Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Jiang Ming invited Xu Jiujiu and Vina over for two reasons: firstly, he genuinely needed the power of these two empires to cooperate; secondly, he also wanted to accommodate the wishes of the royal families of both empires.

Why should we consider the mindset of the royal families of the two great empires?
It's very simple. If Jiang Ming were to enter Mingdu alone, go into the palace, and kill Xu Tianran, it would be easy and would demonstrate absolute military strength.

The problem is that although Xu Tianran is the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, he is still an emperor! He is the emperor of an empire!

In fact, among the emperors of the four great empires, Xu Tianran seems to be the strongest in terms of power!

If Jiang Ming were to enter the Sun Moon Empire's palace and kill Xu Tianran without warning, it would certainly intimidate the world, but the emperors of the other three great empires would inevitably feel great fear, or even panic!

If they could kill Xu Tianran silently, what difficulty would it be to kill them silently as well?

Even though they hadn't targeted Jiang Ming and had no grudge against him, this feeling of dread made every member of the imperial family feel as if a sharp blade was hanging over their head. Once that blade fell, they wouldn't even have the ability to resist!
Which emperor could accept this?

In fact, all the major empires now know that Jiang Ming is the strongest person on the continent, but they are not particularly wary of him because, judging from his past deeds, he is not someone who likes to kill or act recklessly.

But if Jiang Ming were to open the door to killing Xu Tianran, then every move he makes in the future would make everyone on the mainland uneasy!
Princess Jiujiu and Princess Vina, as members of the imperial family, deeply understand this point.

After a long pause, he looked at Jiang Ming, smiled, and said, "Thank you for thinking of our Star Luo Empire's royal family."

She could imagine the pressure Jiang Ming would face if he stormed into the Sun Moon Empire's palace and killed Xu Tianran.

This isn't a question of whether or not one is worried; rather, it's an emperor's instinctive sense of unease.

Vina quickly replied, "Thank you!"

Although the Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family wasn't particularly kind to Vina, blood ties still held sway, and she still had feelings for her father.

Moreover, both women knew that even if Jiang Ming didn't invite them over to provide this so-called sense of security, and instead chose to directly enter the Sun Moon Empire and kill Xu Tianran, it wouldn't actually have any impact on Jiang Ming.

After all, Jiang Ming is already the strongest person on the mainland!
With Shrek Academy as his backer, as long as he doesn't make himself an enemy of the world, it won't have any impact on him at all.

In this situation, Jiang Ming's ability to think of this aspect is actually a way of taking care of both empires.

As for why they didn't take care of the Douling Empire...
That's because we're not familiar with each other.

Jiang Ming wasn't very familiar with the Douling Empire, and since he had already decided not to kill Xu Tianran directly, but to kill him in another way, and the Douling Empire couldn't help him anyway, there was no need to involve the Douling Empire.

Of course, this didn't have much impact on the Douling Empire; they were simply kept in the dark.

"You're welcome. This is my own choice."

Jiang Ming waved his hand. His own choice was to kill Xu Tianran in another way. Taking care of the feelings of the royal families of the two great empires was just a side effect.

"However, the way I want to kill Xu Tianran requires the power of both of your empires."

The objective has been stated; now we need to discuss how to proceed.

Whether the two empires will cooperate is not within Jiang Ming's consideration.

The reason is simple: the Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire are directly adjacent to the Sun Moon Empire. The death of Xu Tianran, the ambitious emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, is definitely good news for both empires!

Based on this alone, it would be impossible for the two great empires to refuse to cooperate with Jiang Ming.

"What are your specific plans?"

After a long silence, he said in a deep voice.

Since we can't just storm into the palace to kill Xu Tianran, we need to find another way.

The problem now is that Xu Tianran is quite powerful and is the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire. Apart from killing him in the most direct way, other methods are somewhat complicated.

"I will make him deserted by everyone!"

Jiang Ming said, word by word.

He wasn't the kind of person who could tolerate such things. Xu Tianran had tried to kill him several times, and he had almost been killed in the western suburbs of Mingdu. He was determined to get revenge!
Killing them directly isn't enough.

Anyway, he still has more than half a year. He can use this time to alienate Xu Tianran from everyone, torment him for a while, and then kill him. That would be very satisfying.

"Betrayed by everyone?"

Upon hearing these four words, everyone present was shocked.

