I tricked you into thinking you had the makings of an emperor, but you actually did it?

Northern Regions, Cloud and Water City.

Yunshui Lake is a famous scenic spot in the northern region. Every year, people come to watch the tide and comprehend the power of heaven and earth. It is also the main source of income for Yunshui City.

At this very moment, in the middle of the lake, stands a tall tower.

Like a reflection of a celestial palace, the tower is made of rare glass crystal, which shines brilliantly in the sunlight. Each layer of eaves is inlaid with gold and carved with intricate and exquisite auspicious cloud patterns.

However, although the tower is magnificent, it is out of place with Yunshui Lake and disrupts the natural order of the landscape.

Yunshui City was helpless, as the city gates remained tightly shut.

City Lord Fang Qixiu stood atop the city wall of the City Lord's Mansion, gazing at the glazed pagoda with a gloomy expression.

“Lord Fang, there is no need to worry. We will leave naturally once we have converted the people in the tower.”

A bald monk stood beside him, his hands clasped together, but his face showed no sign of piety.

Fang Qixiu grunted in dissatisfaction, but that was all.

As the city lord of a second-tier power, he was at the early stage of the Heavenly Supreme Realm.

This Buddhist disciple from Little Western Paradise, who was clearly a disciple in the Northern Region, actually had the same cultivation level as him.

"How can the seed of fury within my daughter be eradicated?!" Fang Qixiu demanded.

“Lord Fang, your daughter trespassed into the Glazed Pagoda to help those inside, which angered the Arhats, who then sent down the Lotus of Anger. If she sincerely recites the sutra a thousand times, the anger will naturally subside,” the Buddhist disciple said.

"I'm not going to listen to your bullshit!"

A stubborn voice rang out.

The two turned around and saw a woman standing in the wind. Her frail body seemed as if it could be blown away at any moment, yet she still straightened her back. Her long, black hair flew in the wind, and a few strands of hair stubbornly clung to her fair face.

Overwhelmed with emotion, he clutched his chest in pain, revealing striking fiery red lines beneath his skin through his collar.

"Lingyun!"

Fang Qixiu immediately supported his daughter, feeling both anxious and distressed, and said, "Didn't I tell you to rest properly?"

“Father, don’t worry about me. Don’t fall for their tricks. Miaozhen told me that Xiaoxitian plans to build a temple in our Yunshui City,” Fang Lingyun said.

“Miss Fang, you’re putting the cart before the horse. Your acquaintance with Li Miaozhen and your decision to hide her in Yunshui City were both of your own free will,” the Little Western Heaven Buddhist monk chuckled.

"My acquaintance with Li Miaozhen was all due to your secret machinations, which created this karmic connection," Fang Lingyun said.

"If we really have the abilities Miss Fang described, wouldn't that be a good thing?"

A sly glint flashed in the Buddha's eyes as he smiled and said, "City Lord Fang, the Glazed Pagoda can be built in the city forever. It is a Dao weapon that can suppress and even convert demonic beasts. Currently, demonic beasts are rampant in the Northern Region. If City Lord Fang has this ability, Yunshui City can rise to the level of a first-class power."

“Everything has a price,” Fang Qixiu said.

"I've already thought of a name for the temple's incense offerings: Liuli Temple. Don't worry, all the offerings will be made voluntarily by ordinary people."

"Since it's voluntary, I presume you won't force me to agree?" Fang Qixiu said.

"Of course not."

The Buddhist disciple merely glanced at Fang Qixiu, who was in poor condition, and said nothing more.

Fang Qixiu helped his daughter into the city lord's mansion and said, "It's been several days since you sent the message to the Jiang family. We need to think about ourselves."

"Father, I will not implicate Yunshui City." Fang Lingyun still looked stubborn.

"So you want your father to just watch you suffer?" Fang Qixiu said.

