Heavenly Lord Dingding's words, spoken with such resolve, startled the leaders of the Seven Great Immortal Sects.
The Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace was no weakling.
At its peak, it had dominated forty-one minor worlds and stood above every other sect. Only after repeated defeats at the hands of the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect had the others begun to look down on it.
The mention of a ceasefire treaty made their hearts sink further.
If the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace signed one, the forces hemming in the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect would instantly lose a sect. Whether the others could still succeed was anyone's guess.
The Eastern Extreme Demon Sect was no longer what it had been several thousand years ago. Any ceasefire treaty would be drafted with the utmost care and bound by the Heavenly Dao; tearing it up would be no easy matter.
The Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace's meaning was clear.
With its strength in decline, it cared little if fire and flood engulfed the world afterward. The future could be dealt with in the future. It could afford to care about nothing else.
Forcing the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace to cede more minor worlds under these circumstances just to satisfy the Seven Great Immortal Sects was pure wishful thinking!
If the others refused to satisfy it, why shouldn't it let the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect run free?
This domain did not belong to the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace alone. If the Seven Great Immortal Sects did not cherish it, then it could be abandoned. There was no chance the palace would sacrifice itself to pull chestnuts from the fire for them.
That unyielding, shameless stance left the leaders of the Seven Great Immortal Sects at a loss.
The sudden shift in the situation left everyone unsure what