Qian Renxue's plans for Jiang Mian on the Heaven Dou royal family's side were unknown to him, but one thing was certain: once the Soul Hunting Plan began, she would have to make her move as well.
After taking down the Heaven Dou Empire, their hands would reach toward the Star Luo Empire. As for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Bibi Dong probably had no intention of wiping them out just yet.
Once the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was destroyed, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would be on guard, but that would not be much of a problem. With Jiang Mian and the others' strength, they could crush them with ease.
As long as Bibi Dong was patient enough to wait three years, Jiang Mian could wave his hand and unleash the entire soul beast army. Forget the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan—even the Star Luo Empire could be destroyed in the blink of an eye.
"How many Titled Douluo are involved in this operation?" Jiang Mian asked curiously.
"On the Heaven Dou royal family's side, Snake Lance and Pufferfish will assist that person in ascending the throne." Ghost Douluo said, "On our side, there are Ju Hua Guan and me, as well as Spirit Kite Douluo and Magic Bear Douluo."
"Four Titled Douluo—are you confident facing Sword Douluo Chen Xin?" It was not that Jiang Mian doubted the Titled Douluo's strength, but Chen Xin was simply too powerful compared to them.
The Seven Kill Sword, the number one offensive martial soul in the world, was not so easily overcome.
Back then, Chen Xin's father had dared to challenge Spirit Hall's Grand Venerable, Qian Daoliu, alone with the Seven Kill Sword martial soul.
"There shouldn't be much of a problem." Ghost Douluo had heard of Chen Xin's reputation and said, "Ju Hua Guan's and my Two Extremes Stillness Domain will be enough to restrain him. Bone Douluo Gu Rong has already been crippled by you. With Chen Xin alone, he won't be able to hold things together."
"Give him a dignified death." Jiang Mian was still somewhat unwilling to kill Sword Douluo Chen Xin. After all, Chen Xin had never done anything excessive to him.
Even when Chen Xin sent people to assassinate him, it was because Jiang Mian posed a threat to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Jiang Mian would not hesitate in the slightest to slaughter everyone in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but when it came to Sword Douluo Chen Xin alone, he hesitated.
"Rest assured." Gui Mei said, "We don't have the ability to humiliate Chen Xin."
"If possible, spare his life." Jiang Mian sighed. "He will still be of great use to my future plans."
"We'll do our best." Gui Mei nodded.
"How is the Pope's plan progressing?" Jiang Mian asked. "What do you need me to do?"
"You only need to intercept them along the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's retreat route." Ghost Douluo took out a map and pointed at a gorge in the west. "We'll attack from three sides and deliberately leave them one way out to the west. Lead your people and ambush them here."
"Fine." Jiang Mian said, "Other than Chen Xin, don't let anyone else die too easily."
"I'm good at that sort of thing." Gui Mei burst into laughter, then vanished as he slipped into Jiang Mian's shadow.
"Nana, go tell Xie Yue and Yan to get ready." Jiang Mian instructed. "This is an excellent opportunity to temper themselves. Once this chance is gone, it won't come again."
"I understand."
After Hu Liena left, Jiang Mian turned to Zhu Zhuqing, whose expression remained unchanged. He said calmly, "Zhuqing, if you don't want to go, you can wait for us here."
"Are you looking down on me?" Zhu Zhuqing smiled sweetly, then suddenly threw herself into Jiang Mian's arms and asked softly, "After the Heaven Dou Empire, will the Star Luo Empire be next?"
"Do you want the Star Luo Empire to remain safe and sound?" Jiang Mian held the little cat in his arms tightly and smiled. "I have a good idea. Do you want to try it?"
"What is it?" Zhu Zhuqing looked up and asked.
"You become the emperor of the Star Luo Empire." Jiang Mian's smile carried a trace of amusement. "That way, you can protect the royal family while keeping the people from suffering the devastation of war."
"Really?" Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head, unsure what to think. If she truly became emperor and later merged with the Heaven Dou Empire into a unified empire, perhaps she would not become the eternal sinner of the Star Luo Empire after all.
"I also want to open a path between the God Realm and the human world, so that all those with ambition can ascend to the heavens and become gods, and those who become gods in the human world can travel back and forth freely." Jiang Mian said. "That way, even if Zhuqing becomes emperor, she can still become a god. She can have both."
It could also effectively prevent the empire's descendants from becoming foolish and incompetent.
"I still don't know." Zhu Zhuqing shook her head. She truly did not know what she should do.
Jiang Mian gently stroked Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful hair. Since she could not figure it out for now, she could take her time. After all, there was still plenty of time.
"Interesting." Scarlet King appeared beside Bear Lord. His eyes seemed to burn with the fires of hell, as though he wanted to drag the entire Heaven Dou Empire into the abyss. "I truly can't wait."
"Don't kill too much." Jiang Mian reminded him. "Excessive slaughter will invite heaven's wrath. That's why I don't want you and Bear Lord attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect head-on."
"Don't worry." Scarlet King licked his lips and said excitedly, "The flames of my hell are made to judge their souls."
"The pup is getting cocky again." Bear Lord mocked him mercilessly. "Do you enjoy bullying the weak that much?"
"When have you ever seen me bully the weak?" Scarlet King shot Bear Lord a glare. "How could I not know that the strong should challenge those stronger than themselves? This time, it's merely a mission."
"Hypocrite." Bear Lord said calmly, "I don't need so many reasons. I just think that humans have hunted our soul beasts for years. This time, let me hunt them properly too."
Jiang Mian looked at the two powerful soul beasts and did not want to say anything more. As long as they were happy.
"The Heaven Dou royal family probably doesn't have many powerful experts guarding it." Jiang Mian speculated. Aside from the Protector-General Ge Long, Snake Lance and Pufferfish alone should be enough to take down the royal family.
In truth, a large portion of the Heaven Dou royal family's power came from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support. Now that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was about to be destroyed and the Clear Sky Sect had secluded itself from the world, the Heaven Dou royal family was like a paper tiger, completely harmless.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had only one Sword Douluo. He had to face four Titled Douluo and two Limit Douluo. He simply could not support the situation alone.
"Bear Lord, Scarlet King, follow my command when the time comes." Jiang Mian's gaze was ruthless. "Pull out the weeds by the roots, or they will grow again with the spring wind. Ning Fengzhi, don't blame me. You brought this disaster upon yourselves."
Who told Ning Fengzhi to offend someone as vengeful as Jiang Mian? If Ning Fengzhi had sincerely treated him well during those six years Jiang Mian spent in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then today Jiang Mian would have stood before its gates to protect them.
"There is no medicine for regret in this world." Jiang Mian took Zhu Zhuqing's hand and returned to the room.
To be honest, he was rather looking forward to the Soul Hunting Plan three days from now. An event like this came only once in a century.
"Angel God, Rakshasa God." Jiang Mian sat at the bedside and muttered to himself, "Asura God, Sea God—what kind of god should I become?"
"Could it be that I should ascend to godhood in broad daylight and create my own god position?"
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