Shi Jian's Fine Maneuvers and Calculations: Balancing the Situation!

A thousand-foot-tall thunderous Dharma image stands majestically between heaven and earth.

Purple-gold lightning flowed across the surface of the Dharma image, each arc of electricity tearing apart large swathes of void and triggering thunder from nothingness.

True Lord Wenxuan, his Daoist robe stained with blood, looked at Lightning Bear's Dharma image; he knew that if the fighting continued, the One Qi Dao Gate would truly be wiped off the Profound Spirit Continent today.

"Okay, I agree."

Wenxuan's voice was hoarse as he gritted his teeth and agreed to cede two states.

The Lightning Bear Dharma Image looked down, its voice like rolling thunder. "Huang Province and Transformation Province, within three days, all Human Race cultivators must withdraw."

Anyone who lingers will be killed without mercy!

Wenxuan closed his eyes, his back hunching slightly.

He leaped into the giant pit and pulled out the seriously injured, unconscious, and lifeless True Lord Qingxiao; the twelve Golden Core True Person, as if they had lost their parents, quickly gathered around Wenxuan's side, none of them daring to look up at the sky.

"Retreat!"

At Wenxuan's command, tens of thousands of cultivators from the Qi Dao Refining Sect abandoned the city and fled westward...

The once indestructible Six Harmonies Heaven-Locking Grand Array collapsed with a roar after losing its core, dissipating into a sky full of Spiritual Qi.

In the sky, the twelve Demon General simultaneously unleashed a deafening roar.

Kuang Dou, engulfed in flames, leaped forward, his eyes filled with bloodlust and resentment. "Ancestor! Why not just kill them all? Then take over Devil Province, One Qi Dao Gate will be completely wiped out!"

Shi Jian's figure flickered, and his thousand-foot-tall Dharma form transformed into specks of spiritual light, disappearing into the world. He then revealed his true form and transformed back into human shape.

He glanced at Kuang Dou, his eyes cold. "If we kill them, who will guard the West Sea for us?"

The Demon General were taken aback and looked at each other in bewilderment.

Shi Jian stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the retreating Human Race army and toward the far west.

"West of the Devil Province lies the boundless West Sea."

"When the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, the remnants of the Devil Cultivator fled overseas; according to the dragon's subordinates, for the past few hundred years, that group of demonic cultivators has occupied the islands of the West Sea and wiped out a powerful Demon Race."

They are currently recuperating overseas, but they will make a comeback sooner or later.

"Keeping the One Qi Dao Gate in the Devil Province serves as a convenient shield for us; if Devil Cultivator want to return to the mainland, the first target they'll have to deal with is the One Qi Dao Gate."

Upon hearing this, Shi Pan suddenly realized. "Does Your Majesty want them to fight like dogs?"

"That's right, but they have other uses too."

"If the One Qi Dao Gate is destroyed, the Grand Purity Sect and the Supreme Purity Sect will surely feel the pain of losing each other, and may even put aside their differences and move towards a complete alliance."

"As long as the One Qi Dao Gate survives, they will continue to scheme against each other, believing that the Human Race is still powerful, and thus remain wary of one another."

"Human Race are best at internal strife."

Shi Jian turned around and looked down at the eastern part of the Huang Province, which had already turned into demonic soil. "This slaughter of pigs cannot be done all at once. We must leave some for future generations and slowly but surely harvest the meat."

"We just need to keep them confined in Devil Province and continue to bleed them dry with Heavenly Demon City."

"Within a hundred years, Devil Province Continent will fall without a fight; at that time, the entire Profound Truth Kingdom will become my Myriad Demon Domain's pasture."

"From this day forward, those countless Human Race will be food for my Demon Race, generation after generation."

Upon hearing this, the Demon General were immediately filled with enthusiasm and echoed his sentiments.

"Your Majesty's wisdom and foresight are truly admirable!"

Shi Jian raised his hand and issued a military order, "Shi Pan, you lead your men to take over the two states of Huang and Hua; transform all the earth veins into demonic land and erase all traces of the Human Race."

"Kuang Dou, Zhao Xuanqing, the Heavenly Demon City continues its infiltration into the Devil Province, telling those Human Race whose lifespans are nearing their end that if they want to live, they must exchange their inherited treasures."

"Yes, sir!"

at the same time.

Clear Blue Kingdom, Southern Border.

The river surged forward, its water vapor billowing into the sky; the once calm river surface was now filled with turbid waves.

Thick, dark clouds pressed down on the river, and several enormous Flood Dragon writhed within them, their might boundless and overwhelming, forcing the birds and beasts on the riverbank to lie prostrate on the ground, trembling in fear.

