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"That was back when this old man was young. By chance, I came to a place called the Azure Dragon Realm. At the time, that entire great realm was in turmoil. Two super immortal dynasties had split the north and south between them and were fighting to the death... both wanted to swallow the other and become the realm's sole ruler."
"At first, the two sides were evenly matched, and no cultivators from outside the realm had infiltrated. True immortals were the highest combat power, but in terms of overall strength, the southern faction possessed an incomparably solid alliance."
"The southern faction's immortal dynasty held the main force, with three people. Though the northern faction had only one person, that woman's strength was abnormally powerful, enough to fight three alone, and that was what kept the balance stable."
"In other words, if those three from the Southern Immortal Dynasty did not work together with one heart and one mind, the balance would be broken, and the Northern Immortal Dynasty might be able to flatten them all the way south. For that woman, she only needed to pry loose one of them."
Lin Heng sat in his chair, listening with a face full of fascination.
"And then?!"
"Heh! That Female Sovereign was someone with quite a lot of schemes in her belly. Knowing how to make use of her own advantages, she secretly extended an olive branch to one of them, hoping the other party could act as an inside strategist. Once the Northern Immortal Dynasty won, the two of them could split the great realm equally, each ruling one part."
"Afterward, she approached the other two with more or less the same words, and even promised to become Dao companions with them. She even sent over betrothal letters.