"!" Sun Haotian froze at those words, his eyes blazing with fury. He was about to speak when Old Dragon Head reached out to stop him, then suddenly chuckled. "Oh, come now! Old Qianshan, I was only joking. You actually took me seriously?"
"Hmph! Enough nonsense! What exactly are your terms?" High Person Qianshan knew his temperament well and spoke coldly.
"Very well! One thousand years!" Old Dragon Head suddenly raised a hooked finger and said coldly, "For one thousand years, the Heavenly Dao Sect must not wage war against the Fire Dragon Palace!" Sun Haotian froze at his words.
"One thousand years? What an appetite you have!" High Person Qianshan seemed to understand his intentions. "A thousand years would be enough for your Fire Dragon Palace to recover its strength!"
"Hmph! Remember, your Heavenly Dao Sect caused all of this! One thousand years, and no bargaining!" Old Dragon Head shouted angrily. After a pause, he continued, "If I weren't preparing to ascend, I would have stormed your Heavenly Dao Sect already! Would I still be standing here wasting words with you?"
"Oh! So you really are about to ascend!" High Person Qianshan said with a faint smile, plainly looking as though he already knew.
"Dragon Martial Uncle! You're preparing to ascend?" Sun Haotian cried out, his expression changing drastically. Naturally, there were many reasons why Old Dragon Head, a mere demon cultivator, had become the Fire Dragon Palace's Spirit Communion Stage mainstay. But once they lost him, the Fire Dragon Palace's standing as the foremost sect of the Demonic Path would exist in name alone. With the Heavenly Dao Sect's constant threat hanging over them, without a Spirit Communion Stage cultivator to hold the fort, they might not even retain their place among the six great Demonic Path sects.