"How are the preparations for the ascension going?"
Juzi was sitting behind the desk, leaning forward as she looked at the memorial in her hands. The gray candlelight flickered gently beside her. In the next instant, a voice sounded within the room.
"Why are you even more anxious than I am?" Juzi heard the voice and showed no surprise. Instead, she smiled softly, then set down the document in her hands and raised her head to look.
Sure enough, Lin Xiao was already sitting to the side.
"I have something I need your help with," Lin Xiao said, narrowing his eyes slightly as he spoke softly.
"Alright," Juzi agreed very straightforwardly. In fact, after hearing that Lin Xiao had something to ask of her, she felt much more at ease in her heart.
"Do you remember the thing I took away?"
"I remember," Juzi's expression became somewhat serious when Lin Xiao mentioned this matter. "Is there something wrong with that thing?"
"Correct." Lin Xiao nodded, pausing slightly. "That thing is not a product of our world. What it emits is a desire to devour everything."
"Just like an abyss that can never be filled. I have named it an Abyssal Monster."
"Abyssal… Monster…" Juzi repeated Lin Xiao's words in a low voice.
"Exactly. Those monsters are merely scouts sent from another world. I'm afraid that before long, we will have to face even more monsters coming to our world from that place."
Even with Juzi's experience, she found herself somewhat unable to keep up with what Lin Xiao was saying for a moment.
How could a single strangely shaped soul beast suddenly involve another world, an abyss… monsters…
Was the "another world" that Lin Xiao spoke of really the kind of world she understood?
Carefully observing Lin Xiao's expression, Juzi's face grew increasingly serious.
She understood that what Lin Xiao said was definitely not a joke. She trusted Lin Xiao's judgment and quickly realized that her world was likely undergoing some unprecedented change.
While Juzi was deep in thought, Lin Xiao suddenly turned his head to look at her. "That's why I want to help you complete the ascension as soon as possible. Once you ascend to the throne as Emperor, some matters can be prepared even earlier."
"Very well." Juzi nodded quite solemnly. "Should we keep this matter hidden for now? After all, news of another world would only cause panic among the people if it spread. It would be better for us to make preparations first."
It had to be said that Juzi, having long held a high position, quickly came up with many ideas once she accepted the concept of "another world."
Lin Xiao did not refuse. After all, he could not accurately determine the exact time when the Abyssal Plane would arrive.
If the information was spread too early, not only would it cause the people to feel anxious and fearful, but if the Abyss did not arrive for a long time, many would likely relax their vigilance, which would defeat the purpose of making preparations.
"I was thinking the same thing. In addition, I want to inform Hall Master Hongchen and have him come take a look at the Abyssal Monster, so that the Illustrious Virtue Hall can prepare soul tools to deal with them as soon as possible."
"Besides that, dealing with Abyssal Monsters will require the power of soul masters and soul engineers even more. So it would be perfect to take this opportunity during your ascension to invite all the sects from across the continent to attend the ceremony."
"At that time, we can also take the chance to bring the forces of those sects under control."
"Bring the sects under control…" Juzi had actually had similar thoughts before.
Sects were different from academies. Most academies were attached to various empires, and after the Sun Moon Empire unified the continent, all the large and small academies had come under the Sun Moon Empire's control.
Sects, however, were different. Although they were also located within the territories of the various empires, except for those that cooperated with the empire, others never considered themselves the property of any particular empire.
During the Continental War, quite a few sects had closed their mountain gates tightly, with not a single person coming out to fight. Even after Juzi had released the disciples who had been imprisoned during the previous Elite Competition, some sects had voiced support for the Sun Moon Empire unifying the continent.
Of course, these sects still did not consider themselves sects of the Sun Moon Empire. And the former number one soul master academy on the continent, Shrek Academy, while called an academy, was actually more like an unrestrained sect.
These soul master forces did not belong to the Sun Moon Empire, so Juzi had naturally thought about bringing their power under the empire's control. However, after the war, every region was in ruins and in need of reconstruction, so there had been no time to spare.
Now that Lin Xiao had taken the initiative to bring it up, it seemed he intended to help her bring these sects' forces under control.
Indeed, with Lin Xiao taking action, the voices of resistance from these sects would likely be much smaller.
Lin Xiao sat to the side, also thinking about the matter of the various large and small sects.
Over the years since the unification of the Douluo Continent, he had been observing the changes on the continent.
He admitted that the war had brought considerable harm to many people, but for the entire Douluo Continent, it had indeed been a good thing.
With the Illustrious Virtue Hall able to utilize the resources of the entire continent, soul guidance technology had advanced further, and once these technologies were promoted across the whole continent, the Douluo Continent was almost changing its appearance every single day.
Similarly, consolidating the power of these sects was not necessarily a good thing for each sect, but once all the sects were united, dealing with the Abyssal Plane that would arrive in the future would undoubtedly become much easier.
Lin Xiao let out a soft sigh.
Although he had some feelings of being unable to control his own fate, in the end, he was the one who had brought the Abyssal Plane here. He could only hope that in the upcoming disaster, the Douluo Continent would suffer as few casualties as possible.
This was also… the persistence he had maintained all those years in the Holy Spirit Cult without sinking into depravity.
"There are still some final matters in the court that need to be handled. Once everything is ready, I will send invitations to all the sects."
"Mm, the sooner the better."
"You… seem to be in quite a hurry?" After Lin Xiao appeared this time, Juzi had heard the words "soon" or "fast" from his mouth more than once. She hesitated for a moment before tentatively asking.
"Once things here are settled, I still need to go somewhere else."
As Lin Xiao spoke, he thought of Liya, who had already returned to the Tongming Cult.
Originally, he had not been too anxious about searching for Electrolux's divine sense fragments. After all, it was like searching for a needle in a haystack; finding something in the vast sea was not an easy task.
However, the appearance of these Abyssal Monsters had given him a sense of urgency.
He could not accurately judge the strength of the Abyssal Plane, so he could only do his best to increase his own cultivation.
And Electrolux's third divine sense fragment would surely bring him considerable help.
Therefore, in the search for the divine sense fragments, he would need to rely on quite a bit of external help besides himself.
He only hoped that the soul beast that had attacked the merfolk tribe was not too powerful. Otherwise, using this matter to have the merfolk tribe help him search for the divine sense fragments might become impossible.
Juzi saw that Lin Xiao was deep in thought again and no longer spoke to disturb him. She stood up and walked toward the outside of the study, lowering her voice slightly.
"Come here, go and invite Hall Master Hongchen from the Illustrious Virtue Hall into the palace. Tell him that the National Teacher is also in the palace and there is an important matter to discuss."
"Yes, Holy Empress."
Juzi glanced at Lin Xiao once more, then quietly returned to her seat behind the desk.
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