Chapter 4151 - Spineless
"You're saying that they'll lead the Eightpart Pantheons here because they failed to take over Grand Feng?" If Tianming wasn't mad before, he was now. What they had been doing had been reasonable from certain points of view. Not many could put aside grudges and immediate benefits in favor of the bigger picture. Yet, Grand Xia's descendants hadn't regretted their actions and instead sucked up to the Eightpart Pantheons even more. They wanted to use their power to upend the Primordial Sands, essentially gifting the whole area to them, dooming the kunlan primalwingers for good. These were the descendants of Old Man Voidback, who had greatly regretted raising Tian Jiu who gave rise to the wonderians, which led to Grand Xia losing control. Even he couldn't have imagined his successors would make such a decision.
"It's not surprising. Grand Xia Voidback will eventually vanish, so why would they be willing to accept their fates and perish like that? They dream of ruling the Upper Star Ruin by the side of the Eightpart Pantheons. Even if they know it isn't realistic, placing their hopes in this pipe dream is better than perishing completely. The Eightpart Pantheons will eventually come here, and Empress Xia is a perfectionist who wants a maniverse-class world without having to suffer heavy losses for it, not to mention the problems the Tian Jiu Cult would cause. As such, leading the Eightpart Pantheons here is the optimal choice. They have historical ties to them, after all. Who knows? Maybe they've kept up a good relationship this whole time." Feng Linxue laughed mockingly. "Their ancestors are both traitorous bastards. Birds of a feather and all that."
"What about you?" Tianming wasn't able to sway Empress Xia's decision anyway. Instead, he gave Feng Linxue a good look. He was the savior of Grand Feng, so he wondered if she would change her view on his account.
"Me?" She shook her head, lips pursed. "I'm sorry. I'll be frank; I don't have a choice either. Once the Eightpart Pantheons' forces arrive, no matter how many, Grand Feng will immediately submit once we see that the Xiavoid Stareye works. This is the only way for us to protect our legacy."
"You'd make the decision to sacrifice Grand Jiang to the Grand Xia imperials that easily? Your entire race's fate hangs in the balance. Are you prepared to let your descendants be enslaved?"
"It's not just Grand Jiang. Anyone among the kunlan primalwingers who refuse to submit will be sacrificed. We're not talking about the deaths of a few cosmic gods,but entire worlds. Nobody deserves to drag all of us to the pits of death for their own high ideals," Feng Linxue retorted earnestly. "What's so bad about being enslaved? Sure beats being killed."
Tianming fell silent.
She sighed helplessly and said, "Actually, I know why you're wrong."
"I'm wrong? Explain."
"You're wrong because you don't have an accurate picture of the Eightpart Pantheons' might. You're still dreaming of overthrowing them, yet it will soon be proven that nobody in this world is actually as bombastically optimistic as you, dare I say, even delusional. You have a ghoul army of a hundred million, but at most, you'd only be able to take on a single starforge of the Eightpart Pantheons. They have near a hundred of those, not to mention the eight true imperial-class worlds. Even a single one of those will be able to crush your delusions."