The leading dragon was a black dragon, over two hundred feet long, its scales like cast black gold, shimmering with a cold metallic luster.

It was none other than Ao Hai, the Demon King of the Flood Dragon Domain!

On the riverbank, the Supreme Purity Sect's protective formation was fully activated, and a semi-transparent cyan light curtain enveloped the city wall that stretched for hundreds of miles.

True Lord Fang Yi and True Lord Yuanshang stood in mid-air, their faces ashen.

"Ao Hai! What is your intention in stationing troops in my southern territory from your Flood Dragon Domain?" Fang Yi shouted coldly, his voice carrying spiritual power that echoed across the river.

Ao Hai's figure blurred, transforming into a burly man clad in black scale armor.

He stood atop a wave tens of feet high, grinning to reveal a set of gleaming white teeth. "Fang Yi, I heard that Old Ghost Purple Yang hasn't shown his face for fifty years? I've come to pay him a visit. What, does he dare not come out to see me?"

"My senior brother is currently in seclusion and will not see any unwelcome guests."

Fang Yi said firmly, "If you dare to provoke me again, don't blame my Supreme Purity Sect for being ruthless! Do you really think our sect's killing formation is just for show?"

Ao Hai picked at his ear, his face full of sarcasm. "Seclusion? He's probably died in there, hasn't he?"

"If he doesn't come out today, I won't leave; I want to see how long your tortoise shell can hold out!"

Ao Hai waved his hand.

Beneath the river's surface, a dense army of aquatic creatures emerged.

Crab generals and shrimp soldiers, giant crocodiles and water pythons, their Yao Qi gathered into clouds, blotting out the sky and the sun.

The two sides faced each other across the river, their energies clashing violently.

Strangely, Ao Hai only made empty threats, and the aquatic army merely cruised on the river surface without launching any substantial attack.

True Lord Yuanshang clutched his chest and transmitted his voice to Fang Yi: "Senior brother, this mudfish is stalling for time. He has no intention of launching a full-scale attack."

Fang Yi's eyes flickered. "He's waiting for the outcome from the Myriad Demon Domain. Shi Jian Profound Truth Kingdom, Ao Hai is holding us back here, preventing us from going to rescue them."

"As long as we don't move, he won't fight to the death. After all, even the Flood Dragon Domain would suffer greatly if they tried to forcefully attack our sect's grand formation."

On the river, Ao Hai stood with his arms crossed, a cold smile playing on his lips.

"Shi Jian's bear sent word that Purple Yang is dead. I'll just wait here until Shi Jian has some free time, then Clear Blue Kingdom won't escape."

A glint of greed flashed in Ao Hai's eyes.

The four states occupied by the Supreme Purity Sect are rich in Spirit Vein, especially this watery area near the southern border, which is Blessed Land tailor-made for aquatic creatures.

"Fang Yi, I have plenty of patience. Let's just wait and see who loses their temper first," Ao Hai laughed.

At this moment, Shi Jian was rushing to the northern battlefield, holding a communication Jade Slip in his hand.

From within the Jade Slip came the voice of White Crane: "Brother Shi, the Grand Purity Sect's army has arrived at the border of the Heavenly Ape Domain."

"That old monkey Yuan Shan has a fiery temper; he directly summoned three Demon King and charged head-on at them."

"The two sides fought a bloody battle in the north, and more than a dozen of the Grand Purity Sect's warships were sunk, but that old fox Qingxuan has not yet shown up."

Shi Jian crushed the Jade Slip, a cold smile curving his lips.

"Go ahead and fight, the worse the better."

"If the Grand Purity Sect wants to be the one to suffer, then I'll make them the ones to suffer the consequences."

Shi Jian sneered and sped up.

Now that the Huang Province and the Transformation Province have been acquired, the territory of the Myriad Demon Domain has doubled in size; resources, ley lines, and Spiritual Qi are about to experience another unprecedented surge...

"Next, we'll see which of the Supreme Purity Sect and the Flood Dragon Domain reveals a weakness first."

Murderous intent intent lurked in Shi Jian's eyes.

He has completely seized the initiative in this grand scheme of the Profound Spirit Continent; the Human Race will ultimately only be able to eke out a living in the shadow of the Demon Race race.

After suppressing the Human Race, the powerful Flood Dragon Race should also be suppressed as much as possible.

Otherwise, in the end, the winner will be the Flood Dragon!

Shi Jian could not accept such a situation. Although the Human Race was constantly fighting amongst themselves, wasn't the Demon Race also embroiled in conflict?

Ultimately, it's just a matter of how much profit one makes.