The God Race's Predicament, the Way to Break the Stalemate

The doors opened, and Luo Li poured out her heart, revealing everything.

The past and present of the Luo God Clan, their current predicament, and the plight of their people.

"Luo Li, has your clan never considered seeking help from the Flame Emperor?"

Mu Chen asked the question that had been buried in his heart for a long time.

The Flame Emperor shared a deep connection with the Luo God Clan.

Back then, the Flame Emperor Xiao Yan had arrived from a lower plane, only to encounter the difficulty of spiritual energy assimilation.

(Whether it was the Dou Qi of the Dou Qi Continent or the Yuan Power of the Heavenly Profound Continent, both were relatively inferior and lower in essence compared to the spiritual energy of the Great Thousand World. Once a prodigy from a lower plane stepped into the Great Thousand World, the massive amount of spiritual energy filling the heavens and earth would inevitably force its way into their body, assimilating their internal power. However, out of an instinct to protect themselves, peak experts would find their internal Dou Qi or Yuan Power involuntarily fighting back, clashing with the incoming spiritual energy and turning their bodies into a battlefield. There was no shortage of those with poor luck who simply exploded and died during this process of spiritual energy assimilation, which was known to be incomparably dangerous and feared by many prodigies from lower planes.)

It just so happened that Luo Tianshen, who was patrolling his territory, discovered him and reached out to help.

The Flame Emperor, once freed, hurried away to save his two wives who were trapped in a crisis.

Had it not been for the assistance of Luo Tianshen, the Flame Emperor might very well have lost his loved ones.

In the few decades that followed, the Flame Emperor first went alone to debate the Dao with the Fire Spirit Clan, fought the Fire Spirit Ancestor of the Heavenly Sovereign rank, and won the clan's ancestral divine fire that had been passed down for nearly a million years.

He established the super force Endless Fire Domain, bringing it single-handedly to the status of one of the three great alchemy holy lands of the Great Thousand World, with countless experts under his command and masters of medicinal herbs gathering there.

When the force was first established, he repelled an attack from the Mohe Ancient Clan, forcing Mohe Tian, who had just succeeded as the clan leader at the time, to use the ancestral artifact of the clan just to escape back in a sorry state.

Upon reaching the Saint Grade, he fought the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, the strongest expert under the Heavenly Evil God of the Evil Clan from Beyond, and used the Emperor Flame, forged from ten thousand fires, to clash head-on with the Saint Demon Flame, retreating unscathed.

Only then did Luo Tianshen realize with shock that in just a few decades, the boy from a lower plane who had accidentally stumbled into the territory of the Luo God Clan had grown to such a level.

A dual-attribute Saint Grade expert, he was even mentioned alongside the Master of the Martial Border as the twin stars of the lower planes and the two heroes of the Great Thousand World, one of the Saint Grade giants most likely to impact the supreme realm and reach the pinnacle of the firmament in the future.

"It is not that the elders of the clan haven't mentioned this matter, asking Grandfather to invite the Flame Emperor."

"But Grandfather's temperament is truly too stubborn; no one can persuade him."

"He has always believed that what happened back then was merely a small favor, and one should not use gratitude to demand repayment, nor should one go to great lengths to cling to a Saint Grade giant who guards the borders of the Great Thousand World and possesses such illustrious battle merits."

"When the Flame Emperor was down on his luck, he did not trouble him. Now that the Flame Emperor is prosperous, he should not cling to him even more."

Luo Li recalled her grandfather, her usually cold cheeks filled with pride.

This was her grandfather, the pillar that held up the sky for the Luo God Clan!

That was no mere small favor, Mu Chen thought to himself.

Although he did not know which of the Flame Emperor's wives had been in trouble that day, whether it was Xiao Xun'er or Medusa Cailin, they were the beloved ones that the Flame Emperor could not afford to lose, and nothing could replace them.

Luo Tianshen, that stubborn old man, had done the Flame Emperor a massive favor.

"How can personal honor and disgrace be more important than the rise and fall of a clan?"

"If my clan were in trouble and a powerful person could help, I would be willing to accept it even if they insulted me or called me a pig or a dog."

"Furthermore, the Flame Emperor is known throughout the Great Thousand World for valuing loyalty and righteousness."

"As long as your clan asks at his door, that Excellency would never say a single word of refusal."

"Luo Li, these words should not come from me, but while our elders are stubborn, we juniors do not have so many burdens. If we are flexible, we can bypass Luo Tianshen."

"You can send a letter privately to the Endless Fire Domain."

Mu Chen offered a suggestion, finding a different path.

Currently, he was alone and weak, and the influence of his father, Mu Feng, was limited to a corner of the Hundred Spirit Continent, unable to project power to outside continents; even if he wanted to help, he was powerless.

The only one who could help the Luo God Clan out of their predicament was to beg that Flame Emperor.

"Bypass Grandfather and ask for help from the Endless Fire Domain in my name?"

Luo Li's eyes lit up; the feasibility of this path was exceptionally high.

What was she training madly for every day?

