The faint Netherworld Fire swirled like a sea, burning the nutritional pods left by the Storm God's Throne to ashes!
This was the last hope the Storm God's Throne left for himself!
Gu Shen was not worried about the Storm God's Throne using the Red Dragon as a "threat," as he knew the Storm God's Throne too well. It was an old conservative relic willing to abandon the church's century-old foundation to "survive."
The Red Dragon was his only hope of survival.
Once he lost this last hope... he really would have nothing left.
He could, of course, use the Red Dragon to threaten Gu Shen.
But when the map is revealed and the dagger is shown, once this last card is exposed, he would have no way out.
The Storm God's Throne could not bear the consequences of Gu Shen abandoning the "Red Dragon."
He was an extremely selfish person, so deep in his heart, he did not believe that someone who had cultivated to Gu Shen's level would spare a divine throne-level enemy for a so-called "friend."
