Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Upon hearing Zeyang Immortal Lord's words, the serious expression on Thunder Serpent Immortal King's face suddenly disappeared, and he burst into laughter.

"If Immortal Lord Liusha can truly break through to become an Immortal King and join the Thunder Serpent Sect, then what if I give him half of the Thunder Serpent Sect's power!"

Thunder Serpent Immortal King wasn't worried at all that Flowing Sand Immortal Lord would compete with him for power in the Thunder Serpent Sect, since most of the people in the Thunder Serpent Sect were his people.

In his view, even if the Flowing Sand Sect were to merge into the Thunder Serpent Sect in the future, the Flowing Sand Sect's influence within the Thunder Serpent Sect would not be able to cause any trouble.

Putting aside the fact that Immortal Lord Liusha had only recently broken through to become an Immortal King and was inherently weaker than him, the most important thing was that the Thunder Serpent Sect's formations and most of its secrets were in the hands of him, the sect leader. It wouldn't be an easy task for Immortal Lord Liusha to seize power.

Furthermore, if Immortal Lord Liusha came to Thunder Serpent Sect really to usurp power, it wouldn't be of much benefit to him. Their conflict would only benefit Xuan Yue Palace.

Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that the surrender of the Flowing Sand Sect to the Thunder Serpent Sect was a conspiracy by the Profound Moon Palace, but even if it really was a conspiracy by the Profound Moon Palace, the Thunder Serpent Immortal King was still planning to agree.

At this moment, the Thunder Serpent Immortal King continued, "Alright, I can promise you that I will help your sect leader break through to the Immortal King realm. How about this, have your sect leader come to the Thunder Serpent Sect in a few days so we can discuss the merger further."

Immortal Lord Zeyang said, "I will go back and send a message to our sect leader."

Thunder Serpent Immortal King said, "I await the arrival of Flowing Sand Immortal Lord."

……

After leaving the council hall, Immortal Lord Zeyang immediately sent a message to Immortal Lord Liusha, asking him to go to the Thunder Serpent Sect in a few days.

Upon receiving the message from Immortal Lord Zeyang, Immortal Lord Liusha did not hesitate and immediately set off for the Thunder Serpent Sect.

With the arrival of Immortal Lord Liusha, the merger of Thunder Serpent Sect and Liusha Sect became a foregone conclusion. The most important thing for them next was to help Immortal Lord Liusha become an Immortal King.

Their method was simple: first, help the Flowing Sand Sect continue to expand and obtain more sect fortune. As long as the sect fortune was sufficient, the probability of successfully breaking through to the Immortal King realm would be greater, and the possibility of being severely injured by the Heavenly Tribulation would be smaller.

The Thunder Serpent Sect voluntarily ceded a large area of ​​territory to the Flowing Sand Sect, since all that land would be returned after the Flowing Sand Sect and the Thunder Serpent Sect merged. In fact, they would receive even more land in return.

Although the Thunder Serpent Sect and the Quicksand Sect were secretly allied, their small actions still caught Lu Chen and his group's attention.

Lu Chen and his group planned to attack the Thunder Serpent Sect a year later, so they had been keeping a close eye on it. It was impossible for Lu Chen's people not to know that the Thunder Serpent Sect had suddenly ceded so much land.

Azure Sea Fairy City.

Lu Chen sat on the throne, glanced at the information in the jade slip, and then said, "Interesting."

At this moment, Lu Zhengze spoke up, "Could it be that the Thunder Serpent Sect sensed something and therefore voluntarily abandoned those cities?"

During this period, the Thunder Serpent Sect abandoned many cities, and those cities fell into the hands of the Profound Moon Palace. When their people gathered this information, they all thought that the Thunder Serpent Sect had discovered their plan and was therefore shrinking its battle lines, preserving its strength, and preparing for the great war a year later.

The wilderness is vast, and the territory of the Thunder Serpent Sect is very expansive. However, the power of a sect is ultimately limited. In the event of war, it is impossible to send troops to defend every city.

