Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

"Within the Great Qin Imperial Palace, the most beautiful women from all the heavens and myriad realms gather! You may have some minor reputation in this realm, but within the Great Qin Imperial Palace, you are nothing more than ordinary people."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the various expressions on the women's faces, and continued.

"Palace maids are your starting point. The palace has its own rules, and the strong are respected. If you can concentrate on your cultivation, improve your strength, and stand out from the crowd, you may have a chance... to serve His Majesty."

To serve His Majesty!

Upon hearing this, the cabin fell into an instant silence!
Wanwan and Shi Feixuan's faces turned deathly pale instantly!
One of them was a demonic witch, and the other was a Buddhist fairy. They pursued the ultimate martial arts or the ultimate truth of heaven. They never thought of serving a man.
And as a palace maid! This was an utter disgrace! Their eyes were filled with terror and resistance.

Meanwhile, on the other side, after the initial shock, Shen Luoyan's eyes suddenly burst forth with an astonishing light!

The Great Qin! Traversing countless realms! Gathering the most beautiful women of all! If only I could serve by the side of such an unparalleled supreme being…

Wouldn't that be... wouldn't that be a thousand times better than being a so-called strategist in this small world?! Her true dream of becoming a general might just be realized right now!

Her breathing quickened involuntarily, and a blush of excitement even rose on her face.

Shang Xiuxun, Shang Xiufang, Li Xiuning, Changsun Wan'er, Shi Qingxuan, and others also had different expressions, some were bewildered, some were ashamed and indignant, and some seemed to be deep in thought.

The wheel of fate has already turned, mercilessly drawing these women, who were originally at the top of the world, into a vaster and more unknown vortex of the future.

Ying Xuan stepped out of the raging spatial passage and instantly returned to the Qin world.

The omnipresent sense of repulsion and spatial tearing suddenly disappeared, replaced by a familiar and vast energy of heaven and earth enveloping his entire body, making his primordial spirit feel refreshed.

With a slight thought, he appeared above the Qin capital's imperial palace. His gaze swept across the area below, instantly locking onto Yang Guang and his family, who were housed in a side hall.

At this moment, although Yang Guang was still pale and weak, his dantian, which had been destroyed, was now showing signs of life under the nourishment of the extremely rich spiritual energy of the world in the Qin Dynasty. His damaged meridians were also slowly repairing themselves!

The creative power of this world far surpasses that of the Tang Dynasty.

"Chu Yi".

Ying Xuan's voice rang directly in Chu Yi's mind, who was standing to the side.

"The slave is here!"

Chu Yi immediately bowed.

"Settle Yang Guang in a safe place."

Ying Xuan gave the instructions.

“He was granted a mansion and a number of servants. He was informed that if he wished to serve the Great Qin, he could be appointed as a county magistrate to govern a region. If he did not wish to become an official, he would be granted a noble title, a fiefdom, and be supported by the court to live out his remaining years in peace.”

"The slave obeys the order!"

Chu Yi accepted the order and immediately began making arrangements.

After dealing with Yang Guang, Ying Xuan flashed into the huge square in front of the Imperial Treasury.

The officials of the Imperial Household Department had already received the imperial decree, and now the square was piled high with rare and precious treasures!

The gold bricks and ingots were piled up into mounds, reflecting a dazzling light in the sunlight.

Silver ingots and silver coins flow like a silver river along one side of the square.

Gemstones, pearls, jade, agate, jade artifacts...

The dazzling lights and colors illuminated the entire square, making it shimmer with vibrant colors!

This is the essence of wealth plundered from the Tang Dynasty, unparalleled in its era!

Ying Xuan's gaze swept calmly over this "treasure mountain".

What he needed was not the intrinsic value of these treasures, but their essence as materials, and the dynastic fortune and the collective will of the people contained within them.

"rise!"

With a thought, a gigantic hand, formed from pure energy of heaven and earth and capable of blotting out the sky, appeared out of thin air above the plaza!

The giant hand spread its five fingers and reached out to grab the mountain of gold!

A million pounds of gold were easily grasped by a giant hand and suspended high in the air! Immediately afterwards, Ying Xuan raised his hand and pointed!
Click——!
High above, the winds and clouds suddenly shifted!
A terrifying bolt of lightning, as thick as a bucket and gleaming with blinding white light, crashed down, striking precisely the golden object held aloft by the giant hand!

Zila——!
The piercing sound of electricity mingled with the sound of metal melting!
Under the violent force of thunder, millions of kilograms of gold rapidly melted, boiled, and evaporated impurities!
The dazzling golden light and blinding lightning intertwined to create a breathtaking scene!

The lightning dissipated in a short while.

