Emperor’s Domination

reputation of other cultivators.

Finally, one older ancestor couldnt stand this any longer. He stepped out and uttered coldly: “What are you doing?! Throwing away the reputation of cultivators!”

“Dont make the mistake of interfering with our federations business.” A disciple responded in an aggressive manner.

“Even the federation cant do whatever it wants!” The ancestor waved his hand and blew this disciple flying.

“Yes, hes right.” The spectators agreed with this old ancestor.

“Cloud Crane Ancestor is right. Even the federation cant do this.” Another expert added.

This particular ancestor was both powerful and renowned – a big shot in Imperial Lineage.

“Brother Cloud Crane, please calm down.” An old voice resounded. The disciples of the federation carried a palanquin over with an ancestor inside.

He wore a green robe, brimming with life energy.

“Green-robed Heavenly Merchant, one of the five deputy leaders.” Someone recognized him.

People made way for the palanquin with a scared expression on their face.

The five deputy leaders were even more influential than the ten Vajras. They were invincible ancestors during their generation with ample resources and backing.

Venerable Deer Merchantwas the strongest in the federation, then these five deputy leaders.

Cloud Crane Ancestors expression darkened after seeing this old man. He said: “Green-robed Heavenly Merchant, you, a world-renowned master, should know that using commoners for a blood offering is crossing the line.”

The crowd became quiet after this merchant showed up. The supporters no longer voiced their disagreement because this ancestor was very strong.

“Brother Cloud Crane, you are overstating the gravity of the issue.” The merchant disagreed: “As you can see, Stone Harmony is heading towards destruction, they wont be able to escape death anyway. Were only speeding it up so that they can painlessly leave this world.” [2]

“Bullshit!” Cloud Crane snorted: “Destruction or not, thats Stone Harmonys business. Dont speak as if youre saving them with this move.”

“Brother Cloud Crane, I do not wish to debate the rights and wrongs in this world with you. I have made this decision after a meeting with the other four merchants. Theyre all here right now too and will be more than happy to speak with you.”

This surprised the crowd. One person quietly whispered: “All five Heavenly Merchants are here, what about Venerable Deer Merchant?”

They didnt expect all five merchants to be here in Mingluo already.

Green-robed Heavenly Merchant hid a threat beneath the guise of civility, telling him to go speak with his peers.

This ancestor was strong but not enough to deal with four merchants at the same time. In fact, few in Imperial actually had this ability. Plus, Green-robed Heavenly Merchant was here too.

“Fine, your mercilessness wins today, but dont forget, your action today will invoke retribution and judgment for it is against the will of the heaven!” Cloud Crane stomped his foot and said.

“Will of the heaven?” Green-robed Heavenly Merchant started laughing: “Such a thing has never existed. This is a world of the strong, the will of the heaven is only a lie weak people tell themselves to feel better. So what if we perform the blood offering right now, you think this will of the heaven is going to stop me?”

Cloud Crane turned and left with an ugly expression. There was nothing he could do.

1. Lu Keweng could be a title, but I need more context to change it

2. An interesting way to justify decapitation