163: Chapter 162 Aurora Cannon

Outside the window, the sunlight was just right, and the breeze was gentle. Xiao Ye leaned against the Dragon throne, gazing at the wisp of white cloud gradually dissipating on the distant horizon, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

The ten concubines had been sent away.

When they returned, Golden Core would become Nascent Soul, Nascent Soul would become Soul Transformation, Soul Transformation would become Void Refinement... The combat power of his harem would be able to increase by a large margin again.

"Li Fu!"

"Master, I am here!" Li Fu trotted in.

"Pass on my decree, extra meal tonight, roast whole lamb—no, roast five of them. Also, roast ten lamb testicles for me; I need to nourish myself well."

Li Fu's mouth twitched: "Master, didn't you just nourish yourself last night?"

"Last night was last night, today is today." Xiao Ye said with righteous indignation, "I am busy with my daily affairs; I must nourish myself."

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Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, another half a year had passed.

The sky over the Imperial City was filled with lightning and thunder, dark clouds pressed down, and wild winds howled. The eunuchs and palace maids in the Imperial Palace were long accustomed to it—if Emperor Xiao's child was born without any strange phenomena, that would be the rarity.

With a "wa" cry of an infant, the tenth offspring of the past half year was born.

"Ding—Congratulations to the Host for birthing an offspring with a Mutated Spiritual Root! Reward: Eighteen years of Cultivation! One hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones! Divine Artifact—Rainstorm Meteor Hammer × 1!"

Xiao Ye held his newborn son, glanced at the rewards on the System panel, casually gave the child a name, and then couldn't wait to dive into the secret chamber.

Eighteen years of Cultivation, plus what he had saved before, was enough for him to Breakthrough another one or two minor Realms.

Three days later, the stone door of the secret chamber opened, and Xiao Ye walked out feeling refreshed, his Cultivation having reached the eighth layer of Soul Transformation.

Ten children, allowing him to Breakthrough two Realms, not bad.

But he touched the demon refining pot at his waist and felt that this thing was faster—birthing a child took ten months, but the demon refining pot could refine anytime and anywhere, with much higher efficiency.

However, before he could enjoy the joy of the Breakthrough, Li Fu came rushing in, tumbling and crawling.

"Master! It's bad! Fighting has started over at the Endless Sea! Total war!"

Xiao Ye frowned, took the battle report from Li Fu, scanned it quickly, and his expression turned awkward after reading it.

It turned out that the fuse for this total war was caused by him.

Time goes back to half a year ago.

After Tianji Holy Land took away Ao Debiao, they used him as a bargaining chip to start a six-month truce negotiation with the Heavenly Demon Sacred Land.

Tianji Holy Land did not want to fight—

First, their strength was not as good as the Heavenly Demon Sacred Land, and second, the Holy Lord of Tianji was in seclusion, attempting to break through to Earth Immortal, which could not be interrupted. With only Master Wujizi, a Mahayana Peak expert, holding the fort, they were indeed feeling a bit insecure.

Originally, both sides were talking quite well; as long as Tianji Holy Land handed over Ao Debiao, they could stop the war for three years.

But who knew, just as both sides were preparing to sign the contract, the people from the Heavenly Demon Sacred Land proposed to see Ao Debiao first.

Now Master Wujizi was dumbfounded—Ao Debiao's Cultivation was completely destroyed, and even his talent had been refined away by the demon refining pot. How could he dare to let the other side see him?

He stammered and made excuses for a few days, but in the end, he couldn't hide it.

When the people from the Heavenly Demon Sacred Land saw that Ao Debiao had become a crippled wolf, they exploded on the spot.

Thus, a full-scale Holy War broke out.

Now, the entire border of the East Sea Region was suffering from the attacks of the Heavenly Demon Sacred Land.

Especially the forces in the direction of the Great Qian Empire, which were simultaneously attacked by the Ten Thousand Demon Palace and the Silver Moon Celestial Wolf race, and it looked like they were about to reach the borders of the Great Qian Empire.

