"Wei Zhongxian!"
Yang Hao's expression changed instantly. The vast territory of the Great Han, with its billions of cultivators, could not avoid the severance of their cultivation methods. Should there be any mishaps in their practice, the depletion of the cultivators themselves would gradually erode the Great Han's national strength. Su Dan Novel Network.
The myriad cultivation methods in this savage realm all originated from the Five Yang Venerable. After millions of years of development, they had all undergone some changes, but the corrupted roots remained. As cultivators reached higher realms, the flaws in their techniques brought about increasingly profound damage.
The Nirvana Realm, where each step was a life and death struggle, involved physical damage that was beyond recovery. Success meant acquiring a body chosen by the Five Yang Venerable for soul transmigration; failure meant the soul scattering and utter annihilation.
This gambit by the Five Yang Venerable was truly costly. To think that countless tribes throughout history had revered him as the mentor and benefactor of the savage realm!
How ironic, how laughable!!
Ignorance was the most terrifying form of foolishness!
"Wei Zhongxian!"
"Draft an imperial decree!"
"Effective immediately, establish an academy. It shall stand alongside the Pill Hall and the Daoist Sect, to mend the severed cultivation methods of the Great Han's billions of cultivators!"
"Li Si!"
Yang Hao's gaze fell upon Li Si.
"Your subordinate is here!"
Li Si's expression was solemn, and he bowed respectfully.
"This matter shall be your full responsibility. Expedite the tiered establishment of academies. This matter must not be neglected!"
"Your subordinate obeys the decree!"
"Also, order the Blood Feather Palace to shatter the blood spring, and ensure that no essence blood from corrupted cultivation methods is contaminated!"
"Human Emperor, this is dire news!"
Just a few breaths after Li Si finished speaking, a pale-faced Mao Xiang rushed in.
"What is it?"
Yang Hao frowned. Mao Xiang had never appeared so flustered since his birth.
"Human Emperor, my lords!"
"From frontline military reports and intelligence gathered from deep within the Blood Spring and Heavenly Demon荒域, a few days ago, the Blood Eater Wasteland Lord returned alone from the Far North. At the peak Nirvana Realm, he massacred the lineages of the Flame Python, Demonic Ape, and Heavenly Sword Wasteland Lords in the Heavenly Demon荒域."
"Impossible! How could the Venerable's descent allow the Five Yang Venerable to escape the pursuit?"
Liang Shitai hastily rose. The pressure and sense of mortal peril the Five Yang Venerable had imposed upon him were too immense. Before him, there was no possibility of fighting back; his Yuan Qi was entirely imprisoned, leaving him unable to move.
"Mao Xiang, are you certain that the Blood Eater Wasteland Lord was at the peak Nirvana Realm?"
Changsun Wuji, observing Liang Shitai's discomposure, felt his heart tighten and asked urgently.
If that Five Yang Venerable truly escaped pursuit, it would be an absolute nightmare for the savage realm.
"My lord, on that day, the Blood Eater Wasteland Lord swept through the Flame Python, Golden Sheep, and Demonic Ape tribes along his route, his momentum unstoppable. He was about to attack the Qiongqi Legion stationed at the Serpent God Hall. For reasons unknown, the Blood Eater Wasteland Lord suddenly became enraged, crossed the Blood Spring荒域, and entered the Nine Nether荒域 directly to battle the Nine Nether Wasteland Lord at Nine Nether Mountain."
"What was the outcome of the battle?"
He Yuanqing grabbed Mao Xiang's arm.
"General, the Blood Eater Wasteland Lord and the Nine Nether Wasteland Lord battled for a day and a night. The Nine Nether Wasteland Lord narrowly won by half a move, forcing the Blood Eater Wasteland Lord to retreat!"
"How can this be? That cannot be the true body of the Five Yang Venerable!"
Liang Shitai shook his head. The scene was drastically different from what he had witnessed before. Even the Venerable Ji Hongwen, at his realm, could not subdue the Five Yang Venerable in a short time. How could he not even defeat a mere ninth-turn Nirvana?"
"This subordinate does not know. However, on that day at Nine Nether Mountain, the Blood Eater Wasteland Lord did utter a sentence!"
"What sentence?"
Yang Hao's face was calm, his voice soft.
