“We need to be fast...” Li Hao said. “Either your home will be gone or New Martial will be gone if we’re too slow.”

“Eh?” Void blinked.

“The Dragon master is so strong that he should be a peak eighth rank,” Li Hao responded. “He’s stronger than anyone expects. He’ll either team up with Skycloud and Red Moon against New Martial, or he’ll set his eyes on Light!

“I actually think it’s more likely that he looks at Light. If he takes down Light, then heads to Blazing Sun to join the fight against New Martial... that will ensure he has nothing to worry about in his rear!”

“My father...” Void frowned. His father was very strong!

But his frown deepened when he considered the Dragon master. There were also two other eighth ranks to consider. Skycloud must want nothing more than to march on Light first. Skycloud and Light had always fought each other for the position of top dog in Skyward Region.

Red Moon... would likely not refuse attacking Light either.

Void had previously thought that all of this to come would have nothing to do with Light, but now he reconsidered. “This is possible, but my father is no fool either. He should be able to sense some of the danger coming for him. My father will either step forward to make an alliance or...”

Or he would compromise and sign a dao treaty with these three parties in return for peace. It was indeed a very thorny issue!

As for whether or not his father would be conscious of the danger, surely he would. Void trusted that his father wasn’t that foolish to be completely caught off guard. He said nothing else. Any worries now would be useful. Strengthening himself was key.

“When are you going to meet the world masters outside?”

“Later. Panth can greet them first and converse with them. We’ll wait until the rest of our people arrive!”

The Silver Moon exalted emperors were on their way over. They should be here soon. However, everyone needed to exercise caution. Most powerhouses stayed in their own worlds these days; not many wanderers could be seen in the region.

At the same time, the Silver Moon exalted emperors were strong enough. He didn’t need to mother them.

......

Everything was a hustle and bustle outside. Although Panther was nervous, Li Hao ignored the dog. Panth could only engage with the newly arrived world masters itself. It was not yet time for everyone to gather, but many exalted emperors had already arrived.

They were nearly all here with their worlds. This was one of the greatest advantages to being a chaos beast.They could swallow their world whenever they wished to move and leave with it. Granted, that would slow their pace down a bit.

As for when the sixth rank world of water would be devoured, that would take place when everyone was assembled. This would ensure that everyone could partake in the festivities. Although the world masters that’d gotten here early were unwilling to wait, there was nothing else they could do when the new fifth rank overlord had spoken.

Black Dog World was a hubbub of activity, whereas the calm before the storm reigned in all other areas. It was as quiet as a mouse throughout the region!

Not even the Dragon master seemed to be in a rush to head to Blazing Sun Region after entering Skyward Region. He conversed with the two eighth ranks and took up a holding position around Skyward. New Martial could wait.

......

Time passed day by day as everyone waited.

On this day.

Li Hao smiled. Those from Silver Moon had arrived. He vanished to greet them.

The first to arrive were Gan Wuliang and others of his cultivation level. They were faster because they were stronger. They’d been searching for appropriate worlds to seize for the grand enterprise and immediately rushed over when summoned.

It’d taken them longer than one would think due to a need to stay out of the public eye when traveling. Otherwise, they would’ve arrived earlier.

“Your Lordship!” Gan Wuliang started at seeing Li Hao suddenly appear in front of them and then smiled. He looked at the crowd of countless chaos beasts in the distance.

Wow, that’s a lot!

There looked to be around thirty or forty exalted emperors around; all of them were ginormous beasts. Some of them had their worlds next to them. Li Hao’s sixth rank world was surrounded by many heavyweights.

How had the young man accomplished that?

“You didn’t run into any issues along the way, did you?” Li Hao smiled.

“No,” Gan Wuliang shook his head. “But it wasn’t that smooth either. Now that we’re here, I can say that Dragon Region’s control over its territory is too strong. There are checkpoints everywhere. We encountered a patrol that was composed of several exalted emperors moving together.

“Thankfully, we were able to move out of their way. We would’ve had a lot more trouble otherwise. There are too many exalted emperors in the region constantly running patrols...”

This scene was not a familiar sight in the other three regions. Patrols??

Those in charge of Dragon Region might note the disappearance of a single world in their territory. It was so very dangerous for interlopers.

Li Hao nodded. Nothing surprised him these days.

“Let’s wait for the rest,” he said. “The others are almost here! When we’re all assembled...” He looked behind him. “We’ll take care of those guys first!”

“There’s a lot of them,” Gan Wuliang said dubiously. “There’s even some mid worlds among them. Do we have enough people, milord? Once we’re discovered...”

“It’s fine with the Dragon major world being gone!” Li Hao frowned slightly at this point. “I wonder if Ole Zhao and the others can make it to us... We had a slight issue before that caused the river of time to break. We’ve lost communication with them.”

