Wu Shattered Star River

The resources that the Myriad Buddhas Hall wanted were not much; the list they offered was just a drop in the bucket for the four major powers.

However, offering resources was essentially a sign of submission, something only vassal states would do for their suzerain.

Actually, this wasn't a big deal; it was just a formality, and giving it to the Myriad Buddhas Hall was no problem.

The most important thing was spreading the Buddha's teachings.

What were the Buddha's teachings?

It meant allowing the Myriad Buddhas Hall to build temples, spread Buddhist doctrines, and publicly proselytize!

The Buddhist sect's proselytization was terrifying. Previously, the Divine Race, Demon Race, and Heavenly Court hadn't openly opposed it, and even many high-ranking officials had become disciples of Buddha.

But in secret, the major powers were actually suppressing the Buddhist sect's proselytization, and the number of temples built was also restricted.

If they were now to openly allow the Buddhist sect to proselytize, then Buddhist temples would spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain.

The Buddhist doctrines had a strong mind-washing effect. It was estimated that in a few decades, the entire Great World would be full of Buddhist believers.

This would shake the ruling foundations of the major powers.

If everyone converted to Buddhism, and everyone was a spy and traitor for the Myriad Buddhas Hall, then they would sooner or later be annexed by the Myriad Buddhas Hall.

The Jade Emperor and the Divine Lord discussed it for a while and were unwilling. The Blood Fiend Race and the Eternal Night Monarch directly refused; the second condition didn't even need to be discussed and could absolutely not be agreed to.

The negotiations fell into a stalemate. Samantabhadra was very firm; if the conditions weren't agreed to, then they would start a war.

The Jade Emperor and the Divine Lord still wanted to salvage the situation and proposed a condition: they could allow the Myriad Buddhas Hall to build some temples in the major powers, but they couldn't publicly proselytize. If the people believed in Buddhism, that was their business; the government wouldn't encourage it or suppress it.

The two sides continued to haggle.

Jiang Han, on the other hand, continuously cultivated his soul in seclusion. Because no one disturbed him, his cultivation speed was very fast. Now that the seven Corporeal Souls had been refined, he began to refine the three Ethereal Souls.

Time quickly passed another three months. After Jiang Han finished refining his Main Soul, the negotiations between the Myriad Buddhas Hall and the four major powers ended.

The negotiations broke down!

The Myriad Buddhas Hall stated that from now on, they would not actively attack any power. If any power dared to attack the Myriad Buddhas Hall, then they would be the Myriad Buddhas Hall's mortal enemy.

The Myriad Buddhas Hall would gather all its strength to attack this power until it was destroyed.

A very simple trick: divide and conquer, defeat them one by one.

And this strategy actually worked. The Blood Fiend Race… chickened out.

The Blood Fiend Race, whether or not they had reached an agreement with the Myriad Buddhas Hall, actually issued a notice that they would no longer interfere in outside disputes. As long as the Blood Fiend River wasn't attacked, the Blood Fiend Race wouldn't be enemies with any power.

The Eternal Night Lands originally had two Blood Fiend Race Heavenly Kings, but the Blood Fiend Race King actually recalled them and no longer participated in the allied forces.

When the news spread, the experts on the Heavenly Court and Divine Race sides cursed loudly—the Blood Fiend Race King was too short-sighted! The Myriad Buddhas Hall was so powerful now. If the Myriad Buddhas Hall annexed the Heavenly Court and the Divine Race's Eternal Night Lands, did the Blood Fiend Race really think they could protect themselves?

Or did they think that they could rely on the Blood Fiend River and the Blood Seal Stone to resist the Myriad Buddhas Hall's army?

It's just that everyone has their own ambitions. The Blood Fiend Race wasn't playing anymore, and no one could force them. Even if the Eternal Night Monarch issued a decree, it was estimated that the Blood Fiend Race wouldn't pay any attention to it, right?

The Azure Emperor and the others had a headache, caught between a rock and a hard place.

If they fought, they might not be able to win.

If they didn't fight, then they would very likely be defeated one by one by the Myriad Buddhas Hall in the future.

In the end, the Azure Emperor handed over the decision-making power to the Jade Emperor and the Divine Lord.

The Jade Emperor and the Divine Lord hesitated. The Myriad Buddhas Hall wasn't actively attacking, and they didn't want to start a war either.

