Lu Yang did not linger long in the illusion of "Sixty Percent Victory," because he knew perfectly well that the feeling of this moment was nothing more than the moon reflected in water, flowers mirrored in glass.
Jiangbei and Overseas have submitted in name alone.
Such submission merely fulfills the basic conditions for Fire in the Sky. Without true governance, the foundation is unstable; in truth, there is no Sixty Percent Victory at all.
What was the truly perfect way to seek Fire in the Sky?
The realm united under one rule, its aura merged into one, pure and flawless. Seeking Golden Seeking through this would be like ascending the throne after a coronation—nothing but the natural course of events, with absolutely no possibility of failure.
However, so long as even one place remained unconquered, mixed energy would exist within this world for Lu Yang. Normally, it did not matter, but when he sought Golden Seeking, the mixed energy from those unconquered lands would rise up to make trouble for him, disrupting his Golden Seeking and cutting another three-tenths from his odds of success out of thin air.
It looks like I have Sixty Percent Victory.
But without unification, the disruptive mixed energy cuts away three-tenths first. Then the lands bear my name but are not truly governed, cutting away another three-tenths. In the end, my chances are actually less than thirty percent.
Golden Seeking allowed no shortcuts.
If he had harbored even a trace of wishful thinking and lost himself in that instant amid Ten Thousand Kingdoms Pay Homage and the cries of "His Majesty," then he could simply wait for death.
That said, Lu Yang was still pleased inwardly:
*The problem of holding only the name without true governance is easy to solve. The True Dragon Clan can