Fang Lingyun was stunned. Then, thinking of the Buddha's smug smile at the end, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

The hypocritical Buddhist sect refuses to actively commit evil, but is adept at orchestrating events.

Because Li Miaozhen was in the city, they swaggered in and used the glazed pagoda to suppress her in Yunshui Lake.

They then used her help in sending messages as a pretext to injure her, leaving behind a seed of anger and hatred. The Buddhist sect predicted that her father would eventually yield.

It would be a lie to say she had no regrets, especially since the Jiang family hadn't taken any action, which made her feel it wasn't worth it.

It wasn't for himself, but for Li Miaozhen.

She met Li Miaozhen by chance and had never seen such a beautiful woman before.

After learning about Li Miaozhen's plight, he felt even more sympathy and invited her to Yunshui City to relax.

Although the Xuantian Sect released Li Miaozhen, it was merely a matter of moving her from a small cage to a large one.

He could not return to the Western Regions, and he had no relatives or friends in the Northern Regions.

"The Jiang family."

Fang Qixiu shook his head with a wry smile; the Jiang family indeed had the ability to resolve this crisis.

Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. Besides, the Jiang family is the real powerful dragon, and the Little Western Heaven, who came from afar, only dares to bully second-rate forces like them.

The question is, is the Jiang family willing to make a move?

To be precise, will that divine child start a great war for a friend?

Fang Qixiu thought it was unlikely, and only the younger generation, such as Fang Lingyun and Li Miaozhen, believed in the power of friendship.

"Lord City Lord, the Divine Son of the Jiang Family has arrived!"

Upon hearing this, the Fang father and daughter both saw surprise in each other's eyes and immediately went out to greet them.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw a young man standing outside the main hall.

At the age of fifteen or sixteen, with the cultivation of a Supreme Realm cultivator, his appearance and temperament were impeccable.

Based on these facts alone, Fang Qixiu was able to confirm that this was the divine son of the Jiang family.

"Did you send a message to the Jiang family? What's going on? Where is Li Miaozhen?"

It was Shen Ming who arrived; he rushed over immediately after receiving the news.

The message from Yunshui City took several days to reach Void Island, and he feared it would be too late.

"Did the Divine Child come alone?"

Fang Qixiu looked around and found that apart from Shen Ming, he did not see any Jiang family experts. But he thought that as a divine son, he must have a protector.

“Miaozhen is in that tower in the city. Little Western Heaven wants to refine her,” Fang Lingyun said hurriedly.

Shen Ming had guessed that it was related to Xiaoxitian, and he was ready to set off immediately.

"Amitabha, this must be the Twin Divine Sons of the Northern Region. I am a Buddhist disciple from the Lesser Western Heaven."

The Buddhist disciple appeared silently and blocked Shen Ming's path.

Xiaoxitian is a Buddhist domain, divided into eight major schools, each with countless temples of varying sizes.

"You Buddhist disciples are quite numerous," Shen Ming said coldly.

"You must be referring to Junior Brother Wuhua, right? He is a Buddhist disciple from a certain temple, while I am a Buddhist disciple from a certain sect. He is at the Yuantai Realm, while I am at the Heavenly Supreme Realm," the Buddhist disciple said with a smile.

"Okay, move aside."

"Let me add something: Your intervention to save people involves significant karmic consequences, affecting both the Daoist and Buddhist sects, as well as the Northern and Western Regions. Are you sure you still want to intervene?"

"Are you threatening me?"

Shen Ming's eyes were stern. When he escaped from the Taiyi Treasure Vault, he thought that if Li Miaozhen were still alive, he would agree to become her Dao Child.

"Then I, a Buddhist disciple, have no choice but to guide you here for the sake of my Buddhist community."

Once he confirmed Shen Ming's attitude, the Buddhist monk's smile instantly changed from calm and collected to arrogant and domineering.

The Twin Divine Sons of Xuantian? He doesn't acknowledge them, nor does he fear them, coming from Little Western Heaven!