings, it shows their inherent nature is not good. Today they may do evil due to lifespan, tomorrow they will latch onto fame and fortune and commit crimes, such Demon Cultivators should be detected and expelled from the alliance as early as possible, or they will be a major threat once collective ascension occurs!"

"In Brother Lan’s view, how should we scrutinize them? As the saying goes: you know the person, not the heart, the heart of a thief is deeply hidden and extremely hard to detect." Du Li thought, I also want to see through if someone is good or bad in one glance, but how could I have such skill?

Even if there are some ways to assist in discerning truth from falsehood, it’s very difficult to test the heart and nature of demons.

Lan Shanying pondered, "In the old days there were rumors of three Treasure Mirrors in the Celestial Realm, one hanging above the Celestial River named the Celestial Water Mirror; one hanging in the Palace of the Polestar named the Eternal Mirror; and one hanging high at the South Celestial Sect, named the Heart Mirror.

This Heart Mirror can reflect the good and evil of the heart, hanging on the path all ascending Immortals must pass through the South Celestial Sect, to verify the unity of body and mind, knowing and doing. I’ve heard that the Cloud City City Lord Yuan Man holds the Demon Mirror which was once the Celestial Realm Heart Mirror, if we can borrow it, the difficulty will naturally be resolved."