In the Tianluo Continent, North Territory, at the Mu Estate Headquarters.

Mu Chen sat behind a desk at the main hall. The desktop full of documents that were filled with information about the forces that were under the Mu Estate, as well as the recording of the tributes that they had paid.

After going through the documents for a long while, Mu Chen put the down, looking exhausted. He lifted up his head to look at Mandela, who was gloating over his misfortune, then asked bitterly, “Must I go through all of these documents and approve them?”

Mandela curled up her lips into a smile, then said, “Since you are the Estate Master, you have to know what is going on in the Mu Estate.”

Mu Chen sighed. Two weeks ago, he had left the Nine Netherbird Clan and returned to the Mu Estate. He had thought that he would have time to relax, but Mandela was unhappy that he had discharged his responsibilities and had not been taking care of the Mu Estate.

Thus, she had loaded Mu Chen down with these documents for him to approve, which was a huge burden to him. These last two weeks, Mu Chen had found that reading through the documents was even more tiring than it had been fighting with Huang Xuanzhi.

“All right, I know that this has been tough on all of you.” Mu Chen raised up his hands in surrender.

He knew that Mandela had done this on purpose. Apparently, she was teaching him a lesson. Ever since he had set up the Mu Estate, most of the time, Mu Chen had not taken care of it himself, but had pushed away his responsibilities as the Estate Master.

When Nine Nether and Ancestor Xuan Tian saw his actions, they could not help but laugh. No one would expect the top genius in the Great Thousand World to admit defeat!

Two months ago, news about how Mu Chen had a fierce fight with Huang Xuanzhi at the Deification Pool had spread throughout the entire Great Thousand World. This had made Mu Chen’s name even more well-known. After all, everyone knew that Huang Xuanzhi had killed a middle-stage God Grade Heavenly Sovereign before!

Since Mu Chen had defeated the Phoenix Clan’s genius, it was apparent that he was mightier than Huang Xuanzhi. As such, all of them were surprised that Mu Chen was only at the middle stage of the Spiritual Grade Heavenly Sovereign level.

In fact, they found it very hard to accept. When Mu Chen reached the God Grade Heavenly Sovereign level, he would become invincible. Then, no one below the Divine Heavenly Sovereign level would be able to match him!

When Mandela saw that Mu Chen had admitted defeat, she softened her look. She then snorted and stretched out her hand to push away the documents.

She then took out several scrolls from the pile and said, “These are the profits that our Mu Estate made last year. There is a total of 1.9 billion Sovereign Spiritual Liquid units.”

Mu Chen stuck out his tongue when he heard the amount. When they were still known as the Daluo Territory, they could not even receive one billion Sovereign Spiritual Liquid units.

“Do you think that this is a lot?” When Mandela saw Mu Chen’s expression, she rolled her eyes.

Mu Chen smiled and asked, “Is that not a hefty sum?” He did not seem to have any concept of numbers.

“Out of the 1.9 billion Sovereign Spiritual Liquid units, you need to have 700 million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid units for your cultivation. A sum of 400 million has to be allocated to Elder Xuan Tian for his service for the year, and since Nine Nether has stepped into the Heavenly Sovereign level, we will have to allocate 400 million to her yearly. After deducting these expenditures, we are left with only 400 million. Do you know how many people we need to feed in your Mu Estate?” Mandela asked.

Mu Chen was shocked when he heard the breakdown, and he felt bad about it. Apparently, he had no idea about such matters.

He had used up one third of the resources, but as a Heavenly Sovereign, he would need this amount for his cultivation. Without adequate Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, he would not have much progress in his cultivation.

This was the reason why many masters set up their forces after they stepped into the Heavenly Sovereign level or joined one of the supreme forces. They needed a large amount of resources for their cultivation.

“You don’t have to allocate so much to me,” Nine Nether said immediately. She did not expect to be given so much Sovereign Spiritual Liquid units.

Mandela shook her head and said, “These are the rules. Every Heavenly Sovereign is the pillar of a top force. If our Mu Estate does not provide such remuneration, no Heavenly Sovereigns will join us in the future if word were to spread about it.”

Mandela then looked at Mu Chen and said, “However, given our current strength, we can only support three Heavenly Sovereigns. If we have one more Heavenly Sovereign, we will not be able to afford the remuneration.”

When Mu Chen heard this, he turned grave. This would surely affect the development of the Mu Estate. After all, the Heavenly Sovereigns were the foundation of any top forces. The number of Heavenly Sovereigns each force had determined their strength.

“What should we do then?” Mu Chen asked as he looked at Mandela.

“We will have to remain at the status quo for now, then slowly branch out or increase our territory in the future,” Mandela replied flatly.

“Currently, the supreme powers that are behind the top forces of the Tianluo Continent are wary of us. Thus, within these next two years, we must not expand beyond the North Territory. If we do that, they will gang up on us.”

Mu Chen pondered her words for a while, then asked, “Do you know anything about the supreme powers that are behind the top forces?”