They were thinking, what if the Myriad Buddhas Hall didn't attack? Then could they coexist peacefully?

The main thing was that no one knew how many trump cards the Myriad Buddhas Hall had hidden. The Jade Emperor and the Divine Lord were afraid that if they gambled everything and suffered a crushing defeat, then they would be finished.

In the end, the Divine Lord and the Jade Emperor discussed it via message and decided to actively build a defense line and prepare for war.

They wouldn't take the initiative to start a war. If the Myriad Buddhas Hall started a war again, then they would join forces with the Eternal Night Lands, and the three forces' allied army would attack the Myriad Buddhas Hall.

The Myriad Buddhas Hall was very strange and didn't launch another attack. The Great World returned to peace again.

Time passed another month or so, and the first line of defense in the Eternal Night Lands was successfully built again.

The Heavenly Emperor and Tai Yi, including the two Supreme Divine Emperors of the Divine Race, withdrew. Since the Myriad Buddhas Hall wasn't starting a war, they couldn't stay here all the time.

Jiang Han didn't leave. He didn't even know what was happening outside. Anyway, if there was no war, Ye Wanqiu wouldn't wake him up.

His three Ethereal Souls and six Corporeal Souls had been refined, and he was now using soul power to arrange array patterns within his soul. As long as the array patterns were successfully arranged, the soul refinement would be considered a success.

In the following period of time, the Great World fell into a strange calm. The Myriad Buddhas Hall didn't know what they were up to and suddenly ceased all activities.

The high-ranking members of the Myriad Buddhas Hall were very loyal, and it was impossible to infiltrate them, so no one knew what the Buddha was thinking.

On this day, Jiang Han finally came out of seclusion. He had successfully completed his soul refinement.

"Huff!"

He let out a long breath, his eyes full of fatigue. He had been in seclusion for so long, and soul refinement had to be done very carefully and cautiously. It was a meticulous task that consumed a lot of energy.

He looked towards Ye Wanqiu and saw that she was in seclusion. He beckoned to a maid in the distance and asked her about the recent situation.

The maid wasn't very clear about the situation, but she only said that there hadn't been any battles recently, and many troops on the front line had retreated.

Jiang Han cast his gaze towards Ye Wanqiu and saw that she had no intention of coming out of seclusion. He crushed a jade talisman and notified a Dark Espionage Division commander here to come over.

Half a day later, an old man entered Wanqiu Manor and reported the recent situation to Jiang Han.

Jiang Han pondered for a moment, somewhat unable to figure out what the Buddha was up to.

But since the Heavenly Court and the Divine Race had decided not to start a war for the time being, he couldn't possibly go to the Myriad Buddhas Hall alone.

He waved his hand to let the Dark Espionage Division commander leave. Jiang Han walked to the recliner, picked up some fine wine, drank a few cups, and then fell into a deep sleep.

He woke up after sleeping for three days, but when he opened his eyes, he found that Ye Wanqiu was gone.

He asked the maid in some surprise, and the maid said that Ye Wanqiu had gone out for something and told him to wait for her here.

Jiang Han had originally wanted to tell Ye Wanqiu that he was returning to the Heavenly Court. After all, this time he had been out for more than a year again.

Now that there was no war, he wanted to go back to accompany his family, and after he had successfully cultivated the sixth level of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique, he would come back to find Ye Wanqiu.

Half a day later, Ye Wanqiu returned. She looked at Jiang Han with a smile and said, "Jiang Han, go take a bath. Later, I'll take you to see the Monarch. The Monarch wants to summon you."

"Oh?"

Jiang Han's spirits lifted. Was the uncrowned king of this Eternal Night Lands finally going to see him?

He also remembered the words of the Abbess of Wonderful Sound, and wondered what the Eternal Night Monarch looked like? Legend has it that this person is absolutely beautiful and alluring, and is the goddess in the hearts of countless men in the Eternal Night Lands.

Jiang Han quickly went to take a bath, put on a brand new robe, and combed his hair neatly.

"Hehe!"

Ye Wanqiu saw Jiang Han walk out and said with a grin, "What are you dressing up so handsomely for? You still want the Monarch to take a fancy to you?"

"Of course!"

Jiang Han smiled and said, "What if your Monarch takes a fancy to me? Then when you see me in the future, you'll have to stick your butt up and kneel down to greet me."