I Don't Recall Having Any Elders!

The Heavenly Court was willing to stand on their side!

This move would preserve his dignity as the Heavenly Emperor while achieving the goal of an alliance!

Simply... brilliant! Brilliant to the utmost!

Haotian looked at Jade Pool, his eyes filled with shock and wild delight. His previous dejection and irritation were swept away, and his entire being seemed to regain its vigor.

He suddenly seized Jade Pool's hand and said excitedly, "Jade Pool! You truly are... my greatest support! You've awakened me!"

Jade Pool smiled faintly, her eyes shimmering.

"Then, Your Majesty, what should we do now...?"

The light in Haotian's eyes grew brighter and brighter. He slowly rose to his feet, and the majesty and decisiveness belonging to the Heavenly Emperor returned to him at that moment.

He looked toward the lower realm and said, one word at a time.

"Go!"

"You and I will personally make a trip to Guanjiang Mouth!"

Once that decision was made, all the gloom in Haotian's heart vanished.

He was no longer the pitiful wretch excluded from the game. He had found his own way into it!

Though that way required him to face the nephew he had wronged so deeply and deliberately avoided for so long.

But just as Jade Pool had said, for the future of the Heavenly Court, and for himself, what did personal pride and those awkward memories matter?

Haotian had endured humiliation and borne heavy burdens, climbing step by step from a mere Dao boy under the Dao Ancestor to his present position. What had carried him here had never been some laughable sense of pride!

"Good!"

Haotian drew a deep breath. The hesitation and struggle in his eyes were completely replaced by a fire called ambition.

"Jade Pool, you're right. This is our only chance, and