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The Taiyi Patriarch and the others exchanged glances. Immortal Venerable Hongxing said, "Your Seed People Heaven can become the master of the Heavenly Court!"
Tang Changsheng listened without betraying a flicker of emotion. This was tremendous news, but only after hearing the full plan could he judge whether any of it was possible.
"The Vermilion Bright Nether Void Palace will govern the Underworld, my Azure Sea True Void Palace will govern the Water Realm, and the Taiyi Immortal Sword Order will serve as the Immortal Sect on earth..."
The arrangement sounded relatively fair. But how would they guarantee it?
"We will all swear upon the Great Dao as Taiyi beings. Whoever breaks the oath will die, and their sect will be destroyed!" Immortal Venerable Guangsheng said coldly.
"Good!" Tang Changsheng slapped the table and rose. "Then it's settled. When do we act, and how?"
The Taiyi Patriarch and the other two burst out laughing. They had been seventy or eighty percent certain before coming to Tang Changsheng, but they had no way back now. They had staked everything on persuading him, and with his agreement, the entire plan could finally go ahead!
At this point, Tang Changsheng truly was convinced. Joining forces with the three Immortal Sects was his only path—and his best one.
In fact, Tang Changsheng had already made up his mind: once all-out war between the Purple Dusk Demons and the Eastern Glory World erupted, he would use the Three Realms Mirror to take Seed People Heaven far away and never play their game again.
But even after attaining Taiyi, and even with the World Tree, Tang