Do You Want Freedom?

Eight elders, two hundred and eighty disciples, plus Little Fairy Doctor, the sect leader—two hundred and eighty-nine members of the Toxic Sect were all present.

I stood on the steps, looking down at their formation, which was worse than that of elementary school students—crooked and sluggish, without a shred of the pride befitting Dou Wang and Dou Emperor powerhouses!

This would not do. I had absorbed them so they could work for me. Now that the framework of the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance had been established and I had become the Great Love Alliance Chief as planned, I desperately needed their assistance.

I lowered my head, sweeping my gaze over them one by one. There were men and women, old and young. The elderly were nearing the end of their lives, one hundred sixty or seventy years old, while the young ones were talented youths barely in their teens or twenties.

Faced with my gaze, some lowered their heads to avoid it, while others hesitantly looked up to meet my eyes for a moment before abruptly looking away. There was resentment, hostility, and, of course, no shortage of fear.

They were a very complicated group. Their origins were already complicated to begin with, as they were vassal factions gathered by Ice River Valley. Now that I had captured and absorbed them, things had become even more complicated.

But so what? On the Dou Qi Continent, the strong are revered. If they could submit to Ice River Valley, then they could certainly submit to me!

My gaze suddenly softened, and I smiled sweetly. "Do you... want freedom?"

My deliberately drawn-out voice echoed across the small open ground. Not only the eight elders, but everyone present instantly brightened, looking at me with intense longing.

They were now nothing more