Reunion with an Old Friend!

Xu Tianran did not do anything extreme, nor did he specifically target the Third Prince. Instead, it seemed as if he were engaging in a "Fair Competition" with the Third Prince, pursuing the White Lotus Army together with him and then retaking cities.

This kind of healthy, proper competition made Xu Tianran appear very gracious, and made the Crown Prince seem even more broad-minded.

Not only that, Xu Tianran did even better than the Third Prince.

Perhaps because the White Lotus Army had been defeated, or perhaps because of the Third Prince's bloody methods, the White Lotus Sect believers who had originally been stubborn to the bone seemed to awaken in thought all at once. One after another, they regained their senses, repented for their crimes, then returned to the embrace of the empire and pledged loyalty to it once more.

Xu Tianran naturally would not fully trust these people, but that did not stop him from winning them over.

At the end of the day, whether they joined the White Lotus Sect or remained subjects of the empire, was it not all for profit?

Xu Tianran, who had never cultivated the White Lotus Sect Techniques or teachings, nor deeply understood the White Lotus Sect, simply could not comprehend what faith meant.

Xu Tianran was no exception. Even the generals in the Third Prince's army, as well as the commander of the Southern Legion, did not understand these things at all.

After all, who would bother understanding the thoughts of heretical rebel cultists?

Especially the people of Douluo Continent, who had never placed much importance on such things to begin with.

Let alone the Civil and Military Officials and all the nobles far away in Mingdu.

Because managing the Southern Province required enough officials, Xu Tianran only arrested the ringleaders