"Absurd!" Heavenburning Emperor Lord was so furious that his beard trembled.
"By your reasoning, our three Emperor Lords of the Seventh Heaven died for nothing?
We should simply let that rebel from the lower heavens roam free?
With the Seventh Heaven's dignity trampled into the dirt, would that bring glory to your faces?"
"Which matters more, appearances or substance?" Moonlight Emperor Lord countered sharply.
"For some nebulous notion of 'dignity,' you would gamble with more of our fellow cultivators' lives and the future of the Seventh Heaven?
Heavenburning, don't think we don't know what you're scheming!
Nine Suns Mountain is now a host of dragons without a head, and all those fire-aspected resource territories under its control are enough to make anyone's mouth water!"
"You... you're spitting blood to slander me!" Heavenburning Emperor Lord's expression changed violently, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"You know perfectly well whether it's slander," Emperor Lord Qing Xu said coolly.
"Our most urgent task is to stabilize the Seventh Heaven internally and prevent the unrest and struggles over resources that the deaths of three Emperor Lords may trigger.
As for the Fourth Heaven... I suggest we set the matter aside for now, strengthen intelligence gathering on all fronts, and closely monitor activity around its borders.
If Lin Feng keeps to his place and does not continue invading the higher heavens, we need not provoke him.
If he truly harbors a wolf's ravenous ambition, we can unite against him then. It will not be too late."
"Set it aside? For how long?
Until Lin Feng reaches mid-Emperor Lord, or late-Emperor Lord, and fights his way into the Seventh Heaven?"
Absolute Sword Emperor Lord demanded harshly.
"Who will stop him then?
Fellow Daoist Qing Xu, could you have some past connection with Lin