Mandela nodded, then pulled out a scroll and handed it to Mu Chen. After he took the scroll, he opened it to see the names of five supreme powers, as well as their leaders, all of whom were well-known in the Great Thousand World…

Mount Danyang, Ancestor Danyang.

Mysterious Yin City, Duke You Xuan.

Purple Lightning Celestial Sect, Reverend Purple Lightning.

White Tiger Gorge, Lord White Tiger.

Ghostly Spirit Clan, the Ghost Emperor.

The leaders of the first four supreme powers had reached the initial stage of the God Grade Heavenly Sovereign level, whereas the Ghost Emperor from the Ghostly Spirit Clan had stepped into the middle stage of the God Grade Heavenly Sovereign level.

“The Tianluo Continent is indeed a Supercontinent. This makes the situation quite complicated, as there are now at least five supreme powers in the continent,” Mu Chen said with a grave look.

“Previously, the supreme powers had an agreement that they would not allow their Heavenly Sovereigns to interfere in the matters of the Tianluo Continent. Hence, they only supported the forces in their power struggles. However, they never expected that our Mu Estate would rise up so quickly,” Mandela said with a smile.

She then added, “When our Mu Estate started to rule over the North Territory, the five supreme powers sent us warnings that we should not get involved in the affairs of the Tianluo Continent, or any of the other territories for that matter. At the same time, they secretly tried to stop us from expanding.”

She shook her head. “However, after they heard about the havoc that you created at the Budur Ancient Clan, they became wary and stopped trying to deter us.”

Mu Chen nodded when he heard what Mandela had said. He knew that the five supreme powers were wary of him, especially since his mother was a Divine Ancestral Master. On top of that, she was also the First Elder of the Budur Ancient Clan. Thus, they dared not oppose the Mu Estate.

However, judging from the current situation, it was getting knotty. Although the Mu Estate was filled with vigor, they had been stopped by the five supreme powers and could not branch out of the North Territory. If the Mu Estate insisted on doing so, the five supreme powers might gang up on them. If that happened, it would be a great threat to the Mu Estate.

Mu Chen had no intention of seeking help from his mother to destroy these supreme powers. After all, the Mu Estate was his baby, and he wanted to build it up with his own strength.

However, if Mu Chen wanted to build up the Mu Estate and make it one of the supreme powers in the Great Thousand World, he knew that he would have to lord over the entire Tianluo Continent and make it his base. In this way, the Mu Estate could then become a great force in the Great Thousand World.

Mu Chen was not overly ambitious, but he knew that in order to build the Mu Estate up, he had to do this. Even if he did nothing, the five supreme powers would still be wary of the Mu Estate, so a fight was inevitable.

From what Mu Chen could see, if Qing Yanjing had not become the First Elder of the Budur Ancient Clan, the five supreme powers would have already dealt with the Mu Estate by now. After all, the Mu Estate, which had been growing stronger every day, was a threat to the supreme powers and a thorn in their flesh.

After pondering for a while, Mu Chen said, “There is no hurry. We will not make any changes to the current situation of our Mu Estate. Give me some time, then I will make sure that they will leave the Tianluo Continent of their own accord.”

Although there were several opponents, given some time, or once Mu Chen had stepped into the God Grade Heavenly Sovereign level, these five supreme powers would know where they stood. By then, Mu Chen would not need to fight them and could then lord over the Tianluo Continent effortlessly.

When Mandela heard what Mu Chen had said, she sighed, then said, “I am afraid that they will not give you the time that you need.”

“What do you mean?” Mu Chen asked her as he squinted his eyes.

Mandela looked serious as she said, “I have received news that a few days ago, the five supreme powers formed an alliance known as the Tianluo Alliance. I have a feeling that this Tianluo Alliance was set up to deal with our Mu Estate.”

Mu Chen furrowed his brows when he heard this. He had not expected that the five supreme powers would be so adamant in stopping the Mu Estate’s rule over the Tianluo Continent.

As Mu Chen became silent, so also did the main hall. One could hear a pin drop.

At this moment, a spiritual light dashed into the main hall all of a sudden. Mandela caught hold of it, and after sensing it, her delicate face turned pale.

“What happened?” Mu Chen raised his brows when he saw her expression.

Mandela said in a cold voice, “Three days from now, the five leaders of the Tianluo Alliance will be holding a banquet in Tianluo City, and they have invited you to attend.”

“This banquet will not be a pleasant one,” Ancestor Xuan Tian said, who was standing beside Mu Chen.

“What shall we do?” Mandela asked as she stared at Mu Chen.

Mu Chen smiled as cold light gathered in his dark eyes. “They have guts. I intended to let them retreat of their own accord later, but they can’t seem to wait to fight it out with me. In that case, I shall grant them their wish.”

After he said that, a strong imposing aura exuded from Mu Chen’s body. Then, as his robe fluttered in the wind, he looked like a glorious overlord who was about to emerge.