After this Great Hunt ended, the impact on the Northern Region was considerable.
After all, three top tier great factions had fallen at once. The resources left vacant were enough to drive anyone mad.
After leaving the Fallen Battlefield, while Mandala and the other three remaining Earth Sovereign went into seclusion, they also issued expansion orders. The four top tier factions under them surged madly toward the newly vacant territories, determined to swallow these three pieces of fat meat into their stomachs.
Conflicts were naturally unavoidable in the process, but all of that was temporarily unrelated to Liu Bai.
After this battle, everyone knew that Liu Bai was a Spiritual Array Scholar, an Earth Sovereign level expert. With such status, if he continued to compete with weaker individuals, it would only become a joke.
It could be said that the greatest winner of this Great Hunt was the Great Heavenlaw Domain. Not only did Liu Bai and the others reap abundant rewards within the Earth Sovereign Spiritual Treasury, but among the remaining talented and capable individuals of the Divine Pavilion and Netherworld Palace, seventy percent had joined under the Great Heavenlaw Domain.
Among these people, the one Liu Bai valued most was naturally Zhan Tai Liuli, the Battle Formation Master.
With her cooperating alongside Zhan Tai Yun under Liu Bai, the two of them alone would be comparable to an army of one hundred thousand in the coming expansion wars.
This did not refer to ordinary troops, but true elites like the Nine Nether Guards.
Of course, among the four remaining top tier factions, the relationship between the Great Heavenlaw Domain and Myriad Saint Mountain further improved, faintly showing signs of an alliance. In fact, because the Myriad Saint Ancestor had taken the initiative to block Liu Tiandao earlier, Mandala personally decided afterward to give one of the two smaller portions of Spiritual Divine Liquid to the Myriad Saint Ancestor as compensation.
This decision caused the Demon Emperor to regret deeply. His hesitation at that time had made him miss out on the Spiritual Divine Liquid.
Originally, the Demon Gate had obtained less Spiritual Divine Liquid than the Great Heavenlaw Domain and Netherworld Palace. Now it even fell behind Myriad Saint Mountain. He could only become fellow sufferers with Liu Tiandao, which made the Demon Emperor increasingly displeased with Liu Tiandao.
As for which of the four remaining factions felt the most aggrieved after this Great Hunt, it could only be Sky Profound Palace.
As former allies, both the Divine Pavilion and Netherworld Palace had been destroyed. In the future, the Northern Region would certainly be dominated by the Great Heavenlaw Domain, and Sky Profound Palace happened to have grudges with them.
Among the four remaining top tier factions, three had strained relations with Sky Profound Palace. Liu Tiandao even worried whether those three might secretly form an alliance and directly destroy Sky Profound Palace as well.
With such concerns weighing on him, Liu Tiandao had been frowning constantly these past few days. He had even postponed refining his Spiritual Divine Liquid.
After all, the amount Sky Profound Palace had obtained was too little and would provide him with very limited improvement. If he could not think of a solution before Mandala and the others emerged from seclusion, then Sky Profound Palace would face only two outcomes.
Leave the Northern Region or be destroyed.
Liu Tiandao had no doubt that once Mandala came out of seclusion, she would take action against him.
"Leave…"
No matter what, Liu Tiandao could not make that decision.
After all, Sky Profound Palace was the fruit of nearly a hundred years of his effort. How could he abandon it so easily?
Moreover, Liu Tiandao was not alone. If he left, what would happen to his two sons? Would they wander with him? Or join another respectable faction and start from nothing?
Shaking his head, Liu Tiandao looked into the void. Slowly, he made up his mind.
If you cannot defeat them then join them.
No matter the world, this was often an excellent choice.
And since he had already made the decision, Liu Tiandao chose to go all in.
On this day, at the Thunder Flame Plain under the Nine Nether Palace, Liu Tiandao and Liu Bai sat together.
"It has only been a few days, yet little friend Liu Bai has already broken through to Ninth Grade Sovereign. Truly worthy of congratulations." Liu Tiandao looked at Liu Bai beside him. Especially after sensing the vigorous spiritual energy within Liu Bai's body, surprise appeared in his expression.
After a single Great Hunt, he had advanced from Sixth-Grade Sovereign to Ninth-Grade Sovereign. Even with fortuitous encounters, such speed was astonishing.
As his cultivation increased, the weight of Liu Bai's identity as a Spiritual Array Scholar also grew heavier.
