Life in the game continued, players continued to clear dungeons, kill monsters, and complete quests. After all, these are the three main parts of Glory, everything else is just to make these more interesting. These basic frames have never been changed.
All of the guilds agreed to step down, but Ye Xiu didn't loosen his guard. Since the moment he established the guild, he knew that the other guild leaders would be his enemies forever. They were only temporarily stepping down. It was just that they hadn't found any ways to fight back yet. If they ever thought up a new scheme, a violent offensive would immediately be carried out, without any warning, of course.
The best method of collecting information was to use someone condemned and hated by everyone — a spy. But Guild Demeter had just been established. It wasn't that there wasn't anyone who could be trusted. Even if there were, they weren't high enough leveled to join any of these guilds backed by Clubs.