At the same time, a hint of fear appeared in their eyes as they looked at Jiang Ming.

"Betrayed by everyone and abandoned by all" may seem like just four words, but what it represents is no joke!
Jiang Ming looked at Xu Jiujiu and Vina and continued, "Before I kill Xu Tianran, I plan to separate all the people around him one by one."

If the goal is to alienate Xu Tianran from everyone, then the objective must be clear.

As he spoke, Jiang Ming waved his hand and took out some items from his storage soul tool.

"Xu Tianran, now the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, has a lot of power around him and many supporters. Among them, Jing Hongchen, the current head of the Mingde Hall, Kong Deming, the head of the Sun Moon Empire's Offering Hall, as well as several military generals and the leaders of several Soul Master Corps of the Sun Moon Empire's Guardian Hand, are the core supporters."

My plan is to first distance these people from Xu Tianran, reduce their trust in him, and gradually dismantle the interest group surrounding him.”

He was abandoned by everyone, and by "everyone" he meant the people around Xu Tianran who supported him.

Xu Tianran has great ambitions and a very strong obsession with controlling power!
Both ambition and the desire for power require the support of interest groups around them.

Once the interest groups around him distance themselves from him one by one, or even turn against him, it will be an absolute torment for Xu Tianran!
The more you care about something, the more you lose it, and the more pain you will experience!
Since Xu Tianran cares about power and ambition, Jiang Ming will cut off his flesh from that aspect!

However, he alone cannot accomplish all of this.

He is invincible in combat, but in terms of sowing discord, one person's strength is far from enough. It requires multiple forces to orchestrate a scheme to completely trap Xu Tianran!

And that's why he invited Xu Jiujiu and Vina over.

Moreover, he had another plan.
"You two empires should still have a considerable amount of power left over from the Sun Moon Empire, right?"

Jiang Ming looked at Xu Jiujiu and Vina and said softly.

Over the past few years, Xu Tianran has used the most violent methods to eliminate all spies and agents belonging to the three major empires within the entire Sun Moon Empire. However, it is clear that such a purge cannot completely eradicate everyone; there will always be remnants.

Moreover, Xu Tianran's violent suppression, even his brutal actions of preferring to kill a thousand innocent people rather than let one guilty person go free, could not last long.

Once the intensity of this violent suppression eases, the three great empires will certainly continue to replenish the number of spies and agents sent to the Sun and Moon Empire.

The power struggle between empires cannot be completely ended by a single event.

Upon hearing Jiang Ming mention this, Xu Jiujiu and Vina exchanged a glance and nodded slightly.

The Star Luo Empire's intelligence department was personally controlled by Xu Jiujiu, so he was certainly aware of the Star Luo Empire's covert arrangements within the Sun Moon Empire.

As for the Heavenly Soul Empire, the intelligence department was not under Vina's control. She was mainly responsible for communication between the royal family and the Body Sect. However, she was quite clear about the situation in the Heavenly Soul Empire.

"I need your two great empires' spies to play their role in gathering information on these people, and I want them to transmit the information to every corner of the Sun and Moon Empire."

Jiang Ming said in a deep voice.

In fact, he himself also had forces that he could use, such as spies and agents. After all, the Mingle Chamber of Commerce had already taken root in the Sun Moon Empire, and he could do whatever he wanted through the Mingle Chamber of Commerce.

But this is too obvious.

The Sun Moon Empire had tried to stop the Ming Le Chamber of Commerce from entering, after all, given Xu Tianran's abilities, he couldn't possibly be unaware that the Ming Le Chamber of Commerce had a close relationship with Jiang Ming.

However, as the Mingle Chamber of Commerce gradually penetrated into some remote cities, allowing the people of the Sun Moon Empire to experience the convenience brought by the Mingle Chamber of Commerce, and cooperating with local chambers of commerce in the Sun Moon Empire, it became difficult to stop the expansion of the Mingle Chamber of Commerce in the Sun Moon Empire.

Of course, after the Mingyue Chamber of Commerce entered the Sun Moon Empire, it did not actually do anything outrageous, and even employed a large number of local residents of the Sun Moon Empire for work.

It not only boosted the city's economic development but also solved the employment problem for many people.

This also prevented Xu Tianran from easily taking action against the Mingle Chamber of Commerce.

