If Proud Heaven took over the Invincible Dynasty, the Invincible Dugu would fall into his vicious hands.

Perhaps in the beginning, he would have placated the Dugu Clan by claiming that he wouldn’t. But as his strength and influence grew, his true ferocity and ambition would have shown through.

The Invincible Dugu wasn’t actually dead, and his body contained immense power. He was also a half-Annulled expert, and that made him very valuable. It only made sense that Proud Heaven would drool over the prospect of acquiring him. Assimilating someone like that would ensure that Proud Heaven could deal with the High Priestess much more easily. And if he made it into an out-of-body incarnation, he would become completely invincible.

Obviously, there was no way Yang Qi could let any of that happen.

Looking around at the leaders of the Dugu Clan, Yang Qi said, “Proud Heaven is an immensely ambitious individual, and he doesn’t just want to unify the three dynasties. He wants to profane Master's corpse. I'm sure all...