Yang Qi had made his final decision.

The time had come to tear away the veil and publicly announce something that would definitely send immense shockwaves through the god world. He had originally hoped to subjugate more people, and also get the Lord of the Sword Dao completely under control. But the truth was that the mere act of subjugating more important people would cause a public stir.

For the moment, he had to shelve that idea.

Once the announcement was made, and the shockwaves started spreading out, people would definitely be eager to join his empire. Destiny would surge, and he could use that momentum to fully subjugate the Lord of the Sword Dao. Even if he didn’t fully succeed, he could at least make sure the Lord of the Sword Dao was completely locked down. And then Yang Qi would take advantage of the chaos he had wrought to sneak into the distracted Central Dynasty and get the final piece of the Mahātmā Jade.

The Lord of the Sword Dao was so strong that even Proud Central...