Chapter 2295: Chapter 2295 Changing Course
In the end, Man Feng chose to keep his suspicions to himself. Instead of voicing them, he led his troops directly into battle against the foreign race.
During the internal turmoil, the foreign race had taken advantage of the chaos and advanced considerably. However, Man Feng swiftly led his army to drive them back. He forced them into a retreat all the way to their stronghold, where they cowered and were too afraid to emerge.
Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun dispatched Xue Rongwu to seize the resources of two other Royal Management. Furthermore, he ordered Xue Rongwu to take control of all merchant guilds, decreeing that from that moment onward, all trade associations would be unified under the authority of the Royal Management.
Without delay, he instructed Xuanyuan Ling to dispatch personnel to oversee the guilds’ operations. They were to streamline resource allocation and rebrand the guilds under a new name—Celestial Cloud Emporium.
Meanwhile, Chen Xingnan pleaded with Ye Liuyun for assistance.
However, Ye Liuyun merely commanded Xue Rongwu to show leniency toward Chen Xingnan’s family, granting them a path to survival and a portion of resources. Yet, he did not waver from his grand plan.
He could not afford to let personal ties hinder the course of unification.
Before long, the Elysium Dynasty underwent a transformation and was rechristened as the Accord Dynasty. On the surface, Xue Rongtian remained its ruler, but in reality, the entire structure had been reshaped under Ye Liuyun’s will.
With order now firmly established, Xue Rongwu led martial practitioners experts, and the army to suppress insurgents and rogue factions that sought to take advantage of the shifting power. Their task was to stabilize the newly formed Accord Dynasty.
Once stability was secured, Ye Liuyun instructed Xue Rongtian to formally announce a comprehensive alliance with the Alliance of Goddesses. This partnership entailed opening the gates of Regalty for Conveyor Formation travel, facilitating trade between merchant guilds, and forming a united front against the foreign race.
Furthermore, it was announced that all member factions of the alliance must submit to Ye Liuyun’s command as their supreme leader.
With these matters settled, Ye Liuyun used the Conveyor Formation to journey to the battlefield. He then aided Man Feng in launching a final offensive against the foreign race’s stronghold.
Man Feng personally welcomed Ye Liuyun upon his arrival. In truth, he had long anticipated this moment.
Upon entering the command tent, Ye Liuyun wasted no time in asserting his control. Without concern for Man Feng’s thoughts, he immediately branded him with a Slaving Seal before delving into his mind with a soul search.
"You were right, Xue Rongtian is nothing more than my puppet." Ye Liuyun remarked, his voice devoid of pretense.
Having confirmed that Man Feng had already deduced his hand in these affairs, he saw no reason for deception.
Yet, witnessing Man Feng’s unwavering resolve to protect the realm against the foreign race, Ye Liuyun found his judgment reaffirmed—this man was not one to disappoint.
Without hesitation, he instructed Man Feng to ensure that all soldiers swore allegiance to the Alliance of Goddesses.
Once everything was arranged, Ye Liuyun finally released the Beastman legion. The Beastman was tasked with using puppet beasts, war chariots, and energy cannons to attack the foreign race’s headquarters’ formation.
The moment the Formation collapsed, Man Feng led his forces into the breach. With the combined might of puppet beasts and war chariots, they stormed the enemy stronghold and eradicated the foreign race without mercy.
Ye Liuyun had been anticipating the emergence of powerful experts from the foreign race’s altar, but this time there was no sign of any movement. Even after the altar was dismantled, no expert appeared via teleportation.
After completely annihilating the foreign race, Ye Liuyun and his forces finished cleaning up the battlefield. Only martial practitioners were left behind to observe the situation, while the 250,000 strong army was led back to the Regalty.
The 100,000 soldiers sent by Yu Xiaofeng were dispatched back, and the responsibility of guarding the city was handed to Ye Liuyun’s own people.
He then assigned Helian Xiu and Ye Tiandao to train the 250,000 strong army. Man Feng, in particular, was tasked with training the 50,000 expert praetorian guards under the guidance of Ye Tiandao.
