Chapter 1053: Minghe Laozu Submits

Imperial Palace.

Zichen Hall.

Yin Qi convened an emergency Small Court Meeting, and the civil and military officials of the fourth rank and above within the capital gathered together.

"Greetings, Great King!"

"Rise, my ministers."

"Thank you, Great King!"

The officials straightened their bodies and looked at Yin Qi, their eyes filled with awe and fervor.

Yin Qi smiled gently and said, "I believe you can all guess why I have summoned you here today. The Saints are no longer a concern, and the leadership of the Witch, Demon, Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races have either died, fled, or been captured alive. Next, our Great Shang Celestial Dynasty shall unify the Primordial World and complete the Great Unification."

The officials cheered excitedly: "The Great King is mighty!"

"Li Jing, Yuan Hong, Yang Jian, Yao Qingcang, Cao Tianque."

"Your ministers are here!"

"I appoint you respectively as the Great Marshal of the Dragon Conquest, Great Marshal of the Phoenix Conquest, Zheng Qilin Da Marshal, Great Marshal of the Demon Conquest, and Great Marshal of the Witch Conquest, each to lead three hundred billion troops on the expedition."

"Understood!"

The faces of Li Jing and the other four flushed with excitement.

Wen Zhong, Huang Feihu, and the others looked on with immense envy.

To conquer the Witch, Demon, Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races—what an honor this was, and what a great merit it would be.

It could be said that the Great King was handing out merits.

However, they had to admit that with the two great pillars, Wen Zhong and Huang Feihu, not participating, these five were the top generals of the military, possessing countless merits.

"Huang Gun, Zhang Guifang, Xu Rong, Zhang Kui!"

"Your ministers are here!"

"I appoint you respectively as the four Great Marshals of the Sea Conquest, to lead your respective army corps to conquer the Four Seas."

"Understood!"

Huang Gun and the other three accepted the order with joy.

The other generals who were not named could only feel envious.

Yin Qi looked at Shang Rong and said, "Prime Minister, as the nine great armies set out, your Cabinet must be prepared to take over the territories. I believe you have experience in this regard, so I will say no more."

"Yes, Great King."

Shang Rong acknowledged the order and then asked, "Great King, how should the Sea of Blood be handled? And the Four Seas, as well as the Outer Starry Sky—these two regions are vast; how should the administrative regions be divided?"

Yin Qi thought for a moment and said, "The Sea of Blood is special; apart from the Asura Race, other living beings are not suited to survive there. Therefore, regarding the Sea of Blood, I will take action personally to capture Minghe Laozu and the other leaders.

As for the rest of the Asura Race, just order them to submit.

Hmm, Imperial Consort Xiao Yanzhi is also of the Asura Race; I will subsequently confer upon her the title of Ashura Nüwang."

Ah!

The officials exclaimed in surprise.

Only now did they realize that Xiao Yanzhi was actually of the Asura Race.

If they remembered correctly, Xiao Yanzhi had entered the palace during the first selection of consorts by Di Yi.

Yin Qi continued, "The Four Seas are dozens of times larger than the Primordial Continent. I intend to establish three hundred and sixty-five Departmental Continents in the Four Seas. Below these three hundred and sixty-five Departmental Continents, the division of administrative regions shall follow the model of the Primordial Continent.

As for the Outer Starry Sky, it shall be divided according to star regions.

From top to bottom, they shall be categorized as Star Region, Star Constellation, Star River, Star Boundary, and Star Continent, and so on.

As for the specific divisions, your Cabinet shall prepare a detailed report and submit it to me for review."

Shang Rong nodded: "Yes, Great King!"

After the Small Court Meeting concluded, the war machine of the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty began to rumble into motion.

However, the Outer Starry Sky was too vast; even with the invincible Great Shang army, it would take at least hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years, to fully occupy it.

This would be a very long time.

Although the Demon Race had occupied the Outer Starry Sky for over two hundred thousand years, in reality, the star regions they could truly control did not even amount to one ten-thousandth of the entire Outer Starry Sky.

Ninety-nine percent of the stars remained untouched by outsiders.

Capturing Kunpeng Laozu was very easy; he seemed to have accepted his fate and did not even try to hide.

Yin Qi did not waste words and captured him directly.

Afterward, he arrived at the Sea of Blood.

Deep within the Sea of Blood, at the Xiuluo Shenggong.

