Chapter 806 Carving Up the Spoils

• News of Wei Tiansheng’s death spread fast, from the harbor all the way across East Asia. Countless people were stunned. Years ago he had been neck and neck with War God Xiao, and rumor had it he’d already stepped into the Integration Realm. Yet he was actually killed by that Chen Wéndào—the one who slew Master Li. People couldn’t stop marveling. Just how strong was that Chen Wéndào, really? This time, even some sects from East Asia came to the harbor, hoping to pay a visit to Michael Shephard. But to everyone’s confusion, Michael Shephard seemed to have vanished overnight. He just disappeared… At first, no one thought much of it. But as time dragged on, more and more people felt something was off. “What’s up with Mr. Shephard? Why is there zero word from him…?” That was the question on everyone’s mind. And there was no answer. … Half a month later… In the Peng family’s villa, a whole crowd of tycoons and heads of great families in the harbor gathered under one roof. They took their seats one after another in the Peng villa’s main hall. On a normal day, getting these big shots—who smiled up front but clashed behind the scenes—to sit together was impossible. Even if stock-market kingpin Peng Hua tried to host it, someone would still blow him off. But there’s a saying: no eternal enemies, no eternal friends. Only eternal interests. Today, the only reason these heavyweights were here was profit. Ever since Michael Shephard cut down Master Li, seized the Du family’s assets, and propped up Du Miya, none of them had enjoyed a single easy day. Du Miya was a hard-charging boss lady with a thunderbolt touch, and under her, the Du family boomed. But the harbor’s pie was only so big. If the Du family grew, it was bound to cut into other tycoons’ and clans’ interests. Normally, the web of relations in the harbor was so tangled that a few tricks were enough to suppress the Du family’s rise. Not anymore. Du Miya had Michael Shephard behind her. In fact, the Du family’s holdings in her hands were really Michael Shephard’s industries. Who dared to suppress Mr. Shephard’s businesses? He was the guy who crushed Master Li and made the task force back off. So they’d all been giving Du Miya a wide berth—because Michael Shephard was around. But things were different now. After Michael Shephard’s duel with Wei Tiansheng, he hadn’t shown his face. No sightings, no news. That made a lot of people wonder if he was dead. The harbor’s big families and tycoons all sent people out to dig for any trace of Chen Wéndào… and came up empty. Lately, whispers started to spread: Chen Wéndào had already died during the duel with Wei Tiansheng—mutual destruction. The word came from the harbor’s task force. Supposedly every soldier involved that day saw Chen Wéndào fall with their own eyes, and Commander Liu himself flat-out declared Chen Wéndào dead. When the tycoons and clan heads heard that, they couldn’t hide their delight. It meant Du Miya had no backing anymore. They didn’t have to tiptoe around her like before. Today’s gathering, led by Peng Hua, was for everyone to sit down and plan how to deal with Du Miya—and carve up the spoils. Soon, every notable tycoon and family head in the harbor had taken their seats. They glanced at one another, waiting each other out, until someone finally couldn’t hold it and asked Peng Hua, “Mr. Peng, are you sure Du Miya will show up today?”