312: Chapter 312: Pushing Li Changsheng to Power

Eternal Night Demon Sect, Main Peak Council Hall.

Late at night, the candlelight in the hall flickered, casting Xiao Ran's silhouette onto the wall, waxing and waning.

He sat in the main seat, with a full map of the Northern Territory spread out before him.

The map marked the locations of the seven Demonic Path sects and the four transcendent forces of the Righteous Path; red dots and black dots intertwined like a complex chessboard.

He leaned back in his chair, fingers tapping lightly on the armrest, producing a rhythmic tapping sound.

As of now, the seven Demonic Path sects were all under his control.

"Next, it is time to send Li Changsheng to become the leader of the Righteous Path."

Xiao Ran whispered to himself.

Li Changsheng felt something, emerged from the law seed, stretched, and loosened his muscles.

Although the internal space of the law seed was rich in Spiritual Qi, it was stifling to stay inside for too long.

He had been Cultivating inside recently, and his cultivation had stabilized at the Peak of the Fusion Stage Early, only one step away from the Body Integration Middle Stage.

He walked to the map, looked at the markings, and asked.

"How do you plan to arrange things for me? Surely you don't expect me to just barge in like you did?"

"The Righteous Path values having a legitimate reason for action; I don't want to be called a traitor who colluded with the Demonic Path."

Xiao Ran shook his head.

The Demonic Path is the Demonic Path, and the Righteous Path is the Righteous Path.

In the Demonic Path, whoever has the biggest fist is king, but the Righteous Path still cares about reputation.

Therefore, Xiao Ran's method was not applicable to Li Changsheng.

Fortunately, he already had a plan.

"So, we need to put on a show."

Li Changsheng raised an eyebrow and pulled over a chair to sit down.

"A show? How are we going to perform it?"

Xiao Ran immediately laid out his entire plan.

"My current identity is the leader of the Demonic Path. I can launch a full-scale war against the Righteous Path in the name of the Demonic Path, beating them until they retreat step by step, beating them until they are begging for mercy."

Li Changsheng seemed to understand something and leaned forward slightly.

"Then, at the most critical moment, I will step forward to turn the tide, repel the Demonic Path army, and become the savior of the Righteous Path."

"And then, quite naturally, I will take the position of the leader of the Righteous Path."

Xiao Ran turned around, looked at him, and a glint flashed in his eyes.

"We really do have a tacit understanding. This is called war economics: use war to create a crisis, and use the crisis to create a hero."

Li Changsheng thought for a moment, his fingers tapping lightly on the tabletop.

"Are you sure you can beat the Righteous Path until they retreat step by step? The four transcendent forces of the Righteous Path—the Supreme Dao Palace, the Great Qian Dynasty, the Shangguan Family, and the Heavenly Sword Sect—none of them are easy to deal with."

"The old monsters at the Body Integration Stage, when added together, are even more numerous than those of the Demonic Path."

Xiao Ran smiled, walked back to the map, and pointed his fingertip at several locations on it.

"I have three Puppets at the Peak Integration Stage, the body of the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor, and the Body Integration Stage combat power of the six major Demonic Path sects."

"Although the Righteous Path has many people, they are not united."

"The Great Qian Dynasty and the Shangguan Family are superficially harmonious but inwardly at odds, and the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Supreme Dao Palace also have old grudges. I can use this to defeat them one by one."

"Besides, my Puppets don't fear death."

"But those old monsters of the Righteous Path value their lives very much!"

Li Changsheng thought about it; that made sense!

"Then how do I repel you? With my current cultivation, I can't beat your Puppets at the Peak Integration Stage."

Xiao Ran had already planned for this; he took out the law seed and held it in his palm.

Purple-gold light surged from the seed, illuminating the entire hall as bright as day.

"I will lend you the law seed. The Mahayana Stage Law power stored inside can be released at a critical moment, enough to deter Cultivators at the Peak Integration Stage."

"By then, holding the law seed and emitting the aura of the Mahayana Stage, I will naturally retreat."

Li Changsheng took the law seed, the purple-gold light flowing in his palm, warm and peaceful.

He closed his eyes, sensed the power inside, and gasped.

It was a power he had never felt before—vast, profound, and irresistible, as if he were not facing a seed, but a starry sky.

"This thing... is too strong. Cultivators at the Body Integration Stage simply cannot withstand the Law of the Mahayana Stage."

Xiao Ran nodded, his eyes full of pride.

"Yes, so you don't need to actually make a move. You just need to stand on the battlefield and release the aura of the law seed, and everyone will think you have reached a Breakthrough to the Mahayana Stage."

"By then, those old guys from the Righteous Path will be kneeling and begging you before they even have a chance."

Li Changsheng immediately felt the plan was viable.

"Wonderful!"

"Let's do it."

"How do we operate specifically?"

Hearing this, Xiao Ran pointed to the location of the Supreme Dao Palace.

"First step: I will declare war on the Righteous Path in the name of the leader of the Demonic Path. The Demonic Path has been silent for a thousand years; it is time to let the Righteous Path know who the master of the Northern Territory is."

Li Changsheng nodded.

"This reason is arrogant enough and reasonable enough; those old guys of the Righteous Path will definitely be furious."

Xiao Ran continued: "Second step: I will lead the Demonic Path army to attack the Great Qian Dynasty first."

"Although the Great Qian Dynasty is strong, it has many troops but few Cultivators."

"I will use the body of the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor and the three Grand Elder Puppets to directly blast open their capital."

"Once the Great Qian Dynasty is in chaos, other Righteous Path forces will inevitably come to their aid."

Li Changsheng asked: "Then what do I need to do?"

Xiao Ran looked at him, his gaze profound.

"You don't need to do anything. Wait until the Righteous Path is beaten back step by step, then choose a moment to appear and save the situation."

"Just say that you were trapped in a great Opportunity and have just escaped, never expecting the world to be in such chaos."

This was a common trope for novel protagonists.

Li Changsheng laughed immediately.

"I'm also going to experience the feeling of showing off in front of others."

"Let's do it."

The candlelight danced behind them, casting their shadows on the wall like two giants.

"There is one more thing."

Li Changsheng suddenly said seriously.

"When you attack the Righteous Path, you cannot really kill them. If too many people die, even if I become the leader of the Righteous Path, it will just be an empty shell."

Xiao Ran waved his hand, his tone relaxed.

"Don't worry, I will only beat them into submission, not cripple them."

"For those old guys at the Body Integration Stage, I will only heavily injure them, not kill them, leaving their lives for you to save."

"That's good." Li Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then it's settled. Three days later, I will declare war on the Righteous Path."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

In that smile, there was tacit understanding, ambition, and a trace of indescribable madness.

"Changsheng, with you and me, brothers, joining forces, no one in the Northern Territory can stop us."

Xiao Ran said softly.

Li Changsheng nodded: "Yes, no one can stop us."