After returning to the Heavenly Court.
Haotian went to the Jade Pool Immortal Realm.
Seeing Haotian return, Yaochi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you're back."
As she spoke, Yaochi led Haotian to a seat.
"Mm!
As for the Demon Race, Kunpeng will handle it.
There's no need to continue rescuing Lost Souls now that things have reached this point.
So I came back first."
Once Haotian had settled into his seat, Yaochi continued, "We've thoroughly offended the Six Sages this time.
What does Your Majesty plan to do next?"
Hearing Yaochi's question, Haotian fell into thought.
After a short while.
Haotian said, "At present, the Heavenly Court's authority extends over all of the Primordial World, more or less, except for the Four Seas.
At last, I'm beginning to look the part of a Heavenly Emperor.
Next, we need to find a way to stabilize the situation.
First, we need to revise the Heavenly Law. Second, we need to train the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
Then we must assign people to strengthen our control over the lands of the Primordial World.
We also need to find a way to bring the Four Seas under the Heavenly Court's jurisdiction.
As for our cultivation, let's wait and see.
With our current cultivation, the next step would be to attain Hunyuan.
That won't be easy.
Of these five matters, the first three can be handled step by step.
The fourth shouldn't be too difficult, either.
Once we get the opportunity, we can bring the Dragon Race under our control.
Only the fifth matter seems a long way off.
It's been a whole Measure Calamity since the cultivators who listened to the Dao at Zixiao Palace.
Aside from the Six Sages, not one of them has attained enlightenment.
I wonder what went wrong."
Hearing this, Yaochi immediately began to ponder.
A moment later.
Yaochi replied, "In that case, the only thing we can plan for next is the East Sea Dragon Race.
Your Majesty, do you have a good plan?"
Yaochi didn't mention the fifth matter, but she knew that attaining Hunyuan wasn't simply a matter of resolve.
Since Yaochi hadn't brought it up, Haotian naturally didn't, either.
He could use the Innate Divine Ability Ten Thousandfold Amplification.
But he couldn't tell anyone about it.
Haotian and Yaochi discussed how to deal with the Dragon Race.
Meanwhile, deep in the East Sea.
The Four Dragon Kings had gathered together in the cave where Candle Dragon had gone into seclusion.
After a long silence, Ao Guang spoke. "Old Ancestor!
What should we do?
Haotian has already settled the matter with the Demon Race, and even the Sages have yielded to him.
He's even declared, 'Beneath the heavens, all is the king's land; within the borders, all are the king's subjects.'
It's clear he's another figure like Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
With ambitions like his, he surely won't stand by while our Dragon Race holds the Four Seas."
After Ao Guang finished speaking, the other three Dragon Kings looked toward Candle Dragon.
They waited for the Dragon Race's Old Ancestor to make a decision.
Hearing the names Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Candle Dragon's heart seemed to stop for a beat.
Back then, the Demon Race and the Dragon Race had fought a battle before the situation between the Four Seas and the Demon Race's Heavenly Court was settled.
Candle Dragon still remembered how brutal that battle had been.
The Sun True Fire had blazed, boiling the waters of the East Sea for a million miles.
The Water Clan had suffered casualties beyond counting.
If the East Sea Dragon Palace hadn't been protected by a great formation, what would have remained of the East Sea Dragon Race?
Of course.
The great formation hadn't been the only reason.
The East Sea Dragon Race had survived largely because Candle Dragon had been defeated quickly.
If he'd held out just a little longer against Eastern Emperor Taiyi,
Dijun's Sun True Fire would have already broken through the great formation.
It was only because of Ancestor Dragon, who had transformed into the Eastern Azure Dragon,
that Candle Dragon hadn't ended up like Kunpeng, taken to the Heavenly Court and made to serve.
Haotian's actions these days could be called even more brazen than Dijun's and Taiyi's.
After all, no matter how arrogant those two had been, they'd only targeted cultivators below the Sages.