Mao Xiang frowned. "He said, 'If my true body were here, how could you, a mere beast, dare to be presumptuous!'."
"'You are merely a vessel nurtured by this Venerable, yet you dare to injure the Emperor Corpse that this Venerable spent a hundred thousand years refining! For now, I shall let this slide. In the future, I will capture you as my physical form!'"
"Indeed, that must have been a residual wisp of the Five Yang Venerable's primordial spirit, residing within that Emperor Corpse!"
He Yuanqing said with a bitter smile.
The Five Yang Venerable had plotted for so long, even willing to refine the entire savage realm into his own blood pool for a physical body. He would certainly be extremely cautious to avoid pursuit from the Fire Cloud Cave.
"Human Emperor, the Five Yang Venerable's true whereabouts are currently unknown, whether he is alive or injured is also uncertain. We must make preparations, temporarily conceal our strength, and lie low, awaiting our opportunity!"
Li Si immediately stood up, his expression solemn. The life or death of the Five Yang Venerable was still unknown, and a powerful cultivator who hovered between the Venerable and Nascent God realms was not to be trifled with.
"Now that the Nine Nether Wasteland Lord has broken through to the Nine-Turn Nirvana Golden Body, this is the perfect corporeal vessel that the Five Yang Venerable has been waiting for for a million years. How could he give up so easily? The Blood Spring荒域 and the Nine Nether荒域 are bound to engage in a fight to the death."
"As for our Great Han, we shall continue to advance the Azure Dragon Legion northward, occupying the entire Primordial荒域, and slowly digest and integrate it, while seeking other opportune moments!"
Yang Hao heard this and nodded slightly. "Issue an order for the Azure Dragon Legion to continue its northern campaign and sweep through the entire Primordial荒域 within seven days!"
"Issue an order for the Qiongqi Legion to be stationed at Serpent God Hall, and for the Qilin Legion to annihilate the Primordial Man-Bull lineage within three days!"
"Issue an order for the Sky-Splitting Rhinoceros Legion to halt hostilities and station its army at the Blood Feather Palace, closely monitoring the movements of the Blood Spring荒域."
"Your subordinates obey the decree!"
In mid-February of the Great Han's third year, the Far North fell silent. The four top powers of the savage realm underwent drastic changes.
The Primordial荒域's Sky Stone Wasteland Lord, the Heavenly Demon荒域's Heavenly Sword Wasteland Lord, and sixteen Demon Ancestors all perished in the Far North, their remains utterly destroyed. Only the Blood Eater Wasteland Lord remained, radiating the supreme might of the peak Nirvana Realm, suppressing two-thirds of the Heavenly Demon荒域's territory.
A few days later, he single-handedly ventured into the Nine Nether荒域 and battled the mysterious Nine Nether Wasteland Lord at Nine Nether Mountain, suffering a slight defeat and retreating to the Nine Nether.
A week later, the Great Han's Azure Dragon Legion swept through the Fierce Yuan Bear, Sky Stone, Titan Serpent, and Crimson Demon Dog five major tribes. All tribes in the Primordial荒域 that had participated in the suppression and massacre of the human race over the past hundred thousand years were annihilated by the Azure Dragon Legion.
The Great Han's Azure Dragon Legion, with the white bones of six top tribes and countless powerful cultivators, iron-fisted its way through the Primordial荒域, the Great Han's military might suppressing myriad tribes.
A few days later, the Qilin Legion launched a war to annihilate the Primordial Man-Bull lineage. Hundreds of thousands of troops pressed down on Hengtian Mountain. Faced with the Qilin Legion's formidable combat power, the Primordial Man-Bull chieftain Wen Peng led the Primordial Man-Bull clan to surrender en masse.
That night, Qin Qiong slaughtered all of the Primordial Man-Bull lineage, men, women, old, and young, totaling over thirty million, at Hengtian Mountain.
At this point, the Great Han's territory extended from the boundless mountains of the savage realm's northernmost reaches to the southern sea, and eastward to the Blood Feather Palace of the Blood Feather Crane tribe in the former Blood Spring荒域.
Its vast territory occupied half of the savage realm's land.
Even though the Great Han's territory was the largest in the savage realm, in the eyes of the myriad tribes, the most powerful force was the Nine Nether荒域, followed by the Blood Spring荒域.
The Great Han ranked last…