Gan Wuliang had sensed it, but he hadn’t known what had happened.

As the two contemplated the issue, Li Hao’s frown deepened and he jerked his head to look in the distance. Gan Wuliang followed suit and blinked with astonishment.

Was that... a brilliant moon in the chaos?

Li Hao’s eyes widened and Gan Wuliang’s jaw dropped. Whoever that was, they were crazy, weren’t they?!

Wait... is that... the western queen?!

Damn it, woman, there’s chaos beasts all around us! Are you crazy to be displaying your true form right now? Do you think the heavyweights around us are blind?!

......

In the distance.

Director General Zhao sweat profusely. The Great Li king was trembling like a leaf. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Fuck! We need to hurry!

They had thought that the queen was just swelling up a bit. Now she was completely out of control and her expansion couldn’t be suppressed anymore. She’d had to revert to the form of a moon, but the moon steadily grew bigger and brighter!

It was only a matter of time before someone saw them. The key was, the queen had lost her grip on the situation. She’d been delighted by her ascension at first, but now she was uneasy, panicked, resigned, and even despairing.

Why were things turning out this way??

She would explode if they didn’t resolve this issue soon, to say nothing of blowing the group’s cover. The power of faith produced by her divine nation was completely inadequate to negate the furiously growing chaos strength.

She might really explode if this continued.

Sweat poured from Director General Zhao’s forehead as he hastily absorbed all of the energy she leaked, not caring if they were impurities or not. “Hurry... hurry! We might be in Phoenix major world’s territory right now...”

The moon was getting even bigger!

This would be all of their doom if they didn’t take care of the issue, and quickly. The director general even wanted to change their route as they might end up exposing Li Hao instead. How was he supposed to know that the queen would expand so quickly??

She was the size of a city by now, was she going to continue until she was the size of a world??

A figure flashed in front of them, startling the frantic Director General Zhao. As the two men scrambled for a response, the queen sensed something and transmitted, “I seem to have lost control...”

Li Hao looked over, deploying the dao of hiding without a word. He also employed the world of emptiness, fully concealing everything. Even the chaos strength around them silenced.

The young man frowned and reached toward the queen. He yanked out endless chaos strength!

However, the chaos strength around them rushed in uncontrollably, completely unaffected by the power of emptiness. Li Hao frowned and looked at the moon with a glint in his eyes.

His jaw sagged!

The fuck!

He’d just chatted with Number Two a few days ago that there wouldn’t be anyone so foolish in existence to do such a thing... That no one was that much of an idiot or sucker... Well well, I meet the biggest sucker today. And it’s someone from Silver Moon!

Li Hao stared for a long time before he clenched his jaw. “What... have you done?”

“Verified my dao!”

“Verified your dao... so you... melded your dao into the chaos?”

“Of course!” The queen felt better after Li Hao drained a significant amount of chaos energy from her. “It was an emergency and we couldn’t move the world. Therefore, I established my dao in the chaos. That enabled me to build a divine nation of faith. With a basis in the chaos, I can infinitely expand the divine nation and take everyone with me...”

“Do you think there’s ever been anyone who verified their dao through faith?” Li Hao asked after a beat.

Of course there was! That was a nonsense question!

“Do you think no one else is as smart as you—to meld their dao into the chaos, use it as a foundation, and build a so-called divine nation of faith? That’s the equivalent of creating a massive space in chaos dao, even a world. How nice would that be, to be able to take my people all over the place. Faith is everywhere, so I would be even more powerful than a chaos beast...”

The queen stared dumbly. That was right... had no one else ever discovered this method?

Maybe I’m the first one! That’d be normal too. You were the first one to discover light and I’m the first one to discover that a divine nation of faith can be established in the chaos. Why not?

As much as her imagination ran wild, she seemed to understand... that something was wrong.

“Idiot!” Li Hao couldn’t help himself.

“......” Director General Zhao felt compelled to defend the queen a little. “It really was an emergency, we had no other options. Milord, tell us straight, is there an immense drawback to this?”

“......” No shit! Li Hao rolled his eyes. “She’s as good as dead! It’s amazing when the great dao combines with the chaos. All of the energy in the chaos is going to flood into her. She’s a first rank, so I think it’ll be ten days at most before she explodes with a bang. There will be nothing left of her and her great dao will be fully one with the chaos!”

“......” Ringing silence reigned.

The queen manifested a projection of herself—one still slim and not as rotund as the moon. She frowned at Li Hao. “I can absorb a lot of chaos strength if my dao is part of the chaos and establish worlds in the chaos—my divine nation. There are a lot of advantages to freeing myself of a world’s restraint...”

“That’s right, so... you’re going to blow up now!” Li Hao nodded.