"The Immortal Alliance wants peace talks, offering the continents we have conquered as the price for retaining the three great domains of Wufu, Nan Province, and Pian Province?"
Once the Immortal Alliance reached an internal decision, it soon showed in the exchanges of envoys and messages.
Before long, Li Chen and the other leaders of the Puppet Dao Faction learned of it as well.
They gathered in the virtual Creation Secret Realm to discuss the matter together and explore the possibility of bringing it about.
"In my view, as long as the terms aren't bad, we can agree!"
Among the grandmasters, Wu Fangdao and several others clearly favored accepting peace talks.
"First, we must be clear about one thing. Although our Puppet Dao won a great victory in the Battle of the Central Sea, our expenditures over these years have been astronomical. Our economy has already begun to show signs of weakness, and production and development have prioritized supplying the war, delaying many other matters."
"Never mind what will happen if this continues. If the Immortal Alliance disregards the consequences and launches a massive counteroffensive, thoroughly wrecking our production and logistics systems, the damage will be immense. Even the Heavenly Net Network's physical station infrastructure could be destroyed in a single stroke!"
"Furthermore, the Righteous Qi Continent has been quiet for over a decade. It should have caught its breath by now. Those people also follow the Outer Dao, and they too eye the territories and blessed lands controlled by us puppet masters like hungry tigers. Therefore, I favor taking our gains while the going is good."
But then Wu Fangdao changed tack. "Still, we won this war in the end. There is no reason we should fail to reap sufficient benefits."
"The Equal Sea Domain has thirteen provinces-thirteen immense