Chapter 827: Negotiation

"You want to kill me, unless you first retract this domain. But once you do, the participants who die within it will be truly dead, unable to be revived. All those in this domain are the young prodigies of this era. Their deaths would be a devastating blow to humanity as it is now, leaving you with no future whatsoever... Will you do it?"

Kongwang, being a figure from a millennium ago, clearly had a thorough understanding of the Medical God Path. With a single sentence, he exposed Mr. Han's current predicament, causing Mr. Han's expression to immediately darken.

The changes in the Limitless Domain had already caused severe losses to humanity's high-level combat strength. This struggle for the Celestial Position was essentially a high-stakes gamble by the five major domains on the next generation... If all these individuals died here, they would lose both their present and future simultaneously.

"What exactly do you want?" Mr. Han asked in a low voice.

"I know that even while trapped here, you still have ways to contact the outside," Kongwang stated calmly. "Notify the representatives of the five major domains... I want to negotiate with them here."

"Negotiate??" Mr. Han was taken aback. "You've gone to all this trouble just to negotiate with them?"

"Yes."

"After a thousand years, you are the first to emerge from the Ancient Treasury of the Ghost Path, and the embodiment of the world's 'Yin'... Given your identity, if you simply reported yourself through the proper channels, it's not impossible to arrange a direct meeting with the representatives of the five major domains... Why go to all this trouble?" Mr. Han found it incomprehensible. "What exactly do you want to discuss with them??"

"That's none of your concern." Kongwang glanced at the dark night sky above. "I'll give them five minutes... After five minutes, I want them to arrive at the periphery of Du'e. Otherwise, I will kill everyone here."

Mr. Han frowned deeply. He looked at the large bowl covering the old district, and after a moment of thought, he agreed. "...Alright, I agree."

Mr. Han then used his communicator to relay Kongwang's exact words.

Kongwang slowly walked to the edge of the clock tower, his lowered gaze sweeping over the city district bathed in darkness and the six towering pillars of starlight in the distance, seemingly lost in thought.

Tianshu Domain.

At the crossroads, the numbers on the traffic light silently flickered. Spade 9 stood on the roadside with his hands in his pockets, as a train roared past on the tracks ahead.

Spade 9 looked down at his wristwatch, lost in thought. "The struggle for the Celestial Position should be nearing its end... I wonder what the situation is."

Spade 9 regretted not being able to get involved in the struggle. Although he had no interest in the Celestial Position, he had a premonition that with the intervention of certain individuals, this struggle would become quite interesting.

As the traffic light changed color, Spade 9 walked forward with the crowd.

Just then, as if sensing something, he suddenly turned to look behind him. Countless figures were soaring out of the Tongtian Tower, rushing in a certain direction.

This grand spectacle not only caught Spade 9's attention but also greatly astonished the residents of the Tianshu Domain. They pointed at the streaks of light rushing past, starting to converse in confusion.

Spade 9's eyes narrowed slightly.

Something was wrong. It was well known that the Tianshu Domain had strict regulations; even Divine Path holders were generally not allowed to fly so openly and ostentatiously. Moreover, judging by their aura, those individuals earlier were extremely powerful. Combined with the fact that today was the day of the domain meeting, their identities seemed obvious.

"They actually interrupted the domain meeting..." Spade 9 murmured, looking towards the old district. "Could those guys be stirring up something big again?"

After a moment of hesitation, Spade 9 gritted his teeth and turned, also heading towards the old district!

Five streaks of light soared across the Tianshu Domain at astonishing speed, finally stopping at the edge of the old district, where five figures materialized from within them.

The five moved so quickly that their accompanying personnel were left far behind, having only covered half the distance by then.

Fortunately, many Tongtian Tower members, originally there for rescue and now held back outside the old district by Du'e, immediately went to meet the five as they arrived.

"Tower Master!"

"What's the situation inside?" Among the five, the representative of the Tianshu Domain, the current Tower Master of Tongtian Tower, asked in a deep voice. "Are the participants alright?" As the matter concerned the next generation of humanity, all five domain representatives attached great importance to it and rushed there immediately upon receiving the news.

"Mr. Han's Realm of Lingering Death is still active, so there won't be any major issues inside for now," a Tongtian Tower member replied.

"What is that Ghost God Path doing? If he wanted to see us, he should have just said so, instead of hiding and being secretive," the representative of the South Sea Domain scoffed, appearing somewhat displeased.

"This bowl, however, is indeed mysterious," the representative of the Jade Suspension Domain mused. "It has the aura of the Ghost God Path, so it must be a fundamental secret treasure... Breaking it by brute force would likely be difficult."

Seeing this, a Tongtian Tower member spoke in a lowered voice: "Tower Master, we still don't know what that Ghost God Path intends to do... Should we activate the 'Star Cluster' left by Lord Tianshu in advance, just to be prepared?"

The Tower Master gazed at the black bowl covering the old district. After a moment of silence, he nodded. "Yes, go ahead."

"Understood!" A Tongtian Tower member quickly departed.

"What is the 'Star Cluster'?" the South Sea Domain representative asked, puzzled.

"Before Lord Tianshu fell into slumber, he entrusted a portion of his self-awareness to the stars, suspended above the Tianshu Domain," the Tower Master explained, pointing upwards. "If an unexpected situation arises, it can be activated to unleash Lord Tianshu's divine power... it is also one of the foundations of our Tianshu Domain."

"I see... But that's just a Ghost God Path, not a world-ending invasion. Isn't this a bit overkill?"

"The young prodigies of our five major domains are all beneath this black bowl. Under no circumstances can we afford to lose them... If it truly comes to that, activating the 'Star Cluster' once would be worth it."

As everyone was speaking, a soul wearing chains silently floated out from beneath the black bowl. It was not Kongwang himself, but the soul of a participant. However, as the chains on it emitted a mysterious glow, it seemed to become a medium. Its demeanor and gestures were remarkably similar to Kongwang's, and especially its eyes had transformed into yin-yang dual pupils!

Seeing this, the five domain representatives stopped conversing among themselves and simultaneously focused their auras on the soul.

"Are you 'Kongwang'?" the Tower Master asked in a deep voice. "You wanted to see us, and now we are here... Can you spare those innocent children now?"

"If my demands are met, I will naturally let them leave," Kongwang's voice drifted from within the soul, like a machine devoid of emotion.

"What exactly do you intend to do, causing such a commotion?"

Kongwang's yin-yang dual pupils slowly swept over the five individuals. After a long pause, he slowly uttered four words: "...Execute the Nine Lords."