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"You want to see the leader of the guild?"

Abe Ryoka was slightly stunned by Chen Qing’s request. Did Chen Qing really dare to meet with those guild leaders at this time, without fear of being plotted against?

Although those leaders could only exist in a special realm and couldn’t fully descend into this world, in certain parts of the void, there are some spells that can target them. This guy really has the guts of a bear.

"You can’t make the decision..." Chen Qing stated bluntly, "Now you also are trapped in this city, and it must cost you a lot of resources to report, right? Coincidentally, what we lack most now is time. How about... we do it all in one go?"

Abe Ryoka slightly frowned upon hearing this and ultimately saluted, "Please wait half a day, Your Highness, King of Qin. By dusk at the latest, I will give you an answer."

"Then I shall wait."

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"Chen Qing wants to meet with us?"

At this moment, the three major guilds had already gathered within the void.

Led by Shenwu Guild’s leader, Kagura, important figures from Wanxu and Tianhua also arrived in the void where the Fourth Guild was located.

The Fourth Guild, possessing the largest share of the human race’s luck, now owned the largest area of the void where such beings could appear in spirit form.

"That’s what my subordinates reported to me," said Kagura, the president of the Shenwu Guild, looking up at the higher-ups of the Fourth Guild above the Mirror of the Void.

"He sure has the guts..."

Although only spirit bodies could enter the void, their existence, even as spirit bodies, was something the human realm couldn’t even imagine.

If it weren’t for the rules that limited them, any of them could be sent to crush the treacherous emperor with their divine soul, destroying the world countless times!

"He certainly has a lot of nerve," said Kagura with a slight smile. "I recently heard a theory that the one who sealed the Demon Statue twenty years ago, nearly cutting off our ancient resurgence, was not the real Pu YunChuan, but this one, indeed, is the true World Creator!"

"Really?" A female voice from above asked with a hint of curiosity, while the other two beings who had come with Kagura, whose bodies were like nebulae, began to ripple slightly.

Clearly... they were all shook by this statement.

"So what if he is a Creator?" Another voice from above said coldly, "Aren’t all those reincarnators sent by the Federation supposed to be the so-called designers? And they’re still stuck in the first reincarnation after so long, aren’t they?"

"We’ve been rooted here for so long, a newcomer who may know some version loopholes, can he really turn the sky upside down?"

"Isn’t that exactly what’s happening now?" Kagura looked up, her eyes cold, "Do the rest of you seem to be in a leisurely situation at the moment?"

There was silence above. The current situation... frankly, could not be taken lightly.

If the north were swept away, the Celestial Serpent Palace, Dragon Palace, and Ghost Domain—the three major forces—would almost completely lose connection with them.

In the struggle for the second version, they would be at an absolute disadvantage, and worst case, they might not be able to recover in this cycle, with the second phase being completely occupied!

If the current Emperor of the human realm followed the former King of Qin and controlled the world with absolute power to avoid slaughter, the Earth Spirit’s revival would dissipate at an extremely fast rate, and this cycle would be completely out of their reach.

A failure to revive in one cycle would be a great harm to them.

"Chen Qing is the best partner to collaborate with," said Kagura in a low voice.

"He owns a quarter of the Dragon Palace, and the military power of Jiangnan now can contend with an ancient force.

By joining forces with him, we could create a tripartite division of power against the Emperor of the Central Plains.

As long as the situation stabilizes, they.

.. will naturally be nothing to worry about. "

"Would he be willing to do that?" asked the voice above, perplexed, "From his standpoint, it wouldn’t be easy to cooperate, would it?"

"Since he has proposed to meet in person, he must have a method of cooperation in mind. How about... we let him come over?"

"What do you think?"

"What else is there to think?" said the two nebulae-shaped beings beside Kagura, their voices bitterly cold, "Being cornered by an NPC into collaboration among the four major guilds, even seeking help from a newcomer; we’ve lost all face, what does it matter at this point?"

Everyone: "....."

It was indeed a disgrace; over countless epochs, they had amassed such formidable power, and yet now an NPC had plotted them into such an embarrassing state. Indeed, this human of the human race should not exist!

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"What will Chen Qing do?"

Having passed through the special pathway of the Path of Yin and Yang, the two arrived back in the Capital City in less than half a day, traversing the vast Northern Territory.

Along with them returned Mother Poison, who, now as a collaborator, currently resided within a Ghost Temple, enjoying the faith and worship from countless years—a force she had never dreamt of before.

This time... she had chosen the right person!

