Meng Chuan's Word Follows Deed dealt a critical hit, and the young Human Emperor stormed off in a huff.
"I don't want you anymore either!"
Shi Hao made his declaration at the top of his lungs.
"Hahaha." Shi Qingfeng burst out laughing beside him, earning a vicious glare from Shi Hao.
"Traitor. Keep this up and I'll exile you to the frontier," Shi Hao threatened.
"Then send me to the farthest frontier—Stone Village!" Shi Qingfeng was overjoyed.
A deal that good?
Amid the commotion, Shi Hao led Meng Chuan to the Central Heavenly Palace.
It stood mighty and majestic, vast and imposing, steeped in the grandeur of the Imperial Dao.
The Central Heavenly Palace was where the Human Emperors of the Stone Kingdom had stood guard for generations. No one knew how many times it had been baptized by the Human Emperor's Might.
Now Shi Hao had taken his place there.
"Uncle Meng, see that? All this is my realm!"
Shi Hao pointed at a Divine Diagram in the Central Heavenly Palace, looking extravagantly proud.
The Divine Diagram depicted the Stone Kingdom's territory: a vast expanse rich in land and resources.
"Oh." Meng Chuan gave a cool reply. He glanced at the Divine Diagram, then shook his head.
"Too small. It needs to be at least ten times bigger to suit your status."
Smack!
Shi Hao clapped his hands. "Uncle Meng, you read my mind!"
"Ten times isn't enough. Make it a hundred!"
Meng Chuan reached out and tapped Shi Hao on the forehead. "Such a big appetite for someone so small. A hundred times the territory, and you'd be beyond Earth—no, beyond the Desolate Domain."
"Our goal is the sea of stars," Shi Hao said with a grin.
"So where did you run off to for those three years,