Gui Xingfu read the Fla Demon Empire Emperor’s edict over and over again, then inexplicably, his eyes moistened.
"How many years has it been?" asked Gui Xingfu.
Zhi Ao replied, "Eight years!"
Gui Xingfu said, "Xia Ao, as a father in this life, I’ve calculated and sched to the end. Thirty years ago, I ticulously investigated King Zhi Bian’s private life; twenty-eight years ago, I deliberately adopted you, just to push you to the throne of the Rage Wave Kingdom, to make our Rage Wave the Gui Family reach the pinnacle. For this, I used every ans, including partaking in framing my sworn brother, including sending my daughter to Zhi Li."
Zhi Ao brewed a cup of tea and placed it in front of Gui Xingfu.
Looking at his foster father before him, he was sixty-eight years old this year, his hair already entirely white, showing clear signs of old age.
When did he start to age? From the day his wife Turing Si t a tragic end and Gui Qinshao was captured by the Dragon Temple, he began to age.
"After fighting for more than twenty years, calculating for more than twenty years, I guess today I’ve reached my goal." Gui Xingfu said, "Queen Zhiyan has long been indifferent to state affairs. Since marrying a woman from Yin Zhou, you’ve beco the ruling Duke, and two years ago, you even advanced to ruling Prince. Fu Lingxi has told that Zhiyan is going to be promoted to the Sky Holy Palace, so the future King of Rage Wave is destined to be you. All dreams from back then have co true..."
Then, Gui Xingfu laughed heartily and said, "But, I never thought it would be realized in this way. From beginning to end, did it relate to your struggle, or my struggle?"
Zhi Ao shook his head. In the future, even if Zhi Ao ascends to the throne of the Rage Wave Kingdom, it has nothing to do with their own struggle.
"Every day, I am desperately calculating, hoping to figure out every step, yet Heaven has arranged for us an incredibly bizarre path. Originally, you and I were both going to fail, never able to achieve any aspirations. Yet Heaven’s mighty hand gently guided us to effortlessly achieve our highest ideals." Gui Xingfu laughed heartily and said, "You will beco the King of Rage Wave in the future, and my Linhai Gui Family will also instantly beco the top wealthy family in the Rage Wave Kingdom. However, this has nothing to do with either; we’re all pathetic pawns, not even pawns."
Gui Xingfu did not drink tea but went to get wine, pouring a glass for both himself and Zhi Ao.
"I’ll soon beco the Pri Minister of the Rage Wave Kingdom because I’ve been flattering Fu Lingxi. And what was your ideal back then? To sit in the position of Duke Turing Tuo at fifty, the first Commander in the Commander-in-chief’s Office, but you took this position before turning thirty, and before forty you’ll beco the King of the Rage Wave Kingdom. How do you feel?" Gui Xingfu asked, "This is what you’ve been dreaming of, how does it feel? Is this what you wanted?"
Zhi Ao took a glass of wine and said, "It’s like this body isn’t mine. It’s as if I’m living soone else’s life, without a sliver of joy, only endless emptiness."
Gui Xingfu said, "Because none of this is achieved by our own efforts; it’s arbitrarily given by others. Our destinies are in the hands of others; we’re just puppets on strings. So when I think of the ideals and ambitions of the ti, it just seems laughable."
Zhi Ao drank a glass and said, "Once I was not willing to yield to Suo Lun, thinking I was better than him in every way. Now thinking back, it’s really laughable. Actually, even when he was at his weakest, when he was like a stray dog, even if I could easily kill him with a punch, I was far from being like him. Because he always held his destiny in his own hands, no matter who tried to control his fate, he always resisted the manipulation of destiny. And I have always been deceiving myself, manipulated by others."
Gui Xingfu said, "When Zhi Li wanted to manipulate Suo Lun’s fate, he defeated Zhi Li and beca the Regent Prince of the Rage Wave Kingdom. When the Dragon Temple wanted to manipulate his fate, he unified the whole Southern Barbaric Lands and beca the Emperor of the Fla Demon Empire. We’ve always been puppets, while he’s always been a free life. That’s the biggest difference between us and him!"
Zhi Ao said, "So, where to go from here is very clear!"
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Motuo Empire!
Emperor Moda held the Fla Demon Empire’s edict, also reading it over and over, then smiling slightly, "The Tiancha King Di Peng didn’t let down. After all, he’s the son of a Bingren, shaless for decades. But force him to a dead end, and he still has so blood; indeed, he surrendered to Lanling."
Below, Crown Prince Motuo said, "Next, should I proceed?"
Emperor Moda nodded, "You can stir up so hatred to avoid making the declaration of war seem abrupt later. But the most important thing is still to watch and wait for tensions between the Fla Demon Empire and the Dragon Temple to further intensify. The Dragon Temple is accustod to commanding others in comfort, but it won’t take long for them to tacitly allow us to take the stage!"
Crown Prince Motuo said, "Mm!"
...
Fla Demon Empire, Fla Demon City!
Lanling said, "Did you see through it?"
Tang Ren said, "I see it. With the wisdom of Emperor Motuo and Crown Prince Motuo, there’s no need to drive Tiancha King into a desperate situation so directly. They’re not as imperious as the Dragon Temple. They could completely infiltrate the army under Tiancha King first and then render him powerless, without needing to keep him completely under control, making him lose all power to life and death. They forced Tiancha King into such a desperate situation just to make him surrender to us."
