487: Chapter 488 Ancestor

Su Yang's right hand, wearing the black and silver star river mother gold gauntlet, was like an iron clamp forged from refined steel, tightly locking onto Long Xuan's withered neck.

Long Xuan's silver hair danced wildly as he kicked his legs desperately. This expert at the Peak of the Dao Integration Realm, who had lorded over the Imperial Capital for over a hundred thousand years, was now flushed red, his eyes filled with a desperate craving for survival.

"Spare me… My Lord, please spare me!"

Long Xuan used all his strength to painfully squeeze the words from his throat.

Su Yang held him up, his expression calm, as if he were merely holding a wild chicken.

"Didn't you just say you wanted to extract my Divine Soul and make me wish I were dead?" Su Yang said indifferently.

Long Xuan felt the fingers on his throat tighten even further. The protective True Qi within his body encountered the Pure Yang True Fire and was instantly burned into nothingness. At that moment, he knew he had encountered a peerless, ferocious man whom he could never hope to defeat.

"This old man was foolish! I am willing to submit; the entire Tianji Dynasty will obey your every command!" Long Xuan shouted in a panic, his Divine Soul trembling with fear.

Long Ao, the Emperor of the Tianji Dynasty, who was lying on the white jade steps, saw this suffocating scene and collapsed into a pool of blood on the spot. He had originally hoped that the Old Ancestor's appearance would turn the tide, but he hadn't expected that the Old Ancestor wouldn't even last three seconds in Su Yang's hands.

Su Yang loosened his grip and threw Long Xuan heavily onto the ground.

Boom!

Long Xuan crashed heavily onto the white jade plaza, widening the cracks in the ground. Ignoring the excruciating pain in his body, he scrambled up and crawled obediently to Su Yang's feet, kneeling on both knees.

"This old one, Long Xuan, pays respects to Master!"

When the civil and military officials of the Tianji Dynasty saw their own pillar of support kneeling so readily, their faces turned deathly pale, and they also knelt on the ground one after another, their bodies shaking uncontrollably.

Su Yang slipped his hands back into his casual trouser pockets and looked down at him from above.

"Want to live? Hand over the keys to the national treasury that your Imperial Dynasty has accumulated over the last hundred thousand years."

Long Xuan did not hesitate in the slightest. He hurriedly reached into his robes, fumbled around, and produced a dragon-patterned jade pendant emitting a five-colored spiritual glow, holding it high with both hands and presenting it to Su Yang.

"Master, this is the Ancestral Dragon Token that controls the Imperial Dynasty's highest secret treasury. The accumulations of our dynasty over hundreds of thousands of years are all inside; please, Master, accept it."

Su Yang beckoned with his large hand, drawing the jade pendant into his palm.

At this moment, the women behind him walked over.

Luo Qingyao was wearing a somewhat thin white silk dress. As the strong wind blew, the fabric clung tightly to her long, straight legs. She walked with light steps to Su Yang's side, extended a warm hand, gently hugged Su Yang's arm, and spoke in a delicate, soft voice.

"Master is truly peerless in the world; even that old fellow at the Peak of the Dao Integration Realm can only kneel and beg for mercy."

Qin Xueji held Su Yang's other hand. Her fair, pretty face was slightly flushed with excitement, and her beautiful eyes were filled with adoration.

Chu Ling's black hair danced in the wind, her hand tightly gripping her dark gold Flying Sword, her icy blue eyes sweeping coldly over the Imperial Dynasty officials on the ground.

Bai Li waved her white jade round fan, her mature and charming body swaying slightly under her purple dress, and she laughed softly: "Su Yang, this Tianji Dynasty has possessed a Legacy in the Star Domain for over a hundred thousand years; the wealth in the national treasury must be substantial. You've really struck it rich this time."

Su Yang pinched the five-colored jade pendant and looked at Long Xuan.

"Lead the way."

"Master, please, this way."

Long Xuan hurriedly stood up and carefully led the way in front.

Passing through the chaotic white jade plaza, the group arrived before a towering, pyramid-shaped building deep within the Imperial Palace. The building's exterior was wrapped in a thick layer of high-grade spiritual iron, and its surface was carved with nine guardian Dragons.

Long Xuan dripped his essence blood onto the five-colored jade pendant and pressed it gently against the groove at the base of the pyramid.

Hum!

The gate of the pyramid building slowly slid open to both sides.

