Our Commander Is a Furnace

Chapter 853: Our Commander Is a Furnace

Arbiter of All Under Heaven!

That was right—this was how Tang Luo had positioned the Jia Clan, and it was also how he intended to complete this mission.

Reaching the pinnacle did not necessarily mean becoming emperor, turning the Jia Clan into royalty, and unifying the realm.

There was another way: becoming the arbiter of all under heaven, the one who wielded the sword.

That was far easier than fighting for the realm and becoming emperor.

An emperor had to raise an army of hundreds of thousands, even millions. An arbiter was different—what mattered in an army was quality, not numbers. A group of exceptionally powerful martial artists would suffice.

And there would be no need to exhaust oneself—at least, not to labor like a competent emperor.

He only needed to manage First City Under Heaven, this little patch of land, while ensuring that his own martial might remained extraordinary.

Everyone looked at Tang Luo, unsurprised by what he had said.

After he had cleaved a deep ravine with one sword stroke and introduced the so-called "chess warriors," they had more or less guessed his intentions.

"Come with me. I built a 'First Chessboard Under Heaven,'" said Tang Luo, who aspired to become the arbiter of all under heaven, as he headed outside the City Lord's Manor.

At the edge of the platform was a special chain connecting the City Lord's Manor directly to the completed "chessboard" on the other side.

The chain was not taut. Unlike the spiraling road and the interior space, the area outside the platform was not protected by formations that blocked out the freezing winds of the high sky.

The thick chain swayed faintly amid the gale.

Tang Luo took the lead, walking over it as though on