Two Realms: Don't call me evil!

As the Divine Eagle Empire was pacified, the powerful armies of the Great Xia Dynasty attacked again.

This time, the target was chosen from countries large and small in the Canggu Continent.

Most of these countries are weak, with small territories and small populations. Often the strongest person in a country is only at the Daotai level, and there are almost no Purple Mansion powerhouses.

Faced with the approaching army of the Great Xia Dynasty, these small countries could only cry out and accuse the Great Xia Dynasty of its wolfish ambitions and cruelty, and said that it did not look like the leader of the Cang Gu Continent at all. They had already declared their surrender, but the dynasty still wanted to annex its own younger brothers.

The Great Xia Dynasty doesn't care about you. Under Su Jie's strict orders, the army of the Great Xia Dynasty attacked from all sides. Led by the conquering general Wei Yushuang, the war spread to every piece of land in the Canggu Continent.

While the Great Xia Dynasty was raising armies and waging wars abroad, there was also unrest within the country.

Throughout the Great Xia Dynasty, three magnificent construction sites gathered millions of laborers and hundreds of thousands of monks to carry out the massive project of building wonders.

This is the construction of a wonder of heaven.

"Xuantian Xianju" records a total of four heavenly wonders. In addition to the Thirty-Three Heavenly Palace that has been built, there are three other heavenly wonders: the Six Paths of Reincarnation Palace, the Three Thousand Worlds Ziwei Linglong Pagoda, and the Wanxiang Zhulong Temple.

A heavenly wonder costs tens of billions of spirit stones. Previously, Su Jie had limited financial resources and could only build the Thirty-Three Heavenly Palace, a heavenly wonder.

Now Su Jie has become the emperor of Daxia. During the process of conquest, he has destroyed countless aristocratic families and sects, and seized a large amount of wealth from these thousand-year-old families.

They marched into Dali City and extorted more than 10 billion spirit stones from the enemy, and also reaped the wealth of the Condor Empire on the grassland.

Su Jie has accumulated the resources to build these three wonders of heaven.

These three wonders of heaven were prepared for the Wedding Dress Female Ghost, the Thousand-Armed Centipede and the Annual Ringworm. They would use the wonders to transform their spirits and souls and prepare for their future promotion to the Void Realm. So even though it would cost a huge amount of money, Su Jie did not hesitate to allocate a large amount of resources to start construction.

However, it was precisely because of Su Jie's action that the country continued to fight wars abroad and carried out large-scale construction projects at home.

For a while, Su Jie was labeled a tyrant. Su Jie's actions completely fit the descriptions of warmongering, vanity, waste of resources and so on, which are often associated with tyrants and incompetent rulers.

Of course, this was only spread privately, but no one dared to say this to Su Jie's face.

Su Jie doesn't care what others think of him and insists on carrying out his plan.

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Daxia Palace!

In the royal garden, Su Jie was sitting in the pavilion. Not far away, under a willow tree, Han Ruyan was sitting cross-legged with a twisted and strange Ten Thousand Souls Banner on her knees.

There were endless hideous ghost faces roaring on the soul flag, which made people feel terrified.

This is Han Ruyan refining the Billion Souls Banner.

The large number of unruly people slaughtered from the Divine Eagle Empire accumulated enough souls for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, reaching the standard for refining the Billion Souls Banner.

Zizi!

In Su Jie's arms, the Thousand-Armed Centipede made a cry.

A pair of insect eyes looked at Han Ruyan with quite a bit of envy.

If Han Ruyan had the Billion Souls Banner, it would feel a lot of pressure and might not be able to defeat Han Ruyan with the Billion Souls Banner in her hand.

Unfortunately, although it is a top-grade nine-refined poisonous insect, it has no suitable magic weapon, and it relies on its god-like body to fight.

Thinking of this, the Thousand-Armed Centipede made a few "sizzling" sounds at Su Jie, blaming Su Jie for being biased. It also wanted the treasure that could move mountains and fill the sea.

Yea!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

At this time, a small and very cute annual ringworm crawled out from Su Jie's sleeve, making a soft and sticky sound, as if to say that with her big brother here, the two insects could do her a good job.

The Thousand-Armed Centipede was moved, and rolled around happily in Su Jie's arms, hugging the annual ringworm with tears in his eyes, looking like a good brother.

Su Jie did not focus on the two fighting poisonous insects, but closed his eyes to rest.

If someone could see the destiny of heaven at this moment, they would find that the destiny of heaven on Su Jie was increasing every moment.

The golden power of luck was like a big sun above Su Jie's head. Strands of golden light constantly merged into it in the void, making the power of luck even more powerful.

This is because the army of the Great Xia Dynasty is advancing into the Canggu Continent.

One country after another was annexed and digested by the Daxia army, causing the territory and population of the Daxia Dynasty to continue to increase.

If that were the case alone, the increase in Heavenly Luck and Fortune would not be so significant.

This is mainly because the Great Xia Dynasty not only annexed and occupied these countries, but also managed these countries as their own territory and implemented various policies of the Great Xia Dynasty that had been in place since the Guiling Palace.

