Betrayal and Treachery

News spread quickly across Bright Continent.

Before long, a shocking piece of news reached the major financial conglomerates.

Jin Jiuhan was not dead. Chen Wang wanted Jin Jiuhan's head.

The news caused an uproar. None of the major financial conglomerates understood what Chen Wang hoped to achieve by making this matter public.

The Jin Consortium was naturally shaken as well.

Jin Jiuhan, the Jin Consortium's demigod, had ruled for many years. Now that it turned out he had not died, those who had defected to Chen Wang naturally became deeply wary.

At the Jin Consortium's headquarters, Lake Mountain Manor.

Jin Shanshan, dressed in a Cheongsam embroidered with a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix, stood beside Chen Wang.

Jin Shanshan truly was a beauty with an air of classical elegance.

She asked curiously, "Won't spreading this news trigger a rebellion within the Jin Consortium?"

Chen Wang smiled, utterly unconcerned.

"Then let them rebel."

Jin Shanshan froze, sensing an intense killing intent in Chen Wang's calm words.

After a moment of silence, Jin Shanshan smiled sweetly. "Godfather, you're fishing."

Chen Wang smiled. "Not just the Jin Consortium's people. If anyone from the other financial conglomerates wants to cooperate with Jin Jiuhan, they can all come together."

Jin Shanshan drew a sharp breath, shocked by the ambition, methods, and sheer boldness of the Godfather she had just acknowledged.

He wanted to draw everyone in Bright Continent into his scheme and make them choose their own sides.

"Godfather truly is a hero," Jin Shanshan said with feeling.

The news had spread: Jin Jiuhan was not dead.

Chen Wang had informed the major financial conglomerates of this, forcing them to offer tokens of allegiance—or perhaps testing whether they would join forces with Jin Jiuhan.

When Jin Jiuhan learned this news at the