The more interesting part of this chapter was the meeting with the dragon lords. I would have preferred to stay there. He has higher ups that support him and would dispute the treason claim. That is more interesting than the 100th trail of power up

Im shocked that the orthodox has betrayed another assassin group. I can't believe they have done this... so many times.

Honestly what a fast turn. The Alliance Leader Ma seemed to be a villain that the MC would have to deal with eventually. However, that quickly proved false over the last 10+ chapters and then he gets one shot here. Dude was as pathetic as they come (for someone who is supposed to be at the peak of the martial arts world).

Someone besides the MC has to be able to hold their own

Either we join the demonic cult of baddies or we bring them over to form the murim alliance of baddies

Love it. While everyone is fighting a life or death battle, the MC can still hold back

Can we join the other faction? They have all the baddies

Yeah we are about to recruit not just 1 but 2 old men to the team

MC can''t help himself. He hast to woo everyone

Two old dudes realizing they are being sent out to die

Honestly these stories miss out by fast forwarding some of these details of the world around the MC while overly focusing on personal powerups. The MCs sword group having their first fatality would be a great opportunity to show his more empathetic leadership in hard situations. They literally spent more panels on the MC meditating to get "120 years worth of energy" then that potential story. The amount of internal energy the MC has is pointless. He will always have enough energy to overcome the hardships presented to him but not enough to steamroll the story right away. It is a moving goalpost that doesn't change the core of the story at all. The relationships and the world are what matters.

So two of his waifus fade off screen again

F

A win by default is still a win. He just needs to re-frame his thinking a little bit

Oh god No 2 got one shot

dont forget number 7, he is still working on securing her

MC only puts the moves on demonic / unorthodox women

MC always finessing money out of his victims

Dont snitch on those who helped you out

Im with you 100%. Otaku is the best