"Damn it..."
In the Hanhai Great Domain, King De had returned to Da Chen at the earliest opportunity after speaking with Chaowu Zhenchi, completely avoiding the Blood Sea Great Tribulation. He was now presiding over disaster relief across the entire domain.
He had indeed spared no effort, throwing his whole heart and strength into working for his fief. Vast amounts of pale golden Power of Faith had truly gathered toward him, rapidly raising his Emperor Blood and cultivation realm. He was on the verge of breaking through to Heavenly Monarch, reaching the average level of Zhen King.
Yet King De felt no joy at all. Instead, his expression turned stunned and troubled. "So this was their purpose... The Emperor Court's policies have fallen so thoroughly into their hands. The ones actually managing things are bureaucrats, not the Emperor Court, so the direction designated by faith is not the Emperor Court, but... people like us who actually do the work, as well as people like them who make the decisions!"
"Everything has been divided..."
"The Civil and Martial Emperor Thrones will receive an enormous boost, while the Xuantian Emperor Lord remains unchanged—or may even weaken!"
As King De gazed anxiously toward Shenjing, far away at the border between Xishan and Minhai, in the region governed by the Tianyi Demonic Sect—
Bai Qinghan, too, looked up at the sky, toward Shenjing.
Above the heavens, specks of light like starlight and fireflies were descending. From the hearts of all the people across the territory under her management, they rose from every direction. Bai Qinghan could sense that this was the most direct blessing of the Heavenly Dao. Her Fate Grid, the 'Mysterious Yin Star Fate,' had received an indescribable strengthening as the sun and moon in the sky extinguished and rekindled.
But she