Azure Divine Palace.
Within the palace, Su Mo was quietly cultivating, diligently tempering his Xuan energy and solidifying his foundation.
Although his foundation was already sufficiently solid, the deeper his accumulation, the easier it would be to break through bottlenecks in the future.
The day after the North Sea Empress and the Third Elder departed, another person arrived at Azure Divine Palace—Princess Qing Ya.
Because she cultivated a Wood Attribute martial art, Su Mo had someone arrange for her to stay in Evergreen Palace.
Xuan energy flowed through his meridians, circulating through one cycle after another without end.
Su Mo cultivated quietly, his heart as still as water. He knew the North Sea Ice Palace would make a choice that satisfied him. All he needed to do was wait for them to respectfully offer up the Spirit Stones with both hands.
With these Spirit Stones, he could once again attempt to break through his cultivation bottleneck.
He had always intended to annex major powers such as the North Sea Ice Palace.
However, he also clearly understood that these great powers had long inheritances and possessed their own pride and principles.
Making these powers submit would be easy, but annexing them would inevitably drive them to fight to the death.
Although this posed no threat to Su Mo—even if they resisted, it would be useless—what he wanted was great integration, not the extermination of other factions.
If he forcibly annexed every faction, their experts would either die or flee. Even if those left behind agreed to join Azure Divine Palace, they would not do so willingly.
In short, Su Mo did not wish to cause excessive slaughter. He sought to preserve the strength of all major factions and have everyone willingly join Azure Divine Palace.
Only then would Azure Divine Palace