You Admit Defeat

Once the overall situation had been decided, the news could no longer be contained. Great and small powers throughout the Great Thousand World, including those hidden in the shadows, all learned of it...

"Hong Yi is truly too formidable! He settled the whole situation in a single night. I had thought his struggle against Hong Xuanji and Yang Pan would drag on for quite some time. We had calculated that the Central World would send down a great army to wage war against the Great Gan Dynasty, then the Dagan Emperor, Hong Xuanji, and Hong Yi would turn on one another, allowing us to reap the benefits. Who would have thought that Hong Yi would establish the present situation with the force of thunder sweeping ten thousand jun?" Tang Hailong seemed to have grown far more profound.

Yujing City, the imperial palace.

Yang Pan's mysterious and powerful will was transmitted into the minds of the three men.

The moment they arrived before the cell, Hong Yi and Hong Xuanji both saw the once world-shaking Saber Saint, Gongyang Yu, sitting cross-legged on the floor deep within. His beard had grown long, the Thunder Emperor's Universal Salvation Divine Saber was gone from his hand, and the skin on his body had sagged. Not a trace of his former splendor remained.

Yet Hong Yi had no interest in attending to the imperial family's affairs. What mattered most to him now was negotiating with Hong Xuanji and making him submit completely. Killing him would be difficult for Hong Yi, certainly, but it was far easier than making him yield in both body and heart.

This woman was none other than Hong Xuejiao. Her blood and qi surged like rolling waves—she had actually attained the body of a Human Immortal! Moreover, she wore a gauzy