Chapter 1448: Chapter 1448 - 1433: Divine Statue

According to Ye Zhen’s initial plan, after obtaining the Holy Spirit Peak, he would leave immediately, of course, the benefits promised to the Southern Barbarian Tribe would not be fewer.

But after much consideration, Ye Zhen decided to make some arrangements before leaving.

This Southern Barbarian Tribe has a simple nature, and Ye Zhen has already become the Inherited Divine Messenger they deeply believe in.

Maintaining this identity has only benefits and no drawbacks. Letting these people thrive might yield unforeseen advantages in the future.

Therefore, before leaving, Ye Zhen organized a collection of inherited secret techniques he acquired from the Primordial Continent, which included dozens of cultivation techniques, martial skills, and even divine power secret techniques.

Most of them are steady and solid techniques with extremely strong foundations.

Additionally, he rewarded the Southern Barbarian Elders with some pills that could rapidly enhance cultivation, and even selected a thousand talented young tribesmen as personal disciples under the title of Divine Envoy Attendant, personally transmitting cultivation techniques.

He also brought out two barrels of True Dragon Essence Blood to cleanse these youths, and although it took only three days, within these three days, the youths who absorbed the True Dragon Essence Blood became capable warriors among the younger generation in the tribe, able to fight tigers.

When blessing these thousand youths with divine soul protection, Ye Zhen activated his divine soul’s might, leaving a nearly indelible divine soul imprint on their divine soul origins.

This divine soul imprint would make their divine souls more solid and their willpower stronger. Over time, the imprint would subtly and silently influence their divine souls and even their hearts.

The conditions for casting such a divine soul imprint are quite demanding; it can only be performed on ordinary people without any cultivation, and they must be those who greatly revere you to succeed.

Ye Zhen believes that this divine soul imprint, along with the god-like abilities he displayed in the past few days, will likely make these youths revere him like a god for life.

No matter how long Ye Zhen is away, once he returns, these youths will steadfastly support him.

This is why Ye Zhen stayed with the Southern Barbarian Tribe for three days after obtaining the true Holy Spirit Peak before departing.

After returning to the Black Dragon Empire, the first thing Ye Zhen did was issue orders to improve the state of the Southern Barbarian Tribe in the name of the Empire and the Qiyun Sect.

Of course, if the greed of merchants could be prohibited by bans, they wouldn’t be called merchants.

Ye Zhen appointed the former True Disciple Gao Xinglie as the Southern Law Enforcement Elder of the Qiyun Sect, leading a team of disciples to personally correct lawlessness.

As for the aid to the Southern Barbarian Tribe, such as trading food and iron tools at fair prices, and teaching some ordinary crafts, Ye Zhen entrusted all of it to his father, Ye Tiancheng.

In the past, due to reasons involving Ye Zhen, Ye Tiancheng and his wife dared not appear in public. Now that the crisis is over, his father Ye Tiancheng also needed something to do.

Ye Tiancheng’s cultivation itself, under the forced enhancement by Ye Zhen using True Dragon Essence Blood and exquisite pills from the Primordial Continent, is about to reach the Vein Forging stage. Additionally, with the various lifesaving items Ye Zhen provided, it is very difficult to kill Ye Tiancheng on the True Profound Continent.

Not to mention, Ye Zhen gave his father Ye Tiancheng ten Flame Spirit Burst Demon Crossbows. Equipped with specially crafted powerful crossbow bolts blessed by the Ancestor God Temple Priest, a late-stage Establishment Realm martial artist would be directly killed by a barrage of ten bolts.

Moreover, this kind of thankless task to prepare for Ye Zhen’s momentum could only be sincerely undertaken by his father, Ye Tiancheng.

Ye Zhen hadn’t been back at the Qiyun Sect for long before he hurried to the True Spirit Domain, and fortunately, with his current powerful cultivation, the kitten’s speed was incredibly fast. Traveling unhindered, he no longer needed to deliberately avoid dangerous areas, reaching the True Spirit Domain from the Black Dragon Domain in just half a month.