After all, interests are a multi-faceted matter, and even if Xu Tianran were the emperor, he would still have to weigh the interests of various parties.

However, if the Mingle Chamber of Commerce does something outrageous that gives Xu Tianran an excuse, then Xu Tianran's knife will definitely fall instantly!

Even though Xu Tianran hasn't made a move against the Mingle Chamber of Commerce yet, he's already been eyeing it for a long time.

Mobilizing the Mingle Chamber of Commerce to do these things is too risky.

Jiang Ming reached out and pointed to one of the documents.

"I've found a starting point; we can begin with him!"

Everyone turned their attention to the document Jiang Ming pointed to. That document was about Jing Hongchen, the head of Mingde Hall!

"Mirror of the Mortal World?"

Dark Thunder Douluo's eyes narrowed slightly, somewhat surprised.

"Starting with Mirror of Mortals, isn't that a bit too difficult?"

Keep in mind that Jing Hongchen is currently the head of the Mingde Hall and the principal of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy! He is an absolutely key figure, and it would be extremely difficult to take him down!
Jiang Ming shook his head and said, "Compared to the others around Xu Tianran, it is actually less difficult to deal with Jing Hongchen. You should know something about Jing Hongchen. Ever since the Body Sect's surprise attack on Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen's position in the Sun Moon Empire has begun to waver!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Poison Undying.

Back then, when Poison Immortal led the Body Sect's experts in a surprise attack on Mingde Hall, causing chaos and destruction, the entire continent's major powers were basically aware of the scene.

Although the Body Sect's surprise attack was only to obtain the 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo in the Conferred God Platform, it actually had a great impact on Mingde Hall and Jing Hongchen!

If it weren't for that incident, Jing Hongchen's position in the Sun Moon Empire would have been much more secure, and he would have been a little later in seeking refuge with Crown Prince Xu Tianran.

It can be said that the Body Sect played a significant role in Jing Hongchen becoming one of Xu Tianran's confidants.

"Why are you all staring at me? I only went there for that 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo!"

Feeling the gazes of the crowd, Du Bu Si spoke with some dissatisfaction.

Because the Body Sect led many powerful figures to kill several 100,000-year-old soul beasts in succession, causing a beast tide to break out in the Star Dou Great Forest, the Body Sect also signed an agreement not to hunt 100,000-year-old soul beasts. Therefore, when they learned that there were 100,000-year-old soul beast embryos at the Star Luo City auction, Du Busi wanted to take them.

At the time, Du Busi had a wonderful idea: he wanted to give the 100,000-year soul ring to Long Aotian. At that time, Long Aotian had not yet broken through to the Soul Saint realm. Giving the soul ring to Long Aotian might allow Long Aotian's original martial soul to reach a higher level, or even become a twin martial soul!
Unfortunately, this plan backfired, and in the end, it benefited Jiang Ming.

Upon hearing Du Busi's words, a cool and aloof figure sat on Jiang Ming's shoulder, his icy blue eyes fixed on Du Busi.

The 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo that Du Bu Si wanted to steal was none other than her.

Although the accidental poisoning allowed her to escape from the Conferred God Platform, it also led to her signing a soul contract with Jiang Ming.

However, Xue Di was clearly displeased with Poison's motives.

The gazes of Poison Immortal and Snow Empress converged in the air, and a powerful pressure burst forth from them!
With his cultivation level now exceeding level 99, coupled with the advantages of his three 100,000-year soul rings and his original martial soul, Du Bu Si is capable of putting up a fight against Xue Di.

However, this is clearly not the time to fight.

"Everyone, please be quiet."

Jiang Ming's voice was soft, but his tone carried an undeniable forcefulness.

Almost instantly, the oppressive aura released by Poison Undying and Snow Empress vanished without a trace.

Poison Undying's dark green eyes narrowed slightly. Jiang Ming's strength must have increased significantly to be able to suppress his pressure so easily!

Jiang Ming continued, "After the Body Sect's surprise attack on Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen's position as the head of Mingde Hall changed several times. Moreover, for certain reasons, Xu Tianran's trust in Jing Hongchen wasn't actually that high."

Why doesn't Xu Tianran have a high level of trust in Jing Hongchen?

Of course, it's because of Jiang Ming!
The events at Mingjiang were far too profound for Xu Tianran! (End of Chapter)