The Immortal Kings of the Immortal Domain pondered what they could offer in exchange.
At first, some had planned to use their strength to bully the weaker side, offering a pittance for the Ancient Elixir of Resurrection.
They would not go so far as to seize it outright. The other side had beings of their own rank, after all, and they still wanted to maintain a facade of propriety.
But if they called it a "fair trade," who could object?
With so many Immortal Kings descending from the Immortal Domain, one or two Immortal Kings could hardly stir up a storm against them.
All they had to do was make entry into the Immortal Domain difficult, and the other side would obediently yield.
Indeed, some Immortal Kings had initially intended to trade admission for the people of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands into the Immortal Domain for the Ancient Elixir.
From what they knew of the Immortal Kings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, those kings cared deeply about their homeland and its living beings. They would probably agree.
If they refused to trade the pill, they could forget about entering the Immortal Domain. They could stay in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands until the Dharma-Ending Age arrived, then die of old age.
In the eyes of the Immortal Kings of the Immortal Domain, those Heavenly Prodigies of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands were nothing beside a Resurrection Pill.
Prodigies who had yet to grow powerful were still only prodigies.
Their earlier talk of cooperation had merely been a spur-of-the-moment change of approach, meant to show a measure of sincerity.
They even had a plan for what came next. If the trade failed, they would leave rather than seize the pill by force.
Whether they would