Then, Let Them Offer Their Loyalty! Chapter 1660 686: Seventeen That Year, Number One Under Heaven

Zhao Ji also began her journey to help Qiu Tu reclaim his honor.

Her first stop was the outskirts of the "Crimson Territory," at the Northern Kingdom.

Facing the Divine King, she showed no arrogance. Sword in hand, she arrived at the outskirts of the Northern Kingdom, her presence soaring upward like a sharpened blade.

Though merely at the Eighth Rank Peak, Zhao Ji's aura wasn't as immense as a Heavenly God's, but... it was exceptionally refined.

Standing in the air outside the Northern Kingdom, Zhao Ji's golden eyes gazed toward the realm's interior.

Her gaze seemed to pierce through layers of space, landing directly on the Northern Divine King.

After a moment, her icy voice echoed in the ears of every creature within the Northern Kingdom, "Bei Ze, come out and face your death."

That cold voice, like rumbling thunder, boomed in every living being's ears.

In an instant, countless creatures were jolted from their sleep, looking up at the sky in terror.

Among them were many spies from various powers, always monitoring the four Divine Kings.

So, it only took a few seconds for news of Zhao Ji's challenge to the Northern Divine King to spread across the "Boundless Heart Sea."

She was the only one in nearly a century who dared to openly challenge a Divine King.

You should know, in the previous centuries, plenty tried to challenge the Divine Kings, but even against the weakest—Northern Divine King—not a single one survived more than three moves.

Gradually, the Divine Kings had become synonymous with invincibility.

Now, someone actually stepped forward to challenge a Divine King again.

Coupled with the shocking news of three Heavenly God clones falling days ago, the "Boundless Heart Sea" was now in turmoil.

Every power wanted to see if this time, the Divine King's undefeated legend would truly end.

Though curious, if the major factions had to bet, they'd still put their money on the Divine King.

After all... a clone is just a clone, the main body is something else entirely.

Zhao Ji was, after all, only at the Eighth Rank Peak. Even if she could face a Divine King's clone, it didn't mean she could fight the main body.

But to everyone's surprise, the Northern Divine King ignored Zhao Ji's provocation, as if he hadn't even heard, and did not respond for a long time.

This turn of events took everyone off guard.

For a moment, a thought sprang up in every faction's mind: Could it be... the times are changing?

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Meanwhile. As the tides rapidly shifted in the "Boundless Heart Sea - Core Region,"

Northwest Region.

Qiu Tu's women: Tang Feifei, Guan Xiao, and Princess Xi were holding a little meeting.

As Qiu Tu's most trusted left and right hands, in his absence, the three women had always handled his affairs.

Guan Xiao was in charge of intelligence, most adept with information.

She handed several documents to Tang Feifei and Princess Xi, then spoke, "According to the intel, Zhao Ji successfully broke through to Eighth Rank Peak today and now possesses Heavenly God level combat power. She's fulfilled Qiu Tu's plan admirably."

"This gives us a second stabilizer in our camp."

She paused, then continued, "This also means my guess yesterday was correct."

"The one who instantly killed three Heavenly God clones and intimidated the Divine Kings was most likely Qiu Tu."

"Honestly, I don't believe Doris has that kind of strength."

"Or... even if she did, I doubt she'd side with us so completely, offend all those Divine Kings for us, so quickly."

Upon hearing Guan Xiao's analysis, Tang Feifei and Princess Xi both nodded slightly.

These days, while Qiu Tu was visiting the "Crimson Territory," they'd been monitoring everything there closely.

So of course, they knew apart from Doris and Qiu Tu, there were no other Deities above Eighth Rank at "Crimson Territory."

Yet, even trusting Qiu Tu, they still found it hard to believe all of this was solely his doing. So, they kept open the possibility that Zhao Ji had quietly advanced and gone to instantly kill the Divine King clones herself.

But today, Zhao Ji's breakthrough shook the "Boundless Heart Sea," and now, emerging from "Crimson Territory," she went to step in. This fully proved she wasn't the one who killed the Divine King clones yesterday.

Besides her, no one else remained—it must have been Qiu Tu. That's how Guan Xiao arrived at her conclusion.

After considering Qiu Tu's strength, Guan Xiao gripped her pen, fingers intertwined under her chin, looked at the other two and slowly said, "Now the issue is... if we've figured this out, chances are other powers will do so soon too."

"So, should we use this opportunity to stir things up a bit, help build Qiu Tu's reputation, and see if we can use it to expand his influence, maybe infiltrate other regions?"

"That way, Qiu Tu's strength can grow even further."

"As for targets...."

At this point, Guan Xiao pointed toward the cluster of villas in the north and said, "For example... Si Yuan Pavilion in the Northern Kingdom."

"You know... Qiu Tu is still keeping the Pavilion Master of Si Yuan Pavilion's daughter-in-law locked up in that villa."

On hearing this, the expressions of the other two women present grew a bit odd.

Although both of them, like Guan Xiao, were living under Qiu Tu's iron rule,

Compared to Guan Xiao, they were perhaps more noble by birth, or used to high status, so when it came to chatting about new sisters, they were still a bit reserved.....

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