Chu Duanhun returned to the blood-red palace of Dasiwoba.
After he recounted his entire conversation with Lin Heng.
No sooner had Chu Duanhun finished speaking than Dasiwoba struck out with a palm strike from a distance.
The invisible energy struck Chu Duanhun instantly, sending him flying.
'puff!'
Chu Duanhun fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood that splattered on the ground.
It's clear that Dasiwoba used all his strength in that palm strike just now.
After injuring Chu Duanhun, Dasiwoba finally spoke and asked:
Do you know why I hit you?
Chu Duanhun pushed himself up from the ground and faced Dasiwoba with the same respectful expression.
"This subordinate acted on behalf of Your Excellency without authorization and deserves to be punished."
What Chu Duanhun was referring to was naturally the Firmament Cloud Pearl.
This condition was not among the conditions Dasiwoba had prepared for him.
It was indeed Chu Duanhun who made the suggestion on his own initiative.
Although that thing wasn't considered precious, it wasn't even comparable to Heaven-Grade Immeasurable Exalted Treasure.
But Dasiwoba wouldn't allow anyone to overstep their bounds.
"Since you knew that, why did you still dare to do it?"
"Do you really believe that no one can replace you in my heart?"
Dasiwoba's voice grew increasingly cold.
Deep within his eyes, a chilling killing intent flashed.
Even when facing his own right-hand men, Dasiwoba would never hesitate to kill them if he had murderous intent.
Chu Duanhun, however, said neither humbly nor arrogantly:
"Your subordinate has done something wrong and should be punished."
"But even if I had to choose again, I would still do the same thing."
This piqued Dasiwoba's interest.
"Oh?"
"Then I'd like to hear your reasons."
Chu Duanhun looked directly into Dasiwoba's eyes and said, word by word:
"As long as it helps the adults achieve their goals."
"I have no regrets even if I die!"
After hearing Chu Duanhun's words, Dasiwoba laughed heartily.
Then, Dasiwoba waved his hand, and two storage rings flew out of his hand and floated in front of Chu Duanhun.
"The storage ring on the left is my reward for you."
"You did something wrong and deserved punishment, and I have already punished you."
"But those who are loyal to me deserve a reward, and I will never be stingy with it."
"The storage ring on the right contains the Firmament Cloud Pearl you promised Lin Heng, along with a few other items."
"Based on my estimation, Lin Heng shouldn't refuse."
"But he certainly won't agree so readily."
"However, in order to save his life, we can make the Four Seas more lively in the future."
So what if he schemed against me once?
After hearing this, Chu Duanhun put away the two storage rings, then cupped his hands and said:
"Thank you, sir!"
When Chu Duanhun said this, his eyes were clearly agitated.
He must have already seen the rewards given in Dasiwoba's storage ring.
In this respect, Dasiwoba is definitely the most generous among the Lord of the Four Seas.
He is indeed very strict with his subordinates and has a volatile temper.
But when it comes to rewards, they're the kind that will absolutely get you so excited your blood vessels will explode.
Meanwhile, in the Southern Spirit Sacred Sea!
Hongjun has specially summoned Liu Yuansheng today.
The day of the Heavenly Sea Contest is drawing ever closer.
Hongjun's worries grew deeper and deeper.
" Yuansheng, how are the preparations for the upcoming Heavenly Sea Contest?"
When Liu Yuansheng arrived at the main hall where Hongjun was, Hongjun asked:
"Reporting to Master, everything is ready."
"As far as this disciple knows, this Heavenly Sea Contest..."
"The participants sent by the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea seem rather strange."
Liu Yuansheng knew that Hongjun truly cared about was not the Heavenly Sea Contest, but Lin Heng, who would represent Western Celebratory Demon Sea in the war.
If that's the case, then what Hongjun naturally wants to know is the situation of the participants from other sea areas.
When Liu Yuansheng said that this time in the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea was rather special, Hongjun indeed showed a different expression.
"Oh?"
Tell me, what's so strange about it?
Liu Yuansheng also truthfully recounted the information he had gathered.
"This disciple has heard that among the powerful figures participating in this battle in the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea..."
" Sibada Haoli is among them."
The mere mention of the name was enough to make Hongjun frown.
Sibada Haoli, a powerful cultivator renowned throughout the Four Seas Land of the Eight Desolations.
This guy is quite an oddball, actually.
Logically speaking, they should have already been able to leave the Land of the Eight Desolations.
However, during the previous three Heavenly Sea Contest, he was at a critical moment of breakthrough and unable to leave his cultivation state.
This also caused him to remain in the Land of the Eight Desolations.
His fame was first revealed during a conflict between the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea and the Western Celebratory Demon Sea.
That time, a major battle broke out between the two seas.
No one expected that Sibada Haoli, who had never shown his face in the Four Seas before, would actually severely injure two powerful experts in the Late-stage Creation Realm with his first move.
At that time, Sibada Haoli had already reached the Great Perfection of the Creation Realm.
Whether he has made further progress now is anyone's guess.
The reason Liu Yuansheng used the word "strange" is...
It was because he had heard earlier that Sibada Haoli had also recently entered a state of seclusion for cultivation.
But suddenly he had to leave seclusion again and represent the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea in battle.
This naturally aroused Liu Yuansheng's doubts.
Whether Sibada Haoli truly emerged from seclusion and is functioning normally remains to be seen.
Or perhaps Hermoz used some method to forcibly wake him up.
Hongjun also fell into deep thought.
After a moment, Hongjun shook his head and sighed.
"It seems Hermoz still hasn't been able to let go of his ambition."
In this respect, all the Lord of the Four Seas understand one principle.
With only four layers of the universe, their current strength is already at its limit.
I want to reach the level of Master Primordial Chaos.
Unless one can possess five layers of the Primordial Chaos World.
But this is not something they can control.
In other words, it's basically impossible to do.
However, Hermoz still clung to his last shred of persistence.
After all, Mu Chen was the man who came closest to Primordial Chaos back then.
Mu Chen, who also possesses a five-layered world.
If one could inherit his legacy.
Perhaps I too can cultivate to the fifth level of the universe?
It was precisely because of this idea that...
Hermoz then began to have designs on Lin Heng.
In Hongjun's view, this was utterly foolish.
Who among the Lord of the Four Seas did not know how highly their Master valued Lin Heng?
To make an enemy of Lin Heng and even try to kill him for something nearly impossible.
How could Primordial Chaos tolerate this?
In Hongjun's view, Hermoz should continue in this manner.
His fate was, in a sense, already sealed.
Of course, this is considering the matter from Hongjun's perspective.
But let's think about it from Hermoz's perspective.
As a thoroughly ambitious person.
He had become a lord in the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea and was already tired of this kind of life.
Faced with an endless lifespan, what meaning does it hold if one loses the drive to pursue it?
It can only be said that Hongjun's thinking was more rational, and this was because he was already satisfied with everything he had.
Even though Hermoz knew that dealing with Lin Heng would anger Primordial Chaos.
But he was willing to do anything for that one tiny chance to become stronger.