At this point, he could fully deploy the Void True Flame Grand Array during battle. This was a qualitative enhancement to his combat strength.
"Senior Liu flatters me. May I ask what guidance Senior Liu has for this meeting?"
When Liu Bai received Liu Tiandao's invitation, he had been puzzled about his intentions.
"Heh, there is no rush. I am curious. Little friend Liu Bai has come alone to this meeting. Are you not afraid that I might attack you? Or are you confident that you can preserve your life under an Earth Sovereign?"
Liu Bai smiled calmly. "Naturally I do not possess such ability. However, I carry a treasure bestowed by the Domain Lord. While it may not allow me to engage in close combat against an Earth Sovereign, it can block attacks for a short time. By then, the Domain Lord would descend to relieve me."
Relieve him perhaps, but more likely the two would join forces to kill him.
Liu Tiandao muttered inwardly, though his smile remained unchanged.
"With little friend Liu Bai and the Great Heavenlaw Domain Lord joining forces, the Northern Region will likely belong to the Great Heavenlaw Domain in the future."
Liu Tiandao placed a high hat upon Liu Bai, but Liu Bai had no intention of wearing it.
"As for the future, who can say clearly? With the current strength of the Great Heavenlaw Domain, dominating the Northern Region is still beyond reach. Moreover, our Domain Lord has no such ambition. As for me, I am only interested in killing."
From Liu Bai's performance in the Great Hunt, everyone already knew he had a somewhat abnormal and bloodthirsty temperament.
Since that was the case, Liu Bai simply embraced the label and established this persona in advance.
Liu Tiandao's eyelids twitched. This boy kept looking at him. Could he be studying how to take his head?
Suppressing the unsettling thought, Liu Tiandao straightened his expression and said, "Little friend Liu Bai, I have indeed come to discuss an important matter."
"Originally, I intended to meet both the Great Heavenlaw Domain Lord and you together, but considering that the Domain Lord may be in seclusion, I could only approach you."
"Oh What important matter makes Palace Master Liu so anxious?" Liu Bai looked over with curiosity.
Liu Tiandao smiled faintly and stroked his beard. "The current situation of the Northern Region is surely clear to you. With the simultaneous fall of the Divine Pavilion, Netherworld Palace, and Serpent God Palace, the enormous resources they left behind have become the root of turmoil in the Northern Region."
"Every day countless people die because of this. I truly find it unbearable to watch. Therefore I have a proposal that I wish to discuss with the Great Heavenlaw Domain."
Liu Bai frowned. Everything except the last sentence was nonsense.
The number of people who had died at Liu Tiandao's hands was probably beyond his own counting. For him to speak of compassion was laughable. If that were true, he might as well sit upon the throne of the Western Heaven Buddha.
Though he thought so inwardly, Liu Bai maintained a faint smile. "What proposal does Palace Master Liu have? I am rather curious."
"It is simple. Whether the Divine Pavilion, Netherworld Palace, or Serpent God Palace, all fell directly or indirectly at the hands of the Great Heavenlaw Domain. Logically speaking, whatever those three factions left behind should be the spoils of the Great Heavenlaw Domain and little friend Liu Bai. What qualifications do others have to intervene?"
"Therefore my proposal is for little friend Liu Bai to personally take action and directly collect the treasuries of those three top tier factions. That way they will not remain there attracting undesirable attention."
Upon hearing this, Liu Bai raised his brow and sneered inwardly.
'Is he treating me like a fool to be coaxed so easily?'
If Liu Bai truly did so, that would be the height of stupidity. He would directly push the Great Heavenlaw Domain to stand against everyone.
At that point, the one to fall would likely be the Great Heavenlaw Domain itself.
Casting a faint glance at Liu Tiandao, Liu Bai said indifferently, "Many thanks for Palace Master Liu's good intentions. However, my Great Heavenlaw Domain has never liked to monopolize benefits. We always share any gains with our friends. Therefore, there is no need for you to worry about the treasuries of those three factions. I have already reached the most reasonable distribution with the Myriad Saint Ancestor and the Demon Emperor."
Liu Tiandao's expression turned solemn.
When did this happen Why did he, the Palace Master of Sky Profound Palace, not know about it?
"May I ask how little friend Liu Bai and the others have distributed them?" Taking a deep breath, Liu Tiandao felt an ominous premonition arise in his heart.
"It is simple. Of the treasuries and territories of the three top tier factions, my Great Heavenlaw Domain will take half. Myriad Saint Mountain will take thirty percent, and the Demon Emperor will take twenty percent."
