Chapter 1452: Chapter 1452: 1437: Territory Suppressing Heavenly King

Capítulo 1452: Chapter 1437: Territory Suppressing Heavenly King

In the thirty-fourth year of the Black Dragon Calendar, on December 26, the heroes from various factions of the True Profound Continent gathered at Shuili Island.

The heroes from thirty-two routes of the Nine Domains and Four Islands converged, and on the fifth day after gathering, which is the first day of the new year, at an island contributed by the Dragon Alliance five thousand miles away from Shuili Island, they slayed beasts as offerings to the heavens, erected a great monument, established this island as Heavenly King Island, and held an alliance meeting here.

Within the Nine Domains of the True Profound Continent, the Three Light Domain, Snowdrift Domain, Water Cloud Domain, and True Spirit Domain formed an alliance, known as the Earth Core Alliance, with the leader being Jian Qianxiong, the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Leader, who has unified most of the True Spirit Domain.

Additionally, the Black Dragon Domain, Xuanlong Domain, Sky Clear Domain, Skywind Domain, and Golden Light Domain formed another alliance, known as the Black Dragon Alliance, led by Guo Qijing, the Sect Leader of the Qiyun Sect, who has unified two-thirds of the Black Dragon Domain and occupied one-third of the Skywind Domain.

Apart from the Earth Core Alliance and Black Dragon Alliance, the original Dragon Alliance was renamed Dragon Island. Dragon Island was divided by sea with the Stars Tower, each taking half of the sea territory, serving as protectors for both alliances and acting as the arms of the alliance leaders.

Moreover, Heavenly Wing Island and Shuili Island remained independent, and no one is allowed to trespass or invade. Even the leaders of the two alliances cannot enter without Ye Zhen’s command, as the area within a radius of one hundred thousand miles is regarded as forbidden for the two islands.

After the alliance between the two major coalitions, Ye Zhen was honored as the Heavenly King of the True Profound Continent, referred to as the Territory Suppressing Heavenly King.

The two alliances, comprising thirty routes of heroes, after forming the alliance, each route of heroes established domains to dominate, historically known as the Thirty-Two Dukes.

After the alliance formation, both alliances would provide resources and manpower to build the Heavenly King Palace for Ye Zhen on Heavenly King Island, concurrently honoring Feng Qingyue and Luluo as Heavenly Consorts.

Originally, the Thirty-Two Dukes were going to bestow honorific titles to Ye Zhen’s parents, but his father Ye Tiancheng did not care for such vanity. The couple preferred a peaceful life and did not want to be involved in those trivial matters.

Although no honorific titles were given, privately, the Thirty-Two Dukes still had their subordinates familiarize themselves with the spirit images of Ye Zhen’s parents, ensuring they were remembered, to avoid unwittingly offending these two elders, as the consequences could be dire.

After the Thirty-Two Dukes paid homage to Ye Zhen, the alliance meeting concluded, and the calendar of the True Profound Continent was united, with each domain’s individual calendar being changed to the True History.

The calendar, named after Ye Zhen, with the day of the alliance meeting being the first year of the True History, recorded as the True History First Year, January 1st.

Historically known as the Great Alliance of the True History First Year.

In fact, Ye Zhen did not personally manage the alliance or the conferring of honorifics; he merely attended the ceremony symbolically. These were all ideas conceived by the Dukes to please Ye Zhen.

Seeing the various Dukes zealously trying to flatter himself, and to win favor with Feng Qingyue and Luluo, Ye Zhen somewhat understood the feelings of those emperors.

However, thinking about the brutal nature of those royal family struggles in history, and then considering the ordeal of Princess Changle, Ye Zhen felt it was best to remain a stable backstage manipulator.

The real climax, however, occurred after the alliance formation.

The arrangement of seats within the alliance, the distribution of benefits, and the establishment of various rules—perhaps a single change in wording could involve countless interests.

However, Ye Zhen did not concern himself with these details; the Thirty-Two Dukes, along with Alliance Leader Jian Qianxiong and Guo Qijing, were outstanding individuals, skilled in management and tactics, comparable to Ye Zhen himself.

Ye Zhen intended to completely delegate these powers to them, emphasizing only his own authority.

On the second day of the True History First Year, Ye Zhen, the Heavenly King, along with the Thirty-Two Dukes, was seated within a hastily repaired makeshift palace on Heavenly King Island, in the Wang Mansion, overlooking the Thirty-Two Dukes below, and suddenly spoke.

“Gentlemen, a year ago, I promised you the unification of True Profound Continent and afforded you numerous conveniences. Now that you all have succeeded, what about the things I requested? How are your preparations?” Ye Zhen suddenly asked.

As soon as Ye Zhen finished speaking, the Black Dragon Alliance Leader Guo Qijing stood up and presented a jade scroll list, “Heavenly King Ye, our Qiyun Sect has collected a list of heavenly materials and treasures amounting to one million pounds, here is the list, and developed medicine fields of those five types of herbs listed by the Heavenly King totaling one hundred and twenty thousand acres.”

After reviewing, Ye Zhen nodded, “The Qiyun Sect has executed this matter with great diligence, rewarding them with a pound of True Dragon Blood Essence, three Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pills, and three Low Grade Thought Spirit Pills!”

As soon as Ye Zhen dispensed the rewards, the other Thirty-One Dukes immediately widened their eyes.

They were all too aware of the value of the Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pill—the item rarely appears on the market.

The Low Grade Thought Spirit Pill was even more invaluable; the Thirty Dukes, when they were incorporated into Ye Zhen’s domain, received one or more Low Grade Thought Spirit Pills.

