Starting With 100 Million Lives

Chapter 973: Chapter 973: Taking Control of the Ice Palace

Although the Ice Origin Valley is highly prestigious and powerful, it has always stayed out of worldly affairs.

The real management of the Ice Realm has always been handled by the Ice Palace.

It’s not hard for Jiang Cheng to eliminate these people.

But if he wipes out the Ice Palace’s upper echelon, the entire Ice Realm will become immensely chaotic.

Especially now, during the critical period of merging with the Immortal Realm.

With fear everywhere, the Ice Palace is needed to calm the situation.

Even if Celestial Venerable Ming Jue were still here, he would choose to keep the Ice Palace.

If Jiang Cheng were a passerby, he could let the Ice Realm become flooded with chaos, but the key is that he has become the Lord of the Ice Realm. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

"You announce it."

"Me?"

Gong Qing froze, her expression turning somewhat incredible.

Sect Leader Jiang smiled subtly: "That’s right, in the future, I’ll need your wisdom to help me manage the Ice Realm."

"Don’t worry, I’ll have the Ice Origin Valley back you up."

He was someone who wanted to show off everywhere; why would he care about the mundane affairs of the Ice Realm?

These ’chores’ are left to you.

Isn’t this choice the most perfect?

Advisor Gong’s talent is definitely up to the task, and she is loyal to him.

What she lacks is personal power, but as long as the Ice Origin Valley stands behind her, there’s no problem.

"Help you manage the Ice Realm?"

Gong Qing was utterly unsettled.

What kind of trust is this?

From her perspective, no master would grant such power, right?

Doesn’t everyone guard against those around them?

"You don’t have to..."

Brother Cheng patted her shoulder, saying seriously, "With you helping me oversee the Ice Realm, I feel much more at ease!"

Upon hearing this, Gong Qing trembled with excitement, a heartfelt loyalty to a true confidant surged within her.

She slowly closed her eyes, taking a deep breath.

When she opened her eyes again to look at Ji Cang and the others, she was already calm and composed.

"Stand up."

"If any of you harbor betrayal in the future, you will not be forgiven!"

She quickly adapted to her new identity, with no sign of stage fright, causing the experts at the Ice Origin Valley behind her to be amazed.

Brother Cheng instructed briefly, and the Ice Extreme Saint Venerable arranged for Venerable Yun Suo and Zuo Mo, along with more than a dozen Emperor Realm Eighth Layer experts, to accompany Gong Qing in contacting the Ice Palace.

The high-level members of the Ice Palace soon learned of the recent events.

The Ice Realm’s Origin had combined with the Heavenly Dao, and the Ice Realm would face the other 2,999 True Realms in the future.

Jiang Cheng had slain Celestial Venerable Ming Jue and others.

Moreover, he was identified as the future Ice God by the Ice Extreme Saint Venerable.

Upon learning all this, the tumultuous waves in their hearts were uncontainable.

These messages were so enormous that they couldn’t digest them in a short time.

However, they truly submitted to Jiang Cheng.

This person actually killed Celestial Venerable Ming Jue?

That they themselves weren’t killed was indeed lucky.

Submitting to him was absolutely reasonable.

After Gong Qing and Yun Suo mentioned the future Ice God, they frequently glanced toward Brother Cheng, seemingly wanting to come over and flatter him and gain familiarity.

As for rebellion, there wasn’t even a trace.

Thinking about it, the Ice Realm is about to face the impact of other True Realms.

If the Ice Origin Valley didn’t provide shelter, what would the Ice Palace accomplish? They’d only be wiped out like cannon fodder.

"Next, the first thing we must do is calm the cultivators across the Ice Realm."

"First stabilize the situation here completely."

Finally in power, Advisor Gong took charge boldly, rapidly laying down plans one by one.

"Before us, the Yin Realm, Yang Realm, and Fire Realm have already arrived early; they will certainly come to contact us."

"The first thing we must do is not show weakness."

"The death of Celestial Venerable Ming Jue needs to be kept secret for now."

"Secondly, as long as we demonstrate no interest in the Heavenly Dao, we should be able to smoothly get through this chaotic period."

"Why is that?" Even Venerable Yun Suo was curious.

Gong Qing glanced around the crowd, saying solemnly, "The upcoming battles among the major True Realms are centered around the struggle for the Heavenly Dao, which is the true target."

"What do you mean by this?"

"Currently, the major True Realms have not reached the stage of cultivating all rules; the Yin Realm cultivates only the Yin Rule, and the Fire Realm only the Fire Rule."

Although Gong Qing was just at the Emperor Realm Third Layer, she seemed to have foreseen the overall outcome ahead of time.

She spoke eloquently: "So during this period, our Ice Realm’s Heavenly and Earthly Treasures actually have no use for them; they can’t make use of them."

"At this stage, they have little interest in the cultivation resources of the Ice Realm, so it’s unlikely to trigger a war to seize resources and territories."

"I see!"

Everyone suddenly gained clarity, as if clouds had been dispelled.

The situation that was like a tangled mess suddenly became clear.

The Great Palace Master Yin Cong agreed profoundly: "So what we must do now is neither show weakness nor let others think we are weak and easily bullied. We also must not reveal any ambition for the Heavenly Dao, so they perceive us as a non-threat."

"Only in this way can our Ice Realm smoothly get through this turmoil."

The high-level members of the Ice Palace became somewhat convinced.

They had initially thought little of Gong Qing.

A mere Ice Maiden in the Emperor Realm Third Layer, nothing more than a vase close to Jiang Cheng.

Now, they realized how farsighted she was.

Besides calming the Ice Realm, the other strategies she proposed were something no one had considered before.

Gong Qing nodded, then continued: "And during this period, we have a prime opportunity for development."

"What opportunity?"

"Find ways to purchase and exchange cultivation resources from the Three Realms and the major True Realms arriving later."

She slowly lifted her head, her gaze filled with strong confidence.

"In the future, the Three Thousand Origins will be gathered into one realm, the Heavenly Dao will influence every corner."

"At that time, we won’t just be cultivating the Ice Rule."

"In the future, we will be able to use all resources!"

"By then, the war for cultivation resources will begin."

"And we need to seize the opportunity before that to strengthen the Ice Realm!"

The entire room fell silent, everyone was speechless, leaving only admiration. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

After a long time, Venerable Yun Suo sighed with emotion: "Ming Jue should have allied with you from the start, actually!"

Seeing how capable Advisor Gong was, Brother Cheng was deeply gratified.

"Alright, we should also go back to the Immortal Realm and take a look."

After ten million years, he’s quite curious about what the Immortal Realm has become.

Upon hearing he was leaving, the Ice Extreme Saint Venerable assumed he planned to compete for the Heavenly Dao.

"Back then, the Primordial Immortal Realm collapsed because the struggle over the Heavenly Dao was too intense."

"Almost every Great Power dreamed of controlling the Heavenly Dao, becoming the Dominator of the entire Primordial Immortal Realm."

"Now, there are still 2,996 True Realms yet to arrive, and it’s indeed a rare opportunity."

If it weren’t for Ming Jue’s underhanded assault leaving him severely injured, he would want to personally go over.

"We wish you success!"