After Xi Emperor parted ways with Zhang Yu, he strode back into the King's Hall with his head held high.
Having changed bodies, he felt brimming with vigor, and his ambitions surged for a time. Even if this body was affected by curse power, it could still hold out for three or four years. That was enough time for him to pacify the Central Domain.
Next, he would launch a full-scale campaign northward, wipe out Lie King, unite the Hao Clan, then flatten the imperial clans and regional strongholds and set internal affairs in order.
Though, when he had been a clan king, he had fiercely opposed the Council of Elders' efforts to weaken the regional lords and had even raised troops against them, once he himself ascended the throne, the choice he made was no different from theirs.
For by now, the various imperial clans controlled at least two-thirds of the Hao Clan's population and land. Not only did this gravely threaten imperial authority, but they had also been heavily infiltrated by sects from beyond the heavens. They possessed immense strength, yet it could not be mobilized, allowing those outer sects to roam freely beyond the domain and incite internal strife within the Hao Clan. The time had come when these long-standing evils had to be eradicated.
Once everything was set in order...
He glanced toward the heavens, coldness showing in his eyes. Then it would be time to take the Six Great Sects under the knife. Still, preparations above the heavenly domain could begin now.
As if recalling something, he said, "Councilor Song!"
Councilor Song had been waiting at the side. Hearing this, he hurried over and said, "What are Your Majesty's orders?"
Xi Emperor said, "Have all of Mister Tao's needs been properly arranged? There must not