Abandoning the outer cities of the Thunder Serpent Sect is actually a good thing for them. It can reduce their defensive pressure and allow them to focus their main force on key cities to defend against the enemy. Lu Chen said, "If it's to defend against us, abandoning some unimportant cities is indeed a good decision."

"But I feel that their goal is probably not defense."

First of all, only a few people knew that they were going to establish a Celestial Dynasty. Even within the Xuan Yue Palace, very few people knew. How could the people of the Thunder Serpent Sect possibly know that they were going to attack the Thunder Serpent Sect?

Of course, it is also possible that the Thunder Serpent Sect abandoned those cities bordering the Profound Moon Palace in order to guard against it.

However, the Thunder Serpent Sect has even less reason to do so. If it abandons those cities, its strategic depth will continue to shrink. Now that the Profound Moon Palace has issued an immortal decree prohibiting its affiliated forces from expanding recklessly, the Thunder Serpent Sect has no need to abandon those cities.

In times of war, abandoning those unimportant cities wouldn't be a problem, but since it's not wartime now, keeping those cities allows for better monitoring of the Xuan Yue Palace's movements.

From this perspective, it seems very strange that the Thunder Serpent Sect abandoned those cities.

Of course, what made Lu Chen most suspicious was that the Xuan Yue Palace had already issued a decree prohibiting its affiliated forces from further expansion, but all the cities and territories that the Lei She Sect had abandoned had actually been annexed by the Liu Sha Sect.

Most importantly, every time the Thunder Serpent Sect abandons a city, that city immediately becomes the city of the Flowing Sand Sect. The cities abandoned by the Thunder Serpent Sect are never occupied by other forces, as if the Thunder Serpent Sect had given the cities to the Flowing Sand Sect in advance.

If the Thunder Serpent Sect really abandoned the cities casually, then logically other forces should have been able to occupy one or two of them after they abandoned them. After all, no force doesn't want to expand. However, all those cities ended up in the hands of the Flowing Sand Sect. It seems to me that the Thunder Serpent Sect directly gave the cities to the Flowing Sand Sect.

So the question is, why would the Thunder Serpent Sect divide their city and territory among the Flowing Sand Sect?
What is the purpose of doing this?
Lu Chen then took out a jade slip, and the next moment the jade slip projected a map of the Dragon-Gathering Land. Lu Chen glanced at the map.

The Flowing Sand Sect is next to the Thunder Serpent Sect. Compared to the distance between the Flowing Sand Sect and the Profound Moon Palace, the Flowing Sand Sect is closer to the Thunder Serpent Sect. Lu Chen immediately thought of the Sky Wolf City in the Southern Region.

The reason why the families of Tianlang City in the Southern Region betrayed Xuan Yue Palace and joined the Crimson Flame Sect was because it was relatively close to the Crimson Flame Sect.

This scene looks so familiar.

Lu Chen chuckled, "So that's how it is."

"but……"

Seeing Lu Chen looking thoughtful, Lu Zheng asked curiously, "What has Your Majesty discovered?"

Lu Chen came to his senses and said calmly, "The Flowing Sand Sect is too close to the Thunder Serpent Sect and too far from the Profound Moon Palace."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhengze instantly understood Lu Chen's meaning. "You mean the Flowing Sand Sect betrayed the Profound Moon Palace? But didn't the Flowing Sand Sect voluntarily join the Profound Moon Palace in the first place? Moreover, if the Flowing Sand Sect had betrayed the Profound Moon Palace, shouldn't it have ceded cities and territories to the Thunder Serpent Sect? How come it occupied the Thunder Serpent Sect's territory instead?"

Lu Chen said, "This is also something I don't understand for now."

Since the Flowing Sand Sect wants to join the Thunder Serpent Sect, the Thunder Serpent Sect should be annexing the cities and territories of the Flowing Sand Sect. However, the current situation is that the Flowing Sand Sect is constantly occupying the cities of the Thunder Serpent Sect.

The Thunder Serpent Sect is, after all, a sect with a Celestial King; the Flowing Sand Sect's actions are truly contrary to the Heavenly Order. (End of Chapter)