Li Chang'an had promised Elder Hun that he would dismantle the Twelve Countries established by the Cultivators and return control of the Jiuzhou Continent to the hands of the Kyushu People.
Although Lu Shang was still a Child of Destiny, he had now become Li Chang'an's deputy, responsible for helping him coordinate matters concerning the other eleven countries outside of Great Zhou.
At first, Lu Shang had been extremely resistant to the idea.
After all, this was supposed to be the great work he himself had yet to complete.
But now, having seen that Li Chang'an practiced the *Soul Technique* with even greater skill than he, its creator, Lu Shang finally understood the gap between them.
Compared to Li Chang'an…
…the talent he once thought was unparalleled seemed like a complete joke. Nearly twenty years of his painstaking effort couldn't match the results of Li Chang'an's twenty days of practice.
It was utterly despairing.