Minghe Laozu did not hide. He faced Yin Qi directly and said in a deep voice, "Is there any room for leniency? Although I participated in the Anti-Shang Alliance, I have never taken action against the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty, nor have I ever harmed the Human Race."

If one could live, who would want to die?

As an Innate divine being, Minghe Laozu was naturally proud and dared to challenge the Saints.

But that was because he had the trump cards to challenge them.

Yet, facing Yin Qi, he lacked those trump cards, and naturally, he lacked the confidence to challenge him.

Yin Qi was surprised; he had not expected Minghe Laozu to beg for mercy.

However, just as Minghe Laozu said, there was actually no direct conflict between him and the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty regarding the Sea of Blood.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "It is not impossible."

Minghe Laozu felt a surge of joy and quickly said, "Whatever the conditions are, Great King, please speak."

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Yin Qi said: "First: You must announce to Honghuang that from now on, the Sea of Blood submits to the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty; second: The Sea of Blood must pay tribute to the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty annually, with the quota to be discussed later; third: Great Shang will not interfere in your internal affairs, but the Sea of Blood's army must obey the mobilization of Great Shang, including you."

"Very well, this Daoist agrees to everything, I pay my respects to the Great King!"

Minghe Laozu agreed on the spot.

Truth be told, Yin Qi's three conditions were not excessive.

Yin Qi nodded and smiled slightly: "In that case, the Sea of Blood is close to the entrance of the Witch God Realm, so you shall lead an army of fifty billion to assist my Great Shang army in conquering the Wu Clan."

"Yes, Great King!"

Minghe Laozu promised.

He knew that this was Yin Qi requiring him to offer a pledge of allegiance.

Houtu was still around, and if he participated in the destruction of the Wu Clan, Houtu would certainly not let him off.

………

Not long after Yin Qi returned to Tianjing, the short video of Minghe Laozu announcing his submission to the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty spread across the internet.

Regarding this, no one mocked him.

Instead, they praised Minghe Laozu for knowing the times, and also lauded the breadth of Yin Qi's heart.

To be able to accept the surrender of a former enemy.

……

Inner Heaven and Earth.

Di Jun, Donghuang Taiyi, Kunpeng Laozu, Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, Zhurong, Qiangliang, and Rushou were trapped in the void by an invisible, immense power.

They could not struggle, as if they were bound by countless chains.

They had been captured into the Inner Heaven and Earth for quite some time, and had long since explored the Inner Heaven and Earth, discovering that this was actually a Great Thousand World, with the space between heaven and earth permeated by liquefied Innate Spiritual Qi.

Such dense Innate Spiritual Qi only existed at the Opening of Heaven.

Besides this, they also discovered vast tracts of Innate Spiritual Root Garden, as well as boundless Medicine Gardens, in which were planted various Immortal Seeds, simply too numerous to count.

Hundreds of millions of Puppetry worked in the Medicine Field.

Either watering and fertilizing, or harvesting mature medicinal materials.

No wonder Great Shang could produce countless Immortal Pills; it turned out they used a Great Thousand World as a medicine garden.

Of course, this was not what shocked them the most.

What shocked them most was that they actually discovered over 1,600 Great Luo Golden Immortals and 100,000 Golden Immortals cultivating here in the Inner Heaven and Earth.

This simply overturned their cognition.

One must know that at the peak of the Wu and Demon clans, there were only a little over a hundred Great Luo Golden Immortals.

The three thousand Great Luo in Zixiao Palace were also accumulated over countless years in the Primordial World, yet how old was Yin Qi!

"This is not the Return Ruins!"

Di Jun and the others were deeply shocked.

Since it was not the Return Ruins, then where did this Great Thousand World come from?

Yin Qi walked out from the void; Di Jun and the other seven raised their heads in unison, then all struggled with all their might, but found they could not struggle at all, instead making themselves look quite disheveled.

Donghuang Taiyi shouted sternly: "Di Qi, if you have the ability, kill us, don't even think about making us submit!"

Zhurong also said loudly: "My Wu Clan sons do not bow to Heaven, do not kneel to Earth, and certainly do not kneel to a Saint. If you want us to submit, that is a daydream!"

Except for Kunpeng Laozu, the others glared with rage.

In their view, Yin Qi did not kill them on the spot but captured them instead, surely to subdue them; after all, they were all Peak Quasi-Saint. (End of chapter)