"You... How dare you do this!" King Dongyin stared at Xingxuan and the disciples of the Daoist Lineage, overcome with rage.
His plan had been going smoothly. He had used various methods to intensify the conflicts and had almost succeeded in sabotaging the Heaven-Worshipping Ceremony.
But he never expected Xingxuan to be even more ruthless, directly agreeing to Qi Suian's demands and ceding more than half the kingdom's territory.
When King Dongyin saw the state letter Xingxuan presented, he nearly fainted.
This was an utter humiliation, a complete surrender of national sovereignty.
"And wasn't it Your Majesty who sent assassins after the King of Xiliang? If not for that, why would we need to make such a concession?" Xingxuan stared at King Dongyin with ice-cold eyes.
'It was his fault for ruining things. Otherwise, the advantage would have been ours. If we could have just held on, we would have achieved two goals at once.'
