In the blink of an eye, Yang Hao ascended from the peak of Supreme to the first layer of Lesser Celestial Venerable. At this moment, all the summoned heroes were enveloped by a vast divine power. This warm current flowed gently, doubling the divine power within them.
In a flash, four minor realms were rapidly traversed!
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully entering the first layer of Lesser Celestial Venerable!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for breaking through a major realm. Summoning heroes will result in an increase of four minor realms!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host, summoned heroes Xian Zhen, Li Siye, Geng Yan, Wen Yuan, and Liang Fang have successfully advanced four minor realms, reaching the fifth layer of Great Celestial Venerable!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host, summoned heroes Er Zhu Rong, Dian Wei, Long Ju, Yang You Ji, Guo Xia Ma, and Fu Cun Shen have successfully advanced four minor realms, reaching the ninth layer of Lesser Celestial Venerable!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host, summoned heroes Fei Ying Dong, Yan Cheng Fang, Wu Jie, Feng Yi, Li Si, Ying Bu, Shang Shi Tu, Chu Li Ji, Hu Yan Zan, Cheng Yao Jin, Qin Qiong, and Yu Chi Gong have successfully advanced four minor realms, breaking through the Quasi-Supreme realm barrier and reaching the second layer of Supreme!"
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"Ding! Congratulations to the host, summoned hero Liang Lin, has successfully advanced four minor realms, reaching the eighth layer of Great Celestial Venerable!"
"Ding! Reminder to the host, remaining luck and merit points are two hundred million!"
"System, use luck and merit points to upgrade the Twelve Golden Cauldrons of National Importance by one level!"
Within the sleeping chambers, Yang Hao felt his own profound divine power. After about half an hour, he finally stood up. With this, the Great Han Divine Dynasty could now stand firm in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, its foundation second only to the Eight Great Families of the Central Continent!
Currently, the Central Continent was embroiled in bloody battles, far beyond what the Great Han Divine Dynasty could participate in. What they could do now was to seize the opportunity while the battles in the Central Continent were ongoing to thoroughly eliminate the pawns of the Hong family, such as the Black Water Immortal Dynasty, the Fallen Immortal Dynasty, the White Tiger Pavilion, and the Azure Dragon Palace.
This would be a gesture of goodwill to the Four Royal Families. Once the Hong family and their four clans were cleared, the Four Royal Families would win without a fight!
"Ding! Reminder to the host, the system will deduct 240 million luck and merit points for the upgrade of the barracks and the Twelve Golden Cauldrons!"
"Ding! Successfully deducted 140 million luck and merit points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host, the Twelve Golden Cauldrons have been successfully upgraded to level four. The host and summoned heroes can now use the Twelve Golden Cauldrons to suppress rebels! The Twelve Golden Cauldrons, upgraded to level four, can suppress beings at the level of Supreme Profound Venerable!"
Chang'an City.
The Imperial Palace, Xuanzheng Hall.
Yang Hao, clad in dragon robes and wearing a Ping Tian crown, sat majestically at the head of the Xuanzheng Hall. The profound national fortune manifested as imperial aura, enveloping Yang Hao, with strands of golden gas flowing slowly.
In the hall at this moment, after forty rounds of the imperial examination system, four-fifths of the officials were indigenous beings from the Three Thousand Dao Provinces. They were grouped around Li Si, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui, forming the Great Han Divine Dynasty's most extensive and core political bloc. Crown Prince Yang Chen, with Yang Hao's tacit approval, was gradually integrating and learning the strategies for governing the nation and pacifying the people from the officials.
Currently, in the imperial court, civil and military officials felt an unprecedented immense pressure. If it was said that the Great Han Divine Dynasty had been developing covertly before the Battle of Nan Shui, these indigenous officials did not know how strong the Great Han Divine Dynasty truly was. But after the outbreak of the Battle of Nan Shui, they truly saw how high the ambition and vision of the Divine Emperor, who sat on the imperial throne and controlled over six hundred Dao Provinces in the Western Frontier, truly were!
