Divine Venerable Kasyapa had spent quite some time sparring with Guangdu back in the Infinite Prison, and he knew the man's character all too well. Guangdu was certainly not the sort to show mercy to the world, let alone harbor any compassion in his heart.
So long as his ambitions could be fulfilled, he wouldn't feel the slightest twinge of regret even if every last person in the world dropped dead.
That was why Divine Venerable Kasyapa firmly opposed Jiang Chen's line of thinking. If Jiang Chen approached Guangdu with a mindset of reconciliation and negotiation, he would inevitably suffer devastating losses at the old man's hands.
Jiang Chen's expression shifted slightly, and he looked at Divine Venerable Kasyapa with a questioning gaze.
"Don't even think about peace talks, and certainly don't count on Guangdu to consider the fate of the common people. Whether he's even human at all is an open question."
Divine Venerable Kasyapa's words struck like a thunderclap, sending a jolt through Jiang Chen's heart.
That's right — the man had escaped from the Infinite Prison, which held not only its original inhabitants but also prisoners of other races and even powerful enemies from beyond the realm.
Who knew what Guangdu truly was?
In that case, trying to sway him by appealing to the greater good of Myriad Abyss Island was nothing short of absurd.
"Divine Venerable, if that's the case, then Guangdu and our Ten Great Sacred Lands are irreconcilable enemies?" Jiang Chen asked through spiritual transmission.
"Judging by what I know of Guangdu, once he emerges from seclusion, he'll launch a full-scale assault on all ten of your Sacred Lands. In fact, I'd wager that quite a few of them have already fallen into his hands. I hear he's dispatched all of his elite forces to attack the territories of the Ten Great Sacred Lands. Since the Divine Dao ancestors of the Sacred Lands are away from their home bases, I'm afraid the Sacred Lands are in for a great deal of trouble."
Jiang Chen said, "A few days ago, the ancestors of the Ten Great Sacred Lands have all broken free."
"And then what? They all went back home?" Divine Venerable Kasyapa asked.
"No. I advised against scattering our forces, and many of the ancestors agreed. They've essentially reached a consensus — advance together, retreat together."
Divine Venerable Kasyapa nodded. "That's the right call. If you split up your forces, you'll be defeated in detail. Even with abilities that could touch the heavens, you'd still get picked off one by one by that old bastard Guangdu."
"Divine Venerable, is Guangdu's cultivation truly that formidable?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask.
"At my level of cultivation, it would take three of us fighting him together to hold our own. Five of us would be needed to stand a real chance of victory."
Jiang Chen knew full well how powerful Divine Venerable Kasyapa was. In terms of combat strength, even the Sacred Ancestor of the Eternal Sacred Land might not necessarily be his equal.
Yet Divine Venerable Kasyapa was saying it would take three to five of them just to engage Guangdu in battle.
That old scoundrel's strength was truly astonishing. Even Jiang Chen felt a trace of pressure at the thought.
However, he had the Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise — two Divine Dao True Spirits — along with the True Dragon and White Tiger, two Heavenly-ranked True Spirits. When it came to Guangdu specifically, Jiang Chen wasn't particularly afraid.
If the True Dragon could break through to the Divine Dao soon, he'd be even less concerned.
Once the Grand Fortune White Tiger also advanced to the Divine Dao, Jiang Chen would be able to roam freely across Myriad Abyss Island — across the entire Divine Abyss Continent.
With all four True Spirits at the Divine Dao level, their combined destructive power would rival that of a high-stage Divine Dao cultivator. Any mere mid-stage Divine Dao opponent would have to step aside.
Long Xiaoxuan's current cultivation had already reached the high stage of the Heavenly rank, not far from the ninth level. Xiao Bai's cultivation was slightly behind.
But as the Grand Fortune White Tiger continued to awaken, Xiao Bai's strength would only keep rising.