"You..."
The Continent Lord of the Gods and Devils Continent paused before asking hesitantly, "You have the innate dark sacred physique...?"
Jiu Wu nodded, looking at the man before him with a faintly hostile expression. These people really had too much damn time on their hands. Why couldn't they mind their own business instead of constantly meddling in everyone else's?
"It's all right."
Hu Wan, the Continent Lord of the Gods and Devils Continent, fell silent for a while before saying, "I'll go out and speak to them. If I can persuade them, I'll do my best to resolve this peacefully."
His continent had deep reserves, but taking on so many fifth-level continents at once was still a pipe dream.
At the fifth-level continent stage,
no one knew what terrifying reserves a continent might have hidden away. Every additional fifth-level continent they faced at the same time would dramatically increase the risk.
"All right."
Chen Fan smiled and said nothing more.
A little while later,
the Banquet Hall closed.
Hu Wan returned.
"Domain Lord."
Jiu Wu looked toward the distant horizon. "Can Hu Wan persuade them?"
"It doesn't matter."
Chen Fan shook his head. "Whether he persuades them or not makes no difference. Even if he does, I won't trust them. We have to walk our own path, not let others lead us around."
"I don't trust anyone else."
"Next..."
"We just need to keep spreading word that the Mortal Domain plans to stay here and recuperate for ten years, while secretly carrying out our real plan. All we need is for the Research Pavilion to develop a way to lift the Eternal Night Continent above the Fallen Firmament barrier."
"Over this past month,"
"they've made very good progress."
"And during this month, the Mortal Domain has more or less