"The East Wind Empire already has a massive problem in their hands that is causing them to isolate themselves from the outside world, and If we can use the effect off their crisis to send the Long Super Clan and the rest of the powers backing us into the Empire, we should be able to take over the Empire in less than half a year…"

"Once we have the East Wind Empire, we would have a 50 percent chance of winning this war should the Guan Empire stay out of it…" Chu Huang continued his explanation…

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"But all these are just the benefits of this boy's connections to the heir of the Long Super Clan and that of his personal influence…"

"We still have him and the Mu Clan, not to talk about that of the mysterious secret organization which is the Kun Clan, and even though I don't know why two of the Kun Clan's top three assets are here, I know that, as long as we have form a good bond with that boy, we will definitely not be on the receiving end of their negative intentions…"

Chu Huang added, and when he saw the confused and contemplating expression etched on his grandson's face, he smiled;

"You are still thinking everything I am saying concerning the influence of this boy is overrated right?"

"I'm truly sorry grandpa…"

The youth noticing his thought had been read hurriedly got down on one knee as he apologized;

"Haha, it's fine… You are aware that I have secretly sent some forces to bring your father back right?"

"Yes grandpa, I am well aware…"

"And why do you think I would tell your father who went in search of a cure to my ailment to return?"

The youth thought deeply about the question as he his jaws began to slack open whilst his eyes began to expand in shock and utter incredulity…

"Is grandpa?"

The youth suddenly found out that his throat was severely dry as his question was cut off because he had to swallow several times to regain his voice…

Patriarch Chu Huang laughed heartedly as he confirmed his grandson's speculations;

"Yeah, I have been cured, and the person who cured me told me to take good care of that boy…"

"Now, does that clear all your doubts?" He asked with a happy grin…

"Yes, grandpa… crystal clear…" The youth finally had his throat wet enough to speak;

"Good, because you are going to be the deciding factor in this entire shenanigan…"

"You will be the one to win the boy over…" Patriarch Chu Huang dropped a bombshell;

"What!?

Why me!?" The youth suddenly found himself plunged in a mixed emotion…

On one hand, he was happy that he was found worthy to be handed such a task, but on the other hand, he was feeling the weight of that same responsibility, and finally, it was somehow stifling that forging a friendly relationship with someone like Min Hong could get him this nervous and fidgety…

The stakes of this simple task of becoming friends with Min Hong was just so high that his fickle mind could barely carry the weight…

But it only took a single second and a deep breath for a determined and resolute countenance to appear on his face as he bowed to his grandfather once more before blurting a solemn vow;

"I am very grateful to have found enough grace and honor in grandpa's sight to be assigned this extremely delicate task, and I vow by the heaven's that I would do whatever it takes to ensure our rule over this Empire that our forefathers have established with their sweat, blood and sacrifices…"

"Good… that is the spirit of an Emperor… I think you are ready to take the throne…" Patriarch Chu Huang blurted happily…

"The throne!?" The youth was utterly shocked at his grandfather's words;

"What about father!?" He asked…

"That will be the most important part of our plan and our ace in this war…." Patriarch Chu Huang began;

"I have arranged for your father to be secretly brought into the Empire, and all the soldiers who have taken this task has vowed to commit suicide after the task is accomplished just to keep this a secret…" Patriarch Chu Huang began to explain…

"But father!" The youth said softly as he looked around;

"Why did you think I ordered everyone to go and resolve the issue of that boy's chaos… It is obviously to give us a private space to talk freely…"

"But!?"

"What… you think there is a single soul in this empire that can eavesdrop on the conversation of a Saint stage Sage expert without the Sage knowing!?" Patriarch Chu Huang hinted;

"What!? Grandpa has?"

"That's enough…" Patriarch Chu Huang raised a hand….

"The loss of your father and the death of your grandfather would be announced a week after this boy has stormed the entire Empire with this action of his…"

"Our being alive would be an information privy to only you, I and your father…"

"I know how much you respected our predecessors, even if you don't value I and your father, thus, I know that you will never allow our ancestors hard work to fall in the hands of these ungrateful Super Clans…"

"Not even in a hundred lifetimes… even if I die, my ghost would hunt them all from the depths of hell…" The boy spoke with the strongest conviction ever…

"Good… So help your father and your grandfather wrestle the control of this Empire from the reach of these wolves in sheep's clothing, then in return, I promise you to never interfere on any method with which you want to rule this empire, except if it involves handing over its control to anyone else…"

Patriarch Chu Huang stood up whilst he spoke this time around as the youth quickly bowed his head not daring to look his grandfather in the eye, after all, whenever an Emperor or someone higher stands to their feet, every other being must bow before them…

"Stand up and look at me, Yang'er…" Patriarch Chu Huang spoke authoritatively;

"You are an Emperor now, and you need not to be subservient to anyone else again…"

He reassured, as the youth rose to his feet and stared at his grandfather in the eye…

"Yes! That is the grit and impunity an Emperor must have in the face of everything and anything!" Patriarch Chu Huang stoked the flames of his grandson's confidence…

"I would watch slowly as our enemies plunge themselves into the pits of hell we have dug for them…"

"They would taste a fate so bad that despair would feel like heaven to them…"

"They would suffer so hard that a thousand generations of weeping would be like relief to them…"

"I will not only hit their souls, but even their fate would suffer so hard, it would feel like nothing good exists in their world!"

The youth vowed to his grandfather as he bit his finger and allowed a drop of his blood to flow into the heavens, followed by seven massive and blinding lightning tearing through the entire Empire, accompanied by a thunder so loud that the grounds of the deserts far away from the Sunfire City vibrated and trembled…

"You are a true grandson worth having and the pride of the ancestors of our Chu Clan… But do not forget that all this is tied to that boy!"

Patriarch Chu Huang billowed as his aura surged, and instantly, Chu Yang's determination and conviction surged so hard that he broke through and formed another nascent soul, surging his cultivation into the 7 Star Nascent Soul stage at just the age of 21…

"Haha haha… Even the heavens are backing you, Yang'er!"

Patriarch Chu Huang laughed like a mad man as Chu Yang fell to his knees with grateful tears streaming down his face…

It seems his reign over the Dogon Empire would be backed by the heavens themselves…