Divine Emperor of Death

"No! I..."

Tia appeared to be confused over Davis's words before she shook her head.

"I want to become strong, strong enough to predict dangers to protect... our family. Please let me go!"

She raised her head and pleaded, her eyes looking determined while her face appeared anxious.

"Tia..."

Davis possessed a hesitative expression on his face.

It was fine if it was her own determination, but he didn't want her to suffer for him, going to a place of training and unknown nature. Moreover, Tia was nine years younger than him, eighteen years old to be exact. She was even younger than his little brother Edward who was nineteen years old.

How could he let such a young girl who did not see the world, unlike Clara, who at least had complete control over the Loret Empire and knew how to maneuver herself against odds and opponents, for the most part, suffer for him?

"Please...! Big brother..." Tia grasped his sleeve with her two hands and waved, "You asked me to be more willful... I want to go now..."

Davis became silent while Tia did her best to convince him. After some time of contemplation, Davis sighed before he nodded at her, looking at her face glow with brightness before she turned around and pounced on Clara as she embraced.

Clara merely cracked an imperceptible smile while patting her little aunt's head.

Davis turned around and looked at Mandate Emperor and Karmic Guardian Emperor.

"I apologize for the wait, two sect leaders. However, I have some thoughts on the deal we spoke about before."

The Mandate Emperor nodded at Davis's sudden politeness before asking.

"What is it?"

"I will assign a protector for them each on top of the protectors you two should assign for them. This way, there won't be any kind of miscommunication. Furthermore, they should remain together for the time they spend in your powers. As your two powers are in a deep close-knit alliance, this shouldn't be a problem, right?"

The Mandate Emperor cracked a smile as he shook his head.

"This is not a problem. In fact, pairing a Mandate Law Powerhouse and a Mystic Diviner is very common in our sects. However, there is no need for that."

Davis narrowed his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

The Mandate Emperor gestured at Clara and Tia.

"They can both stay here. As long as they are conferred the status of top disciples of my Heaven Mandate Temple and his Heaven Gazing Sect, that's enough reason for us to give our manuals and techniques. However, we need them to take an oath that they would not distribute it to others. That should be reasonable, right?"

Davis thought for a moment before he nodded.

"What about your special cultivation locations and resources?"

"Resources will naturally be given, but for special cultivation zones, they would have to hone themselves first. I'll arrive two or three days later with a formal entourage, bring them away for their initiation, and keep them safe under our wings to familiarize themselves with the sect until the beginning of the Nine Western Territories Young Expert Competition. After that, they're free to go about wherever they want."

The Mandate Emperor saw Davis cared too much about his family. If anything happened to them, even accidentally, he knew well that it would bore well for their power that he instantly made the decision to be careful and let them stay here as an exception.

In any case, after some time, their disciples would be sent out for gaining experience in the cultivation world anyway. This was only making it sooner, so this was fairly an easy decision to make for him. However, he walked closer towards Davis and stood in front of him, his expression suddenly becoming solemn.

"The more attractive things you have, the more others will covet and desire to take from you. You became a peak hegemon here, so I doubt people would dare to offend any more, but I'm afraid in the ascended world that..."

The Mandate Emperor anxiously shook his head as if he thought of Clara as one of his own disciples already before his lips moved again.

"If we take these two young ladies as our top disciples, the world will naturally come to know their capabilities. The wicked path will naturally ascend, and they will spread the information, not to mention even our own righteous path people will do it. Moreover, there are a few strong powerhouses who are a bit similar in prowess to the Starnova Emperor. They have secluded themselves and probably have no idea about you, so when they learn, they might pose some trouble."

Davis blinked as he absorbed this information.

"There are still powerhouses like that?"

"Yes, if the Calamity Light didn't show up, most of those old powerhouses who never take care of the affairs of their power would still be in deep seclusion. Most are already aware of the current situation and your striking title, but a few who are ready to ascend like hidden Ancestors will certainly not hesitate to spread information to gain benefits after they ascend. However, if I don't admit your little sister as a top disciple and acknowledge her existence to the world, then we would be stuck in a bind as I cannot give the temple's manuals and techniques to her. After all, everyone would think that she stole it from us."

"If you could not keep it a secret due to your temple rules, then why don't you just publically gift her?"

"That would garner even more reputation that would end up being investigated for being favored by us, which will eventually reveal her constitution..."

The Mandate Emperor could only wryly smile at Davis's purposeful interrogation, which then continued.

"Didn't you say that your power actively conceals the information regarding the Transcendent Truth Eyes? How would they recognize Clara's unique physique?"

"We have tried our best to conceal it, but over the history of the Heaven Mandate Temple and Heaven Gazing Sect, there were many traitors who appeared while having the status of an Honorable Elder. If they somehow spread this physique's information by leaving tombs that also contain a bit of our heritage, we couldn't be blamed for saying otherwise, could we?

"Ah!" Davis appeared like he understood before he remembered something, "Speaking of traitors, I remembered someone, Karmic Guardian Emperor.

"What?" The Karmic Guardian appeared confused, "Why are you calling me? I'm loyal to my sect!"

Davis couldn't help but chuckle.

"I mean, I found an evil disciple of your sect and made sure to rob him of his will. Apparently, he probably found one of those traitors the Mandate Emperor spoke of and became his successor..."

"What? Who!?"

"He was called... Uhm, Aurelius. An outer disciple."

"Oh, him..."

The Karmic Guardian Emperor suddenly appeared to have understood. On the other hand, although Davis understood that it was because of low disciple count that it was easier for the sect leader to know the names of all his disciples, he narrowed his eyes.

"You allowed someone like Aurelius to become an outer disciple despite knowing that he had-"

"Of course not." The Karmic Guardian Emperor confidently shook his head, "People change. Although he may have inherited from illegal means, that doesn't change the fact that he could become good later on. After all, he passed our Heart Demon Trial and proved himself that he could become a righteous character. We also gave this- Beauty Nadia the benefit of the doubt back then, so you should understand what I'm speaking about. But, why did you rob him of his will, essentially killing him?"

Davis appeared unamused.

"When I was still unknown, he lusted after one of my lovely wives under the guise of being her uncle. Is that a good reason enough?"

'Fu- Not again...'

The Karmic Guardian Emperor almost cursed from internally crying.

"I won't ask anything about this matter." He waved his hand and looked away.

"How can it be? You must accept what I did was right. Otherwise, I'm going to spread this information and garner the public's opinion about this outer disci-

"Fine, fine. You are right. My sect was wrong to have recruited such a despicable disciple."

The Karmic Guardian hurriedly waved his hands as his expression appeared anxious, and only then did Davis nod, almost cracking out a smile from successfully bullying the Karmic Guardian Emperor.

Davis had decided to say this piece of information because later, he didn't want them to misunderstand and annoy Clara or Tia under the guise of investigation.