In a feudal environment like the Canggu Continent, don't think that only the Dali Dynasty has the monopoly of power by aristocratic families, the presence of powerful people, and the emergence of harsh policies and taxes.

The various man-made disasters that occurred in the Dali Dynasty also existed in other countries. Don't expect these rulers to have much moral integrity. Compared with the Dali Dynasty, these small countries are just a matter of which one is worse.

The Great Xia Dynasty brought not only the army, but also various well-functioning people-benefiting measures.

These small countries scattered across the Canggu Continent soon experienced the same fate as the Dali Dynasty.

One by one, the noble families that possessed large amounts of wealth and resources were liquidated by the Great Xia army, and those sects that occupied the mountains and acted as kings had to all submit to the Great Xia Dynasty and pay various heavy taxes, otherwise they would have to wait for the iron fist of the Great Xia army to punish them.

One after another, wealthy and powerful people fell from power, the power structure in the entire country was reshuffled, and the power of the powerful that oppressed the people disappeared.

Without the persecution from the powerful and wealthy families, and with the various policies implemented by the Great Xia Dynasty.

Distribute land equally and give away the thousands of acres of fertile land owned by wealthy and powerful families so that those who till the land can own the land.

Exempt from taxes and reduce the tax burden on farmers!
Equalize the rich and the poor, issue various government subsidies, and help those lonely and helpless people survive.

In the future, with the construction of various factories, the Great Xia Dynasty also plans to develop various national pension insurance, medical insurance, compulsory education, etc.

In short, the Great Xia Dynasty won the warm welcome of the people of those small countries through various people-friendly policies.

The upper class nobles of the small countries regarded the Great Xia Dynasty as a scourge, but the working people at the bottom regarded the Great Xia Dynasty as the royal army and took the initiative to help the Great Xia Dynasty act as a guide to attack their own country's army.

It is precisely these people-friendly measures that have won the hearts of the people of small countries, improved their originally difficult lives, and restored normalcy to the chaotic society.

This means that even though the Heavenly Dao of the Tianyuan World dislikes Su Jie, it has to give Su Jie Heavenly Dao luck.

The current action of annexing the small countries in Canggu Continent has just begun. When the entire Canggu Continent is annexed in the future, Su Jie estimates that his heavenly luck will increase several times.

boom!
When Su Jie was wondering whether his heavenly luck was enough to refine the entire moon, a buzzing sound came. Su Jie looked up and saw that Han Ruyan had changed.

Then he saw that the Billion Souls Banner had been completely refined by Han Ruyan.

The rolling black gas on the soul flag was surging like the sea, and the billions of ghosts were like a school of sardines in the sea, crowded together, making the black tide sea turbulent, and the roar of billions of ghosts shook the earth.

A hint of joy appeared on Han Ruyan's face, and she grabbed the Billion Souls Banner and waved it gently.

"Eighteen-layer Netherworld Formation, open!"

As Han Ruyan's voice fell, the sky darkened, and the earth was illuminated as if it was leading to the end of the abyss.

Eerie and terrifying buildings and bizarre torture instruments began to appear all over the Kuroshio Sea.

The entire Dali City was alarmed, and the people felt a chill in their bones and their hearts palpitated. Looking at the darkening sky, they felt a sense of panic as if their souls were being sucked in.

The pitch-black sky continued to spread, ten miles, a hundred miles, five hundred miles, a thousand miles...

Su Jie looked down at his feet. A layer of black mist had risen from the ground at some point. Faint wailing sounds were floating in the air from all around. It seemed that countless prisoners were undergoing various tortures.

Through the deep black fog sea, Su Jie saw the scene of eighteen levels of hell formed in the dark abyss.

However, I saw that the ghosts had transformed into their appearances before they were alive, and they were subjected to many punishments here.

Some had their tongues pulled out and their bones removed, some were thrown into oil pans and cooked, and some were cut into pieces with thousands of blades. It was a horrific sight.

These scenes are clearly the eighteen levels of hell in myths and legends, namely the Tongue-Pulling Hell, Scissors Hell, Iron Tree Hell, Mirror of Evil Hell, Steamer Hell, Copper Pillar Hell, Knife Mountain Hell, Iceberg Hell, Oil Pot Hell, Ox Pit Hell, Stone Pressure Hell, Mortar Hell, Pool of Blood Hell, Wrongful Death Hell, Crucifixion Hell, Volcano Hell, Stone Mill Hell, and Knife and Saw Hell.

These eighteen levels of hell are all different. They are like a roulette wheel of destruction, torturing people's souls until they disappear into thin air.

This is the formation revealed by the Billion Souls Banner, which is based on the Eighteen Levels of Hell in mythology and legends. The buildings on the top levels are occupied by the Ten Kings of Hell, the judges Black and White Impermanence, the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Gods, and countless soul-catchers.

Su Jie looked carefully at the images of these characters and found them extremely familiar.

For example, the Judge looks extremely similar to the God-King Temutu, and King Yama is 90% similar to Meng Leize, the Holy Son of the Nine Skies.

These characters in the underworld are all powerful souls absorbed by the Soul Banner.

