In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

Chen Yu chuckled and said, "Gods are also human. Since he himself is not in the mortal realm, he cannot monitor the situation here at all times. Naturally, we cannot strictly follow his orders."

"Whether it's faith or selfishness, there's no need to distinguish between the two so clearly. Without selfishness, how can there be faith?"

"In short, all other conditions are negotiable, but the condition of recognizing the legitimacy of the Big Dipper Spirit is unacceptable. If your Ningyun Sect insists on this, then let's start a war."

As he spoke, Chen Yu's hawk-like eyes were fixed on Hong Ling's eyes, as if he wanted to see right through her.

Although Hong Ling had long held a high position, she was, after all, a woman, and could not match Chen Yu in terms of spirit. She was defeated in less than a minute of eye contact.

"In that case, let's forget about acknowledging the legitimacy of the Big Dipper Spirit. The three provinces near the far north, and all the families of the soldiers under Xue Jingshu's command... this is our bottom line. Of course, don't even think about using those soldiers' families to hold us hostage. If all else fails, we'll have a real fight until both sides are satisfied."

Hong Ling slammed her hand on the table fiercely, adopting a stance that showed she wouldn't give an inch.

Ugh!

Chen Yu sighed, gazing in the direction of Hong Ling, and slowly said, "Let's leave it at that for now. Um... Besides that, our Sea God Pavilion wants to sign a five-year non-aggression pact, stipulating that no major conflicts should occur between the various forces within five years. Is that alright?"

Hongling frowned and said, "Five years is too long, one year at most!"

Chen Yu: "Four years!"

Hongling: "Two years!"

Chen Yu: "Three years!"

Hongling: "Two and a half years!"

Chen Yu: "Deal!"

Thus, representatives of the various forces signed an agreement on the top floor of the Tongtian Pavilion in Shrek City. The Douling Empire returned all the families of Xue Jingshu's soldiers and ceded three provinces near the far north to support Xue Jingshu's ascension to the throne. In exchange, Xue Jingshu was required to provide Lingdou City with one hundred million gold soul coins.

In addition, within two and a half years after the signing of the agreement, no major conflict can be provoked between the major powers, otherwise the whole world will condemn them!

Of course, everyone knows what an agreement is. If you recognize it, it's an agreement; if you don't, it's just a pile of waste paper. Even gods can't interfere with the mortal realm. When have you ever seen the Great God King Tang abide by it?

After the agreement is signed, there will definitely be a period of peace, but whether it can last for two and a half years is another matter.

"I'm going to be busy."

The moment she stepped out of Shrek City's gates, Xue Jingshu stretched, her excitement evident.

For a high-ranking Title Douluo, life is but a few hundred years, so who can refuse to be remembered for eternity?

Jing Hongchen suddenly stopped, slowly turned around, cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards Xue Jingshu, and said, "Then this old man will congratulate Sister Jingshu in advance on ascending to the throne and leading the Douling Empire into a new era!"

Xue Jingshu smiled and said, "Brother Hongchen, you're too kind. In the days to come, we will need your Sun Moon Empire's continued support."

"Definitely, definitely." Jing Hongchen nodded hurriedly.

Soon, the three returned to Tiandou City.

Zhu Ningyu ordered the Demon Emperor to lead half of the Deep Sea Legion's troops to accompany Xue Jingshu to the Douling Empire to take over three provinces near the far north and eliminate any potential threats there.

The negotiations between the Northern and Southern Divine Spirits... well... Zhu Ningyu didn't want to get involved. Xue Jingshu came from the royal family and had raised a qualified emperor; there were things that needed to be done that she didn't need to say.

After entrusting some trivial matters to Hongling, Zhu Ningyu locked herself in her palace. After crushing a pale purple bead in her hand, a wisp of her consciousness arrived in the Heavenly Realm.

The so-called Celestial Realm is actually the God Realm that Qin Yi redeemed from the system shop. To distinguish it from the God Realm native to the Douluo World, it was named the Celestial Realm.

The Celestial Realm is vast, stretching as far as the eye can see, but the number of temples is very small. Soul beasts such as Ice Emperor, Ice Bear King Xiaobai, and Titan Snow Demon King have only built small cave dwellings as their homes.

As the saying goes, "When one attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven." Thanks to the Snow Empress's connection, the patriarchs of all the large and small soul beast clans in the far north obtained a ticket to the heavenly realm.

Of course, these soul beasts did not have any soul beasts by their side, or rather... apart from Qin Yi, Ye Xishui, and Xue Di, none of the others had any divine positions by their side.

Qin Yi planned to hold a grand investiture ceremony after everything was settled, in order to announce the end of the old era and the arrival of the new era.

Zhu Ningyu ignored the divine beast that greeted her, and also ignored Ah Yin who was watering the flower garden. She walked through a path and entered the Temple of Cause and Effect.

Zhu Ningyu quickly walked up to Qin Yi, cupped her hands in greeting, and said, "My lord, Hong Ling asked me to ask you whether we should revive those dead traditions as a means for the Ningyun Sect to plunder faith?"

I'm currently reading the error-free version! This is the first time I've published this novel.

Upon hearing Zhu Ningyu's words, Qin Yi slowly opened his eyes and said expressionlessly, "Ningyu, you and I are essentially one person. You naturally know exactly what I'm thinking. The doctrine of Ningyun Sect is precisely to eliminate monopolies. Receiving the teachings only to countries that believe in Ningyun Sect might be suspected of monopolistic practices. But if the teachings are distributed indiscriminately, the future war of faith will likely result in even more deaths. It's... not worth it."

"The Martial Soul system should develop its own path and should not be replaced by cultivation systems from outside."

As he spoke, Qin Yi clapped his hands, and a sophisticated woman in a white and gold robe walked out from a nearby room.

Upon seeing the other person's face clearly, Zhu Ningyu's eyes widened. If she wasn't mistaken, this white-stockinged mature woman should be... Qin Mengmeng, right?

Just a month ago, she looked like a little girl, but in just one month, the change has been... so big.

You call this sixteen years old?

If Qin Mengmeng's aura wasn't only at level 80, Zhu Ningyu would have thought Ye Xishui was deliberately pretending to be young.

"Mengmeng, you've always been saying you want to do something practical, um... how about this, you go down to the mortal realm with your Aunt Ningyu and help Beidouling establish an agricultural association system."

After saying that, Qin Yi hurriedly stood up, patted his daughter's shoulder, and gave her a "I believe in you" look.

"good!"

Qin Mengmeng jumped up and down excitedly, completely disregarding her mature and sophisticated image, and revealing a series of cute expressions and actions.

She has the body of a mature woman but the heart of a young girl.

After giving Qin Mengmeng a few simple instructions, Qin Yi turned his attention back to Zhu Ningyu. "Alright, Ningyu, if there's nothing else, you should go back now. As long as it doesn't involve the God Realm, you can make your own decisions. We are essentially one person, so there's no need to ask for my opinion too much." (End of Chapter)