At this moment, the fluctuations of Hua Bai'an's aura had already faintly surpassed Ling Xuanque's.
Normally, only after death would one's cultivation be passed on to the next emperor. Xia Zhan's cultivation had been forcibly extracted, and he was already on the verge of death.
With a casual toss, Hua Bai'an threw away the barely breathing Xia Zhan, whose life hung by a thread. Xia Zhan immediately fell toward the earth.
When the early stage Dao Seeking Ancestor Elder of the Gu Mu imperial clan saw Hua Bai'an actually launch a sneak attack on Xia Zhan, he was at a complete loss, not knowing what to do.
Seeing this scene, he sighed, withdrew his cultivation, transformed into a streak of light, and caught Xia Zhan before flying away from the battlefield.
Hua Bai'an did not care. His entire body flickered with purplish-red light, and the sinister gaze in his blood-red pupils fell upon Ke Ye, Ling Xuanque, and the others before him.
"Ke Ye! You brought Cang Wu Kingdom's formidable enemies here, while I borrowed His Majesty's power. You and I have fought openly and schemed in the shadows for so long. This time, we can consider ourselves even," Hua Bai'an said with a cold sneer.
When Hua Bai'an put it that way, Ke Ye could not find fault with it for a moment. What he felt more was admiration for Hua Bai'an's ruthless methods.
Ke Ye and Ling Xuanque each had their own aims and used one another. Hua Bai'an, however, had truly taken the selfishness he had always upheld to the extreme. During the war, he had crazily stolen military resources, and at a time like this, he had even spared no cruelty in forcibly extracting Xia Zhan's strength.
Moreover, even before this, if Hua Bai'an had not