These days, even children knew not to sign contracts carelessly.
Who knew how many traps were hidden in some word tucked away in some nook and cranny?
The contracts of the Heavenly Origin Lineage were even riskier still.
Their binding force penetrated deep into the soul and consciousness, impossible to defy. Contracts born in Tower's Shadow were even harsher. With contracts held in the hands of an evil demon like Worry-Free Duke, even others who belonged to the same great evil had no room to resist.
This was absolute control.
After so many years of preparation, he had not only secured the Sower's investment and assistance, but had also drawn, to varying degrees, the Four Divisions and Six Sects to which the great evils belonged into his ranks—all for this day.
At this moment, aside from his own subordinates and confidants, there was also Rotten Scales Wolf Xie Heli, sent by the Sower; the White Deer sin-bearers he had brought; a main inheritance branch of Flawless Temple; the thought-readers of the Heavenly Heart Society; Decayed Wind and Blood Eye from Thousand Isles; and many other cannon fodder...
It could be called a gathering of heroes, its makeup even more mixed than the Evil Transformation Cult's. But if the Evil Transformation Cult had not been making eyes at that brat Chang Le these past years, and if that guy Lu Changsheng had not been so utterly untrustworthy, Worry-Free Duke would not have let this opportunity pass.
There was no hesitation or delay. Everything had long since been planned.
Very quickly, Worry-Free Duke assigned the tasks and divided them into five teams.
Five ancient Talisman Seals, some whole and some incomplete, were distributed among the five leaders.
"An audience at the Sacrificial Temple is like paying homage to the Supreme. There is