Yao Tianhuo bowed low in submission and offered Ye Uchiha his ultimate secret technique-the Five-Ring Separation Flame Technique-begging Ye Uchiha to free him from his misery.
After all, Ye Uchiha was even stronger than Yao Tianhuo had been in life. If he left a poor impression, he might never see the sun aboveground again. Thus, Yao Tianhuo adopted an exceedingly humble attitude, even offering to serve as a slave or servant.
Had the visitor been some nobody who had not even reached Dou Wang, Yao Tianhuo could have used threats and promises to coax them into taking him away. Things had not gone as he had hoped, but becoming a servant to a major power was still a blessing amid misfortune.
Ye Uchiha naturally welcomed a free Dou Zun-level servant. After all, he had only a handful of people to help him conquer the Dou Qi World.
Although the fighting power of the Dou Qi World posed no threat to him, forcibly unifying it through violence would leave the remnants of its great factions lurking in the shadows, causing trouble. That would be no small danger. Open attacks were easy to dodge; hidden ones were harder to guard against. That was why Ye Uchiha had chosen to proceed gradually, using the Mist Cloud Sect to absorb the Northwest Continent before setting his sights on the Central Plains when the time was ripe.
Hun Tiandi's breakthrough to Dou Di was a case in point. Even knowing they were no match for him, the factions of the Central Plains had resolutely chosen to fight to the death rather than retreat. They had their own pride and dignity. As patriarchs and sect masters of powers with long-standing legacies, they refused to bow to another or let their inheritances become stepping stones for someone