Two days later.
Adrian Moon, Queenie Green, and Piper Willow led 422 Golden Immortals and over 1,500 Earth Immortals to pledge allegiance to Ian Song.
Aside from the Golden Immortals who were lost or surrendered, nearly all of Earth-Prime Hall’s remaining Golden Immortals came here, which made Ian quite satisfied.
He praised them generously.
Adrian Moon humbly said, "Young Master, this isn’t our doing—it’s because they all admire you so much. We only mentioned it, and they insisted on coming with us to pledge themselves to you."
"Really?"
Ian Song smiled, then personally greeted the Golden and Earth Immortals who had come to join him. He hosted a grand banquet at his residence to celebrate everyone’s arrival.
The next morning.
Ian Song called everyone together for a council.
"Greetings, my lord!"
As soon as Ian Song arrived, hundreds of Golden Immortals bowed in greeting.
"No need to be so formal, everyone—please, rise!"
Ian took the main seat and gestured for everyone to sit.
"Thank you, my lord!"
The immortals thanked him again.
The next moment, Ian Song announced in a loud voice, "Today, I've gathered everyone here to discuss a few matters. First, we’ll establish our own faction, then set our development path!
Now, let’s hear everyone’s thoughts—what kind of faction should we create?"
Hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up and they started discussing in low voices.
Finally, Adrian Moon summed up everyone’s opinions, stood up, and said, "My lord, I believe our new faction should focus on restoring the former glory of ascended Immortals. Since we’re all ascenders, why not call it the Ascender Alliance?"
Ian said, "Ascender Alliance is a good name, but making 'restoring ascenders’ former glory' our goal is too vague and too distant. With our current strength, it’s impossible—after all, even the Saint Alliance is barely surviving under the native Immortal clans’ suppression. If we wave such a banner, not only will we offend the Saint Alliance, we’ll become a thorn in the side of the native clans!"
Hearing Ian Song’s analysis, Adrian Moon couldn’t help showing a guilty expression. "My lord is right—we didn’t think this through."
Ian smiled. "Restoring the glory of ascended Immortals is something we should do, and you’re not wrong—but not yet. At the very least, we need to surpass the Saint Alliance before we wave that banner. For now, let’s focus on helping ascenders and making a name for ourselves!"
"Does my lord have any ideas?"
Queenie Green asked.
Ian smiled and asked, "What do you think ordinary ascenders want most?"
"Of course, it’s condensing an immortal body! Only with an immortal body can you cultivate faster," Queenie Green replied without hesitation.
"Exactly!"
Ian nodded. "To suppress ascenders, the native Immortal clans not only control the Immortalization Pools, but set the entry price for ascenders extremely high. That makes it very difficult for us to condense immortal bodies!"
Everyone nodded in agreement. Each of them had struggled step by step to get here, and remembering the hardships they went through to scrape together enough immortal stones to condense an immortal body, they couldn’t help but sigh.
Ian continued, "So, we can make helping ascenders condense immortal bodies our main objective!"
Despite their admiration for Ian Song, the immortals couldn't help but feel a little skeptical.
Ian Song smiled and, with a casual lift of his hand, a palace appeared in his palm.
"This is a super cave-heaven Immortal Artifact. It can shuttle through the void and escape at high speed, so as long as we prepare in advance, even if an Ancestral Immortal comes, we have nothing to fear!"
Then Ian led everyone inside the Divine Temple for a tour.
Three days later, at the City Lord's Mansion in Greenvine City.
With Joy and Cici making their move, it took less than fifteen minutes for the entire mansion to fall.
Ian then released the Golden Immortals who had been hiding in the Divine Temple, letting them loot the mansion.
After securing the mansion, Ian and the others quickly took control of Greenvine City's protective grand array. Then a Golden Immortal stepped forward, declaring himself a member of the Ascender Alliance and announcing that any ascender who hadn't yet condensed an immortal body could enter the Immortalization Pool for free.
The Golden Immortal's voice echoed across all of Greenvine City like a bomb dropped in deep water, sending the city into an uproar.
Countless people were skeptical, but those immortals near the Immortalization Pool went to check it out, half-believing, half-doubting, and discovered they really could enter for free.
Soon, the news that the Immortalization Pool was free was confirmed, and the ascended immortals went wild with joy, flocking to the pool to condense their immortal bodies. To make it easier for them to enter, Ian even ordered all the buildings around the pool to be demolished.
Meanwhile, the native-clan families in Greenvine City quickly contacted each other, trying to find out what the Ascender Alliance was and how they dared do this. Did they really not fear the wrath of the native Immortal clan bigshots?
At the same time, they tried to send messages outside.
Unfortunately, the city’s grand array had already been activated and modified by Ian—entry was allowed, but exit was blocked. They couldn't get any messages out.
Furthermore, when occupying Greenvine City, Ian sent his Golden Immortal subordinates to the surrounding villages to spread the word that ascenders could come to the city and freely condense immortal bodies.
Five days later.
All the ascended immortals in Greenvine City who hadn’t condensed immortal bodies succeeded, and they were deeply grateful to the Ascender Alliance. Many from nearby villages also came to the city and entered the Immortalization Pool to condense their immortal bodies.
Ten days later, after a tally...
At least more than 300,000 ascenders condensed immortal bodies during this period.
"Time to withdraw!"
Ian gathered his people into the Divine Temple and quickly left Greenvine City.
Although he'd sealed Greenvine City to prevent the native clans from sending out news, Ian knew some information had still leaked.
They hadn’t helped every ascender under Greenvine City’s jurisdiction, but at least more than 300,000 benefited, and the Ascender Alliance’s reputation exploded overnight.