socalfunplaces Chapter 731 External Expansion, New Territorial Management Strategies
Chapter 731 External Expansion, New Territorial Management Strategies
Chapter 731 External Expansion, New Territorial Management Strategies
"A thousand epochs?"
All seven lords laughed. This amount of time was a relatively long time for Qin Ming, but it was too short for the lords.
One spiritual practice, one period of seclusion.
Even the First Great War lasted for more than a thousand epochs.
"This little bit of time is nothing. We will first reclaim all the lost territories, and then assist you in expanding the Underworld as soon as possible. During this time, you can focus on your cultivation."
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Yuan's eyes were filled with a smile.
"There's no rush. We have no enemies in the entire Infinite Chaos Space now, and the surrounding forces are no longer qualified to contend with us."
Qin Ming smiled as well.
He killed eight progenitors in one battle, and before the sacrifice, he had a total of fourteen progenitor-level combatants at his disposal, including two of the Nine Emperors of Hunyuan.
Even if the Chaotic Origin Faction and the Ice Peak Faction joined forces, they might not have a chance of winning!
call!
The space trembled, and the gates of hell opened.
An enormous body emerged from it, making even Wu Lan appear like a child in comparison. Behind it was a colossal beast, equally large as Wu Lan.
Giant God Emperor! Primordial Beast Ancestor!
"The Giant God Emperor and the Primordial Beast Ancestor have been refined. From now on, they will be the fighting force of our cultivators."
Looking at these two enormous figures, Qin Ming felt quite gratified.
Naturally formed beings of the primordial origin are all relatively large in size, and these two are among the best of them.
"Yuan, Xingmang, Jin — I never imagined that we would meet in this way in the end."
A bitter smile appeared on the giant emperor's scale-covered face.
After being refined by the Underworld, they will not lose their consciousness unless Qin Ming actively controls them. For example, the earliest Zerg Queen is now an important member of the Underworld.
"Hahaha, Giant God Emperor, you were too careless."
Jin Zhang laughed wildly.
The death of the Giant Emperor was his masterpiece!
He burned his main battle clone and used his strongest killing move in conjunction with Moman to kill him.
This is a great honor for Jin.
"We were indeed careless."
The Giant Emperor sighed.
He died a very unjust death.
As one of the three largest beings in the Infinite Chaos Space, his stillness is larger than a complete Origin World, and his body is several times the size of Wu Lan.
Its physical explosive power is extremely strong, surpassing all naturally born primordial beings.
It consists of only punches, kicks, and wing flaps, without any fancy techniques. Each strike contains pure, primordial power, and its sheer size is enough to crush most opponents.
Its energy reserves are second only to Lord Wulan and Lord Naigu, far exceeding those of other progenitors and most lords.
In terms of overall combat strength, it can also hover around the top ten.
Otherwise, he would not be able to compete with the Infinite Serpent Ancestor for the position of leader of the Primordial Chaos Faction.
But his weaknesses are also obvious.
Despite its enormous size, its energy density is far lower than that of the Blue.
This results in a complete mismatch between defensive capabilities and size, leading to extremely poor survivability.
Moreover, due to its clumsiness and extremely slow movement speed, it is unable to chase down agile opponents and find it difficult to dodge wide-range attacks.
During the great battle, when attacked by Jin and Moman in an instant, there was no room to dodge.
"Over the years, with the cooperation of the Chaos Origin Beast Ancestor and the Black Tide Ancestor, I have been invincible, which made me careless."
The Giant Emperor looked at the lords and shook his head.
He, along with the Ancestor of the Chaos Beasts and the Ancestor of the Black Tide, formed an iron triangle, which was the strongest combination of forces in the Chaos faction.
The Primordial Beast Ancestor provides absolute void domain suppression, while the Black Tide Ancestor provides calamity domain for continuous erosion.
As the core damage dealer, the Giant God Emperor has almost no weaknesses under the protection of the dual domains. The combined strength of the three of them is almost equivalent to that of a lord, making them the strongest trump card for the Chaotic Origin faction in their fight against the Cultivator faction.
"You haven't fought in too long, and you are our target in this battle."
Yuan also spoke with a smile.
This feeling is quite peculiar.
The enemy he personally killed was resurrected and became part of his own fighting force!
"If you don't charge into our formation, even if we join forces, we can't kill you. But if you charge in on your own, you're just asking for death."
This plan was devised by Yuan!
The Giant Emperor is very strong.
When the three are united, they can rival the combined might of three lords, but once they leave the combined state, the fatal weakness of the Giant Emperor will be exposed.
