"This Emperor has come both to quell the disturbance and to announce the rules. As for the rules of the next round of contention in the Spirit Treasury World, listen carefully!"
The sinister gaze clinging to Xiao Chen swept over him and vanished. Qing Jiuwu's demonic radiance faded, revealing his true form. Hovering high in the void, he slowly spoke.
His divine splendor was restrained, and Qing Jiuwu's imposing aura receded. He became an ordinary old man with sparse hair, a face full of wrinkles, cloudy old eyes, and a stooped frame. Yet even so, no one present dared slight him.
Apart from knowing his identity, the endless ghostly gleam flickering within those dark-golden pupils alone told any ordinary person at a glance that he was no common figure.
"The rules of the Spirit Treasury World?"
The gathered spirits were startled.
Announcing the rules.
That should have been the Domain Spirit's duty.
Why was the Azure Heaven Demon Emperor doing it instead?
"This time, the Nether Realm shall descend and select three Spirit Seedlings. Within the Spirit Treasury World, a hundred domains of the Xuanhuang land shall contend for and seize the final slots!"
Qing Jiuwu paid no heed to the reactions of the gathered spirits. His tone was indifferent as he spoke coldly.
With those words.
Announcing the rules was merely incidental.
"Advising" Xiao Chen was his true duty.
"A hundred domains contending? Why is it not the contention among domains that was previously rumored outside? And with True Dragons from a hundred domains gathered, only three will be selected?"
"According to the Azure Heaven Demon Emperor, the Myriad Dynasty War does not have the third round we thought it did at all. Life and death will be decided in the second round! Even the number of selected seedlings