Han Shuo had given the others his assurance about Little Skeleton Han Hao, telling them explicitly that Han Hao would leave the Godhunter Alliance. Even if the Chaos Lands and the Godhunter Alliance went to war one day, Han Hao would stand on their side against the Godhunter Alliance.
With Han Shuo's assurance, the other sovereigns no longer had any excuse to stir up trouble.
Han Shuo finally established himself in Deep Valley. The other sovereigns handed over the ten Monarch Shops that had originally belonged to Saras, making Han Shuo their owner. Like the other sovereigns, Han Shuo would receive one-fifth of Deep Valley's annual tax revenue. That tax income alone was an astronomical sum.
When he had first entered Deep Valley, Osoe had given Han Shuo one of his Monarch Shops, which Han Shuo had used as the Celestial Pivot Pharmacy Branch. This time, after taking over Saras's ten Monarch Shops, Han Shuo returned one to Osoe, repaying that favor.
He had been somewhat wary of Osoe from the start and had never dared trust him completely. Vasias's warning had made Han Shuo even more cautious, so he tried to avoid becoming too deeply involved with Osoe, lest he have reservations when the time came to act against him or give others grounds to criticize him.
Once the ten Monarch Shops were in his hands, Han Shuo had Zoqi, Golden Armored Corpse, and the others come to Deep Valley from Demon-Hidden Valley. Golden Armored Corpse's ability to open Golden Stone Shops across the various Divine Domains was proof of his exceptional talent in this area. As soon as he arrived in Deep Valley, Han Shuo handed one of the Monarch Shops over to him to serve as the Golden Stone Shop's Deep Valley branch.
Zoqi was quick-witted and