At that moment, within the Imperial Study of the Imperial Palace, the whole room had entered the realm between Yin and Yang, become a completely interconnected space. As in King Xiang Palace, the two men stood inverted as reflections on the surface of water, facing each other upside down.

"I, too, am quite curious about what he will do," the Emperor said with a smile.

"He puts on the air of wanting to create a peaceful world, and his current prestige in Jiangnan is even higher than King Qin’s in his heyday.

Yet, if he openly protects the demons of the Northern Wasteland, I fear that his reputation, built up over five years, will collapse in one fell swoop.

But if he does not intervene, then the strongholds in the Northern Wasteland right now are likely to be completely eradicated by those so-called Reincarnators! "

"He does not seem like someone who sits idle, awaiting his doom," King Xiang recalled their several meetings with Chen Qing and spoke in a low voice, "Perhaps he will have an unexpected method."

"That is what I am looking forward to," the Emperor’s smile remained, but the topic shifted. "How many troops can we muster before the spring?"

"The arrangements in the Ghost Temple are going smoothly. The transformation rate of the Flying Dragon Army is very high. Your methods are very effective. By a preliminary estimate, the entire Flying Dragon Army should successfully transform by spring!"

"Oh?" The Emperor nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this.

The Flying Dragon Army had been his own personally developed elite troops, holding an even higher place in his heart than the Siao Family Servant’s Golden Dragon Guard, and they were also absolutely loyal to him. He had stationed them in the Southern Border to accumulate strength.

In these twenty years, he had discreetly sent many resources their way, unbeknownst to many.

Now, even the lowest-ranking foot soldiers of the Flying Dragon Army were at the standard of Sixth Rank Military Generals, and the squad leaders of ten or even twenty men were at least at the Fifth Rank—a genuine, leading army of the time before the ancient descent!

With such a solid foundation, the speed of ascendancy by the Evil Spirits was naturally quite fast. This time, those who descended were King Xiang’s own direct forces: the Heavenly Ghost Guard.

It was said that each of them was a Transcendent Evil Spirit, with invincible bravery in battle, often managing to defeat ten opponents single-handedly when facing the armies of the other three kings.

For such powerful Evil Spirits to descend into a human vessel through a Ghost Temple, they needed the vessels themselves to have a good base, and even more time to undergo ghostification. Normally, it would be impossible to descend all two-hundred thousand Heavenly Ghost Guards within three years.

But he had thought of a method. Ghostification needed to proceed quietly, to gradually corrupt, and the deceit used by the Southern Barbarians tricked soldiers into believing they were receiving the blessings of ghosts and spirits, giving them a method to rapidly enhance their strength.

However, they did not realize that their bodies were being slowly replaced by Evil Spirits.

This approach could not be too hasty, as it would risk detection, causing intense resistance from the original spirit, potentially even destroying the body and damaging the Evil Spirit itself.

The Emperor’s method, however, was quite simple: make the soldiers give up resistance!

Of course, even the most loyal soldiers wouldn’t just relinquish resistance and let Evil Ghosts take over their bodies, which is why he proposed a dual soul system.

No more deception, no resistance; the Evil Spirits would corrupt the soldiers’ bodies, but they could not expel the soldier’s spirit.

After possession, the Evil Spirits would control the body’s rights of use, but after a certain period, the Evil Spirits would automatically withdraw, leaving behind an enhanced body for the soldiers—it was essentially a form of rental agreement.

The reason why this approach was not used by others was due to the inability to convince both parties; no one would trust that the Evil Spirit invading their body would obediently return it, and conversely, none of the Evil Spirits would willingly give up the human bodies they expended great effort to strengthen.

But this time was different. Both King Xiang and Emperor Siao held absolute authority over their loyal troops. The Flying Dragon Army was willing to trust the Emperor, and King Xiang’s Evil Spirits did not dare to defy King Xiang’s authority.

And so... a nearly impossible cooperation came to be!

With just less than half a year, the two-hundred-thousand-strong Flying Dragon Army would be ready to be mobilized!

"Two-hundred-thousand... is that enough?" the Emperor looked at King Xiang.

"Heh..." King Xiang snorted coldly, "If it were not for the sake of caution, a hundred thousand would be enough.

Ghost Soldiers do not require logistics, and that intense snake poison is almost useless against them.

Come spring, although not all Heavenly Guards can attack with their full might, exterminating those beasts of the north will be more than enough! "

The Emperor nodded slightly; he thought so too.

According to King Xiang’s estimates, by spring, the two-hundred-thousand Flying Dragon Guards could step into the standard of the Full First Rank, with squad leaders all being Transcendent.

An army like that, in times past, he would not even dare to imagine.

He believed, in this world, no one could stand against them!