In other words, Sky Profound Palace was not included in this distribution of spoils.
The moment Liu Tiandao realized this, his face instantly turned livid.
He had never expected that Liu Bai, despite his young age, would handle matters with such shrewdness. Not only did he leave no opportunity at all, he had even secured two solid allies without anyone noticing.
As for Liu Bai's attitude toward Sky Profound Palace, it was already obvious from the deliberate omission during the distribution.
Taking a deep breath, Liu Tiandao forcefully suppressed the frustration in his heart and said in a low voice, "Aside from this, I believe the overall strength of the Northern Region has greatly diminished. This may attract covetous gazes from outside. To ensure the stability of our Northern Region, I propose that the remaining four top tier factions form an alliance."
"And in my personal opinion, within this alliance, only the Great Heavenlaw Domain Lord is qualified to serve as leader and guide our Northern Region toward glory."
The moment these words were spoken, Liu Bai knew this old fellow had truly cast aside all pride.
You wanted to create trouble Yet before any reason could be found, the other party had already knelt. All the preparations Liu Bai had made became useless, leaving him feeling faintly depressed instead.
"This matter is not something I can decide. Everything must wait until the Domain Lord emerges from seclusion." Liu Bai pondered for a moment. Since the other party had clearly shown submission, he truly had no reason to continue making things difficult.
Liu Tiandao merely smiled faintly. Whether Mandala was truly in seclusion did not concern him. This time he mainly wished to express his stance. I have already submitted. You cannot still deal with me after emerging from seclusion.
That would be unreasonable.
Liu Bai had no good solution to that.
With his objective achieved, Liu Tiandao departed directly. He also needed to properly refine the Spiritual Divine Liquid in his possession.
In truth, Liu Bai agreed with Liu Tiandao's proposal. The Northern Region was vast, and it was impossible for only himself and Mandala to maintain it. Keeping a few Earth Sovereign level experts to uphold appearances was very necessary.
The reason Liu Bai had not taken the opportunity to eliminate them all was not only due to strength considerations, but more because he wanted to keep these people for his own use.
"Ninth-Grade Sovereign is already the limit I can currently reach. If I break through to Earth Sovereign, then I will have to break my promise to Patriarch Tianhuang to help Jiu You travel to the Divine Beast Plains in search of the Undying Bird bloodline."
This was why, despite having accumulated so much experience, Liu Bai had not advanced to Earth Sovereign.
Of course, judging from the strength of the opponents Mu Chen and Jiu You encountered in the Divine Beast Plains in the original story, Ninth-Grade Sovereign Liu Bai, even without relying on arrays, would be more than enough to teach those Divine Beast clan geniuses a harsh lesson.
At that time, he would gain a large amount of Beast Soul Points again.
After seeing off Liu Tiandao, Liu Bai reviewed the development of the Thunder Flame Plain over the years and then prepared to return to the Great Heavenlaw Domain.
It was currently the most critical period of external warfare. With Mandala in seclusion, Liu Bai had to remain in the Great Heavenlaw Domain to respond to any unexpected situations at any time.
If not for Liu Tiandao personally inviting him, Liu Bai would never have easily left the Great Heavenlaw Domain.
After returning to the Nine Nether Palace, Liu Bai suddenly sensed a familiar fluctuation of divine soul within his perception.
"This is… why would that kid appear here?"
Liu Bai's figure rose into the sky as he looked toward a certain direction.
There, Tang Bing in a black dress was instructing a group of newly recruited Nine Nether Guards.
Naturally, this was nothing unusual. The Nine Nether Guards had begun expanding again, their numbers directly increasing to fifty thousand, so new recruits were normal.
What truly surprised Liu Bai was that within this formation, there was an extremely young face.
And that face was unmistakably his cheap younger brother whom he had not seen for several years, Liu Mubai.
No wonder he had sensed a familiar divine soul fluctuation. When he left back then, he had given the boy a divine soul jade pendant. It must have been worn all this time.
Calculating the time, it had been over a year since the boy graduated. Liu Bai had not expected him to come here and even join the Nine Nether Guards.
Observing his cultivation, it had to be said that it was quite decent. He was already a genuine Second-Grade Sovereign. Moreover, Liu Bai could sense that both his spiritual energy and Sovereign Celestial Body had completed transformation, and both were related to the Devouring Life Flame.
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