Treasures Robbed in the West? Di Jun Turns the Tables on Zhunti!

"Go form an alliance with the Ox Clan."

The moment Yang Jian said this, Haotian was completely stunned.

Go to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains?

Form an alliance with the Ox Clan?

What kind of move was that?

His mind failed to catch up for a moment, and he instinctively asked, "The Ox Clan? Isn't Saint Niu Ben from the Ox Clan? How is this any different from forming an alliance with him personally?"

He even had some misgivings. Was Niu Ben deliberately making a fool of him? Making him, the Heavenly Emperor, negotiate an alliance with a bunch of ox demons who could barely even take human form?

If word got out, would the Heavenly Court have any dignity left?

Seeing Haotian's bewildered expression, tinged with humiliation, Yang Jian secretly laughed, though his face remained solemn.

He knew he had to spell it out for his uncle.

"Uncle, have you forgotten?" Yang Jian reminded him. "What status does my master's father, Niu Ba, the old chieftain of the Ox Clan, hold now?"

Niu Ba?

Haotian froze for a moment. Then a bolt of lightning seemed to flash through his mind, and he understood everything at once!

Niu Ba!

The old chieftain of the Ox Clan who, during the cross-realm war, had soared to greatness with the Saint Crystal gifted by Niu Ben and proven Dao to become a Saint!

He was a Saint too!

In an instant, all of Haotian's confusion, humiliation, and anger vanished, replaced by profound shock and the wild joy of sudden realization.

He understood!

He completely understood Niu Ben's intentions!

This was not humiliation. It was a way out!

It was an enormous step Niu Ben had offered him!

He, Haotian, was the Heavenly Emperor and a Saint. If he truly went to the Underworld