Chapter 2290: Puppet Dynasty

Ye Liuyun ordered the half‑beast legion to halt its attack, and the Zhong Yuan King indeed withdrew the Defense Array.

Both sides watched each other tensely; if anyone launched an attack, it would inevitably trigger renewed fighting from both sides.

On the half‑beast legion's side, the Puppet Beast blocked the front and the soldiers held shields ahead, so the danger was not great.

Ye Liuyun stepped out of the battle formation only after seeing his side was ready.

The Zhong Yuan King opposite also came out alone and surrendered to Ye Liuyun.

"You've won; decide what kind of Divine Soul Contract you want to sign."

The Zhong Yuan King, as if resigned to fate, handed everything over to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun smiled faintly and asked, "Xue Rongtian, do you know the consequences of feigned surrender?"

The Zhong Yuan King Xue Rongtian replied calmly, "You tens of thousands of strong ones have already surrounded us; what use is my feigned surrender?"

"Fine!"

Ye Liuyun shrugged helplessly.

In fact, his clone's Golden Pupil had already seen that within Xue Rongtian's Sea of Consciousness a powerful Soul was hidden, indicating a planned sneak attack on him.

"Release your Soul and enter my Sea of Consciousness!"

Ye Liuyun ordered.

"Hmm?"

Xue Rongtian was startled, wondering whether his Trump Card had been seen by Ye Liuyun.

He confirmed, "My Soul entering your Sea of Consciousness?

Aren't you afraid I'll attack you?"

"Just do as I say! This is how I accept surrender!"

Ye Liuyun smiled while staring at him, feeling a slight chill inside.

"Alright then, don't regret it!"

Xue Rongtian could only agree.

Then his Soul rushed violently into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness, and simultaneously the powerful Soul inside his Sea also surged in.

Three Ninth Layer Summit‑ranked strong ones on Xue Rongtian's side immediately charged toward Ye Liuyun.

Just when everyone thought Ye Liuyun was under a Spiritual Soul Attack, the Soul in his Sea of Consciousness used a Red Eye to target a Martial Cultivator, who, startled, instantly launched a sneak strike at a nearby Martial Cultivator and knocked him away.

Another Ninth Layer Summit Martial Cultivator was about to strike Ye Liuyun, but a Technique from beside Ye Liuyun hit him, instantly melting his entire head.

At this moment, the half‑beast legion also reacted and began a full‑scale bombardment.

Ye Liuyun, after planting a Slave Seal on Xue Rongtian's Soul, sent it back into his Sea of Consciousness.

Then, in front of him, he ordered, "Kill! No one left!"

Xue Rongtian was now filled with regret, never expecting Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness to contain a treasure.

He and that strong one's Soul, as they surged into Ye Liuyun's Sea, were enveloped by the Golden Light of the Ten Thousand Gods Command.

His Soul was marked with a Slave Seal, while the strong one's Soul was directly transformed by the Ten Thousand Gods Command into Divine Soul Power, which Ye Liuyun absorbed.

He shivered all over upon hearing Ye Liuyun's command.

"Master, it's all my fault! You may punish me; it has nothing to do with my offspring or family!"

He immediately pleaded with Ye Liuyun.

"Too late; I warned you!"

Ye Liuyun said coldly.

Xue Rongtian only now understood what Ye Liuyun's earlier warning about considering consequences meant.

He now deeply regretted, unable to bear seeing the half‑beasts slaughter his subordinates and family.

However, Ye Liuyun used the Slave Seal to control him, forcing him to watch as punishment, even making him kneel.

For Xue Rongtian, Ye Liuyun completely severed any use of him as a slave.

In the Royal Palace, the remaining Martial Cultivators, after being struck by the Puppet Beast and war chariots and already half dead, together with Energy Cannon and half‑beast combined attacks, fell one by one before Xue Rongtian's eyes.

Ye Liuyun and his clone continuously devoured Divine Soul Power, not wasting the opportunity to strengthen.

When the battle finally ended and the half‑beasts began clearing the battlefield, Ye Liuyun started to carefully perform Soul Search on Xue Rongtian.

After learning the Zhong Yuan Dynasty's information, he had Xue Rongtian issue the order: "Tell your reinforcements the crisis in the Royal City is over; let them attack the other two dynasties as originally planned."

Under Ye Liuyun's control, Xue Rongtian could only comply.

Then Ye Liuyun directly removed his Storage Ring and took out the rescue talisman and the Treasure Vault hall inside.

He handed the remaining resources to Lan Xin and others to handle.

He placed that Treasure Vault's treasure in his own Space World, allowing Wu Qingcheng and others to freely use its resources.

He also went to the Royal Palace Treasure Vault and swept its resources clean.

Then he had Xue Rongtian transfer the Royal Palace's Formation permissions to Jing Yong, who, accompanied by Black Armor Guards, would guard the palace.

After the half‑beasts finished clearing the battlefield, Ye Liuyun recalled the half‑beast legion to the Space World and let Xue Rongwu replace the Spearhead Squad, guarding the Formation there.

Ye Tiandao's Spearhead Squad was also recalled to the Space World by Ye Liuyun.

The surrendered garrison was handed to Xue Rongwu to reorganize, replacing the Death Legion to guard the Royal City.

Finally, the Death Legion was also recalled to the Space World.

Soon, Qiong Qi linked the Teleportation Array to the Divine Realm, allowing Yu Xiaofeng's hundred‑thousand troops to replace the Royal City's garrison.

Ye Liuyun immediately sent Xue Rongwu with over a hundred Martial Cultivators and more than fifty thousand original guards to strike the major forces inside the Royal City; those who did not surrender were exterminated outright.

Especially the local merchant families.

Then Xue Rongwu was ordered to confiscate all the Zhong Yuan Dynasty's merchant guilds for the dynasty, letting Liang Xue and Wu Qingcheng temporarily manage those businesses.

Xue Rongtian had become Ye Liuyun's puppet; all arrangements were dictated by Ye Liuyun.

After the Teleportation Array was restored and reopened, Ye Liuyun had Xue Rongtian recall the Martial Cultivators in batches, then subdued all the strong, had them join the Death Legion, and expanded the Death Legion to fifteen thousand.

The remaining people, he also couldn't be bothered to train them, and instead assigned them all to Xue Rongwu.

Not long after, the Sheng Yun Dynasty and the Xing Jin Dynasty were all conquered by the Zhong Yuan Dynasty.

Ye Liuyun also did not take back Xue Rongtian's fifty thousand Imperial Guard.

Instead, he immediately had Xue Rongtian appoint Man Feng as Grand Leader, who then led the fifty thousand Imperial Guard and the two hundred thousand troops, giving their all to exterminate the Foreign Tribe.

Man Feng had already guessed, when Xue Rongtian requested aid, that the dynasty was empty and possibly someone had taken advantage of the vacuum.

Moreover, he suspected Ye Liuyun, and only Ye Liuyun had that ability.

But he had not received any orders, and he also dared not return to the dynasty to investigate.

He only heard some rumors and gossip saying that Xue Rongtian was being controlled.

But now, not only did they let him become Grand Leader, they also gave him command of the fifty thousand Ninth Realm Imperial Guard, making him suspect even more that Ye Liuyun controlled the Zhong Yuan Dynasty.

But after thinking about it, he felt that this was not bad.

At least now the three dynasties have been unified, and we can focus on dealing with the Foreign Tribe.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun, as soon as he appeared, devoted himself fully to dealing with the Foreign Tribe and gave him such great authority; he also felt that, whether from his personal perspective or from the world's standpoint, it was beneficial and harmless.