The million catties of gold had disappeared, and in its place were ten thousand gold ingots that were glittering in the air, uniform in size, with sharp edges, and containing pure gold energy and thunderous aura!
With a wave of his sleeve, Ying Xuan sent the ten thousand gold ingots into a golden torrent that flew deep into the palace and landed in a palace specifically used to absorb and store the power of incense offerings and prayers.

Upon entering, Jin Yuanbao frantically absorbed the pure incense and spiritual energy permeating the palace!

Visibly, the golden light on the surface of the gold ingot became deeper and more restrained, and a faint spiritual fluctuation began to be conceived and born within it!
"continue!"

Ying Xuan didn't stop, his giant hand grabbing at the silver again! Thunder struck once more!
Under the tempering of thunder, millions of pounds of silver were stripped of their impurities and transformed into ten thousand gleaming, chilling silver ingots. These ingots were then sent to the incense hall to absorb spiritual energy and nurture their spirituality.

Next came mountains of various gemstones, pearls, jade, agate... Ying Xuan followed the same method!
Thunder roared continuously, and streaks of various colors flashed in the sky above the square!

The crimson gemstone was refined into a precious pearl imbued with the power of fire.

The emerald green jade transformed into a jade pendant imbued with the power of the wood element.

The deep blue agate transforms into chalcedony, imbued with the power of water.

The pure white pearls transformed into spiritual beads imbued with the power of moonlight...

Each material is transformed under the tempering of thunder, becoming a treasure embryo containing different attributes of spiritual power. It is then sent to the incense hall to receive the nourishment and purification of incense power, slowly transforming into a celestial treasure!
The mountains of treasure in the square were dwindling at a visible rate.

After the last gem was refined by lightning and sent to the incense hall, the entire square finally returned to its empty state.

At that moment, Ying Xuan frowned slightly.

He keenly sensed that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the palace, which had been so dense as to almost turn into spiritual mist, seemed to have thinned out.

His eyes closed slightly, and his immense divine sense instantly spread outwards, like an invisible net covering the entire Qin capital, and rapidly expanding outwards!
Within the reach of divine sense, the scene was clearly revealed. Over a million cultivators had gathered in Qin Capital and the surrounding hundreds of miles!
Among them, the 900,000 Imperial Guards who had undergone the tempering of the Demon Refining Tower and whose soul potential had greatly increased were like greedy black holes, frantically devouring the spiritual energy between heaven and earth!

They circulated their cultivation techniques, their auras rising steadily, and breakthroughs occurred one after another!
Furthermore, there are thousands of Jinyiwei and Dongchang inner guards who have broken through to the first level of life, as well as generals such as Wang Jian, Han Xin, and Qi Jiguang. The amount of spiritual energy they consume with each breath and each exhale is astonishing!

Although outside the Great Qin World, a continuous stream of chaotic energy is being transformed and absorbed by the seven immortal artifacts, the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array, and that giant tree, replenishing the world's consumption.

But at this moment, the frenzied devouring speed of these million cultivators, especially the thousands of first-level life experts, has already exceeded the speed at which external energy is pouring in!

We're spending more than we earn!

What made Ying Xuan frown even more was that this crazy consumption of spiritual energy not only caused the concentration of spiritual energy in the palace to drop, but also affected the spiritual roots and spiritual herbs that had just been transplanted and planted around Qin Capital!
The growth rate of these rare and precious materials has slowed down significantly, and some have even shown signs of withering due to insufficient spiritual energy!
"Humph!"

Ying Xuan snorted coldly, his eyes flashing with fierce light. Such a short-sighted approach, like draining the pond to catch all the fish, is not a sustainable solution!
With a thought, he connected with the dragon energy array at the core of the palace!

An invisible wave swept across the entire palace area in an instant!

Inside the palace, the pure spiritual energy that was originally spreading outward and nourishing the surrounding area was instantly cut off as if by an invisible barrier!

All channels through which spiritual energy could escape were completely sealed off!

The palace instantly transformed into a black hole of spiritual energy, where one could only enter and never exit!

The moment the palace's spiritual energy was sealed off, the energy of heaven and earth within a radius of thousands of miles outside Qin capital seemed to be drawn by some invisible force, suddenly becoming violent!

A torrent of water surged and rushed towards Qin capital, especially towards the imperial palace!

This torrent of energy, having lost the guidance and purification of the imperial palace's dragon energy, became exceptionally violent and chaotic!
It contains chaotic energy, earth vein evil energy, and even various violent attribute energies mixed together!
Outside the palace, inside the Qin capital's military camp.

A centurion of the Imperial Guard, who was meditating cross-legged and trying to break through a bottleneck, suddenly opened his eyes, his face showing pain!
The spiritual energy he inhaled was no longer gentle and peaceful, but became like a red-hot iron, violently impacting his meridians!

He groaned, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, and had to forcibly interrupt his cultivation to suppress the restless spiritual energy within his body!

"What's going on? The spiritual energy... how did it become so violent?"

He looked in horror toward the direction of the palace.

