A Princess Offered in Tribute!

"Found it."

The king of the ocean arrived at an island in the middle of the ocean, while Li Yuan watched the island calmly from behind.

The island was not very large compared to Li Yuan's size, and a huge gate stood on it.

Li Yuan's brows furrowed as he looked at the door.

He reached out to touch the door, but a powerful energy surge bounced his hand back.

Li Yuan had no idea when this door had appeared here.

It may have been here from the beginning. As for how Li Yuan discovered this door, it was because after someone was eliminated from the sequence, a beam of light would fly from the mainland to this place.

Following the light, Li Yuan gradually made his way here.

After that, whenever they were lined up in an orderly fashion, they would transform into a beam of light and fly into the gate.

But it's not just about being eliminated from the sequence; the death of any life in this world will turn into energy and be absorbed into it.

On either side of this door are two rows of gray gems.

Now, these gems are lighting up one by one from bottom to top, and the fifth one has already lit up, while the sixth and seventh ones are still dim.

Li Yuan sensed the energy within the gate and determined it to be at the Fifth Tier High Rank.

He had a bad feeling about it.

"This door couldn't have been set up by anyone. It must have been here from the beginning, and all the eliminated sequences and dead beings were sucked into the door."

"Is this the price of failure?"

I'm afraid it's more than that.

At that moment, Li Yuan suddenly thought of the two sixth-order planets in the other world.

The Earth God constantly gave birth to beings of the fifth order, turning the world into their pasture.

This strange gate seems to have some connection with the Earth God. Is this... just an illusion?

A terrifying thought gradually rose in Li Yuan's mind, but he dared not voice it.

Longwu Empire.

Under Long Chen's rule, everything was in good order, while Ye Long, who sat high in the temple, remained entrenched in one place, motionless.

Ye Long closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep in the form of a dragon.

In my dreams, a voice often echoes.

"Are you just going to completely wash your hands of the business now?"

"So what else can I do?"

"Nothing we do makes a difference."

"What's the meaning?"

"It's nothing, I just remembered a boring thing from the past."

"Before?"

"Before."

"Now?"

"Same."

"I don't understand."

"Normal."

In the darkness, a white-haired man sat on a long staircase, sometimes sitting, sometimes lying down, in a casual posture.

"You're seeing me more and more often now."

Ye Long and the man stared at each other. "What does this mean?"

The white-haired man smiled and looked down. "This means your time is running out."

Ye Long frowned. "Are you referring to me, or you?"

The white-haired man said:

"The same."

"This game can be without anyone, but it can't be without you."

What is the reason?

"Who do you think this game is for?"

"Prepared for me?"

"That's right."

Ye Long fell into deep thought. "What can I do?"

The man casually remarked, "If you become a god, you might be very powerful."

"So I will become a god?"

"No, it might be quite the opposite."

On the contrary?

"I'm going to die?"

"Not necessarily. Maybe I misunderstood. Perhaps you really could become a god," the white-haired man said casually.

Ye Long sighed. This guy has been acting on a whim lately.

"If you wanted me to become a god, what conditions do you think would be required?"

Upon hearing this, the white-haired man suddenly stopped smiling. "You might die."

Ye Long: "..."

Isn't this a contradiction?

One minute he's saying he can become a god, the next he's saying he'll die.

"Do you want to hear what you're saying? I'm dead, how can I become a god?"

The white-haired man looked him straight in the eye and said, "Your death and your ascension to godhood are two different things, they don't conflict."

Death and becoming a god are two different things...

Ye Long fell into deep thought again. This guy had said before that he would not die, and that as long as the world did not perish, he would live forever.

So what's going on now?

Judging from his tone, he didn't seem to be joking.

Just as Ye Long was deep in thought, a voice suddenly pulled him out of his dream.

Ye Long suddenly opened his eyes and saw several soldiers walking into the temple, escorting a blonde woman into the temple.

The leading soldier bowed repeatedly to the dragon statue inside the temple, then muttered something under his breath.

Ye Long listened for a moment, and the gist of it was that the blonde woman was a tribute from a foreign country, a princess from another country, and the most beautiful woman in that country.

In order to establish diplomatic relations with the Longwu Empire, they offered a princess in exchange for becoming a vassal state of the Dragon Martial Empire and being spared from war.

Emperor Wu agreed, but he was not interested in the woman.

He didn't even glance at the woman before declaring that he already had a wife and had no intention of taking a concubine.

But since the other party was a princess, Emperor Wu thought for a long time and then said frankly that he would send her to the temple for the Dragon Ancestor to see if she was pleasing to the eye.

If they don't meet the Dragon Ancestor's standards, then they will be given to the Dragon Ancestor's two sons, who are also Emperor Wu's two fathers.

This behavior is no different from finding yourself a stepmother.

However, this is a very common occurrence in the Longwu Empire.

Martial Emperor Long Chen's two fathers have fathered no fewer than fifty children over the years, all with different women, and even some animals.

This is a case of the upper beam being crooked, but the lower beam remaining straight.

Martial Emperor Long Chen, had only one son, Long Qi, who was made crown prince upon reaching adulthood and was the heir to the throne.

Those descendants who possess dragon blood are only eligible to inherit the throne as members of the royal family, according to the rules set by the Twin Dragons Cult and the royal family.

This certainly caused dissatisfaction among some Dragon Blood Descendant, but Emperor Wu was on the throne, the people's hearts were with him, and the church also enforced the law.

They're dissatisfied, but they can only keep it to themselves.

However, this matter is not urgent. Emperor Wu is in his prime and has a long lifespan, so we can put those long-term matters aside for now.

After all, there is no perfect country in the world. Even a country like 001 can experience internal strife due to the diversity of its different races.

And once this internal strife broke out, it almost couldn't be stopped, and 001 was also extremely busy dealing with the situation.

In comparison, the situation in the Longwu Empire is much better.

Furthermore, even Li Yuan could not guarantee that his country would be completely free of hidden dangers.

There will always be hidden dangers, but whether those dangers will materialize is another matter entirely.

Returning to the present moment, Ye Long watched as the blonde woman's brows gradually furrowed. This woman... why... is she so... strange?

But Ye Long couldn't quite put his finger on what was strange about it.

"You can leave now that the people are here."