Faced with the self-destruction of the six progenitors, the burning main battle clones of Moman and Jin, as well as his array and the spacetime attack of Starlight, how could he possibly survive?
Other ancestors, on the contrary, were affected.
"This may not be a bad thing for you. After entering the underworld, although you lose your freedom, you will have the possibility of entering all the heavens and myriad worlds."
We can go even further in the future.
"Starlight said calmly."
The lords actually harbored no resentment towards the Giant Emperor.
After all, the Giant God Emperor clan, being naturally born chaotic beings, is inherently anti-war.
They don't need to devour the origin of the source world; they can grow continuously simply by consuming the power of the primordial chaos.
He perished in the war, solely for the sake of his people.
Do all the myriad realms truly exist?
The Hunyuan Beast Ancestor, who had been silent all along, finally spoke.
"Of course! You'll have a chance to meet him in the future."
Qin Ming glanced at him, and the Primordial Beast Ancestor respectfully bowed his head. After becoming the main soul of the Myriad Soul Banner, Qin Ming was its master in his heart, and he was absolutely loyal.
Giant God Emperor and Chaos Origin Beast Ancestor are two of the Nine Emperors of Chaos Origin.
They were also carefully selected by Qin Ming as the main fighting force of the Underworld in the future.
The Giant God Emperor is extremely strong in direct combat, and the Primordial Beast Ancestor's domain is the strongest. When the two of them are combined with the Myriad Soul Banner's soul domain, even without the Black Tide Ancestor, they are formidable.
Its power will only be stronger than before.
And its biggest weakness has also disappeared.
Once they enter the underworld, they become immortal and indestructible.
As for the other ancestors?
Most of them would become sacrificial offerings.
"We are about to hold a meeting, and you should listen to what we have to say. Our future is not in the infinite chaotic space, but in a much wider world."
Looking at the expectant eyes of the Giant God Emperor and the Primordial Beast Ancestor, Qin Ming smiled.
"yes!"
Giant God Emperor and Hunyuan Beast Ancestor respectfully said.
"Alright, let's get down to business! Let's go to the council hall."
Yuan also withdrew his gaze, his smile fading.
Everyone vanished, and when they reappeared, they were back in the council hall, the place where they had started.
Inside the council hall, the seven Hunyuan lords and Qin Ming were all seated, while the Giant God Emperor and the Hunyuan Beast Ancestor stood behind Qin Ming.
This is the highest council hall for cultivators, with a round table at the very center.
This round table is extraordinary; it is made from the largest piece of Dark Realm Crystal ever discovered in the entire Infinite Chaos Space.
When Qin Ming sat down inside, he instantly sensed a spacetime array.
The foundation of the spacetime array set up by Xingmang lies in this!
The spacetime array, with the black round table at its core, connects the entire spacetime network.
In an instant, all 3,600 world groups within the scope of the spacetime network were within the sensing range.
Even in the world that has fallen, this is the case.
The spacetime array of Starburst exists not only in the present, but also in the past and future. The spacetime network in these timelines remains intact and can be explored everywhere.
It is precisely because of this that Starburst is able to accurately locate each invading world-class chaotic source.
As Qin Ming sat down, the three thousand six hundred world groups, countless source worlds, and innumerable ordinary worlds all appeared in his mind.
With a wave of his hand, Qin Ming caused the 3,600 Origin World Map to appear in the center of the round table.
There is a distinct gray-black ring around the edge of the 3,600 source worlds, and this ring is also present in the center of each of the source worlds, and it continues to spread outwards.
"This is the source world of the underworld, which is currently expanding rapidly. However, it has only opened up the underworld land; the corresponding Ten Courts and Eighteen Hells have not yet caught up."
Qin Ming drew a line on the map and began to speak.
"Once these underworlds develop, I will allow them to settle in one by one, and the underworld will also send heavy troops to guard the peripheral areas. But rest assured, the underworld only cares about things after death, and will not concern itself with things before death."
The lords had different ideas about how to manage the Source World.
Like the Phoenix, who is extremely benevolent.
Jin, on the other hand, adopted a completely laissez-faire approach, allowing it to survive in a harsh environment and grow through trials.
In the original timeline, after the great battle, Luo Feng had a fierce argument with Jin, Naigu, and others because of their differing ideologies.
Externally, the seven lords are extremely united.
However, this does not mean that there are no conflicts between them; it simply means that there is a mediator among them, and the conflicts are all within a controllable range.
"We do need to discuss this matter."
Yuan's gaze swept over all the lords, finally settling on Qin Ming.