They were killed by Su Jie during their lifetime, and after death they had to live in the Billion Souls Banner and work like slaves, which was considered extremely miserable.

Su Jie could clearly sense that the Billion Souls Banner refined by Han Ruyan had surpassed the level of spiritual treasure and was the most powerful ultimate magic weapon.

If an ordinary Purple Mansion cultivator enters the Soul Banner Formation, he will definitely die. He will be killed by the Billion Soul Banners and become a part of the Soul Banners.

"This Billion Souls Banner is comparable to ordinary Taoist treasures, right?"

Su Jie had this feeling in his heart. If he wanted to cultivate billions of soul flags, he would need to sacrifice at least one billion people and the souls of countless powerful people.

For example, the Billion Souls Banner in Han Ruyan's hand has nearly twenty Purple Mansion-level souls, including the three great monks of Tantric Buddhism, Purple Mansion cultivators from foreign lands, Purple Mansion ancestors of aristocratic families, the Five Dharma Kings of the Divine Eagle Empire, and even the Purple Mansion Saint Son of the Holy Land. There are also countless souls of cultivators in the Daotai Realm and the Secret Treasure Realm.

After being refined by the skillful hands of Han Ruyan, the Queen of Ghosts, the Billion Souls Banner now has power comparable to that of ordinary Taoist treasures. Normally this is impossible, as Taoist treasures can only be refined by the Great Emperor Dongxu. However, there are too many "consumables" in the Billion Souls Banner, which resulted in this ultimate magic weapon that is comparable to Taoist treasures.

Of course, the Billion Souls Banner in front of us is still far from top-level Taoist treasures like the Ten Thousand Dragon Pearls.

Han Ruyan put away the Billion Souls Banner and floated it in front of Su Jie.

After first glancing at the sullen Thousand-Armed Centipede, Han Ruyan curled the corners of her mouth and deliberately shook the Billion Souls Banner in her hand.

Zizi!

Seeing Han Ruyan showing off his treasure, the Thousand-Armed Centipede became very angry, waving its tentacles and opening its jaws.

The annual ringworm squirmed its fleshy short body and bared its fangs and claws on the centipede's head, but it was only the size of a palm and did not look threatening at all. Instead, it looked silly and cute.

Han Ruyan curled her lips and looked at Su Jie. As soon as she opened her mouth, Su Jie began to sweat a little.

"My dear husband, I heard that you took concubines as soon as you became emperor. Are you going to find a few concubines to serve you?"

Han Ruyan's beautiful eyes moved. After she was promoted to the ninth-rank evil spirit, she had recovered her past memories and temperament, but her jealous nature was still perfectly retained.

Su Jie's face straightened and he said, "My lady, what are you talking about? You are my appointed queen, just a concubine. You are exaggerating. I don't want to be a licentious and tyrannical emperor."

Han Ruyan was a little surprised and asked, "I'll be the queen?"

Throughout the dynasties, there has never been an example of someone making a female ghost the queen. This is the first time in the history of the world. Even Han Ruyan did not expect Su Jie to do this.

"It has to be you."

Su Jie nodded. This was a tacit understanding between the two. Although Su Jie knew that doing so would definitely cause criticism from the ministers, Su Jie never cared about the voices of the weak.

As he was speaking, Su Jie suddenly had an idea. He felt that Han Ruyan in front of him seemed a little different from before.

"During the process of refining the Billion Souls Banner, my cultivation has improved. I have some clues about the breakthrough of Yinxu Ghost King. I want to return to Blue Star."

Han Ruyan began to explain the changes in herself.

The body of a ninth-grade evil ghost has both yin and yang coexisting, which is the most evil in the world and almost the pinnacle that a ghost can reach in its life.

If one goes one step further and breaks through the realm of the ninth-grade evil ghost, he will be called the Yinxu Ghost King, comparable to the Dongxu Emperor.

Ghost kings of these levels are almost non-existent in the world. It is difficult for normal people to cultivate to the level of Dongxu, let alone ghosts that are hated by the Heavenly Dao.

"That's perfect. I also want to return to Blue Star to refine the Moon and try to break through the Void Realm. Madam, you can watch the process of my breakthrough."

Su Jie was immediately delighted. Han Ruyan was the queen of ghosts. Her combat power far exceeded that of the evil ghosts of the same level, and also far exceeded that of the cultivators of the same level.

If Han Ruyan is promoted to the Ghost King of Yinxu, with the characteristics of a fierce ghost and the Billion Souls Banner in his hand, he will definitely be an extremely terrifying existence. Cursing and killing Emperor Dongxu will no longer be empty talk, but will become a reality, and his combat power will be comparable to the level of the top-level Emperor Dongxu.

"Wait for two days. I will arrange Da Xia's affairs and then we will return to Blue Star together."

Su Jie told Han Ruyan about his plan. Although he was still in Tianyuan, his heart had already flown back to Blue Star.

Su Jie already had a premonition that the next time he returned to Blue Star, it would be the time to refine the moon and become the Dongxu Emperor.

As long as he achieves Dongxu, Su Jie will have the capital to be arrogant in the Tianyuan world, which is in line with his title of Xingyuan Emperor.

(End of this chapter)