Chapter 1997: International Vision and Great Power Diplomacy

He Lingchuan's intermediary with Lingshan was originally Fang Chanran. However, after Fang Chanran volunteered to take on the Xinglong Zhu mission, this position became vacant.

Lingshan had no choice but to send another person.

Before He Lingchuan revealed his true nature on the Jinjin Plain, he and Lingshan were still in a cooperative relationship. Now that he is both the Dragon God and the Nine Abysses Great Emperor, having caused such a great commotion on the Jinjin Plain, Lingshan cannot possibly remain uninvolved.

However, since he is away fighting, running east and west, Lingshan's envoys cannot pin down his location, so they can only first go to Ducheng to report and establish relations.

He went to Ducheng for another important task:

To meet Liu Qingdao.

After He Lingchuan crossed the North Sea and landed on the Jinjin Plain, the Huan Sect entered the world with the army, while Liu Qingdao entered seclusion in Ducheng.

It is not that he does not want to contribute, but although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has now revived, it is still far from reaching the density where immortals can run rampant everywhere.

If he does not want to become a fish that dies of thirst upon landing, he must quickly find himself an aquarium.

The area around Ducheng is all mines, with countless underground tunnels, and even Xuanjing ore veins, making it easy to construct a sealed cave dwelling for him. Did not the Qinglong clan also nest there in the past?

Thus, Liu Qingdao entered seclusion shortly after entering the cave dwelling, but retained means of communication with the outside world.

The Huan Sect, founded single-handedly by Qianhuan, collapsed completely after the Battle of the Inverted Sea, leaving only over four hundred from several thousand, and of the more than ten great immortals, only two survived. In other words, setting aside He Lingchuan, the highest-ranking and most cultivated position in the Huan Sect now belongs to Elder Liu Qingdao.

Lingshan's envoy requesting an audience with Liu Qingdao undoubtedly aims to verify He Lingchuan's account of the Battle of the Inverted Sea.

The fall of Qianhuan to Lingshan is equivalent to the fall of Miao Zhantian to the Lingxu Gods—both are earth-shattering upheavals. Lingshan will not simply believe He Lingchuan's one-sided account.

To ascertain the truth from the involved party, who is also a renowned great immortal, is, in Lingshan's view, the optimal solution.

Du Shan remained in Ducheng to arrange their meeting, which also shows the Dragon God's clear conscience.

Lingshan's envoy descended into the cave dwelling and held a private discussion with the temporarily emerged Liu Qingdao for one hour.

According to Liu Qingdao's own account afterward, the Lingshan envoy thoroughly inquired about the entire course of the Battle of the Inverted Sea and conveyed Lingshan's invitation, hoping Liu Qingdao and Elder Xuatuo would return to Lingshan.

They had previously followed Qianhuan, so of course they had dealt with Lingshan before and were not strangers.

The Soul-Capturing Mirror saw this and coldly snorted: "Well well, Lingshan still wants to pull the fire from under the pot!"

He Lingchuan, however, remained objective: "As expected. Qianhuan's fall caused Lingshan heavy losses, and even the true immortals on duty rotation were deeply affected."

Lingshan usually has two true immortals stationed to ensure preparedness, but due to scheduling conflicts, only one has been present since before and after Qianhuan's fall.

This impact on Lingshan is not merely a matter of two minus one equals one.

If they could now recall two more great immortals, Lingshan's strength would be somewhat more consolidated.

Thus, this invitation was also within He Lingchuan's expectations—he could take the first, others could take the fifteenth, quite fair.

However, Liu Qingdao readily refused Lingshan's invitation, saying his master and senior brother also hoped the Huan Sect disciples would actively enter the world, and since He Xiaо here has a great undertaking flourishing, the entire sect is full of vigor, and he also wishes to temper his Dao heart here, because his mental obstacle, after the Battle of the Inverted Sea, has finally loosened somewhat, and it is very possible he will make further progress atop a hundred-foot pole.

For immortals, cultivation is the foremost matter. Upon hearing this, the Lingshan envoy could only offer congratulations.

As for Elder Xuatuo, he has been running around with the Black Armor Army, busy and delighted, and does not wish to return to Lingshan for seclusion, so Liu Qingdao also politely refused on his behalf.

