170: Reward those who have rendered meritorious service and pledge your loyalty to His Highness the Emperor!
Above the Nine Heavens of the Cangwu World, that cold moon was no more.
In its place were tens of thousands of pitch-black warships blotting out the sky, stretching into an endless shadow that enveloped the entire Yuedu under a chilling, murderous pressure.
The grim radiance of Formations flowed between the warships, and the occasional leak of Qi was enough to shatter the mountains and rivers below, making the rivers and seas flow backward.
The war ended in an almost absurd fashion.
The Empress, the pride of the Cangwu Great World, was captured alive, and the elite army that had come out in full force collapsed.
The Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array, which was claimed to never fall, was dismantled from within, turning into a rain of light that vanished without a trace.
Within the Yuedu, the brief outbreak of chaos was quickly replaced by bloody suppression.
A luxurious palace complex built from Moon Laurel Divine Wood.
This was originally the ancestral land of the Gui Family, one of the top three prominent families in the Cangwu Great World.
At this moment, the Gui Family Old Ancestor, a female cultivator of the Third Heaven Quasi-Emperor realm, was leading the last of the Family's loyalists, forming a battle Formation to put up a desperate resistance.
She did not believe the Empress would lose, nor was she willing to bow her head to a group of lowly males.
“Boom!”
The sky suddenly darkened as nine massive, hideous lion heads emerged from the clouds, each head radiating a Quasi-Emperor Divine Might sufficient to distort the Void Realm.
Their grim gazes were like nine heavenly swords, firmly locked onto the palace below.
“Tsk tsk tsk, quite the backbone.”
The middle head of the Nine Nether Lion grinned, revealing a hair-raising smile,
“Resisting before this seat, do you want to add some cumin to yourself and change the flavor?”
Before his voice could fade, one of the lion heads suddenly opened its bloody maw.
A beam of Law divine light as black as ink spewed out, transforming into a dark purgatory Domain that instantly enveloped the entire Gui Family ancestral land.
The Gui Family Old Ancestor screamed, her proud Quasi-Emperor Domain—
—was like paper in that dark purgatory, shattering inch by inch.
She and her clansmen could not even hold out for a single breath, turning into fly ash along with that luxurious palace complex.
Having done all this, the Nine Nether Lion smacked his lips as if he hadn't had enough, and all nine heads turned toward the dragon head warship, their fawning roars echoing through the clouds:
“Imperial Son, look, this stubborn rebel has been cleared away for you by this little lion.”
Atop the dragon head warship, Jiang Yuan leaned back on a soft couch, not even lifting an eyelid.
This disregard instead made the Nine Nether Lion even more excited.
In his eyes, this was precisely the composure of the Imperial Son, who held the universe in his heart and controlled everything.
The iron-blooded methods of the Jiang Family quickly extinguished all sparks of resistance within the Cangwu World.
Guided by the mission from the Great Yan Divine Dynasty, those male cultivators who had just raised the flag of rebellion—
—began to cooperate with the Jiang Family Allied Forces, liquidating the old nobility and taking over the power of the major cities.
A massive inventory and plundering of resources began.
Countless spirit mines, Divine Gold, and Heaven And Earth Treasures accumulated over tens of thousands of years were moved from the treasuries of various forces like flowing water and loaded onto the Jiang Family's warships.
The entire Cangwu Great World had turned into a massive treasury to be taken at will.
Inside the main hall, Jiang Yuan finally gathered all the high-level members of the allies.
This was a meeting to reward merit.
“Ji Changfeng.”
Jiang Yuan's voice rang out.
From the Great Yan Divine Dynasty's group, that handsome and refined man immediately stepped forward and knelt respectfully on the ground:
“Your sinful servant Ji Changfeng greets the Imperial Son.”
He called himself a sinful servant because, in his view, such a sinister plot as inciting internal strife in a Cangwu might cause the Imperial Son to be displeased.
“Sinful servant?”
Jiang Yuan chuckled,
“What sin have you committed? To dismantle the heart of a Cangwu without shedding blood is a great merit. If you and the others hadn't stirred up trouble from within and shaken its national Foundation and Luck, we would have had to spend much more effort to break that turtle shell.”
He wasn't lying.
Although the highest strength among Ji Changfeng and the others was only the Third Heaven Quasi-Emperor realm,
it might seem strong at first glance, but going deep into the heartland, any slight mistake would result in being captured and then dying.
And at the final moment, finding the most suitable time to lead the uprising of the lower-class male cultivators of Cangwu accelerated the time to suppress Han Yueyi.
It could be considered a significant contribution.
He flicked his finger, and a Medicinal Pill radiating seven-colored light flew toward Ji Changfeng like a shooting star.
“This is a Spirit Ascension Pill. As a Divine Body, you should know its effects.”
Ji Changfeng's breathing became extremely rapid.
He held the Medicinal Pill with trembling hands, his whole body shaking with excitement.
Without the slightest hesitation, he kowtowed heavily to Jiang Yuan three times, each one with immense force, until blood seeped from his forehead.
He certainly knew what kind of Medicinal Pill this was.
A Spirit Ascension Pill!
A supreme Divine Pill legendary for being able to change one's fate against the heavens and reshape one's Foundation!
In the entire Great Yan Divine Dynasty, only his younger sister, Ji Yue, had ever received one.
Although he was the Second Prince,
above him were the Crown Prince, the Emperor, the Imperial Mother, the Grand Elder... no matter how the turn came, this thing would never reach him!
“Changfeng is willing to die for the Imperial Son! The Great Yan Divine Dynasty will forever be the spear of the Jiang Family; wherever the Imperial Son points, I will not hesitate even if I have to die ten thousand times!”
At this moment, any dignity of the Imperial Dynasty or the Ji Clan Bloodline was thrown to the back of his mind.
In the face of absolute strength and irresistible grace, there was only complete submission.
Moreover, this was originally the order given to him by the Imperial Mother, Luo Lianyi.
“Once there is an opportunity, you must show your, and the Great Yan Divine Dynasty's, reverence for the Imperial Son!”
Standing at the side of the hall, Lin Yue, dressed in moon-white palace attire, watched this scene quietly.
She recognized it.
This Medicinal Pill was the one the 'female traitor' took that day to Breakthrough to a Sacred Body on the spot!
This Imperial Son actually gave it away so easily?
Like giving away common cabbage?
This shouldn't be.
In her view,
this Spirit Ascension Pill was extraordinarily precious; no matter how the turn came, it shouldn't fall to this seemingly ordinary person.
Lin Yue swallowed her saliva as she watched Ji Changfeng carefully put it away as if it were a precious treasure.
She naturally wanted such a treasure as well.
But she knew that she had offered up the entire Cangwu and was a traitor to the Cangwu Great World.
As superiors, the Jiang Family could not possibly like traitors.
So Lin Yue knew that if she wanted to obtain this Spirit Ascension Pill to mend her Divine Body Foundation and Breakthrough to a Sacred Body,
she had to show greater value and offer greater loyalty!
To offer her everything to this Imperial Son!