Previously, Ye Zhen would take at least three months to travel from the Black Dragon Domain to the True Spirit Domain.

Ye Zhen had informed the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong in advance. Upon Ye Zhen’s arrival at the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Main Temple in Qinglan Martial City, both Jian Qianxiong and Fengh Qingyue were already waiting there.

Both were overjoyed at Ye Zhen’s return.

However, what shocked them the most was the aura of cultivation that Ye Zhen emitted.

When Ye Zhen left three years ago, Jian Qianxiong’s cultivation was similar to Ye Zhen’s, and Fengh Qingyue’s cultivation was only slightly behind. But three years later, Jian Qianxiong remained at the seventh stage of the Establishment Realm, while Fengh Qingyue was at the second stage. In their eyes, Ye Zhen had become like a high mountain, looming beyond reach.

The foundation that Ye Zhen laid on the Primordial Continent was just beginning, and he did not wish to waste time. After a brief reunion, Ye Zhen took out a Spirit Map of the True Profound Continent.

"Sect Leader, Qingyue, I intend to unify the True Profound Continent. The nine domains of True Profound Continent, I will divide into two," Ye Zhen said, dividing the nine domains on the map.

The domains assigned to the Sun and Moon Divine Sect were fewer, only four domains, while those assigned to the Qiyun Sect were as many as five domains.

Ye Zhen divided them this way mainly because of the Black Dragon Domain’s few domains. Especially the Black Dragon Domain being more barren compared to the other domains.

Seeing Ye Zhen’s actions, Jian Qianxiong was dumbfounded; pointing at the mountains and rivers, it was just like that.

With a light stroke, he decided the future trend of the entire continent. It was simply...

"Sect Leader, your current mission is to unify the entire True Spirit Domain with the might of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect," Ye Zhen said.

"Rest assured, Sect Leader, even if you hadn’t mentioned it, within the next two years, I will certainly muster forces to unify the True Spirit Domain. In less than thirty years, I will be able to unify the True Spirit Domain." Jian Qianxiong was very confident about this.

The reason was that during the three years of Ye Zhen’s absence, the Sun and Moon Divine Sect not only completely absorbed the territory and manpower of the Yun Family, Longevity Sect, and Heavenly Net Sect but also further expanded.

"Thirty years is too long. I hope you can unify the True Spirit Domain within a year!" Ye Zhen said.

"A year?" Jian Qianxiong looked incredulous, "That’s impossible!"

Ye Zhen smiled faintly and laid out his plan to Jian Qianxiong.

After listening, Jian Qianxiong was still somewhat concerned, "Zhen’er, your plan is feasible, and according to your words, it can be implemented quickly. Not to mention the True Spirit Domain, even unifying the entire True Profound Continent wouldn’t be an issue.

However, your method essentially maintains the structure of various dukes occupying and dividing the realms. The hidden dangers in the future are very significant. Even if you hold their Divine Souls, once they unite, it will be uncontrollable!

In the face of family heritage and the survival of a nation, merely holding the life of one or two people to threaten them to completely obey you is quite dangerous.

In the face of family heritage and the life and death of a nation, there are many warriors who would risk their lives!" Jian Qianxiong said.

Ye Zhen nodded, "Sect Leader, I am well aware of this, so I have asked you to take the lead! I am confident I can ensure you have a force that can crush the entire True Profound Continent.

By then, with the carrot and stick approach, after initially bringing them under your command, you can slowly find faults and undermine them at your leisure. I believe in two or three decades, digesting the magnates of each domain will be no problem." Ye Zhen said.

"There shouldn’t be any issue with that." Jian Qianxiong nodded, "As long as there is a force that can hold the ground, I can swallow them all within ten years!"

At this, Jian Qianxiong paused and said, "The only concern is the distance! The distances between the domains are quite vast, and traveling back and forth could take several months. If anything happens, it might be impossible to reach in time!"