Although the Lingshan envoy suffered a soft rejection, Du Shan received him with great courtesy and also gave him a message to report back:

The envoy of the Nine Abysses Great Emperor will soon be sent to Mouguo.

Mouguo, as one of the major powers of the present age, is separated from the Jinjin Plain by only a Bailie, and will naturally pay close attention to this emerging force here. The mighty Dragon God War, from the outset, stripped away its vassal sect, the Carefree Sect, which is the production site of Mingdengzan—Mou Emperor would be remiss not to care.

There are also many sects on the Jinjin Plain that were annexed in the first phase of the Dragon God War, among which are not a few connected to Mouguo and Lingshan.

Therefore, He Lingchuan must, while commanding the Dragon God War, also attend to relations with Lingshan and Mouguo. Otherwise, once these two colossal beings flare up in anger, it will be difficult to appease them.

Moreover, after annexing the Jinjin Plain, he will also establish a regime and inevitably have to deal with Mouguo.

Great power diplomacy should begin from now.

Handling today's numerous and troublesome messages is merely a reflection of his daily work.

He Lingchuan stretched his shoulders and neck, saw there was still a little time, took a moment to read the reports from the Seven Lands of the Alliance, and then dispatched troops to take over each Ducheng.

He also paid special attention to the situation in Miancheng, which is…… unfavorable. Without surprise, Miancheng should not be able to hold out much longer.

It seems the Heavenly Gods and Qingyang indeed invested many resources at Guo Bai Yu here; Miancheng, relying on its own strength, finds it difficult to continue resisting.

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He let out a deep sigh.

The first ray of dawn in the east pierced the darkness, and he spent another sleepless, busy night. At this moment, Luo Xie came in to report:

"Great Emperor, the troops are assembled!"

After three days and three nights without sleep, He Lingchuan remains vigorous:

"Set out!"

No time can be wasted—the Nine Abysses Great Emperor leads the great army onward northward!

As long as he eliminates one more menace, he can then lead the army southward!

As commander-in-chief of the entire army, the most useful thing he can do for the Dragon God garrisons in each region is to attack the tough and overcome the hard, quickly pull out the thickest and hardest nails, and pave the way for final victory.

Only then can he be worthy of those who bravely struggle on this land, and worthy of those warriors who sacrificed themselves selflessly to buy him time.

From the killing of the Pailiu King to the seven lands being annexed into the Dragon God, this process took only a few short days. The original Alliance Seven Lands were all taken down, and the Black Armor Army also reached the border of Pailiu State.

Opportunity must not be lost—He Lingchuan must seize the moment and take Bixia in one go!

He is very clear that the Black Armor Army can easily take the Alliance territory's forward position because Yangshan is deeply rooted here, has operated the longest, and its intelligence is also the most smooth. Even civilians and officials of the Seven Lands do not resist the Black Armor Army but instead feel quite close to it.

However, the people of Bixia have never had any good feelings toward Yangshan, which long supported the Alliance. On the Great Emperor's wish-power sand table, the stars marking Bixia's region are not many.

Logically, this should have been one of the strongholds eliminated only in the second phase.

He Lingchuan now puts it on the schedule, first because the timing is too good, and second because he has seen through Qingyang's strategy, seized the initiative, and thus launching a surprise attack on Bixia now will encounter the least resistance!

If he misses this opportunity, given the relationship between Qingyang and the Heavy Martial General, she will likely develop Bixia into the next strategic focal point and slowly drag out time with the Nine Abysses Great Emperor.

In fact, Bixia is also a major force in the central-western Jinjin Plain—at least the Alliance fought it for two years without being able to destroy it. The Nine Abysses Great Emperor has already taken the Alliance Seven Lands; now he only needs to defeat Bixia, and he can immediately rewrite the entire central-western Jinjin Plain's pattern!

Dawn, clear skies for ten thousand miles.

He Lingchuan leads the Black Armor Army, together with the newly organized Seven Lands troops, charging into Bixia's territory.

"This place, you fought for two years and still couldn't take it." The Nine Abysses Great Emperor declared domineeringly, "Starting now, let's time it—see how many days it takes us to take down Bixia!"