Emperor Tian's intention seemed quite simple.
Title Douluos could cause far too much destruction, enough to ruin the original environment of the Great Star Dou Forest. Therefore, this agreement was meant to set a range within which soul beasts over one hundred thousand years old and Title Douluos could take action.
Lin Xiao nodded slightly.
This agreement wasn't bad for humans. As long as it ensured that soul beasts over one hundred thousand years old would not be seen outside the core region, the dangers soul masters encountered would naturally be greatly reduced.
Moreover, with the existence of soul tools, in most cases, their ability to protect their lives should be sufficient.
Seeing that Lin Xiao had agreed, Emperor Tian's expression relaxed slightly. "Today's matter shall end here. Additionally, although this seat has permitted you to enter the Great Star Dou Forest, if you greedily seek soul bones and trespass into the core region… You will bear the consequences yourselves."
With that, he flicked his large sleeve and turned to head outside Shrek Academy.
Lin Xiao watched Emperor Tian's departing figure and narrowed his eyes.
Emperor Tian's visit seemed grand in momentum, and he had even made an agreement with him, but upon careful thought, what he truly cared about was only that core region…
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao's gaze flickered, as if pondering something again.
"My lord, that person indeed possesses some extraordinary qualities, but if we join forces, he will certainly not be our match. Why must we suffer such humiliation?"
As Emperor Tian soared through the air, a voice seemed to faintly emerge from the high skies outside Shrek Academy.
Emperor Tian turned his head to glance at the gradually fading golden light within Shrek Academy and shook his head. "Once we take action, humans will inevitably set aside their internal conflicts for the time being and unite to confront us. This is absolutely not the time to force things with military power."
"But that agreement is truly—"
The voice beside Emperor Tian did not finish speaking before Emperor Tian raised his hand to interrupt. "To risk the lives of countless soul beasts for a momentary dispute is by no means a wise move."
"Even if that person is powerful, he is nothing more than a human after all. Humans have a limited lifespan; sooner or later, the day will come when he turns into a handful of yellow earth, just like the Dragon God Douluo."
"At that time, how many humans will be able to converse with this seat here?"
"We soul beasts have long lifespans. With merely one session of closed-door cultivation, the human world will have already changed generations. Moreover…"
As Emperor Tian spoke to this point, his voice lowered slightly. Even the person beside him could not hear what he said, or perhaps he had said nothing at all.
His golden eyes stared in the direction of the Great Star Dou Forest. It was as if Emperor Tian could see the life aura of the entire Great Star Dou Forest surging continuously toward the core region like something tangible.
In his conversation with Lin Xiao, Emperor Tian had also achieved his own goal.
Just as Lin Xiao had guessed, Emperor Tian's objective was only the core region of the Great Star Dou Forest.
No matter what arrangements Lin Xiao made regarding the Great Star Dou Forest, as long as they did not affect the core region, he could even agree to them.
As long as… within ten thousand years at most, this continent would become the world of their soul beasts.
What he lacked now was merely time.
"Elder Xuan, Lexuan, are you both alright?"
On the ground, Xian Lin'er was still on guard against Jing Hongchen nearby. Cai Mei'er flew into the air, her gaze lingering thoughtfully on Zhang Lexuan for a moment before she spoke softly.
Xuan Zi seemed to have just come back to his senses. His expression was haggard, as if he had aged several years in an instant.
Just now, while Lin Xiao and Emperor Tian were conversing, Xuan Zi had stood to the side without speaking for a long time.
When Lin Xiao faced Emperor Tian head-on, and even with the assistance of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Legion, managed to put Emperor Tian at a slight disadvantage, Xuan Zi understood that Shrek Academy was no longer what it once was.
The one representing humanity and making an agreement with the Great Star Dou Forest was no longer Shrek Academy, but the Calamity Douluo, Lin Xiao.
Shrek Academy had stood glorious for ten thousand years and was known as the number one soul master academy on the Douluo Continent. From today onward, it would likely gradually decline.
However, to outsiders, this matter was actually quite ordinary.
Even the Sun Moon Empire did not dare claim to last forever. For a mere academy to have stood for ten thousand years was already enough.
"Let's head back first."
With a long sigh, Xuan Zi led the people from Shrek Academy back down to the ground.
"National Advisor!"
On the ground, Juzi stepped forward, looking at Lin Xiao, who had also landed.
The gazes of everyone around subconsciously gathered on Lin Xiao, but when Lin Xiao looked over, they unconsciously averted their eyes.
Lin Xiao did not say much and simply nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Juzi gently closed her eyes, then suddenly opened them. Her entire aura changed abruptly.
At this moment, she was once again the lofty Empress Dowager of the Sun Moon Empire, the true person in power of the Sun Moon Empire.
"Everyone, the small interlude has ended. Let us continue with the unfinished matters from before."
Juzi spoke softly, yet it made the people from the three great empires unable to lift their heads.
What they feared was not only Juzi, but even more so the person behind her, the one who had clashed with an eighty-thousand-year-old soul beast and emerged completely unscathed.
Although it appeared to be peace talks, in reality, only one path remained before them.
Lin Xiao was not particularly concerned with the matter of negotiating with the three great empires. In his eyes, dealing with these politicians was far more troublesome than conversing with Emperor Tian.
Whether it was the handover of power or the arrangements for officials and the imperial family, it was better to leave it to Juzi, who was more skilled at handling such matters. After all, Lin Xiao had helped Juzi unify the continent, and it had never been for the sake of power.
The peace talks, which had originally been scheduled to take several days, due to Emperor Tian's appearance, not only did not suffer any delay but were completed in less than a day. Juzi and the three great empires had already finalized many details.
Although everyone understood in their hearts that once the Sun Moon Empire completely occupied Star Luo City, the three great empires would exist in name only, and the few remaining people were merely making futile struggles.
But only after the peace talks in the former number one soul master academy on the continent, Shrek Academy, had ended did everyone truly feel the reality of the situation.
From then on, the Douluo Continent would no longer have the Star Luo, Heavenly Soul, or Dou Ling nations. Wherever the Sun Moon shone, that would be the territory of the Sun Moon Empire.
As the sun set in the west, the Juzi-red glow stretched the shadows of pedestrians in Shrek City extremely long.
Some of them had fled here from the original three great empires. The news from Shrek Academy had reached their ears immediately.
For a time, some wept in pain over the fallen nations, those who rejoiced that the war had ended, and even more who were lost, not knowing what the future held.
In the eyes of most ordinary people, it was simply that the people at the top had changed again. They just didn't know where this new group would lead them.
Lin Xiao stood at a high place. The evening wind gently lifted the hem of his clothes, revealing a corner of the Netherworld River's Embrace underneath.
He took in all the various scenes of the city with his eyes and let out a light sigh.
In any case, this continental war, which had been started by the Sun Moon Empire and lasted for two full years, had finally come to an end.
He didn't know what the future would become, but no matter what, it would not become worse than it was now.
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