After she returned to the Ding Clan, Ding Shaoyao was able to quickly take control of the entire Ding Clan due to Ding Xiang’s death. Once she finished doing that, the first thing she did was to swiftly eliminate all Ding Xiang’s remaining forces in the Ding Clan. Only then did she truly have full control over the Ding Clan. Once she was done with all of that, Ding Shaoyao started acting against the Skydevil Sect and the other sects. In less than half a day of time, over 10,000 of the islands in their control had been completely wiped clean. Of course, even though it was partially due to the strength of the Ding Clan, there was another reason, and it was that those sects didn’t resist the Ding Clan. Before long, the Skydevil Sect, Bluewave Sect, Nebula Sect, and Divine Mystery Sect had openly declared their alliance, and all of their forces had converged together. So, the Ding Clan stopped when that happened. ... The Ding Clan. Ding Shaoyao sat at the seat of the host within the Ding Clan’s assembly room, and there were 3 old men by her side. They were the core figures of the Ding Clan. “Patriarch, why have we stopped now? Those sects heavily injured the former patriarch and killed Elder Ding Xiang. Even you almost fell into their hands. How can our Ding Clan maintain its foothold in the Ocean of Anarchy without avenging this? In my opinion, we should annihilate all of them in one go!” A middle aged man stood up and spoke angrily. “Sit down!” One of the old men by Ding Shaoyao’s side glared angrily at the middle aged man and said, “Ding Hai, there’s naturally a reason why Shaoyao has acted in such a way. What’re you shouting about?” The middle aged man called Ding Hai puckered his lips. Even though he was slightly displeased, he didn’t dare go against the old man and could only sit down unwillingly. Ding Shaoyao glanced at them and said, “I understand how all of you feel, and it’s indeed an extremely great humiliation to our Ding Clan. I really understand your desire to take revenge, but have all of you thought about why those sects dared to join forces against our Ding Clan when they are clearly far inferior to our Ding Clan and even have to be mindful not to offend us in the past?” The old man who stopped Ding Hai just now frowned as he spoke. “Shaoyao, you mean that someone is supporting them?” Ding Shaoyao nodded and said, “If they didn’t possess the support of someone, then would they even dare to act against our Ding Clan? Since they dared to do so, then it represents that the power supporting them is definitely not inferior to our Ding Clan or even superior to our Ding Clan. If we continue attacking rashly, then it’s very likely that it would provide that power an opportunity to exploit and bring destruction to our Ding Clan!” Silence filled the room for a while before someone suddenly said, “Is it the Exalted Han Empire?” The expressions of the others changed a little when they heard this. Even though the Ding Clan was an overlord in the Ocean of Anarchy, its forces were nothing in the eyes of the colossus that was the Exalted Han Empire. If it was really the Exalted Han Empire that was acting against the Ding Clan, then the Ding Clan would really be in danger. “Why aren’t we allying ourselves with the Exalted Han Empire.” One of the others spoke in a low voice. “Patriarch, the Mortal Emperor’s rise can’t be stopped. Our Ding Clan should really not stand before something it can’t stop. I suggest that we take the initiative to ally ourselves with the Exalted Han Empire. If we’re willing to do so, then I presume that the Exalted Han Empire will definitely choose us and not those sects.” “I think that Ding Ceng is right!” Another middle aged man stood up and said, “The barrier between continents existed in the past, so our Ding Clan could pay no attention to the Exalted Han Empire. But now, it has been destroyed, so how would our Ding Clan defend itself if the Exalted Han Empire intends to destroy us? Thus, our Ding Clan should take the initiative to become allies with the Exalted Han Empire and repair our relationship with it!” In next to no time, many more chimed in with agreement, and they suggested that Ding Shaoyao should allow the Ding Clan to form an alliance with the Exalted Han Empire. “Have all of you forgotten what Mister Xiao said?” Ding Shaoyao glanced indifferently at them. If she hadn’t met Tang Ye, then it was very likely that she would still choose to form an alliance with the Exalted Han Empire because it was the best choice for the Ding Clan right now. However, after she met Tang Ye, she knew that it was exactly that ‘best choice’ which might bring a calamity down upon the Ding Clan in the future, just as Xiao Tianji had said! The Exalted Han Empire was very strong, Luo Jun of the Exalted Han Empire was the Mortal Empire, and he even possessed the support of many clans and sects. But was Tang Ye weak? Perhaps the Grand Qing Empire and Darkbeast Empire were inferior to the Exalted Han Empire, but what about the Demon Emperor of the demon territory? What about Xiao Tianji? With the wisdom Xiao Tianji possessed, if he didn’t know something about Tang Ye or had predicted something related to Tang Ye, would he allow his daughter to marry Tang Ye and support Tang Ye?