Many kingdoms had decided to become allies with the Xia Kingdom to fight against the North Qiu Kingdom based on the assumption that the North Qiu Kingdom had ill intentions to dominate the continent. However, if North Qiu Kingdom did not have ill intentions and was avoiding a war, what would they do? 

In an instant, the palace broke into an uproarious chatter as the envoys from different kingdoms debated on the trustworthiness of Pan Wen’s words. 

Pan Wen smirked to himself as he observed the crowd’s reaction. Through many years of hard work, the Pan Family controlled much of Tianyuan Continent and even if they angered the masses, they knew their ways to pacify the sentiments of people. An alliance against them? What a joke! 

“I heard that the First Prince of the North Qiu Kingdom was the greatest competitor against the Second Prince before he was chosen as the crown prince. Now that the Second Prince is dead, there is a high likelihood that the First Prince will be the next king. If he says that the North...