Those veteran Celestial Venerables who were challenging Ye Xiwen in the Eastern Region were no longer at their peak. They could not be mentioned in the same breath as their former prime.
Back then, the Creation God Dynasty had truly been at the height of its prosperity, with experts as plentiful as clouds and fierce generals as numerous as rain!
At that time, becoming a true ruler had not been so simple. Yet the Central Celestial Venerable had ultimately subdued the Eastern Region, which was enough to show just how formidable his methods were.
"Matters concerning ordinary emperors are not for you to worry about. I can more or less guess what it is—those old fellows are fighting over territory in every possible way, aren't they?" the Central Celestial Venerable said with a smile.
"That's right. Those people often submit memorials in groups of two or three at once, each claiming ownership of the same region. Giving it to any one of them is unacceptable!" Ye Xiwen said, rubbing his forehead in frustration.
For him, this was the most troublesome issue of all!
"Do you have any advice for me, Fellow Daoist?" Ye Xiwen asked. This was not his first time serving as a ruler. Back in the Myriad Realms, he had swept through all beneath heaven without equal, a figure whose word was law.
But the situation in the Eastern Region was a thousand, ten thousand times more complicated than that of the Myriad Realms.
"I would not dare call it advice. I merely have a little more experience than you!" the Central Celestial Venerable said. "You cannot reject all of those old fellows' demands, but neither can you satisfy them all. Otherwise, they will inevitably push their luck and demand ever more!"
"Of the vacant great provinces, take