If the Dragon master chose to leave two seventh ranks behind in his region as a precaution, that would both set pursuers on the Silver Moon king’s tail and weaken the Dragon master’s entourage.

The Silver Moon king?

I know that he ambushed Red Moon region, but he doesn’t have any seventh ranks with him this time. And also, perhaps you guys remain unaware that the other eleven chaos beast worlds in my region are of one heart!

Do you understand?

All seventh rank worlds are one!

His Dragon Region was no sieve like Red Moon Region.

Granted, appropriate caution still needed to be taken. The combination of the Silver Moon king and Void had once taken down a seventh rank. Was the cultivator of faith someone who’d just run from Silver Moon?

The Dragon master was unsure, but he still said, “It’s just seventh rank... Dealing with New Martial is more important. However, I’ll give orders to my region to hunt down the Silver Moon king! It is difficult for human cultivators to slip into Dragon Region...

“It looks like congratulations are in order for Fellow Daoist Red Moon! It looks like you are extraordinary even without the aid of a world.”

“......” The hell?

Red Moon didn’t know what to say. I want you to chase down the Silver Moon king, but you congratulate me? You’re mocking me, aren’t you?!

He didn’t understand what was on the Dragon master’s mind, so merely raised an eyebrow without responding. Meanwhile, the Skycloud master’s eyes darted rapidly between the two of them.

What was going on here? They were talking about Silver Moon, but the Dragon master suddenly congratulated Red Moon.

How strange!

What the Dragon master had in mind was that Red Moon was likely hiding a great deal of his strength. To know myself is to know you. If you can also sense what I perceived, then both of us... are probably peak eighth rank!

Then I need to be careful of this man. He’s not to be underestimated!

The Dragon master hadn’t seen through the Red Moon master before and at one point even found him rather useless. But now, he couldn’t help but wonder if Red Moon major world truly had been accidentally toppled.

Perhaps the Red Moon master had permitted it to be overtaken!

At their level, it didn’t matter if they lost a world and dao universe. They would be free from the confines of a world instead! He was weaving his own dao domain, wasn’t he?

If that was the case, then that made Red Moon even more terrifying!

The same thought sometimes occurred to the Dragon master as his current dao universe was wrested from the hands of another. He hadn’t built it up himself. Occasionally, he even wondered if he would have to free himself of the dao universe first before setting foot into ninth rank. At the very least, he would have to relinquish an outsider’s dao universe.

Perhaps he would have to build his own to reach the threshold of ninth rank.

If the Red Moon master had permitted his to be taken... then he was a horrifying prospect to deal with. That would make him even more decisive than the Dragon master, since he’d given it up without a second of hesitation.

Intelligent people tended to think more, but the Dragon master couldn’t help but think even more!

That trash Skycloud seemed blithely unaware, whereas Red Moon seemed to have had his eye on the world more than once. Had he sensed it long ago? In addition, had the Dragon master truly sensed the power of faith at Rat World? Why did it seem different from the faith he’d encountered before?

Silver Moon, was it?

What kind of energy could this be that it made even the Dragon master hard to quantify it? And what level had Red Moon reached? All daos were one in the end, so how many daos had this man mastered?

Four thousand, five thousand, six thousand...?

The Dragon master looked only at Red Moon; he completely ignored Skycloud off to the side. The man wasn’t worthy of attention since he couldn’t sense the unique strength, even though he was an eighth rank!

It didn’t matter that he had a dao universe to draw from.

Of course, there was a possibility that he was playing dumb. Human exalted emperors were extremely conniving. Red Moon clearly was playing the fool.

But since you’ve mentioned it and we both know what you mean, what’s the point of that act?

Meanwhile, the Red Moon master wracked his brains for the Dragon master’s intentions. We’re not enemies, are we? You suddenly congratulating me is telling Skycloud to be careful of me, isn’t it?

Are you doing this on purpose?? As we always say, nothing good comes from chaos beasts!

“There’s no need for congratulations.” Red Moon’s smile didn’t reach his eyes. “All of us can heave a sigh of relief when we conquer New Martial!”

“It’s only a matter of time before they fall if Brother Red Moon is willing to put forth some effort!” The Dragon master smiled mysteriously. C’mon now. If both of us really put our backs into it, we can each take on the Human King and Ash Emperor. It’ll be a walk in the park.

“......” The hell, again?!

Red Moon was starting to feel that the Dragon master was gunning for him. Of course I’ll be putting in effort! What the heck is going on?? I extended an olive branch to you, alright? I don’t get the attitude you’re taking with me. Did I offend you or something?

