"What happened? What did Golden Light City say?" Hua Wucuo asked curiously.
Li Chen glanced at him and said, "You're a disciple of the Creation Sect, a Quasi-Grand Artisan, and a Grandmaster Artisan's personal disciple. By rights, you should be qualified to know about this. There's no harm in telling you."
"Go ahead," Hua Wucuo said.
Li Chen said, "Golden Light City informed me that their informants have learned that Martial Emperor Yang Wuji has joined forces with Kong Haoyuan, the 'Star River Sword Immortal,' a Great Power from the Earthly Immortal Continent. They've assembled another sizable force of elite cultivators and intend to launch a major offensive, throwing the territories under our Puppet Dao's control into chaos just as they disrupted the Eastern Sea last time."
"The Vast Sea has always been a frontier where a hundred races mingle and forces of every stripe are mixed together, fish and dragons alike. It's very likely already become their target."
He then told Hua Wucuo about his capture of Li Qianyuan and Feng Wusheng.
Hua Wucuo was shocked. "Something like that actually happened?"
He was a favored son of heaven who had emerged from an ivory tower, with little understanding of the dangers of the Dao Path Contest. But upon learning that the entire Vast Sea might be swept into war, he could not help growing worried.
"In that case, it seems all the more reason you shouldn't have started this war."
Li Chen said, "If I don't do this, am I supposed to wait until the enemy attacks, then pay an even greater price to consolidate our forces and concentrate our resources?"
"What I want is obedience throughout these territories and the Underworld bowing its head. I want the true authority and prestige of a Grand Artisan, not to play