Inside the Star Luo Imperial Palace
Crack, crack...
Another exquisitely crafted porcelain piece was smashed to the floor by Dai Tianfeng in a fit of rage, shattering into fragments.
The floor was strewn with torn famous paintings, shattered porcelain, broken jade ornaments, and debris scattered everywhere.
Everyone around Dai Tianfeng kept their heads lowered, not daring to make a sound.
"Shit—" Dai Tianfeng let out an enraged tiger's roar as his White Tiger Martial Soul emerged involuntarily.
His eyes bloodshot, he looked around at those present before finally fixing his gaze on Zhu Tianming.
"Tianming, didn't you say Spirit Hall had sent an envoy to soothe my anger? Why are they demanding that I cede land and pay reparations to soothe Qian Xunyi's anger instead?" Dai Tianfeng demanded furiously.
Zhu Tianming lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I did not know that Spirit Hall's new Pope would act so unconventionally. Every previous Pope of Spirit Hall had maintained the balance of the continent."
"Enough, stop talking about balance. Qian Xunyi has openly put a blade to my throat. What can you do about this?" Dai Tianfeng said.
As an ambitious ruler, he could never permit such humiliation as ceding territory and paying reparations to befall him.
Jiang Wei pondered for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, Qian Xunyi is merely an inexperienced child. Every previous Pope of Spirit Hall had done their utmost to preserve the continent's balance because they feared that all sides of the continent would join hands to restrain Spirit Hall. Now that he has taken the initiative to break that balance, if he dares to threaten the Star Luo Empire today, he will dare to threaten Heaven Dou tomorrow, the Upper Three Sects, and the great clans after that. In the face of such a