At first, when Bai Fu intended to turn someone from the Apostle Holy City, her chosen target was Sen Lan, whom she had clashed with in the Tubu Star System.

But the development of events was completely beyond her expectations.

Sen Lan, whom she had tricked several times, did not betray the Apostle Holy City. Instead, it was Sen Lan's superior, Litt, who defected.

During this period, Litt kept stirring things up at the borders of the Apostle Holy City with members of the Anti-Apostle Holy City Alliance. Although they hadn't caused significant damage to the Apostle Holy City, they had made everyone in the city, including the Supreme Divine Disciple and the Fourth Angel Envoy, genuinely believe that an apostle was lurking in the shadows, watching the Apostle Holy City.

Bai Fu was very satisfied with Litt's work performance.

But what she didn't expect was that today Litt brought her another piece of good news.

"Here's what happened."

Litt recounted the situation in detail—

At the time, he was secretly deploying signal stations at the borders of the Apostle Holy City with the special agent troops of the Mechanical Core Civilization and suddenly received a private communication from Sen Lan.

With a feeling of suspicion, he connected, and then heard Sen Lan mention how lately, undercurrents were surging within the Apostle Holy City. Although on the surface, everything seemed polite and all minds were focused on annexing the three major Cosmic Level Civilizations, in reality, many people were colluding to overthrow the current Supreme Divine Disciple.

[These days, I've received several secret communications]

Sen Lan's tone carried a hint of heaviness.

His mental journey was similar to others who received the communication; initially, he thought it was a test from the Supreme Divine Disciple, but after several contacts, he realized it wasn't a test but rather that the Fourth Angel Envoy had indeed fallen out with the Supreme Divine Disciple.

A storm is coming.

Sen Lan pretended to agree, but inside he was filled with intense unease.

After thinking it over and over, he couldn't think of any reason for himself to join this internal conflict.

Whether he sided with the Fourth Angel Envoy or the Supreme Divine Disciple, if he lost, he was bound to die, and if he won, given his power and the current decayed state of the Fourth Cathedral, he probably wouldn't get a share of the profits, at most just a few scraps.

Risking his neck for a few scraps of soup just didn't seem worth it.

Sen Lan's final decision was simply to defect from the Apostle Holy City and seek out his old boss Litt.

Staying away from the eye of the storm in the Apostle Holy City might keep him from getting hurt.

"Sen Lan may genuinely want to defect to us, but he might also be collaborating with the Supreme Divine Disciple to set us up," Litt expressed his thoughts.

Bai Fu nodded.

Which one is the truth?

It's obviously hard to draw a reliable conclusion based merely on speculation.

Given that…

"Let's probe him proactively."

Whether Sen Lan's intentions were true or false, understanding his thoughts was a chance to teach the Apostle Holy City a good lesson!

Litt: "How to test?"

Bai Fu: "Send him one of my Prayer Cards. I want to talk to him personally."

Litt immediately agreed.

Since Sen Lan used to be his subordinate, he naturally hoped Sen Lan was genuinely defecting. That way, his position within Bai Fu's faction would be more secure.

Because Litt was already near the Apostle Holy City, within just two days, he delivered a Dark Moon Eye Card, born from Bai Fu's Prayer Card factory, to Sen Lan.

Sen Lan looked curiously at the Prayer Card in his hand, and as he guessed Litt's intention for sending the card, Bai Fu already saw through his true thoughts.

Affinity: 74 (Reverence and Admiration)

"If he's collaborating with the Supreme Divine Disciple to set me up, his affinity towards me shouldn't be this high, and the affinity descriptor shouldn't include admiration."

Her eyes turned with calculation, and Bai Fu raised her head from her pondering.

"Long time no see."

A familiar voice echoed beside his ear.

Sen Lan was stunned for a full ten seconds before he finally came back to his senses.

"Bai Fu?"

The voice of Bai Fu emerged from the Prayer Card that Litt had delivered, which meant that after defecting from the Apostle Holy City, Litt had actually gone to join Bai Fu?

Wow, what an amazing discovery!

If things were really as he thought, then by defecting to Litt, it was akin to defecting to Bai Fu.

Considering Bai Fu's relationship with the three major Cosmic Level Civilizations, by defecting, he was directly opposing the Apostle Holy City.

This...

"If opposing is how it is, so be it! Damn it, my achievements today are completely due to my own efforts and the cultivation from the Fourth Cathedral. Now that the Fourth Cathedral is in such a terrible state, they still want me to join their internal strife? I'm not going to play along!"

Sen Lan's words became extremely heated.

All the grievances accumulated over the years suddenly erupted.

He didn't really ask for much, just fairness, but the Apostle Holy City couldn't give him that.

Since that's how it was, he might as well defect to Bai Fu.

Bai Fu was recognized as a great benefactor; she never did anything harmful or unfair, her character was completely trustworthy.

As for power...

Sen Lan estimated that Bai Fu's current power was probably not much weaker than that of the Supreme Divine Disciple.

He had come well-prepared, not guessed at random.

Wasn't there a recent rumor that Bai Fu had been attacked by Lupus and turned into Sha Fu? But in reality, Bai Fu was completely fine and still had time to talk to him.

Regardless of the real situation, it all indicated that Bai Fu now had the ability to handle Lupus.

Lupus was not weak by any means and was rumored to have become a Void Lord. To handle the sudden assault of a Void Lord without any significant issues, who could say Bai Fu wasn't formidable?