It was rare for Quasi-Emperors and high-level Immortal Kings from every faction to gather together. A meeting on this scale was hardly any different from the highest council. Yet as you entered the "Everything House" within Yang City alongside them, doubt could not help but rise in your heart. Other than the Ninth-grade Immortal Vein, Qinghe Heaven and Earth had not seen any especially momentous events lately. Why did Qin Huang look so grave?
You did not believe Qin Huang had assembled such a lineup merely for idle chatter, and a faint sense of foreboding inevitably welled up within you...
Soon, after everyone had taken their seats, Qin Huang, who had arranged a high seat for you close beside him, did not beat around the bush. He directly began speaking of the matter behind this meeting.
As Qin Huang unfolded the tale, all those present who possessed any knowledge changed color upon hearing it. What Qin Huang spoke of was precisely the matter Ning Ji had mentioned to you in fragments hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Yet the one who had contacted Qin Huang this time was not someone from Emperor Donghua's side, but Xue Renqing, the Sixth Commander among the Dao Sect's "Seven Commanders." He wished for Qin Huang to represent Qingming Hetong Heaven in choosing a side and supporting the Dao Sect, then swear an oath that if war were to break out in the future against the "Eastern Sovereign Dao Sect" founded by Emperor Donghua, Qingming Hetong Heaven would send aid to the Dao Sect...
The Dao Sect's "Seven Commanders" were seven sharp blades who assisted the Dao Sect Master in governing the sect. It was said that their standing within the Dao Sect was equivalent to that of vice sect masters, and rumors claimed that