The strength of these martial artists varies, with the lowest at the seventh or eighth level of body-opening, and the highest including Gang Qi, Grandmaster, and the Yuan Qi Realm. As for the Yinyang Boundary, Shattered Boundary, and even the Sub-Saint Realm of martial arts, they are almost all from major sects and powerful clans.

Indeed, among those who came to pledge allegiance, there are even Sub-Saints of Martial Dao!

The leaders of the six Heaven-Level forces all possess Sub-Saint Realm cultivation.

Sect Master of Xuzhou Canglan Sword Sect, Beiyuan Sword God, Zhou Xuan Kai;

Sect Master of Liangzhou Dragon Mountain Heavenly Sect, Demon Incinerating Elder, Ying Tianyu;

Patriarch of Qingzhou's Heaven-Level Dong Family, Holy Sky Spear God, Dong Daokang;

Sect Master of Bingzhou Red Moon Sect, Dual-Blade Red Demon, Li Ziyu;

Family Head of Eastern River Prefecture of Liangzhou's famous Shen Clan, Sky-Dominating Saber Saint, Shen Yuanfu;

Sect Leader of Jiaozhou Divine Origin Sect, Divine Origin Fist Saint, Ding Bufan.

In the Sub-Saint Realm of martial arts, there are basically no loose cultivators. After all, only top-level major forces can nurture Sub-Saints of Martial Dao, and these six Sub-Saints are precisely the leaders of the six Heaven-Level forces coming to pledge allegiance.

The arrival of these six naturally diluted Hou Yuxiao's power.

This was inevitable. It was true that defending the capital relied on the Red Flame Army, but Sub-Saints of Martial Dao also served as a reassurance, especially when the number of the Red Flame Army was insufficient, making their role particularly important.

The six leaders did not come alone; behind them were thousands upon thousands of followers. They certainly couldn't all flood into the capital at once, but as Hou Yuxiao accepted their allegiance, members of these forces began slowly converging on the capital from all directions.

The influx of so many experts not only diluted Hou Yuxiao's power but also that of Chu Kuangren and Lu Kangping. Previously, the capital's experts came mostly from their three families, but with the influx of these six families, the situation immediately changed.

Chu Kuangren and Lu Kangping, who were flirting with Jiang Yuyun, suddenly felt the pressure, especially as Hou Yuxiao was pressured by the six leaders to agree that the expanded army must be organized in accordance with the different forces. The mood of the two became considerably heavier.

Organizing the expanded army by different forces essentially meant that the six leaders were not intending to unite with them at all, each guarding their own territory. This not only divided their power but also potentially affected the combat power of the capital.

Despite having some inappropriate thoughts, Chu Kuangren and Lu Kangping at least possessed basic insight. They immediately realized that if the situation continued, the dilution of power was secondary, but weakening the capital would affect all of them.

So, the two took the initiative to approach Hou Yuxiao again.

To counter the impact of outsiders, the natural solution was for the older group to band together and support each other.

As the three families reconciled, the pressure on the six leaders indeed increased a lot. Moreover, the six families included both The Righteous Path and the Demon Path, which were inherently not unified. Hou Yuxiao used some minor strategies to quickly cause a rift among the six, making them unable to compete with the alliance of him, Chu Kuangren, and Lu Kangping. Control of the capital returned to his hands.

The six leaders were chastised, and their ambitious ideas were quickly curbed.

Chu Kuangren and Lu Kangping also realized that Hou Yuxiao brought in the six leaders partially to keep them in check, so they too became much more restrained and stopped flirting with Jiang Yuyun.

In this way, as Hou Yuxiao's power grew, his mood also lightened considerably.

Despite being more at ease, he couldn't help but frequently recall what Sikong Yue said half a month ago.

There were only two weeks left until Sikong Yue said he should quietly open the sect's treasure vault. Although he didn't believe it, he was very curious.

Curious about what confidence this woman had to say such a thing.