In an instant, dazzling spiritual light gushed out from the gap in the door. Spiritual Qi, so dense it could not be dispersed, turned into milky white mist that permeated the area around the gate.

Su Yang led the women inside with big strides.

What appeared before everyone's eyes was a super treasure vault with an area comparable to a medium-sized city.

On both sides of the great hall, tens of thousands of piles of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, each like a small mountain, were stacked neatly. Behind these Spirit Stone mountains, rows of high-grade cold white jade shelves were filled with dense collections of ten-thousand-year medicinal herbs, rare Star Domain mysterious iron, high-grade Magic Treasures, and Spirit Treasures.

In the deepest part of the great hall, there were even three high-grade semi-Immortal Artifacts floating, emitting a faint glow of Law.

"As expected of an Imperial Dynasty treasury, it certainly didn't disappoint me." A look of satisfaction appeared on Su Yang's face.

He patted the somewhat smooth back of Luo Qingyao's hand and then shouted into the Void Realm:

"Lei Kuang, come out and get to work."

"This old servant obeys!"

Lei Kuang's tall figure instantly appeared in the air. His eyes glowed with a green light; seeing the vast amount of treasure, he was so excited that drool was almost flowing out.

Lei Kuang slapped the world king bead.

A huge silver spatial channel opened in mid-air.

Whoosh!

A violent suction force gushed out from the channel.

Under the shocked gazes of Long Xuan and Long Ao, these mountains of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, the piles of rare Artifact Refining Materials, and the high-grade semi-Immortal Artifacts were all sucked into the world king bead's mechanical smelting chamber like garbage, covering the sky.

"Zero, smelt all these Materials, and combined with the star river mother gold we obtained earlier, give our starship's main cannon another reinforcement upgrade!" Su Yang issued the command.

"Rest assured, Dominator. It is estimated that in three hours, the starship's anti-shock outer armor and main cannon will complete a new round of transformation!"

Zero's virtual projection flashed and vanished, accurately reporting the data.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the originally full Imperial Dynasty treasury had been thoroughly looted by Lei Kuang, to the point where even three layers of the wall plaster had been scraped off, leaving it bare and cleaner than a mirror.

Su Yang retracted the world king bead and slowly walked over to Long Xuan, who was kneeling outside the hall.

"Master, are you satisfied with the items in the treasure vault?" Long Xuan looked at Su Yang cautiously, fearing that this malevolent star would turn hostile.

Su Yang glanced at him indifferently.

"Who will hold power in the Tianji Dynasty from now on?"

Long Ao was kowtowing like a pestle pounding garlic on the white jade steps at this moment.

"I… I am not worthy of holding power! Please, Master, make the decision to abolish the Long family royal house; I am willing to be your guard dog!"

Long Xuan also chimed in from the side: "Master, my descendant Long Ao offended you, and his crime is punishable by death. If Master does not mind, this old one is willing to completely merge this Imperial Dynasty under your command, offering tribute every year and submitting as a subject every year!"

Su Yang waved his hand.

"The Tianji Dynasty shall be controlled by you, Long Xuan. Every three years, send all the top-grade cultivation Materials within the Imperial Dynasty to the Chaotic Black Market and hand them over to Luo Qingyao for processing."

Su Yang pointed to the Saintess beside him.

Luo Qingyao was stunned, her delicate body trembling slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with gratitude and tenderness. She understood that Su Yang was placing the power to control a Star Domain Imperial Dynasty into her hands.

"Qingyao will definitely not fail Master's trust!"

Luo Qingyao stepped forward, her soft body leaning tightly against Su Yang's shoulder.

After giving these instructions, Su Yang turned around and walked with big strides toward the demon-slaughtering starship hovering in mid-air.

At this moment, the golden tribulation clouds in the sky had completely dissipated.

Su Yang's Soul Transformation Stage Middle Stage Peak Realm, after experiencing the continuous battles and Dual Cultivation just now, actually showed signs of loosening again.

He faintly felt that in the chaotic zone deeper within this Star Domain, there seemed to be an ancient aura surpassing the Peak of the Dao Integration Realm that was gradually awakening.

Su Yang, with his hands in his trouser pockets, stepped onto the deck of the starship.

Several stunning beauties followed behind him, and the black-gold giant ship emitted a muffled roar, speeding toward the deeper, more profound starry sky.