Master!

"Chen Seal-Bearer, what is the method you spoke of that would minimize losses?"

The Abyssal Army's Third Grade commander-in-chief seemed thoughtful.

"This emergency order summoning us back to defend A-9 City—wasn't it to resist the beast tide?"

Chen Jiu said, "We have already determined that at least three first-rate sects within the Martial Alliance conspired with the Red Flame Emperor and the Five-Poison Emperor to rebel.

"Combined with the matters involving the Divine Guard Bureau's Ji Tianming and Xian Donglai, it is clear that people within the court are coordinating with them from within.

"Faced with such forces, all we can do is minimize the losses. Otherwise, when immortals clash, ordinary people will inevitably suffer.

"The Holy Sovereign does not wish to see such losses, as they would damage the foundations of the Great Dream Dynasty."

"Therefore, several immortals have already negotiated with the other side and agreed to bring forward the Fourth-Grade Heaven Ranking Battle."

Bring forward the Fourth-Grade Heaven Ranking Battle?

What did that have to do with the Abyssal Beast Grotto?

Everyone was somewhat bewildered.

The Abyssal Army's Third Grade commander-in-chief frowned slightly.

"What does the Fourth-Grade Heaven Ranking Battle have to do with this matter?"

"In past Fourth-Grade Heaven Ranking Battles of the Great Dream Dynasty, ten Fourth-Grade Grandmasters from each of the upper, middle, and lower ranks would be selected for the Heaven Ranking."

"This time, the Holy Sovereign agreed that if the rebels could claim three positions each among the upper, middle, and lower ranks, A-9 City would be ceded to the two Emperors."

"At the same time, a territory spanning a thousand li in every direction would be carved out within the Great Dream Dynasty, allowing them to build a city there."

"Hiss—"

The Grandmasters present secretly sucked in cold breaths, their eyes