The same thing happened to countless cultivators!
The ordinary soldiers, especially those with weaker strength and shallower foundations, suffered even more.

They felt the spiritual energy they inhaled surging wildly within their bodies, making it several times more difficult to refine!
The slightest carelessness could lead to demonic possession!
"The spiritual energy has changed!"

"It's the Imperial Palace! His Majesty has sealed off the leakage of spiritual energy from the Imperial Palace!"

"Such violent spiritual energy! It's too difficult to refine!"

Exclamations and whispers filled the air throughout the military camp.

Those powerful individuals at the first level of life, such as Wang Jian, Han Xin, Qi Jiguang, Zhang San, and Chu Yi, were able to forcibly suppress and refine this violent spiritual energy, but their cultivation speed was also significantly affected.

They all stopped cultivating and looked solemnly towards the direction of the palace, their eyes filled with doubt and inquiry.

What is Your Majesty's intention in doing this?
Deep within the palace, in the area covered by the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation, spiritual energy swirled like mist, and the flow of time subtly shifted.

Thousands of elite Imperial Guards and Eastern Depot guards who returned from the Tang Dynasty, along with dozens of imperial chefs carefully selected from the Imperial Kitchen, imperial concubines such as Yaoyue, Lianxing, Biyao, and Jin Ping'er, and more than a hundred exceptionally talented palace maids "invited" from the Tang Dynasty world, have all entered the battle.

Taking advantage of the time flow within the array, they secluded themselves to cultivate in seclusion, with a clear goal—to break through the Foundation Establishment stage and enter the first level of life!
Meanwhile, outside the palace, a massive mobilization was underway.

The atmosphere in the Imperial Guard camp was as lively as a boiling pot of oil.

An eunuch from the Eastern Depot stood on a high platform, holding an imperial edict, and spoke in a loud voice.

"By His Majesty's decree! Every Imperial Guard soldier who returns from campaigns in the Great Song Dynasty shall be rewarded with ten taels of gold! In recognition of their merits!"

"Long live your Majesty! Long live! Long live!"

A deafening roar of cheers erupted instantly!
The 100,000 Imperial Guards were so excited that their faces turned red, they waved their fists, and their shouts reached the sky! Ten taels of gold!

In the Qin Dynasty, this was enough to ensure an ordinary family's livelihood for several years! This was the highest affirmation of their bloody battles!
Before the joy of receiving the reward had subsided, new military orders arrived.

"Order! All Imperial Guards who have returned from the Great Song Dynasty shall immediately prepare themselves and be deployed to various counties and prefectures of the Empire to relieve the local troops of their defense duties!"

"Order! Soldiers over forty years of age, or those who volunteer, shall be transferred to local county garrison units to serve as key personnel!"

"Order! Officers of all ranks shall be assigned to the positions of prefectural commandant and county commandant according to their military merits and abilities!"

"Order! Only 300,000 elite troops will remain in the capital! Of these, 200,000 will immediately set off to Xuzhou in Shu!"

"Order! All commanders of the legions, except for the commanders of the garrison in Xuzhou, shall immediately return to Qin Capital to attend the grand court assembly!"

The orders, like a whirlwind, were swiftly relayed to every soldier.

After a brief period of commotion, the mobilization proceeded efficiently and systematically.

One hundred thousand returning veterans, carrying gold as a reward and new missions, quickly merged into the empire's vast military network and flowed in all directions.

The number of imperial guards in the capital was drastically reduced, leaving only the most elite 300,000, of which 200,000 were elite cavalry. Led by their generals, they marched in a mighty force toward Xuzhou in Shu.

The entire empire, like a sophisticated war machine, was operating at high speed under Ying Xuan's will.

On the palace square, the mountain of jewels plundered from the Tang Dynasty world had completely vanished under the tempering of thunder and the nourishment of incense.

Instead, there were ten thousand magical treasure embryos floating above the incense hall, radiating soft, colorful light and full of spiritual energy!

Gold ingots, silver ingots, gemstones and jewels...

They are no longer ordinary things, but spiritual beings containing the power of the five elements, the essence of the moon, and the aura of thunder!

Under the cover of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation, they greedily absorbed the rich spiritual energy and pure incense gathered in the palace, and their spirituality was growing and transforming at a visible speed!
In the Imperial Garden of the palace, the rare spiritual roots and herbs transplanted from various realms, after the violent backflow of spiritual energy subsided, were once again bathed in the pure and gentle spiritual energy that had been purged by the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array.

They stretch out their branches and leaves, exhaling spiritual light and accumulating spiritual energy. Although their growth rate is not as violent as before, it is more solid and stable.

As the first rays of dawn pierced the clouds and bathed the majestic palaces of Qin capital, the bells and drums resounded in solemn silence before the main hall of the imperial palace—the Xuanzheng Hall. (End of Chapter)