Chapter 3773: The Decline of a Dynasty

When Bai Yunmu fled earlier, the Clone Puppet saw him, but it only aimed a Godslaying Bow at him once, just to scare him.

Killing a Right Prime Minister is meaningless; it changes nothing.

Bai Yunmu also felt that terrifying pressure, realized Ye Liuyun had let him off, so it was better to keep him; perhaps he could be useful later.

The fleeing defeated soldiers ran to every planet; Ye Liuyun was too lazy to chase them. His goal was already achieved, no need to exterminate them.

Wang Tianqi's defensive line collapsed completely.

Ye Liuyun recalled the fire spirit and thunder spirit. Those two fellows grew considerably stronger. The energy inside the Martial Cultivators they burned and killed is also absorbed by them, yielding some gain.

Later, the Clone Puppet went to extract the Primordial Power from the three planets of the Shào family, rewarding the two fire and thunder spirits. Though the nether fire spirit did not act, it also borrowed some light.

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun returned to the Space World to continue cultivation; the Clone Puppet transformed into the form of a soldier, contacted Wàn Xīnghǎi and the others, then rushed to the planet where Shào Dōnglái resides to wait for them.

When Wàn Xīnghǎi and the others arrived, the three Shào planets were already charred, the ground fissured, completely ruined.

Although they were mentally prepared, they still couldn't stop salivating upon seeing it.

"In future fights with the boss, we'd better stay far away!" Wàn Xīnghǎi said.

Xiāo Qíng and Jīn Biāo nodded in succession, with no objections.

"Let's go quickly; if the boss meets Shào Dōnglái and any conflict arises, it would be bad!" Xiāo Qíng urged Wàn Xīnghǎi.

"Alright! We'll go rescue Shào Dōnglái!" Wàn Xīnghǎi also fully powered the Flying Boat.

However, when they found Shào Dōnglái and Fù Yúntáng, they discovered Ye Liuyun had not gathered with them. Ye Liuyun simply waited until they arrived, then told them to go to the Western Region on their own, saying he had other matters, and to meet him there later.

Ye Liuyun did not want them to see him using the Thousand Illusion Technique. To return to the Western Region via a Teleportation Array, they would pass through the Central Dynasty's Teleportation Array and must change their appearance to pass.

What Ye Liuyun did not expect was that Shào Dōnglái and Fù Yúntáng also rushed to the Western Region together with Wàn Xīnghǎi's group. The two wanted to explain to Ye Liuyun face‑to‑face, lest he bear a grudge against their families.

Wàn Xīnghǎi thought Ye Liuyun wasn't that petty. Since the two were willing to adventure together, he didn't object.

Before leaving the Eastern Region, Ye Liuyun met with Gui Shou, gave him a high‑grade Cultivation‑realm longsword for self‑defense, and kept the Great Void Ninth Level puppets and mercenaries he held.

Gui Shou had too little power nearby, making movement difficult; the Great Void realm powers Ye Liuyun retained were of little use, so he gave them all to Gui Shou.

After returning to the Western Region, Ye Liuyun finally met up with Wàn Xīnghǎi and the others, first taking them back to the Royal Mansion. He then arranged for people to escort them to the trade association to exchange resources, converting all the resources they had found on the Dragon Slaying Battlefield.

He also first distributed the obtained weapons to Yu Xiaofeng, Ye Tiandao and others, letting them choose themselves, and could reward some meritorious Leaders and soldiers.

However, he did not give the Cultivation‑grade weapons to the crowd. Holding such weapons now would yield no power and only bring trouble.

Ye Tiandao and the others were again taken by him into the Space World to accelerate cultivation.

He also used the rest period to break through his realm. His overall strength already far exceeds his current realm; as long as the Divine Core quality meets the standard, advancing the realm is no problem.

After breaking through to the Great Void Eighth Level, Ye Liuyun suddenly felt that, although his power had increased considerably, it barely affected his combat ability.

Relying solely on his Divine Core to cross realms, he remained at the Cave Heaven First Level, with no obvious improvement. The gap in the Cave Heaven realm is too large; to defeat a Second Stage Cave Heaven Martial Cultivator without any power, his realm is still insufficient.

Of course, if he employs Bloodline Power and sword intent, he can barely handle ordinary Martial Cultivators and even have a chance to counter‑kill.

Thus he intends to quickly break through the Great Void Ninth Level during this period, and once he reaches the Cave Heaven Realm, he will go beyond the domain to see the situation.

Next, he found a few puppets to familiarize themselves with the post‑breakthrough power, consolidated the realm, and then absorbed some qi‑fortune.

"Huh? Your qi‑fortune has increased a lot lately!" Little Witch said upon seeing him, immediately noticing Ye Liuyun's change.

Qi‑fortune is something Ye Liuyun cannot see, but in Little Witch's eyes it is unusually obvious.

"I've recently absorbed a lot of Dragon Breath; I guess it contains the Dragon Clan's qi‑fortune!" Ye Liuyun explained.

Little Witch nodded: "That is quite possible. After all, the Dragon Clan are auspicious beasts."

"Now that I'm absorbing qi‑fortune, how much can I take at once?" Ye Liuyun could only ask Little Witch to evaluate.

Little Witch reached out, casually snatching a strand of qi‑fortune from the stone tablet; although slightly thicker than before, it was still just a strand.

"Alright, still this weak!" Ye Liuyun sighed helplessly.

"This is no longer weak! It's concentrated qi‑fortune!" Little Witch gave him a cold look and ignored him.

He glanced at Little Witch, noticing her realm had risen to the Cave Heaven Fourth Level. It seemed she had made good use of the previously obtained resources.

After absorbing the qi‑fortune, Ye Liuyun checked on the demon's situation. Under the dragon beast's command, everything was orderly. The dragon beast's realm had also risen to the Cave Heaven Fourth Level, not disappointing Ye Liuyun.

Meanwhile, God King Wang Tianqi endured torment each day.

He felt his qi‑fortune constantly draining lately. It wasn't being siphoned by others, but resulted from his weakening control over the entire star system.

After Ye Liuyun cleared the Northern Region, he once felt his qi‑fortune suddenly diminish.

When Ye Liuyun later contacted the Dragon Clan again, he felt his qi‑fortune lessen again. The last time he sensed a massive loss was when Ye Liuyun suffered a huge defeat against the Eastern Region's hundreds of thousands of troops.

Thus he could easily infer that each loss of qi‑fortune was linked to Ye Liuyun; every depletion signified his waning control over the whole star system.

"No, I must quickly reclaim some authority, otherwise the weaker the qi‑fortune, the harder to hold the throne!"

Wang Tianqi also began pondering how to reclaim some authority.

Soon after, he issued an edict summoning the Heavenly Kings of the other Four Domains to the palace, claiming to discuss how to jointly tackle that monster world, but in reality he intended to lure them into the palace, force them to concede, and hand over part of the authority.

In the end, only one Eastern Region Heavenly King obeyed his command.