Li Zhirui didn't travel outside with his real appearance, and the Ten Thousand Spirits Alliance never noticed this problem—under misguided instructions, how could they ever arrive at the right answer?
In the end, the Ten Thousand Spirits Alliance spent a hefty price circulating a portrait made entirely from the memory of the small tribe leader, comparing it one by one against the human Heavenly Immortals—and yet, not a single person matched!
After all that hassle, not only was there nothing gained, but they even lost a huge amount of Spiritual Objects in the process.
No matter how unwilling they were, the Ten Thousand Spirits Alliance could only halt their actions; otherwise, their losses would be even greater.
As a result, their previously aggressive search became extremely low-key.
Of course, the Ten Thousand Spirits Alliance's earlier moves did attract the attention of various factions, who sent people to investigate what was going on.
