"What? Ye Yun has officially performed the 'Jishi'?" On the imperial court of the First Starfield, Yao Die, upon hearing the news of Ye Yun's Feng Chan, stood up from her imperial seat.
Jishi, and the first Jishi after the establishment of an empire, generally served as a formal declaration to all living beings in the entire Ten Directions World, signifying that the ruler of the empire had officially embarked on the road to godhood, accepting challenges from all beings and major powers!
"Yes, Your Majesty. According to intelligence from the Heavenly Dao, the Ten Directions Empire deployed nearly ten thousand Monarch realm powerhouses and over two hundred Extreme realm experts during this Jishi."
Ten thousand Monarchs, two hundred Extremes?
The Tenth Universe was a barren land, yet Ye Yun had managed to develop his Ten Directions Empire to such a scale. Even as an adversary, Yao Die couldn't help but marvel at Ye Yun's methods. After all, the decline of the Human race in the Ten Directions Universe was notorious. It could be said that if the Human starfields were not the ancestral lands of many great races, they would have long since vanished into the river of history.
"The domain gates will remain closed for another three months, but we cannot remain idle. Issue an order to the First, Second, and Third Legions to advance comprehensively towards the Sixth Starfield! Furthermore, send word to the leaders of the aristocratic families in the First Starfield's Alliance of Families; I will host a banquet for them in the Imperial Palace."
"As you command!"
"Your Majesty, the Lord of the Ten Directions Empire now controls the resources of the entire New Mortal Continent, and their development speed has exceeded our expectations. This subordinate believes we should leverage our current advantage and destroy the Ten Directions Empire with our strongest force and at the fastest possible pace."
As a paramount figure in the military and the helmsman of the dominant power in the Second Universe, Liu Langchen possessed keen foresight, yet his words at this moment seemed to echo Yao Die's intentions.
His Majesty would not summon members of the Alliance of Families without reason. She had always considered the Alliance of Families her greatest stumbling block. However, the core members of this alliance were her own kin from the Wood race, which made her hesitant to act rashly. After all, she did not wish for her own race to label her as someone who killed her own kind.
"I have my own plans for this matter!"
With the closure of the domain gates, all civil and military officials remained in the First Starfield. Fortunately, all imperial affairs could be managed through the Heavenly Dao, otherwise, it would have truly caused great chaos in other starfields.
The closure of the domain gates and the consumption of the spirit sea by the black hole filled Yao Die with an unprecedented sense of urgency. What further drove her to distraction was that her personal army of thirty million Monarch realm cultivators, the Imperial Guard, had vanished without a trace before they could even display their might.
This was, after all, her greatest trump card in her pursuit of godhood! And now, she didn't even know if this trump card was alive or dead.
The moment her divine sense imprint disappeared, she rushed to the small world where the Imperial Guard was stationed. To her dismay, the world gate of this small world, much like the domain gates, could not be opened by any means she employed. In the end, she could only watch helplessly as this small world shattered within her divine sense.
With the collapse of space, let alone Monarchs, even Extremes faced a near-certain death in the face of spatial collapse. Unless an Extreme had mastered spatial laws beyond the Great Accomplishment stage, even with perfect life laws, survival would be impossible!
As space collapsed, Yao Die's divine sense frantically probed the entire small world through the rifts, but there was no feedback of any life fluctuations. Enraged, Yao Die unleashed torrents of attacks upon the collapsing small world.
After venting her fury, she calmed down and utilized her spatial laws, spending a full day to erase all traces of the small world's collapse.
The loss of thirty million Monarchs, though her heart ached, she understood clearly that if this matter were exposed, her authority would face a significant challenge. Although her father would undoubtedly support her, in terms of military might, Yao Die had lost her absolute advantage.
And for all of this, Yao Die held the three hidden sects and three palaces accountable.
The Alliance of Families had over forty members serving in the imperial court, accounting for a quarter of the top officials of the Fu Tian Empire. The number of officials of various ranks scattered across other starfields was even more numerous.
Therefore, no matter how bitter she felt, under these circumstances, she could only bear it in silence.
The purpose of summoning Liu Langchen and other military personnel was to have the front-line legions launch a full-scale offensive against the Ten Directions Empire! It wasn't because she genuinely desired to conquer the Sixth Starfield, but rather to slow down the expansion of the Ten Directions Empire!
"As long as I am given half a year, my spatial laws and life laws can reach perfection within the Ancestral realm! At that point, with two of the three great laws mastered, I refuse to believe I cannot suppress these mere clowns!"
After Liu Langchen and the others withdrew, Yao Die also rose and walked step by step towards the depths of the Imperial Palace.
She remembered Mu Tian's words very clearly: within the three hidden sects and three palaces, anyone who comprehended three perfect laws was considered a Supreme Elder! Currently, she had already mastered her Wood laws and Steadfast laws to perfection.
Once she comprehended two more laws, she would be on par with those ancient beings within the three hidden sects and three palaces! Moreover, with the protection of her spatial and life laws, those ancient beings would have to weigh their options!
In Yao Die's world, there was no distinction between seniors and juniors, only the strong and the weak, even in the face of Mu Tian.
The ancestral land of the Wood race had been claimed by Mu Tian as his private property millions of years ago. Unless Mu Tian agreed, not a single member of the vast Wood race could enter. This was a crucial reason that spurred the formation of the Alliance of Families, aiming to obtain a quota to enter the ancestral land.
The ancestral land of the Wood race was also a small world. When Mu Tian achieved mastery of spatial laws, he relocated this small world to its current location. Afterwards, when Yao Die ascended to the throne, she established her Fu Tian Imperial Palace at the entrance to this small world.
The ancestral land did not possess the extremely dense spiritual energy found in the First Starfield. However, it contained the essence of boundless Wood laws and life laws. Some had even speculated that the pervasive life law energy in the First Starfield was actually a spillover from the ancestral land of the Wood race!
As for why such terrifying life energy existed, there were occasional rumors that the ancestral land of the Wood race was brought down from the Upper Realm by their ancestor, and it sealed a small path of life! However, the truth of this remained unknown, even to Yao Die and Mu Tian.
If not for the extremely high level of this ancestral land and the fact that only members of the Wood race could enter, it would likely have been devoured and claimed by other behemoths long ago!
It was through this ancestral land that the Wood race established a foothold in the First Starfield, and gradually became its absolute overlord. However, as they grew and prospered, they eventually split, much like how the same Human race on Blue Star is divided into many countries.