Chapter 466: Developing Huan Continent

"You've really made a fortune this time!"

When Xiao Han returned to Blade Demon City, the Ice Emperor, having received the news in advance, came up to meet him. After circling Xiao Han a few times and giving him a careful look, he sighed with a strange expression in his eyes.

"So, you are now the new Demon Slayer King of the Great Thousand Palace?"

To this, Xiao Han nodded helplessly.

He had never doubted his ability to be promoted to Demon Slayer King, but he had never expected it to happen in this way.

Excluding the Demon Slayer Points obtained from selling secret techniques, although he had not killed any Evil Clan members in this great battle, trapping the Blood Heavenly Demon Emperor so that the defensive line could hold until reinforcements arrived was a great achievement in itself, earning him another seven thousand Demon Slayer Points.

All in all, the Great Assembly Battle brought Xiao Han a gain of over one hundred thousand Demon Slayer Points, the highest in the entire field.

This wave meant he could stop struggling for a hundred years.

"You..."

The Ice Emperor looked at Xiao Han with eyes full of envy.

The preciousness of Demon Slayer Points went without saying, and the difficulty of obtaining them was ridiculously high. Even though he had killed one Ghost Demon Emperor this time and even picked up a kill on a Mysterious Demon Emperor, his total from other scattered Outer Realm Evil Clan members hadn't even touched the ten-thousand mark.

"However, be honest from now on."

"News has come from the Great Thousand Palace, telling you not to participate in the Great Assembly Battle anymore and to get some good rest."

Stretching his back, the Ice Emperor wore a smile on his face.

"Next, I will represent our Langya Heavenly Palace in the Great Assembly Battle."

At this moment, the Ice Emperor's eyes were shining. He seemed to see the image of a large number of Demon Slayer Points being credited to him; he only needed to take down one more Demon Emperor to be promoted to Demon Slayer King.

"Then don't you go and tarnish the reputation of our Langya Heavenly Palace."

The Ice Emperor's undisguised expression naturally could not escape the keen perception of Xiao Han. The other party was clearly stifled, so he joked casually.

"Just wait, I will make the name of Langya Heavenly Palace resound throughout the Great Thousand World!"

Five days later, the Ice Emperor left Blade Demon—no, now renamed Langya City—quietly. The only people seeing him off were Xiao Han and the four Great Elders of Langya Heavenly Palace, including Yang Ling.

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"He's gone..."

Xiao Han's gaze was distant as he looked at this continent before him that had been trampled by the Outer Realm Evil Clan. He felt sorrow and disgust—sorrow for the suffering this land had endured, and disgust for everything on this land that belonged to the Outer Realm Evil Clan. Then, he turned around decisively.

"Prepare to summon the manpower and resources from Ling Tian Continent; the transformation of Huan Continent can now proceed."

Huan Continent had been occupied by the Outer Realm Evil Clan for a long time. Every inch of land was eroded by Demonic Qi, and the spiritual energy was mottled and unbearable. If it were not transformed, the living beings of the Great Thousand World would never be able to accept such an environment.

What comforted him quite a bit was that, slightly different from the former Dou Qi Continent, the Great Thousand World had gradually figured out ways to disperse Demonic Qi over the long war, so they did not have to abandon the entire continent.

"Yes."

The other Elders, who had been mentally prepared for this decision, naturally had no objections.

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The original site of the council chamber was where the Mysterious Demon Emperor and Ghost Demon Emperor of Blade Demon City had once gone into seclusion. After being demolished by Xiao Han in the battle, it was rebuilt on the original site, devoid of the eerie Evil Qi of the Outer Realm Evil Clan, appearing solemn and grave.

"Palace Master, the most critical issue in transforming Huan Continent is..."

"We are currently somewhat lacking in Supreme Spiritual Liquid."

Yang Ling, who was temporarily acting as the chief steward of Langya Heavenly Palace, looked awful, with red bloodshot eyes.

The spiritual power of a high-level Spirit Array Grandmaster was undoubtedly far superior to that of a Great Perfection Earth Sovereign; normally, one would not be this exhausted.

However, the affairs after recovering Huan Continent were simply explosive, and the remnants of the Outer Realm Evil Clan running rampant were a headache. The only high-level combat power, the Ice Emperor, was only responsible for fighting and clearing obstacles; all other finishing work was led and completed by Yang Ling.

