The Shepherd Clan, the Tenth Heaven of Vast Sea!

"After all that painstaking scheming, he was ultimately too clever for his own good. He couldn't overcome fate." With a long sigh, He Heng and Lin Xuanhe said nothing as they watched Shen Sheng vanish into nothingness. Only the meaningful looks they exchanged spoke volumes.

After a long while, Lin Xuanhe smiled first. "Thank you for your cooperation, Daoist Friend He. Otherwise, I could never have carried out this plan."

He Heng replied, "You're too kind, Daoist Friend Lin. Without your plan, we wouldn't have dealt with Shen Sheng so easily. He was shrewd and powerful, with a hundred thousand years of accumulated strength in Great Heaven behind him. With him gone, the pressure on us will be considerably lighter."

"Indeed. Shi Fang Tian Jun and Green Mist Heavenly Lord are both more or less incapacitated now, and with Shen Sheng dead, only six of the Vast Sea Nine Heavens Lords remain in their full strength. More importantly, with Shen Sheng dead, his territory, along with the territories of Shi Fang Tian Jun and Green Mist Heavenly Lord, will be left without an owner. The major Heavenly Lords of Vast Sea will inevitably clash over these spoils, leaving them no time to launch an attack elsewhere for a while," Lin Xuanhe analyzed.

"Then we can seize this opportunity to carry out the second step of your plan: join forces with Wujiang against the Demon Sect and the Senluo Realm," He Heng said.

"Exactly. During this time, just as I expected, the demon race has formally returned to its roots and joined the alien races of Wujiang as one. They share a grudge, live close to each other, and have direct conflicts of interest. Their hostility has only grown, and I doubt it will be long before it truly erupts." Lin