Was it not to take the heavy burden from her aging grandfather and shoulder the responsibility of protecting the clan? As long as she could save the Luo God Clan, what did a little bit of ink matter?

The silver-haired girl made up her mind to start this matter as soon as she returned to the clan.

Later, as the Spirit Road selection ended, Luo Li returned to the clan and, as the only princess of the Luo God Clan, sent a letter to the far north. The Endless Fire Domain indeed responded.

Because the Flame Emperor was tied up with matters and could not appear—seemingly in seclusion researching a certain Emperor-grade pill formula—the main wife, Xun'er, who managed the Endless Fire Domain, came forward to receive them.

She immediately sent a congratulatory note in her husband's name to Luo Tianshen, who was about to celebrate his birthday.

The mistress of the Endless Fire Domain clearly wanted to help the Luo God Clan stabilize the situation first, leaving the rest to be handled by her husband after he came out of seclusion, so as to fulfill the Flame Emperor's debt of gratitude.

As expected, once the Flame Emperor's congratulatory message arrived, the Lesser Western Heaven Realm, which had been restless and secretly plotting with the other three God Clans to carve up the Luo God Clan's territory, suddenly fell silent.

They suppressed their impulses, retracted their claws, and returned to dormancy, waiting for an opportunity.

Over the next decade or so, relying on the influence of the Flame Emperor's message and his own remaining prestige, Luo Tianshen finally stabilized the precarious situation of the Luo God Clan, and the hearts of the people gradually settled.

Although there were still occasional frictions along the borders with the three God Clans, there were no more major wars.

Perhaps because the long-pent-up gloom in her heart had been released, the icy aura surrounding Luo Li dissipated for the most part, and she became much more cheerful, her smiles appearing more frequently.

Watching the change in the young girl, Mu Chen felt very happy in his heart. He reached out his slender hand toward her and extended an invitation, "Luo Li, let us conquer the Spirit Road together."

"Whether it is the Spirit Road or the Great Thousand, you can entrust your back to me."

"Be it calamity or a rain of blades and swords, I will block it all for you."

"Past, present, and future, Mu Chen will always be Luo Li's most solid shield."

The young man's voice was low and powerful, sincere and persistent.

Luo Li sat gracefully beside the Hundred Spirits Youth, her slender hand propping up her chin, listening quietly to her companion's vow-like words, her gaze soft.

Her silver, waterfall-like hair fluttered in the wind, making her look like an elf of the breeze.

"Alright, I promise you everything."

"From this day forward, you are my back."

Before the young man could finish his words, Luo Li impatiently reached out her jade-like, delicate hand and placed it into his broad palm, gripping it gently.

Mu Chen's breathing became slightly rapid.

These few short, sweet words of love, like poison, struck his heart like a battering ram, causing him to sink deep into them, unable to extricate himself.

The young man interlaced his fingers with hers, tightly holding that smooth, warm, and delicate little hand, muttering silently in his heart:

"It is the same for me; you are my back, and my softest spot."

PS: This chapter serves as a patch for a plot hole in the original work.

Friends who have read Battle Through the Heavens know that the Flame Emperor Xiao Yan's character is one who repays a drop of kindness with a gushing spring.

If you give me a meal when I am down, I will gift you boundless wealth when I succeed.

He might even shoulder the burden of a clan-exterminating disaster for the sake of loyalty.

In The Great Ruler, Luo Tianshen helped Xiao Yan accelerate the completion of spiritual energy assimilation, saving his trapped friends and family in time, preventing a tragedy. This help can be considered immense.

However, the setting in The Great Ruler is that Luo Li's father, Luo Tianhe, had just died, and her grandfather, Luo Tianshen, was severely injured, leaving the Luo God Clan in a precarious state. The Flame Emperor sent a congratulatory message for the elder's birthday, deterring hidden enemies and stabilizing the situation.

I personally feel that while this help was not insignificant, it was very strange and did not fit the Flame Emperor's character.

If someone helped you that much, even if you don't return it tenfold, shouldn't you at least be equivalent?

Since you knew the situation of the Luo God Clan and reached out to help, why walk ninety-nine steps and fail at the last one? Even if the Flame Emperor himself couldn't come, couldn't he have sent medicinal pills to help Luo Tianshen detoxify? Couldn't he have dispatched one of his subordinates, an Earth Sovereign, to crush the Earth Sovereign experts of the three God Clans? Any of these methods would have completely relieved the Luo God Clan.

Sending only a congratulatory message was too weak, dragging things out in a messy, indecisive manner that didn't feel like the Flame Emperor's style at all.

Here, I have added a patch: The Flame Emperor himself was in seclusion and could not come, so the Endless Fire Domain was being managed by the Matriarch.

As the Matriarch, Xiao Xun'er possessed vast resources and could certainly have helped the Luo God Clan solve their crisis once and for all. However, out of consideration for her husband's reputation, she first used his name to send the message and stabilize the situation.

Once the Flame Emperor emerges from seclusion, he will personally repay this favor.