Chapter 1982: Collective Reorganization

Next, Kong Jiaxiang began to purge some opposing forces within the clan.

Ye Liuyun and his clone certainly didn't lack opportunities to absorb Soul power.

These were all masters of the Divine Realm, their Soul power was not weak, and soon a new Soul grew to one‑third the size of the original.

Ye Liuyun also used a Slave Seal to control Kong Jiaxiang, making him devote himself entirely to serving Ye Liuyun.

He had him, over the course of a year, gradually transfer the Kong family's operations to his own Mercenary Corps.

For handling the business liaison, he assigned Lao Wei to take care of it.

At this point, Kong Jiaxiang realized that all his thoughts were tightly bound by the Slave Seal, and he could not resist at all.

He now no longer even entertained the thought of regaining freedom, and resolutely carried out Ye Liuyun's orders.

Ye Liuyun immediately returned to the base.

During his time on the border battlefield, he had been busy expanding his influence all day; now he should set aside some time for himself to strengthen his power.

He originally lacked no resources, and after obtaining a large amount of resources from Ao Lie, it was no problem for him and his clone to advance to the late Fifth Layer before meeting Chen Taihe.

The resources of the Eastern Dynasty's border battlefield were indeed richer than elsewhere, and Ye Liuyun's Death Legion was also strengthening its power.

Those around Ye Liuyun also followed him, training daily within the Xuan Kong Shi.

They were all spurred by Shi Yuan, each eager to catch up in realm.

After Long Nv refined Ao Lie's entire Physical Body, not only did her realm advance to the early Sixth Layer, but her bloodline and Physical Body strength also received a considerable boost, and even her Spatial Power was almost on par with Ye Liuyun's.

In the time that followed, Long Nv stayed within Ye Liuyun's Space World, training in some basic combat skills that Ao Lie had taught her.

Lei Ming, Ye Tiandao, Man Shu and a few others, together with Ye Liuyun and his clone, broke through to the late Fifth Layer and began consolidating their realms.

He Lian Xiu's realm finally broke through to the mid Fifth Layer.

The others steadily advanced to the mid Fourth Layer.

Among the resources left by Ao Lie were many high‑grade Monster Beast essence pills, and Ye Liuyun let the Monster Beasts continue training.

The Top‑grade Divine Crystals of Ao Lie were all stored together by Ye Liuyun.

He now has a massive stock of Divine Crystals to use, and the Space World lacks no energy, so they are temporarily unnecessary.

Everyone's weapons, treasures, defensive armors, etc., were all persuaded to be swapped for higher‑grade divine artifacts, raising the group's overall combat capability a notch.

Even the realms of fierce beasts such as Zhuque, Niu Shi, and Demon Wolf received corresponding upgrades.

After a period of reorganization, Ye Liuyun also received news that the Chen family's eldest son, Chen Taihe, was approaching.

For safety, Chen Taihe set the meeting place with Ye Liuyun at the Chen Family.

This time Ye Liuyun wasn't going to kill the Seventh Layer strongman, but to plant a Slave Seal on him, making him help Chen Taihe seize the Chen Family's authority.

Therefore he and his clone halted their training early, preparing to go out and replenish some Soul power.

The biggest powers on the border battlefield, besides the Chen Family and Kong Family, included the Eastern Dynasty, which controls the Divine Crystal Vein here; the Profound Heaven Sect, which controls a region and its Secret Realm for disciples' trials; and the Spirit Clan's subsidiary family, the Shui Family, which controls a plantation base that supplies the Spirit Clan with various herbs and spirit rice and other resources.

The other smaller factions are now completely beneath Ye Liuyun's notice.

What once seemed troublesome now appears dispensable to eliminate.

Thus, after consulting the group, he set the first target as the Eastern Dynasty, dispatching the Half‑beast Army to provoke the lowest tier of the Eastern Dynasty's sphere of influence and then occupy their base.

Then He Lian Xiu and Xiao Yunfang would lead troops to attack some mid‑level mountain forts and Mercenary Corps.

Ye Liuyun would take Ye Tiandao and the Spearhead Corps to sweep around the periphery of the core areas of these major powers.

"Doesn't that amount to a direct declaration of war against them?"

Xiao Yunfang seemed a bit worried.

"This time is mainly aimed at the Eastern Dynasty; the others are just probing the opponent's reaction.

If we don't touch their core, they might not declare war! We also can't forever drag this out with them.

Developing bit by bit is far too slow!

You should also redeploy troops immediately, sending Yu Xiaofeng to the border, and then have He Lian Xiu and your army gather at the City of Death.

Prepare for a single battle to seize the Eastern Dynasty's forces."

"Yes!"

Xiao Yunfang promptly made the arrangements.

Ye Liuyun set out first, rushing straight to the three largest Mercenary Corps within the Eastern Dynasty's territory.

He also took the chance to have Long Nv practice the Wild Dragon Tactic, with his clone monitoring Long Nv's Soul state; once she went berserk beyond a certain point, he would suppress her early to make her stop.

When Long Nv employed the Wild Dragon Tactic, indeed, the longer it lasted, the more she lost her mind; her consciousness and even her transformed form were uncontrollable, often showing her true form.

Yet her combat strength surged linearly.

She could easily annihilate hundreds of Martial Cultivators single‑handedly.

Ye Liuyun continuously followed her, absorbing Soul power and assessing her combat capability.

After the battle, his clone used Soul power to suppress Long Nv's frenzy.

After each fight, Long Nv was completely exhausted, needing time to recover her stamina.

At the same time, the Half‑beast Army was also the first to sweep the buffer zone managed by the Eastern Dynasty, and He Lian Xiu, within a few days, dispatched soldiers to wipe out all the medium‑small Mercenary Corps.

The Eastern Dynasty had a garrison of one hundred thousand around the Mineral Vein.

The garrison and Martial Cultivators were overseen by the Marquis Dongling.

Upon receiving the news, Marquis Dongling was furious and immediately dispatched fifty thousand of the garrison here to begin encircling Ye Liuyun and his group.

They originally thought that a fifty‑thousand‑strong army would be more than sufficient to deal with a few Mercenary Corps.

Unexpectedly, He Lian Xiu and Ye Tiandao split those fifty thousand into two encirclements, after which Ye Liuyun, together with Long Nv and his companions, jointly struck down the garrison.

Long Nv accounted for the most enemy kills.

When Long Nv unleashed the Wild Dragon Tactic, even Lei Ming seemed inferior.

Moreover, Long Nv grew stronger the more she fought, as if she never knew fatigue.

In this state, Ye Liuyun estimates that Long Nv can now fight against a Martial Cultivator of the Eighth Realm.

Finally, Ye Liuyun was still worried that Long Nv would become too strong to control, so he preemptively used Divine Soul Power to suppress her and let her rest.

The remaining dynasty guards were all left to Ye Tiandao and He Lian Xiu to handle, and they were ultimately wiped out completely.

Ye Liuyun also, relying on this battle, completely restored his Divine Soul Power to its previous state.

"Retreat!"

Ye Liuyun did not linger in battle; instead, he had the army bring the prisoners and resources, and withdraw entirely to Death City.

The Eastern Dynasty has Seventh Realm experts stationed here, but relying on soldiers to hold the stronghold is fundamentally untenable; staying here would be a gift to the enemy.

And they will definitely not let this matter go.

There should be Martial Cultivator experts who will go to Death City to settle scores with Ye Liuyun.