Why are you trying to make life difficult for me?

This is so weird!

Neither of the two spoke what was on their mind, they simply kept up a steady stream of consciousness. Surface civility was maintained and the Dragon master dropped the topic. He would just be sure to be on guard against Red Moon!

His words were also a warning that he knew the other’s secrets!

You can go against Skycloud if you want, but think twice if you raise a hand against me! Judging from the looks of that Skycloud fool... he’s going to end up in a ditch somewhere.

But come to think of it, Red Moon’s given up even his dao universe. So he probably isn’t going against Skycloud for that guy’s dao universe. Is he doing this... just to eliminate an opponent?

What a good plan!

Losing your dao universe will cause Skycloud to take you lightly. Otherwise, an eighth rank approaching someone else will ring the alarm bells in anyone.

Skycloud was clearly not wary of Red Moon. Although he felt that Red Moon was slippery, never would he think that the other had voluntarily given up his dao universe.

If the Dragon master speculated further, perhaps Red Moon’s actions against New Martial were all in preparation for this day. He wanted New Martial to breach his dao universe, thereby creating a legitimate excuse to give it up!

What a ruthless person!

The more the Dragon master thought of it, the more apprehensive he became. The price of a minor world was enough for him to clearly see through this fellow. It was well worth it!

“Silver Moon is harmless!” the Dragon master laughed. “New Martial is the key. Gentlemen, there’s no point in lingering here. I will send people after Silver Moon. It would be a joke if word got out that some eighth ranks were staying here to discuss a fifth rank. Come, let us travel to Skyward!”

“Alright!” The Skycloud master didn’t have an opinion otherwise. Red Moon was wisely staying silent after being targeted by a chaos beast. He was rather irked.

There was something wrong with all chaos beast minds. And the most annoying thing was that that first rank world might really have hidden the Silver Moon king!

The Dragon master didn’t seem to mind. Was that a true indifference or feigned casualness? Or does the Dragon master think that sparing the Silver Moon king would be useful in irritating me?

How can anyone get away once an eighth rank discovers something is off? What a joke!

Meanwhile, the Dragon master didn’t care what Red Moon was contemplating. If this really did have something to do with Silver Moon, the Red Moon had picked up on it due to that unique energy.

If it wasn’t for these two standing here, he suddenly was seized with the idea of going back for a look. But that would take too much time and these two might venture into Dragon Region for a look if they were bored. That would be most undesirable.

The Dragon master had no reason to forbid someone from entering, but neither did he wish for visitors.

......

A group of people rushed for Skyward.

At the same time.

The queen was highly excited as she flashed through an uninhabited part of the chaos. She didn’t know what she was at the moment.

A god?

A human?

A chaos beast?

Or the heavenly will?

Something else, even? Who knew?

All she knew was that when the great dao appeared upon her successful verification of dao, she did not place it within Silver Moon’s dao universe. She established it in the chaos, like she was a wandering cultivator!

Perhaps the dao of faith was too unique for regular methods, and the fact that it’d created a divine nation also made placing it in a dao universe ineffective.

Hence, she thought of how the primary body of the moon once became part of Silver Moon. If she imitated those actions and melded her dao into the chaos, she... didn’t know what the consequences might be.

All she knew was that something seemed ever so slightly wrong with herself, like she was about to be melted by the chaos!

That was right!

if it wasn’t for the existence of faith and its continual production, she might already be a melted puddle.

Normal exalted emperors wouldn’t have done what she did, neither would chaos beasts. It was too dumb, impulsive, and crazy... She’d completely integrated her great dao into the chaos.

The chaos, however, was unrooted. Her dao would be constantly eroded by it. The typical outcome from this was that one’s dao would be quickly diluted and melted.

Any exalted emperor that did so was likely dead!

The queen didn’t know about this as she didn’t benefit from a good heritage. She didn’t even have a world of her own! All she knew was that her actions sounded very impressive and awe-inspiring. Other people make their dao part of the world, I make mine part of the chaos! Isn’t that cool?

While she did feel the erosive consequences, she was also thinking of endlessly taking in humans. If three billion didn’t keep her safe, then thirty billion. Or three hundred billion. So long as faith was endlessly produced, that would naturally withstand the dilution.

In reality, that might be the only method that could save her now. The queen wasn’t aware of that, neither was the Great Li king nor Director General Zhao. All they knew was that they’d gotten away by the skin of their teeth!

They’d sensed a magnificent presence not long after their escape. Dragon major world was also enormous—they weren’t blind. They knew what’d happened.

Currently, all three raced through the void.