Anyone with a discerning eye knew that these two families were targeting Emperor Xiao of the Great Qian Empire.

Many forces along the way, in order to avoid losses, simply gave way and did not resist at all.

"Damn it! These fence-sitters, I will destroy you sooner or later!" Xiao Ye slapped the table, the teacup jumped high, and tea splashed all over the table.

"Master, what should we do now?" Li Fu asked cautiously.

Xiao Ye took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, stood up, walked to the window, gazed at the gloomy northern sky, and narrowed his eyes: "What to do? Fight back."

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over the map of the East Sea Region hanging in the Imperial Study, and his finger pointed to the border of the Great Qian Empire: "Pass on my decree, the Great Qian Empire enters a state of war. All Immortal Sects, all Cultivators, assemble immediately and follow me to battle. Also, bring my concubines along—those with high Cultivation, go to the front line; those with low Cultivation, stay in the rear to watch the children."

"Also," Xiao Ye paused, drew the taihuang sword from his waist, the sword body shimmering with flowing light and imposing Sword Intent, "Bring out my aurora warship. I want to personally meet those Yao Race scums."

Li Fu responded and turned to run and pass the order.

Xiao Ye stood by the window, looking north, the corners of his mouth slowly curling up.

War? He loved war the most—the demon refining pot was still empty.

Xiao Ye's order soon spread throughout the Great Qian Empire.

Righteous people from all walks of life rushed to the Imperial City to assemble, and there were also many lone rangers who went to the border alone to intercept the enemy first.

For a time, the Battle Intent in the Great Qian Empire was high, and even the old monsters who usually hid in the deep mountains to Cultivate came out of the mountains.

When Xiao Ye and the others arrived at the border, they saw from afar that a town was burning with thick smoke.

A group of wolf demons were rushing wildly on the streets, burning houses wherever they saw them.

In the rear, a dark mass of dog demons and ground rat demons surged like a tide, dense and covering the sky—these were all vassal forces of the Silver Moon Celestial Wolf race, rolling in like locusts passing through, leaving nothing behind wherever they went, even digging up the grass roots on the ground to gnaw on.

"Damn it, looking for death!" Xiao Ye's face darkened, he took a pile of Spirit Stones from his Storage Pouch and stuffed them into the energy storage compartment of the aurora warship.

This one shot cost one hundred thousand Spirit Stones—

Watching from the side, Li Fu's heart ached so much he twitched—this wasn't war, this was burning money.

Below the Airship, a giant cannon barrel slowly extended, the muzzle glowing with blinding white light, surging energy condensing crazily inside the cannon chamber, emitting a low hum, and the whole Airship was trembling slightly.

Xiao Ye stared at the dark mass of the Yao Race army in the distance, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he waved his hand violently.

"Fire!"

With the order, the white light shot out with a boom, the beam of light as thick as a millstone, carrying the power to destroy the heavens and the earth, and slammed straight into the densest part of the Yao Race army.

Wherever it passed, nothing remained—no, not even slag was left.

The dark mass of the Yao Race was swallowed by the white light and instantly evaporated, leaving only a deep scorched mark and broken slag all over the ground, without even having time to let out a scream.

One shot, and at least several thousand Yao Race members were reduced to ashes.

"Careful!" A Body Integration Stage wolf race expert narrowly dodged the white light, looking at the huge Airship in the sky with shock and anger, and hissed sharply, "Everyone, attack that Airship for me!"

The dog demons came back to their senses, one after another bent their bows and nocked arrows, shooting towards the aurora warship.

Arrows were like rain, dense and covering the sky. Xiao Ye was unhurried, took out another pile of Spirit Stones and stuffed them into the energy storage compartment. The Airship erected a layer of pale golden protective shield, absorbing all attacks. The arrows shot onto the light shield without even causing a ripple, like scratching an itch.

"Boom—Boom—Boom—"