Since the Lord had already acquiesced, he had nothing more to say. Moreover, looking at the Lord's posture, it seemed she was the one in charge. This gathering was likely for some kind of action, so he would simply obey the orders.
After finishing the instructions, Kong Mingan nodded slightly and was about to say a few more words. However, before he could speak, he felt the hand he was holding—belonging to the Dragon King Young Miss—being pinched neither too hard nor too soft by a few slender fingers, carrying a hint of urgency. He turned his head and met Gu Yue's eyes, which were as calm as an ancient well. Kong Mingan was helpless, but he didn't dwell on such a small matter. He turned back to Di Tian and gave a final nod: "In that case, I'll have to trouble Mr. Di Tian. We'll take our leave first."
"I wouldn't dare. Lord, President Kong, and... Qiu'er, take care." Di Tian bowed to see them off. As his voice fell, Gu Yue was the first to move, as if she couldn't wait any longer. She pulled Kong Mingan's hand directly and led the way toward the distant silver radiance tree. Kong Mingan was pulled along by her, with Qiu'er on the other side, and the three of them left the square together.
Watching them leave until their figures disappeared, Di Tian slowly exhaled, suppressing the surging emotions in his heart.
But unconsciously, he thought back to the way President Kong and the Lord were holding hands just now. As soon as that thought stopped, he recalled the image of the Lord being half a step ahead of President Kong. Immediately, Di Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
As expected, he was overthinking things. Given the Lord's status and strength, how could she be willing to be subordinate to anyone?
Looking at the situation, it was clear the Lord valued President Kong's ability and potential, viewing him as... well, an important collaborator and... property?
Di Tian pondered, thinking it was probably similar to a child finding a favorite toy and wanting to keep it in their hands. As for other emotions, there shouldn't be any.
It couldn't possibly be that President Kong took the initiative and dominated the Lord, could it? How could that be possible?
Di Tian was amused by his own ridiculous thought; after all, that was the Lord.
Putting aside those pointless worries, he thought of Qiu'er. Compared to the clear superior-subordinate relationship between the Lord and President Kong, Qiu'er's relationship with President Kong might be more normal. But now that the Lord also seemed to have taken an interest in President Kong, Qiu'er... would probably feel quite upset, wouldn't she?
Di Tian mused for a moment. After a brief hesitation, he decided that after sending out the summons, he would first find Bi Ji and ask her to check on Qiu'er. If Qiu'er wasn't doing well, she could comfort and guide her. As for him... he needed to focus on his Breakthrough to reach the Divine Rank. After all, judging by President Kong's tone, what came next was clearly no small matter.
A moment later, inside the silver radiance tree, in Kong Mingan's room.
Three figures walked in one after another, and then the door closed. The moment the door shut, Gu Yue couldn't help but breathe a slight sigh of relief. The cool aura she had been deliberately maintaining dissipated slightly. In front of Di Tian, she had been on edge, needing to maintain her dignity as the Beast Co-ruler while ensuring Di Tian didn't notice anything unusual between her and Kong Mingan. It was mentally exhausting. Fortunately, Qiu'er had been by her side the whole time, so she had maintained her posture from the start. Otherwise, she might have exposed herself the moment they appeared on the square via spatial teleportation. She didn't want her dignity as the Beast Co-ruler to be shattered.
After calming her emotions a bit, Gu Yue prepared to ask about what she cared about most—the contract and its upcoming fulfillment—
But seeing Qiu'er beside them, blinking her eyes and looking at them curiously, she swallowed her words for the moment. Looking at Kong Mingan, Gu Yue turned to another serious matter: "You had Di Tian gather our forces. Are you planning to start a Plane War in a week?"
Kong Mingan nodded, then walked to the sofa and sat down, confirming her suspicion: "Actually, preparations started months ago. But since you hadn't made your Breakthrough and there was no safety net, I felt it wasn't stable enough, so it was delayed until now."
Qiu'er sat down next to Gu Yue, unable to help blinking. To her, the term was somewhat unfamiliar. Gu Yue couldn't help but ask: "You're initiating a Plane War against another plane like this. Are you sure the God Realm won't interfere?"
"Don't worry, they won't." Kong Mingan shook his head, his tone calm. "Setting aside the fact that the God Realm wouldn't say anything even if our target disappeared, besides... I'm technically acting under orders."
As he spoke, Kong Mingan raised his hand, palm up. A wisp of purple-black divine force, condensed with the aura of destruction, slowly rose, forming a special symbol. It was the Destruction God Trial from the God of Destruction.
Gu Yue blinked, her eyes clear. "Acting under orders?"
What a strange way to put it.
"Simply put, the God Realm is essentially hiring us to wipe out that plane..."
The actual situation wasn't complicated. Long ago, he had started using the silver radiance tree's network and the Spiritual Pivot's computing power to explore and mark the spatial structures around the Douluo Plane, trying to find valuable foreign planes. Unfortunately, most of what he found were spatial fragments or small planes with incomplete laws, none of which had life. Although he had recycled most of these incomplete small planes as materials, using the Dragon King Young Miss's hands to shape them into prototypes of "Divine Kingdoms," which wasn't a loss, it was far from his goal. After all, his goal was to find a complete plane with abundant Energy, flourishing life, and a thick Origin that could be used to feed the Douluo Plane while also providing numerous resources.
The Cosmos is vast and infinite, and there are many planes that meet his requirements. However, because the Cosmos is so vast, finding such planes is also very troublesome. Thus, Kong Mingan directly approached the God of Destruction. He explained part of his plan to him, and in response, the God of Destruction generously gave him a list. On that list were the coordinates of planes that were restless or highly aggressive.
Deities of the God Realm cannot descend to the Lower Realm, and naturally, they cannot shamelessly interfere with the Lower Realm like certain other deities. So, although the God of Destruction found some planes eyesores, he didn't act due to the rules, preferring to keep them out of sight and out of mind. But now that the Legacy successor he favored had the idea of cleaning up these planes for him and actually possessed the corresponding strength, he naturally had no reason to refuse. After all, they were just restless planes; if they were gone, they were gone, and it was of no great consequence.
Kong Mingan, while looking through the many coordinates on the list, noticed a plane name that looked familiar, and its description matched certain information in his memory. That plane was... the Demon Plane.
(End of Chapter)
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