89: Talks broke down

"Let them come."

Gu Jixiao did not refuse Lin Zilong.

Firstly, Lin Zilong had already completely submitted to him, so the candidates he recommended should be suitable.

Secondly, it was because he was too lazy to go looking for others; since they were being delivered to his doorstep, he would simply accept them.

Soon, Zhao Wuyu and Song Tianan arrived before Lin Zilong.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Upon seeing Gu Jixiao, the two immediately knelt down without a word, their eyes filled with fanatical worship for him.

After all, under Gu Jixiao's leadership, their Ancient Heavenly Dynasty had stepped into an unprecedented level of strength.

"Mm, rise. I have summoned you here because I intend to bestow a great fortune upon you."

With a wave of Gu Jixiao's hand, a gentle force lifted them up.

Immediately after, both experienced the same shock as Lin Zilong had, followed by a surge of wild joy. Without another word, they began kowtowing frantically to Gu Jixiao.

"Thank you for your benevolence, Your Majesty! This servant will surely climb mountains of swords and plunge into seas of fire for Your Majesty, never shrinking even from ten thousand deaths!"

"There is no need for empty words, just do your work diligently. These two are emperor creation pills; swallow them, and you will become Great Emperors in half a month."

"Go. I hope to see you both become Great Emperors in half a month."

Receiving the emperor creation pills from Gu Jixiao's hand, the two held them like precious treasures. They swallowed the emperor creation pills without hesitation and then respectfully took their leave.

After they left, Gu Jixiao toyed with the five remaining emperor creation pills in his hand.

"So, who should I give these five emperor creation pills to?"

"Forget it, I'll keep them for now. It won't be too late to give them away when I meet someone destined for them."

After speaking, Gu Jixiao put the emperor creation pills away.

In the next moment, a hundred figures radiating terrifying auras appeared before Gu Jixiao. The moment they appeared, they knelt down to him without a word.

"Greetings, Master!"

Those hundred were precisely the Peak Quasi-Emperors rewarded by the System.

Looking at them, Gu Jixiao showed a satisfied expression and nodded.

"All of you, rise. From now on, you will follow Lin Zilong's orders."

After speaking, Gu Jixiao sent a voice transmission to Lin Zilong, instructing him that after breaking through to Peak Great Emperor, he should lead the hundred Peak Quasi-Emperors and over a thousand Void Refining Peaks to subjugate the entire Southern Wilderness within half a year.

On the other side, Lin Zilong had just returned to his manor and was about to enter seclusion to refine the emperor creation pill when he received Gu Jixiao's voice transmission.

An excited Lin Zilong expressed that he had never fought such a wealthy war in his life and vowed to absolutely complete the mission.

With a hundred Peak Quasi-Emperors plus his own strength as a Peak Great Emperor, it could be said that those thousand-plus Void Refining Peaks were just incidental.

In contrast to the situation at the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, within the Tianguang Holy Land, Great Emperor Tianguang wore a helpless, bitter smile.

"Fellow Daoists, please do not press me further. I truly do not intend to go to war with the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty."

"Tianguang, are you really willing to watch your Tianguang Holy Land become someone else's vassal?"

Great Emperor Leiting spoke with an expression of disappointment, as if frustrated that the other wouldn't improve.

In his view, he would rather die in battle than become someone else's subordinate; this was a matter of dignity.

If Cultivating ultimately meant losing one's dignity, then this path of immortality was not worth pursuing!

Beside him, Great Emperor Purple Flame also spoke up to analyze the situation.

"Indeed. Based on the current situation, the other side has at most two Peak Great Emperors. If the three of us Peak Great Emperors join forces, the opponent will be more or less wary."

"We don't seek to destroy them, but at the very least, we must make them abandon the idea of subjugating our Three Great Sacred Lands."

Seeing their confident expressions, Great Emperor Tianguang sighed helplessly.

"But that day, those who appeared at my Tianguang Holy Land were two Peak Great Emperors."

"If there were already two Peak Great Emperors here, do you think they wouldn't have any Peak Great Emperors at their headquarters?"

Hearing this, Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame were momentarily stunned. Upon realizing the implication, their expressions turned ugly.

But soon, Great Emperor Leiting took a deep breath, his eyes burning: "I have received news that the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty has put out word that they want all forces in the Southern Wilderness to submit to them within half a year."

"With such great ambition, I estimate he intends to swallow the entire Heavenly Saint Continent into his Ancient Heavenly Dynasty step by step."

"Therefore, as long as our Three Great Sacred Lands take the lead and call upon all forces in the Heavenly Saint Continent to unite, will we really be unable to deal with a single Ancient Heavenly Dynasty then?"

"At the worst, if the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty has more than three Peak Great Emperors, I would rather risk self-detonating than ever become another's subject!"

By the end, a hint of madness flashed across Great Emperor Leiting's face.

Beside him, Great Emperor Purple Flame was also infected by his spirit, his fighting intent rising.

However, Great Emperor Tianguang shook his head: "If you want to self-detonate, go ahead. I do not plan to self-detonate."

"Besides, the demands he made of our Tianguang Holy Land are not harsh; they are within an acceptable range."

"I cannot take the risk with the entire Tianguang Holy Land."

"You—I see you have already been deeply bewitched. Purple Flame, let us take him down together!"

Great Emperor Leiting looked toward Great Emperor Purple Flame, already prepared to strike.

After all, the current Great Emperor Tianguang had already announced his submission to the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty. If Great Emperor Tianguang were to help the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty's side, it would be nothing less than a latent threat to them.

But Great Emperor Purple Flame shook his head and stopped Great Emperor Leiting.

"Leiting, let us go. Since Fellow Daoist Tianguang has made his choice, let us respect it."

After speaking, Great Emperor Purple Flame turned and left.

Great Emperor Leiting's eyes widened in surprise. After all, in his impression, that fellow Purple Flame had an even more explosive temper than himself.

How had he become so steady?

But since Purple Flame wasn't acting, he alone wasn't certain of taking down Tianguang, so he might as well leave.

Watching their departing backs, Great Emperor Tianguang couldn't help but sigh.

Not telling Gu Jixiao about them coming to find him today was his final gesture of friendship toward them.

After all, he could not gamble the entire Tianguang Holy Land with them.

Leaving the Tianguang Holy Land, Great Emperor Leiting stopped Great Emperor Purple Flame, looking puzzled.

"Purple Flame, why didn't we strike at Tianguang? If Tianguang helps the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty side against us in the future, won't it be even more dangerous?"

But Great Emperor Purple Flame waved his hand, his tone quite certain.

"Don't worry, he won't. That fellow—unless the Tianguang Holy Land is about to be destroyed, he will absolutely not lift a finger."

"So what we need to do now is use the names of our two Great Sacred Lands to unite all the prominent forces in the Heavenly Saint Continent and denounce the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty together."

"At that time, when that fellow Tianguang sees a possibility of defeating the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, he will naturally choose to stand on our side."

"If the forces of the entire Heavenly Saint Continent unite, no matter how powerful the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty is, it can't possibly be a match, right?"

"After all, if the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty were truly that powerful, they wouldn't have been obscure for so many years."

Beside him, Great Emperor Leiting listened to Purple Flame's words and thought about it; it seemed to make sense, so he nodded and agreed.

It was just that they had clearly miscalculated the power of the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, and they had given Gu Jixiao a perfectly justifiable reason to take down all the forces of the Heavenly Saint Continent.