"In the past, whenever a lord was born, we would redivide the territory, partly so that each lord could develop the territory according to his own ideas."
This is also to make it easier for lords to protect the Source World.
"But things are different now. Our main goal is to give the underworld enough energy so that one day it can tear apart the shackles of the infinite primordial space."
Therefore, the old methods are no longer applicable.
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"I suggest that we stop dividing the area into separate zones and instead manage them jointly."
After he finished speaking, the lords all fell silent.
"I agree!"
Before Jin and Naigu could speak, Minghuang immediately agreed.
She disapproved of the management style of lords like Jin, Naigu, and Moman, but lords generally don't interfere in other people's affairs; otherwise, the real test would be in their hands.
However, the strength of the lords is not much different, so it is not easy to suppress others by force.
Even Star Lords found it extremely difficult.
Compared to their methods, Minghuang agrees more with Qin Ming's philosophy, as there are many similarities between the two.
"I have no objection either!"
Immediately afterwards, Jin spoke.
"The priority is to break through the portal to all the worlds; nothing else matters."
"I think so too."
Naigu nodded slightly.
"Then let's leave it at that. However, I suggest that each lord's home world group be managed freely, since we have all put in a lot of effort."
Only Moman pondered for a moment before speaking.
"Core territory? That's a good suggestion. What do you think?"
Yuan nodded and did not object.
Once a lord is born, his home world becomes his absolute domain. Regardless of how other territories are divided, his home world will belong to him.
Each lord will also spend more energy in their home world.
"Just like what Massage Man said."
One by one, the lords spoke up, and the matter was quickly settled.
The final result was that, apart from their respective core territories, all other territories were jointly managed, with the core objective being to allow the Underworld to grow as much as possible.
Complete the method of marking and breaking boundaries in all heavens.
It’s different in the past.
With their strength greatly increased, they no longer needed to consider how to defend themselves, but instead focused on large-scale expansion!
Unified management is also more suitable.
Qin Ming didn't speak, but listened quietly. These things were of great benefit to him; the growth of the Underworld was an improvement for him.
He couldn't say anything more.
Ultimately, this is him infringing on the interests of other lords.
of course.
Now that he and the seven lords share greater common interests, these things are insignificant.
"Alright, that's settled then. We will fully cooperate with Qin Ming to make the Underworld as strong as possible."
Yuan finally spoke, settling the matter.
"Next, let's discuss the distribution of the spoils. In this war, we killed a total of fourteen progenitors! This is an unprecedented achievement!"
Each fallen ancestor represents immense wealth!
"According to the previous distribution, each lord received one-tenth of the corpse of each ancestor. The remainder remained in the original land, shared by the entire cultivator camp."
"But this time, things have changed."
All seven lords looked at Qin Ming.
The greatest treasure of our ancestors was their corpses!
Besides their corpses, they also carried some treasures with them, such as special materials, but these were insignificant compared to the corpses of the progenitors.
"The problem lies with me."
Qin Ming spoke up.
"Their bodies and souls have entered the underworld and become members of it. I intend to keep the Giant Emperor and the Primordial Beast Ancestor, and the rest can be used for sacrifices."
"Apart from that, you can arrange the other treasures and materials as you see fit. I owe you all a great favor for this matter, so please feel free to ask if you need anything in the future."
The Giant God Emperor and the Chaos Origin Beast Ancestor standing behind Qin Ming felt a chill run down their spines.
Were the others sacrificed?
Although they didn't know why, they knew immediately that this was definitely not a good thing.
"Sacrifice them all?"
The Star Lord quickly skimmed through the Heavenly Pointing and Boundary-Breaking Method and the Sacrifice Method in his mind, and then calculated the probability of success, etc.
"If that's the case, the four thousand source worlds will accumulate enough for a thousand epochs to break through a temporary passage, and there will even be a surplus."
Neither Qin Ming nor the seven lords had any experience in venturing into the myriad realms. Opening a passage for the first time required utmost caution, and no one dared to be careless.
Everything should be done as comfortably as possible.
"I need some materials from the progenitors for devouring; I have no objection to anything else."
Naigu glanced at the Giant God Emperor and the Primordial Beast Ancestor before speaking.
The other lords didn't really care about the ancestor's corpse; at most, they would try to understand the body's secret patterns. But for him, as long as he devoured it, he could grow stronger!
"No problem, I will give you a portion of all the progenitor bodies."
Qin Ming nodded; these were all minor matters.
"Then let's discuss how to deal with the forces that invaded our territory during the war, and how to expand outwards!"