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The high-pressure work made Yang Ling wonder if he was about to go see the founding masters.

But Xiao Han, that slacker, clearly wouldn't care about the thoughts of his labor force. Although the transformation of the continent was said to be handed over to the four Elders to complete together, Tai Yun and You Ye were as cunning as foxes, doing things in a lukewarm manner, and Qian Sha was a Reckless one, hard to shoulder the heavy burden.

After a round, the responsibility still fell on him.

Are honest people meant to be bullied?

What really gave Yang Ling a headache was...

No money!

A penny can stump a hero. For a high-difficulty task like transforming a continent, they had already invested over two billion Supreme Spiritual Liquid, yet they had barely managed to complete the transformation of five million miles of land centered on Langya City. Compared to the area of Huan Continent, which spanned nearly twenty million miles...

Well, it's hard to describe in a word.

"How much is needed?"

The tone was quite relaxed.

Xiao Han had long been mentally prepared for the huge cost of transforming a continent. Moreover, this was no longer a simple transformation; there was still a process of purifying and dispersing Demonic Qi in between.

Furthermore, due to the feat of recovering Huan Continent, the Great Thousand Palace had specially opened a discount channel for him. Any resources applied to Huan Continent enjoyed a super-low discount of 60% when exchanged with Demon Slayer Points, and this included Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

There were many obvious operational loopholes in this, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was a reward specially given by the Great Thousand Palace to Xiao Han, allowing Xiao Han to take advantage of the Great Thousand Palace within a reasonable and compliant scope.

Sitting on one hundred thousand Demon Slayer Points, he could now be called wealthy and imposing.

Hearing Xiao Han's words, the four Elders' expressions changed slightly, and Yang Ling tremblingly held up three fingers.

"Thirty billion?!"

Xiao Han stood up abruptly from his seat, looking at those three fingers in shock.

He had only just become rich and hadn't had time to discard his concept of Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

If he didn't know the background of the four, he would have suspected they were lining their own pockets.

How many Heavenly Sovereigns' family fortunes would this empty out!

"Actually, this cost can still be reduced a bit."

After Xiao Han calmed down, he slowly sat back down, and Yang Ling continued to speak.

"Actually, the construction of various facilities doesn't cost much at all; the real bulk of the expense is the cost of dispersing the Demonic Qi."

The establishment of a general force is nothing more than sect buildings, Cultivation Methods, Spiritual Artifacts, Divine Artifacts, and sect Formations.

The Langya Heavenly Palace was originally formed by the merger of four sects, and by moving voluntarily, they avoided almost all problems; what remained were only the buildings and the sect formation that had to be started from scratch due to the relocation.

Buildings are the cheapest things in the Great Thousand World; the only precious things are the materials.

The other major expense, the sect formation, is at Langya Heavenly Palace...

Hehe, the one thing Langya Heavenly Palace does not lack is Spirit Array Masters; the only price they have to pay is the cost of materials.

"There are many places where the Demonic Qi is deeply rooted, and due to limitations in our strength, we have to invest a large amount of Supreme Spiritual Liquid."

"If the Palace Master could invite a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign to help, this cost could be reduced by at least one-third."

"Really?" Xiao Han's eyes lit up, and he asked hurriedly.

"Ye... yes." Yang Ling was caught off guard by Xiao Han's attitude.

In fact, he felt quite uncertain inside about suggesting the invitation of a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign; after all, those of the Saint Grade are a tiny group of people who truly stand at the peak of the Great Thousand World, and Xiao Han has not been rising for long, so he might not necessarily know such powerful figures.

"Leave the matter of the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign to me."

Yang Ling's suggestion made Xiao Han overjoyed; he had just met a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

Upon learning that he had recovered the Huan Continent, Tianmu Elder praised him highly and, before leaving, specifically gave him a communication Jade Talisman, saying that he could contact him if anything happened in the Huan Continent.

This move was a prediction by the old senior!

Xiao Han's words stunned everyone, but Yang Ling soon came back to his senses and replied, "Yes!"

"Leave those difficult places for now; after the Great Assembly Battle ends, I will ask the senior to resolve them."

"Yes!"

Everyone answered quite firmly, and they all sighed in their hearts that they had chosen the right boss this time.