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They now thought I had latched onto my wife's older sister, so they even planned to win her share as well, just to make me take my wife around begging when the time came. They were truly hateful beyond measure. However, a Ghost Emperor like me, who had risen smoothly to the top, was bound to draw the jealous eyes of a whole pack of Ghost Emperors. Getting surrounded and beaten black and blue was only natural. ? ?
The Eight Great Ghost Emperors had arrived at the Central Court, and of course they had to pay a visit to the Great Ghost Emperor. After dealing with countless matters of state at the Ghost Emperor level during this period, I now understood that the Great Ghost Emperor's status and advantages in the Ghost Path were not especially formidable. In terms of overall military strength, he could not match the combined forces of the Eight Great Ghost Emperors; he had roughly the total military strength of three weaker Ghost Emperors. As for his Dao body, he was probably only one level above one of the eight Ghost Emperors. Some Ghost Emperors were extremely formidable, too. Therefore, toward the Eight Great Ghost Emperors, the Great Ghost Emperor was generally exceedingly mild in his political stance and placed great importance on maintaining good relations with them.
This was also why the Eight Great Ghost Emperors had followed the current Great Ghost Emperor's lead over the years and rarely engaged in internal warfare. Otherwise, if the Great Ghost Emperor had been ill-tempered and violent, wouldn't the eight Ghost Emperors have overthrown him long ago?
The Eight Directions Ghost Emperors all drew their Dao traditions from their own divine cities. Beneath these eight great mountains, the restrictions of their Dao traditions extended through eight