Using the Low Grade Thought Spirit Pill for cultivation brings rapid advances; one day’s cultivation effect equals ten days to half a month usually, and most importantly, it can steadily enhance Divine Soul Cultivation.

Each treated them as treasures, and due to the scarcity, even the closest of kin rarely received them.

Now, Ye Zhen gifted three, each seen as equivalent to three years of hard cultivation.

As for the True Dragon Blood Essence, fewer people in the True Profound Continent possessed it, but from bits of rumors, it is known to be extraordinarily rare, even more valuable than the Low Grade Thought Spirit Pill.

Thus, the Thirty-Two Dukes scrambled to offer their storage rings and lists, fearing to delay.

There were some dukes who didn’t pay much attention to these matters, and now they loudly regretted it, knowing earlier that Ye Zhen offered such high rewards, they would’ve risked their lives to gather a massive amount of the items on Ye Zhen’s list.

Unfortunately, it’s too late to say anything now.

However, they would soon find out that it’s not just a matter of being late.

Soon, the numbers of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures collected by the thirty-two dukes after Ye Zhen’s previous instructions were all compiled.

The most collected was by Stars Tower, followed by Sun and Moon Divine Sect, and then the Qiyun Sect.

In front of the numerous dukes, Ye Zhen heavily rewarded the top three collectors, such as Stars Tower, which collected the most. Ye Zhen rewarded them with three pounds of True Dragon Blood Essence, ten Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pills, and one hundred Low Grade Thought Spirit Pills.

The second and third places were respectively awarded two pounds of True Dragon Blood Essence, five Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pills, fifty and ten Low Grade Thought Spirit Pills.

The reason Ye Zhen had so many Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pills was that during this past year, the Shuili Dan King had been concocting them.

The shortage of Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pills back then was mainly due to the lack of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures required for alchemy. But in the Primordial Continent, there was no shortage, and Ye Zhen happened to possess them.

This past year, Shuili Dan King concocted a large amount of Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pills, which Ye Zhen used for the rewards.

However, the main highlight was not the rewards.

After rewarding the top three dukes in collecting Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Ye Zhen’s face sank and suddenly shouted, “Where is the Palace Master of Plum Blossom Palace? Could you explain to this king why your palace only collected a mere few thousand pounds of various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, not even comparable to one percent of Stars Tower’s collections?”

Upon hearing this, the Palace Master of Plum Blossom Palace immediately broke into cold sweat.

Due to the competition from major forces for these Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures this past year, their prices soared. The Palace Master of Plum Blossom Palace felt they were at a disadvantage and didn’t put much effort into collecting, thinking that collecting just a portion would suffice.

Being singled out by Ye Zhen now made him realize the gravity of the situation.

Wiping off the cold sweat, the Palace Master of Plum Blossom Palace stammered, “Reporting to Heavenly King Ye, it’s not that the subordinates were negligent, but that the expansion this year was too massive, causing some administrative issues within the palace. When I was coming here, some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were still on the way and should arrive shortly.”

The Palace Master of Plum Blossom Palace was somewhat quick-witted, coming up with an excuse in an attempt to muddle through and then order the entire sect to frantically collect and submit a portion later to pass this hurdle.

However, Ye Zhen had brought up this matter precisely to set an example for those who disregard his words.

“Expansion too massive? Administrative issues? It seems your Plum Blossom Palace has too much territory. Left Protector, bring the Spirit Map!” Ye Zhen commanded.

Kui Huangtan of Stars Tower busily handed over a latest True Profound Continent power distribution map, seeing this, the Palace Master of Plum Blossom Palace’s face became incredibly pale.

“Your Plum Blossom Palace occupies forty percent of Skywind Domain’s land. It appears your jurisdiction is indeed somewhat large. Hmm, from today onwards, the one hundred ninety-three cities west of Wind Mountain in the western part of Skywind Domain will be reassigned to be under Qiyun Sect,”

Upon hearing this, the blood drained from the Palace Master of Plum Blossom Palace’s face, cutting off the western one hundred ninety-three cities would be like forcibly removing a third of Plum Blossom Palace’s territory.

Originally ranked first in Skywind Domain, Plum Blossom Palace would instantly fall to the bottom.

“Heavenly King, we realize our mistake, and in a few days, the supplies currently on the way will arrive. Please retract your order!” the Palace Master of Plum Blossom Palace pleaded.

Ye Zhen’s gaze, however, was directed at Stars Tower and Dragon Island, “Left and Right Protectors, you supervise Plum Blossom Palace’s transfer of these cities within a month. If there is any rebellion or defiance, you needn’t have this king teach you how to handle it, right?”

Kui Huangtan of Stars Tower and Shi Xing of Long Dao immediately responded excitedly. This was an excellent opportunity for their two families to elevate their influence and voice within the alliance, how could they let it slip by!

The Palace Master of Plum Blossom Camp, dumbstruck, looked at Ye Zhen with a faint trace of resentment.

Suddenly, Ye Zhen snorted coldly, and the Palace Master of Plum Blossom Palace immediately cried out in agony.

As the agony struck his Divine Soul, the Palace Master of Plum Blossom Palace suddenly understood his current role.

Then, Ye Zhen casually said, “Holy Heaven Sect and Namo Sect, the proportions of collected Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are ranked second last and third last. However, considering the quantities aren’t too far off from other dukes, they are lightly punished.

Dividing three hundred thousand and two hundred thousand miles of land to Sun and Moon Divine Sect, to set a precedent!”

In an instant, the dukes below all became solemn, each understanding one thing: no matter how large their territory may be, Ye Zhen will always be the true Heavenly King of True Profound Continent!