"Sir, there's something else I need to report." Lan was pale and badly injured.
"Go on."
"Old Man Yu is dead," Lan said.
Yu Sang Tian was surprised. "He's dead?"
"Yes. Yu Gongzi reported that Old Man Yu is dead," Lan said.
Yu Sang Tian frowned. "How did he die?"
Lan hesitated. "He said it had something to do with Lu Sang Tian."
Yu Sang Tian understood. Old Man Yu must have been caught up in the struggle between Yue Ya and Lu Yin.
Some conflicts couldn't be joined unless one reached a certain level. For all these years, Yu Sang Tian had kept Zhi Kong Domain in mind not because of Old Man Yu, but because of the Jia family behind him—and the Nine Heavens Universe.
Old Man Yu thought himself clever, but in many cases he was merely fooling himself. He had looked far ahead, and after the Jia family was destroyed, he'd sought a powerful patron. But that was someone he had no business relying on.
His previous allegiance to the Boundless had also been at Yue Ya's command.
"Then he's dead."
"What about Zhi Kong Domain? Secret Transmission seems to be dead too. Yu Gongzi hopes we'll recognize him as the master of Zhi Kong Domain."
"Hadn't Zhi Kong Domain pledged allegiance to the Boundless?"
"Well... Yu Gongzi didn't say. Maybe he resents the Boundless because Old Man Yu died?"
Yu Sang Tian didn't care. "Let them handle it themselves. Treat them as usual. If they don't have enough strength, Zhi Kong Domain can disappear."
Lan's expression changed. Disappear? That was Zhi Kong Domain, a place with a history older than Yu Sang Tian himself. The consequences of its destruction would be impossible to predict.
Especially now, when Zhi Kong Domain had just pledged allegiance to