The fact that the Yun clan's Immortal Dynasty had become Great Han territory had not been publicly announced, only the summoned heroes knew. But in the eyes of many indigenous officials, the Divine Emperor had gone south to Black Water, allied with the Yun clan in the north, and through the Battle of Nan Shui, had declared the arrival of the Great Han era!
At this moment, the hearts of the people in the Western Frontier were united!
"Reporting to the Divine Emperor, the commander of the Xuanwu Legion, Xian Zhen, has conquered five Dao Provinces in three days. The soldiers and officials of the main cities have been selected and have already taken up their posts in the various cities a day ago. The Great Han Laws are being implemented in an orderly manner."
The Minister of War, Du Ruhui, stepped forward, bowed to Yang Hao, and said solemnly.
The Battle of Nan Shui!
It heralded the arrival of the Great Han Divine Dynasty era, the rise of the Western Frontier, and the Great Han Divine Dynasty's powerful strength to enter the second tier of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces!
In the Xuanzheng Hall, the officials' eyes burned with fervor. The commander of the Xuanwu Legion, Xian Zhen, with his exceptional military strategy, presented them with a grand piece of artistic warfare. By gathering the strength of the legions into military formations, their powerful attacks were unstoppable by Water Cloud City. Wen Yuan, who assisted Xian Zhen, even fought against a million-strong army with a hundred thousand soldiers, shocking various powers in the world with a complete victory!
As Du Ruhui finished speaking, Crown Prince Yang Chen was the first to step forward to congratulate, followed by all the civil and military officials, their faces filled with excitement as they congratulated the Great Han.
The Western Frontier!
It had been fragmented for an era. Throughout this era, factions in the Western Frontier had come and gone, but none had achieved the unparalleled achievements of the Great Han Divine Dynasty today. In just a few months, they had swept across the Horizontal Sky Immortal Dynasty, the Qing Xuan Immortal Dynasty had voluntarily surrendered, a million-strong army suppressed the competition, and now, through the Battle of Nan Shui, they had defeated the Ya Yu tribe, inherited from the War of the Gods!
In just forty years, Yang Hao, leading the Great Han heroes, had created one impossible miracle after another.
"Reporting to the Divine Emperor, the deputy general of the Qilin Legion, Li Siye, requests battle!"
Li Siye, representing the Qilin Legion at the court assembly, his face filled with excitement, his eyes blazing with battle intent. Xian Zhen, Wen Yuan, and Geng Yan had all achieved brilliant military exploits, their fame spreading far and wide across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces!
He, however, was currently stationed at Hushan City with the Qilin Legion and had yet to earn any merit!
Upon Li Siye's appearance, many officials were shocked, while heroes like Li Si and the others smiled knowingly.
"Li Siye."
Yang Hao glanced at him and said calmly.
"This minister is here!"
Li Siye clasped his fists, knelt on one knee, and bowed respectfully.
"From today onwards, lead the hundred thousand soldiers under your command, march out from the east gate of Hushan City, and proceed eastward to sever the border between the Black Water Immortal Dynasty, the Fallen Immortal Dynasty, and the Central Continent!"
"This minister obeys the decree!"
Li Siye's face was filled with joy as he stood up. This was a difficult mission. To march eastward and separate the Central Continent from the Black Water Immortal Dynasty and the Fallen Immortal Dynasty was to form a vast encirclement with the Xuanwu Legion marching south. In his eyes, a campaign to eradicate the Black Water Immortal Dynasty and the Fallen Immortal Dynasty had already begun!
"Order Xian Zhen to lead the Xuanwu Legion immediately and advance southeast. I want the Black Water Immortal Dynasty cleared out within half a month, and our troops to enter the territory of the Fallen Immortal Dynasty, unifying the Southern Marsh region!"
Yang Hao's voice was exceptionally calm. In just a few words, he had profoundly shaken all the officials present. The Battle of Nan Shui had just concluded, and the Divine Emperor was already impatient to swallow the six hundred and seventy-three Dao Provinces of the Southern Marsh in one gulp.