Meng Chuan left first while Shi Hao and Ye Fan faced off, neither willing to yield.
He had tried to talk them down, but it was no use. Both insisted on settling who came first.
So Emperor Meng could only let Crown Prince Desolate and Crown Prince Ye do as they pleased.
They could fight over it however they liked. If that wasn't satisfying enough, they could even step in and trade blows.
Before leaving, Meng Chuan had already worked out how to handle the gap between their cultivation levels if they really fought.
Shi Hao's side had both a Sacrificial Dao cultivator and an Immortal Emperor. So did Ye Fan's.
On Shi Hao's side, Shi Hao himself was the Sacrificial Dao cultivator. On Ye Fan's, it was Ruthless.
As it happened, the two had broken through to Sacrificial Dao on the very same day, so there was little difference there.
If Shi Hao and Ye Fan really came to blows, they could always call in reinforcements.
Instead of fighting one-on-one, they could make it two-on-two: Sacrificial Dao against Sacrificial Dao, Immortal Emperor against Immortal Emperor.
Perfect.
Meng Chuan departed with that subtly "wicked" thought in mind. When he next appeared, he was in the "Boundless Realm," where the Sickly Will and the Powerful Will often met.
This was a place that even Immortal Emperors, Sacrificial Dao cultivators, and the Plateau Consciousness could neither discover nor set foot in.
When Meng Chuan entered, the Sickly Will and the Powerful Will were already waiting there.
They seemed to have known he would come and had prepared in advance.
Meng Chuan gazed at the two wills, and they took visible form.
The Sickly Will became a black shadow, its features impossible to make out. Even in visible form, its frailty and sickness