"Mighty indeed, my lord!"
"My lord truly possesses unfathomable foresight!"
"More than unfathomable foresight—while chatting and laughing, you have played the entire Primordial Continent in the palm of your hand, fooled the countless rulers and ministers of Great Zhou, and determined the future of the Primordial Continent. Your achievements can no longer be described with words. This subordinate admires you beyond measure."
Within the Heaven Temple Lower Court, several figures holding power among the Heaven Temple forces—Moon Hall Master Baili Fei, Azure Hall Master Mu Xu, Lightning Hall Master Zhen Yan, and the others—were gathered around Hong Ru, offering their congratulations. Endless praises rang in his ears.
However, in Hong Ru's eyes, these three represented the Heaven Temple's three great powers—Sun Moon Heaven, Qingli Peak, and Lightning Prison Mountain.
Among them, the praise from Wood Hall Master Mu Xu, who represented Qingli Peak, was the simplest. To a certain extent, it also reflected Qingli Peak's attitude toward this matter.
Yet the words that pleased him most were Moon Hall Master Baili Fei's flattery. They had struck straight into his heart.
Of course, it was not that Hong Ru enjoyed flattery. Rather, he believed that what he had accomplished this time was precisely as Baili Fei had said: with a mere turn of his hand, he had decided the future of the Primordial Continent and completed the most crucial step of the Heaven Temple's grand undertaking. Such deeds truly could no longer be described with words.
Originally, the Great Zhou ministers had risen up, led by Prime Minister Wen Gang to force the palace and petition for Crown Prince Ji Ao to govern in the emperor's stead. It had nearly caused the Heaven Temple's grand plan to die in the womb. Even if it continued, it would have become incomparably difficult.