After six months of training under Ye Tiandao and Helian Xiu, the army was entrusted to Man Feng. Then, the two returned to Ye Liuyun’s side to continue their cultivation.
Subsequently, Xue Rongwu also brought thousands of martial practitioners and over 50,000 soldiers to join the training effort.
Next, Ye Liuyun invited elders from the Northsky Sect, such as Wu Kun, Jin Qingsong and the Purple Flame God. He also invited experts in Formations, Weapon-refining, and alchemy. Together, they established a dedicated alliance.
It specialized in training disciples in Dormations, alchemy, and Weapon-refining. All resources from Formation masters, Weapon-refining masters, and alchemists were consolidated under a single entity, known as the Divine Master Alliance.
Ye Liuyun also lifted the cultivation restrictions for soul cultivators, the Devil Clan, devil cultivators, and feral beasts. Thereby, legalizing the existence of these special groups.
Additionally, the God Realm’s alchemists and Weapon-refining experts were integrated into the Divine Master Alliance, and many Formation masters were recruited.
Previously, formation masters had no formal organization. Now, they finally had a unified body and no longer had to work alone.
No secret stays hidden forever. Soon, news that Xue Rongtian had been controlled by Ye Liuyun spread across Moyana Island.
Regardless of whether they were soldiers, martial practitioners, or commoners, everyone agreed that the current state of affairs was far superior to Xue Rongtian’s reign. Consequently, no one cared much about who truly governed the Accord Dynasty.
Celestial Cloud Emporium also began offering elixirs and weapons to martial practitioners in this world, receiving widespread praise.
Since the capital of Celestial Cloud Emporium was taken from the three major guilds, its strength grew rapidly in an instant.
With the introduction of Storage Stones and Exchange Stones into the God Realm’s markets, their rapid popularity caused a massive upheaval. Its influence quickly surpassed that of the Alliance of Merchants in God Realm.
Recognizing this shift in power, Yao Guangyao proposed merging the Alliance of Merchants into the Celestial Cloud Emporium, offering its members shares in the new entity.
This consolidation placed Ye Liuyun in full control of all resources. It also allowed him to efficiently mobilize supplies between realms in preparation for conflicts against foreign races.
Once he had integrated the merchant guilds and solidified the Accord Dynasty’s rule, Ye Liuyun took the next step by fully opening the Conveyor Formations. Martial practitioners from both worlds could now travel freely between realms.
Following this, Ye Liuyun journeyed to the Devil Clan’s world, intending to oversee the mining efforts for new recruits.
However, upon his arrival, he found the Beastman had already advanced deep into the heart of the Devil Clan’s Central Empire.
Despite the Devil Clan Central Empire’s formal surrender, the Beastman, blinded by bloodlust, refused to accept it. Their goal was not victory but total annihilation. They sought to eradicate every last member of the Devil Clan within the Central Empire.
At present, the Beastman of the Devil Clan had completely encircled the Regalty of the Central Empire, trapping its inhabitants within. Meanwhile, other Beastman had begun sweeping across the entire empire, leaving no refuge untouched.
This overwhelming success was, in part, due to Ye Liuyun’s own forces. The elite army of 20,000 he had trained had been deployed in several key battles, crushing the Devil Clan’s resistance and leaving them in utter ruin.
Although he found the Beastmen’s slaughter excessively brutal, Ye Liuyun understood the nature of this world. The Devil Clan and the Beastmen had long viewed each other as mere prey, their conflict an endless cycle of dominance and devastation.
No matter which side won today, the status quo would eventually be restored. Even the Beastmen showed no hesitation in exterminating their own kin if they stood in the way of victory.
At their core, both the Devil Clan and the Beastmen were no different from feral beasts.
Even if Ye Liuyun intervened now and saved the Devil Clan, the bloodshed would not cease. Sooner or later, new conflicts would erupt—either between different Devil Clan factions or among the Beastmen themselves.