"Sect Leader, you don’t have to worry about that. The Outer Domain Dead Sea will soon be unified. By then, you can travel unimpeded across the sea, and I will leave you some emergency items. With them, it will take only half a month between the two domains!" As he spoke, Ye Zhen brought out several General-Level Spirit Boats from the Primordial Continent.

"In that case, I will take care of these matters! However, I’m already at this age and only have Qingyue as my daughter. You and Qingyue should hurry up and give me a grandson. By the time I unify the four regions of True Profound, the ruler of these four regions should be my grandson!" Jian Qianxiong said.

Upon hearing this, Feng Qingyue blushed deeply, while Ye Zhen could only nod helplessly, wondering why all the elderly were like this.

"Alright, I will set off to make arrangements now, and won’t disturb you young couple!" Taking the storage ring given by Ye Zhen, Jian Qianxiong was about to leave but was stopped by Ye Zhen.

"Sect Leader, there is a major task to be done before you start expanding!" Ye Zhen said.

"What major task?"

"Seal the statues of the Sun and Moon Divine Monarch!"

The matter of Ming Tang had sounded the alarm for Ye Zhen. Although since the last time Ye Zhen instructed, Jian Qianxiong no longer led the people to worship the statues of the Sun and Moon Divine Monarch in the sect.

However, the statues still remained.

Upon returning this time, Ye Zhen felt that not worshipping was not enough. Who knows what divine abilities those great beings possess. If they were to descend on the True Profound Continent at any cost through the slightest connection with the statues, disaster would truly strike.

Ye Zhen believed it was best to thoroughly seal them.

Moreover, he was not reassured by ordinary sealing methods.

The Sun and Moon Divine Monarch was a terrifying existence above the Dao Realm, with unpredictable means.

However, Ye Zhen was already prepared.

He planned to collect all the statues of the Sun and Moon Divine Monarch, then send them to Dragon Island. There, using the aura of the Ancient Black Dragon for suppression and concealment, Ye Zhen would then destroy them, ensuring no issues would arise.

But, new problems soon appeared.

"I say, Zhen’er, my Sun and Moon Divine Sect is founded on the statue of the Sun and Moon Divine Monarch, with the daily worship of the statue as the foundation of rule. If you take all the statues away, what will my followers worship? How can my Sun and Moon Divine Sect stand?" Jian Qianxiong frowned.

Ye Zhen’s eyes rolled as a plan immediately surfaced in his mind, "Sect Leader, it’s simple. Those ordinary followers have no idea what the Sun and Moon Divine Monarch looks like.

Just say there is a divine decree for a new statue of the Divine Monarch to be made for the followers to worship, and it will be resolved."

Upon hearing this, Jian Qianxiong nodded, "That method is not bad, but whose appearance should we use for the statue?"

"Sect Leader, it would be best to use yours!" Ye Zhen suggested.

Jian Qianxiong quickly waved his hand, "That won’t work, the followers are extremely familiar with me, using my likeness for the statue would not deceive them, it’s unsuitable!" Suddenly, Jian Qianxiong’s eyes lit up as he looked at Ye Zhen.

"I think it’s better to use yours. You make appearances less frequently, and at critical moments, you can even pose as the Divine Monarch manifesting."

"This....."

"It’s settled then!" Jian Qianxiong declared with a wave of his hand.

The efficiency of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect in handling matters was astonishingly high. Under Jian Qianxiong’s arrangements, within just half a month, ten newly sculpted statues modeled after Ye Zhen were completed.

These statues would be replaced one by one by Ye Zhen’s people, and Ye Zhen would personally collect and store the replaced Sun and Moon Divine Monarch statues.

The first to be replaced, naturally, was the Sun and Moon Divine Monarch statue in the Sun and Moon Divine Sect headquarters. As the new statue was erected, the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit, Achou suddenly poked its head out from Ye Zhen’s embrace and said,

"Wait a moment!"