As for whether Mandara's actions were in vain—after all, if Daluo Heaven were to be destroyed and carved up in the end, clearing out the fence-sitters would amount to nothing—Xiao Ze saw the situation very clearly. Her actions were far from useless.
They were genuinely beneficial to Daluo Heaven, and she had every right to carry them out. Mandara's confidence stemmed entirely from her strength. Following the conclusion of the Great Hunting War and the annexation of the Blood Spirit Gate's territory, Xiao Ze had successfully refined two divine medicinal pills capable of affecting Sovereigns. Mandara had absorbed and refined both, successfully advancing to an Upper Earth Sovereign as she had wished.
With the strength of an Upper Earth Sovereign, she truly had nothing to fear from a joint alliance of the three top-tier faction leaders. Naturally, under such circumstances, she set out to weed out the fence-sitters within Daluo Heaven. Because she now possessed the confidence to handle this crisis, the leaks from those fence-sitters were not entirely fatal. However, if their next enemy matched her in strength, a single leak would be enough to lead Daluo Heaven to its destruction. After all, losing the battle prowess of a Lower Earth Sovereign would present Daluo Heaven's enemies with a rare and golden opportunity.
Chapter 575