Inside a magnificent Flying Boat shimmering with radiant colors.
True Lord Duobao hummed an off-key tune as he reclined on a lounge chair carved from a single block of chaos warm jade, rolling two pearls condensed from world origin in his hand until they gleamed.
He was in a very good mood.
Although he had not dared attend the battle at World-Severing Abyss in person, his all-pervasive intelligence network had given him a clear view of the entire affair.
Heavenly River True Lord had detonated himself, and over a hundred Da Luo cultivators from the Rebel-Suppression Alliance had fled in panic.
Yet the Green-Robed Man had emerged without a scratch.
That outcome made him grateful that, when choosing between Zhou Ming and the Rebel-Suppression Alliance, he had hedged his bets and offended neither side.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, your divine might eclipses the world! Congratulations on your triumphant opening victory!"
He happily admired the message he had sent Zhou Ming not long ago-a textbook example of its kind.
Though that message had sunk like a stone into the sea, without so much as a reply.
True Lord Duobao did not mind.
To him, no reply was the best reply.
It meant the other party had tacitly accepted his practice of playing both sides.
Business could continue.
"Ah, what a shame about Heavenly River True Lord and those hundred-odd big clients." True Lord Duobao smacked his lips, his face showing the regret peculiar to a merchant.
"I doubt I'll ever collect intelligence fees from them again."
Just as he was considering how to expand his business to make up for those losses.
Bzzz-
The Message Formation inside the Flying Boat lit up without warning.
True Lord Duobao jolted and sprang straight out of his warm jade lounge chair.
He stared fixedly