They hadn't dared to provoke the Sages.
But Haotian?
He was the sort of person who dared to stand up to the Sages.
And the key was, he'd gotten what he wanted in the end.
Whether Haotian had borrowed the influence of Dao Ancestor Hongjun or not,
the fact remained that he'd achieved his goal.
Besides, Candle Dragon wasn't a Sage.
If Haotian wanted to deal with him, he wouldn't need to borrow anyone's influence.
The way that man had put Kunpeng in his place had been downright terrifying.
Kunpeng was also a Quasi-Saint, yet under Haotian's Law Domain, he'd been bound with ease.
Who could believe that?
If he faced Haotian, what could he possibly fight with?
He couldn't win!
He had no chance of winning!
After weighing things up, Candle Dragon realized this was another opponent he couldn't beat.
And Haotian wasn't simply someone Candle Dragon couldn't defeat.
Under his Law Domain, the rest of the Dragon Race wouldn't fare any better.
Once the laws were invoked, Haotian only had to speak, and the Dragon Race would be helpless to resist.
Terrifying!
Utterly terrifying!
They couldn't win a fight.
They could only negotiate!
After pondering for a moment, Candle Dragon slowly said, "Our Dragon Race occupies the Four Seas, but we have no Sage to back us.
To the various forces, we're nothing but a plump piece of meat in the pot, and everyone wants to reach in with their chopsticks and take a bite.
Dijun and Taiyi were like that before, and now Haotian is the same.
We don't have the leverage to refuse.
Ao Guang!"
"This junior is here!"
"Go and discuss the Dragon Race's submission with Haotian.
After enduring two calamities, our Dragon Race can't afford any more upheaval."
"This junior obeys!"
"All right!
You may all leave!"
At that moment, in the Heavenly Court, Haotian and Yaochi had finished their discussion.
After returning to Taiwei Palace.
Haotian began to consider how to resolve the Karma of the Primordial World.
Should he, Haotian, undergo the calamity himself?
That was indeed unavoidable.
But now, all the Sages hated him to the point of grinding their teeth.
If even one Sage interfered when he underwent the calamity, Haotian would be in serious trouble.
So finding a suitable place to undergo the calamity was of the utmost importance.
He could periodically send beings entangled in heavy Karma to that place.
Then he could undergo the calamity himself and resolve some of it, while they resolved the rest on their own.
That way, the Karma of the Primordial World could be kept well under control.
But where could he find such a place?
The Primordial World as it was now was certainly unsuitable.
The Sages could meddle from every direction; there'd be no way to avoid it.
What if he went to Chaos and asked the Dao Ancestor to create a Small World?
That probably wouldn't work, either.
The Six Sages would certainly get involved then.
What should he do?
After thinking for a while, Haotian suddenly had an idea.
Since he couldn't create a Small World outside himself, why not refine one?
A Small World that existed as a spirit treasure would naturally be beyond the Sages' control.
And undergoing the calamity that way would be much easier, too. A wisp of Spiritual Sense would be enough to achieve the effect.
It was just that this kind of Small World certainly couldn't support cultivation.
But then Haotian understood.
Cultivation?
Sure!
Become an immortal?
Not a chance!
The beings brought into this Small World would all be deeply entangled in Karma.
And they still wanted to become immortals?
If he didn't let them die and erase their Karma, they should be grateful for Haotian's great compassion.
There couldn't be beings that powerful in a Small World meant to eliminate Karma.
Having made up his mind.
Haotian knew what he had to do.
Over the next while, besides dealing with the Dragon Race, he would focus on this matter.
Refining a spirit treasure that contained a Small World wasn't simple.
He'd need to bring all the relevant laws to a certain level.
Without a solid foundation, even Ten Thousandfold Amplification would leave him groping blindly.
The Universe Heavens began with creating heavens of one's own.
And creating heavens of one's own began with making up for the laws one lacked.
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