Lanling said, "Emperor Motuo wants to shatter the Dragon Temple’s illusions, to let directly unify the entire Southern Barbaric Lands. Na Xue’s defeat by Emperor Moda simply doesn’t care to support so puppet, as that would rely waste strength. His sole goal is to eliminate my Fla Demon Empire directly through war."
Tang Ren said, "The Dragon Temple wants to turn Your Majesty into the Dragon Emperor, so they fight but never break. However, the conflict between Emperor Moda and Your Majesty is irreconcilable, and only one of you can survive. Once the Fla Demon Empire becos powerful, the first to be destroyed is not the Dragon Temple, but Motuo Empire, because the entire Demon Race can only have one Emperor."
Lanling said, "Emperor Moda will succeed, and ultimately the Dragon Temple will surely stand idly by as Motuo Empire declares war on the Fla Demon Empire! I don’t deny that the Sky Holy Palace is governed by a group of the most intelligent people, but they are too greedy, their power is too strong, and with a hand full of good cards, they don’t know how to play them, let alone the complex political infighting within the Sky Holy Palace."
Tang Ren said, "So, in the coming years, a great war with Motuo Empire is bound to erupt. And it will be the ultimate showdown, directly determining who is the supre ruler of the Demon Race."
Lanling said, "Yes, there can only be one emperor in the entire Demon Race!"
Tang Ren said, "But, once we win, it directly tramples on the Dragon Temple’s ultimate tolerance bottom line. No matter the cost, they will deploy the Sky Tomb Army to destroy my Fla Demon Empire. With our current strength, even defeating the Motuo Empire, we can’t withstand the attack of the Dragon Temple’s Sky Tomb Legion!"
Lanling said, "So... we must grasp the timing. The war between us and the Motuo Empire is bound to happen. But as for when it happens, we must control it. Where do you think the key to controlling the timing of the great war between the Motuo Empire and the Fla Demon Empire lies?"
Tang Ren said, "The Heaven and Earth Barrier, at the rift of Demonic Prison Secret Realm, those six Sub-King Layer Divine Dragon Temple Dark Priests. As soon as we kill these six Dark Priests, we trample on the Dragon Temple’s bottom line, marking the mont for the great war between the Motuo Empire and the Fla Demon Empire."
"Correct!" Lanling said, "Moreover, we need to grasp the timing, which is to obtain the Devil Emperor’s legacy."
Obtaining the Devil Emperor’s legacy must happen at the sa ti as the final battle with the Motuo Empire!
First, the Motuo Empire is extrely powerful. Even if we persuade the Tiancha King and even persuade Princess Na Xue to surrender, the Fla Demon Empire may still not be a match for the Motuo Empire.
Of course, Lanling knows nothing about the strength of the Motuo Empire, and Emperor Di Ming is just a peripheral figure with limited understanding. Although Du Shu is one of the consorts of the Crown Prince Motuo, she may not be aware of the core energy of the Motuo Empire.
The only one who knows the core power of the Motuo Empire should be Na Xue. Her cultivation is not as high as the Crown Prince Motuo, yet she can compete with him, which must have her own reasons. The key point is that she can grant Emperor Di Ming Sub-King Layer Bloodline Energy, indicating her identity and status are very special.
Anyway, back to the point.
The power of the Motuo Empire is so strong that without major breakthroughs in energy studies, especially in starry sky magic energy studies, the Fla Demon Empire is hard to resist the attack of the Motuo Empire.
Therefore, it becos extrely important for Lanling to obtain the Devil Emperor’s legacy.
Once obtaining the Devil Emperor’s legacy, not only will he beco trendously powerful, but he can also renew the soul contract with the Hell Knights, allowing these Hell Knights to instantly get the energy of the Ancient Demon King.
Then, the Fla Demon Empire will beco incredibly strong instantly, not only defeating the Motuo Empire in a mont but also resisting the attack of the Dragon Temple.
By then, the ti to counterattack the human realms will officially arrive!
So, this timing must be extrely precise.
Obtaining the Devil Emperor’s legacy, the final battle with the Motuo Empire, resisting the attack of the Dragon Temple, and counterattacking the human realms—these four earth-shattering events will almost happen simultaneously!
The mont Lanling obtains the Devil Emperor’s legacy will also be the mont the world war erupts!
...
Lanling once again arrived at the spatial prison!
It has been eighty days since Na Xue was captured.
Every day, Lanling would co to the spatial prison to persuade her to surrender, asking the sa question a hundred tis: Kneel and swear allegiance to .
Now, it has been exactly seven thousand nine hundred tis.
And Na Xue has answered him seven thousand nine hundred tis: Dream on!
This is his last persuasion!
"Kneel and swear allegiance to ." Lanling.
"Dream on!" Na Xue.
"Kneel and swear allegiance to ." Lanling.
"Dream on!" Na Xue.
"Kneel and swear allegiance to ." Lanling said.
"Dream on!" Na Xue.
Just like this, Lanling asked ninety-nine tis in total.
For the last ti, Lanling paused slightly for a few seconds and said, "Kneel and swear allegiance to !"
Na Xue felt it, her beautiful face trembled slightly, and her gemstone-like eyes beca moist.
This is the last ti; if she answers "dream on" again, it’s death.
Even though Lanling didn’t say this was the last ti, Na Xue felt it clearly.
As long as she answers "dream on" again, it’s death!
This is the last ti, Lanling’s patience is exhausted!
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