Eternal Beast Taming Family

Upon hearing this, Chu Shengyuan's eyes suddenly brightened, and he eagerly asked for confirmation:

"Grandpa, are we really going to start?"

Chu Jingyu stood up from his seat, his gaze fixed meaningfully on the snow-covered sky.

"To become a dynasty, a sufficiently vast territory is a prerequisite. Although there are currently no grudges or dealings between the Chu family and the people in these Hundred Thousand Mountains..."

However, this is how wars between dynasties and civilizations are. Xiao Yuan, your elder brother still has the Tree of All Beings as his foundation, with a vast territory within it. Even without war, he has enough subordinate lands.

"But you cannot. You must participate in this campaign from beginning to end, carefully managing every inch of the conquered territory. Only in this way can this land become your future domain."

He had only recently advanced to the Transcendent Rank, and Chu Shengyuan hadn't expected his grandfather to already be considering his path to becoming a king. His steps, poised to cross the threshold, abruptly halted.

Then he turned and walked into the wind and snow.

"I'll go back and adjust myself."

Watching his grandson's departing figure, Chu Jingyu sighed softly.

The Chu family had finally settled down, a life that almost every member of the Chu family longed for, but now they were about to be plunged into a war with uncertain prospects.

However, the Chu family has no choice but to do this. Everything the Chu family is currently facing is forcing them to move forward even faster.

According to the news Xiao Han brought from within the dynasty, the Jingyuan royal family seemed to have mobilized some kind of dynasty's resources in the past year, and completely resolved the cold wave that covered a large part of the dynasty in a short period of time.

They have completely stabilized the lost border, and the next step seems to be to recapture the Upper City of Thousand Spirits.

It's likely that once the Jingyuan Dynasty quells its internal strife, it will have time to deal with the Chu family's affairs.

The Chu family can only develop faster, even faster, so that they don't become like pebbles easily crushed under the rule of the king.

Standing in the Chu family mansion, one can almost hear the joyful and noisy sounds of children born from the first snow in Wandao City on the mountainside.

The snow lotus, resembling ice crystals, slowly flew into the air from Chu Jingyu's hand. The swirling snowflakes around the "Snow Lotus" seemed to make it the center of the world at that moment.

At a certain moment, a layer of shackles binding "Snow Lotus" was broken from the inside, and its aura instantly became much stronger.

On October 11, 3413 of the Yuanhe calendar of the Jingyuan Dynasty, under the first snow, "Snow Lotus" successfully advanced to the upper domain rank.

If we calculate according to the timeline of the Demon Kingdom of the Ten Thousand Mountains, then it would be the year 4787 of the Demon Kingdom.

According to the Chu family's own calendar, this year is the sixteenth year since the contract was made with the Chu Ancestor, which is the 16th year of the Chu family's first holy calendar.

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Thousand Spirits City.

Despite the approaching winter, three enormous suns hung in the sky above Qianling City, their boundless light scorching the earth.

The terrifying heat seemed poised to completely extinguish all life in this region.

Numerous figures clad in armor stood in the void outside the city, their gazes coldly fixed on the city. Their imposing auras surrounded them, and the uniformly styled bronze generals and source beasts were ready to launch an attack on the city at any moment.

"Our Jingyuan Dynasty has always shown great favor to Qianling Prefecture City, making it one of the three great cities and providing it with a lot of special resources every year."

However, some leaders in Qianling City harbor disloyal intentions, openly defying the orders of our dynasty. Now they have even sealed off the city and locked down its gates. Do they intend to establish themselves as a state within a state?

A young man in a long robe with blue hair stood in front of the military formation, his gaze coldly sweeping into the city, uttering a question that echoed throughout the entire city.

The dean of Qianling Academy stood in the void above the city with a somewhat grim expression. The Jingyuan Dynasty's attack had only stopped for a few days, but unexpectedly it had returned.

Moreover, judging from the fact that there are at least three more Spirit Dao Grand Contract Masters in that group, Thousand Spirit City is probably in trouble this time.

However, Qianling City has already offended the dynasty. If they surrender now, the royal family will definitely not let these high-level contract masters off the hook. Now they have no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to defend.

"When a dynasty is tyrannical, calamities befall the land. The so-called cities are nothing more than food for your royal family. Many talented students of my Thousand Spirits Academy have been buried generation after generation in the trials of your so-called academy in your royal city."

If the royal family were virtuous, they would never allow the talents within their borders to be wasted in meaningless battles;

If the royal family were virtuous, they would have cleared all the perilous areas within their borders long ago, instead of leaving their people to struggle on the edge of those perilous places.

If the royal family were truly virtuous, how could its fortunes have declined so drastically, with one royal elder after another losing their lives?

Zheng Yuandao's words were forceful and resounding, and they also revealed some secrets of the dynasty.

The blue-haired youth hovering in the sky outside the city narrowed his eyes slightly, and his expression turned somewhat ugly. The news of the passing of the dynasty's elders had somehow reached their city, which had been under lockdown.

Could it be that there are still 'traitors' within the city walls of the dynasty?

"Stubborn fool, Qingyang, shine your light upon me!"

The blue-haired youth formed a strange hand seal, and the three 'suns' floating in the sky instantly turned blue.

The dazzling beam of light pierced through the void and struck the protective light shield of Thousand Spirit City.

Before long, cracks appeared on the light shield, as if the attack had exceeded the shield's tolerance.

"Jingluan, it's been a long time."

With a shout, the figure of Grand Master Luo Xuan appeared in the void. With a gentle sweep of his hand, three enormous ancient mirrors appeared in the void, their surfaces falling under the beam of light.

Instantly, a beam of light of similar intensity rebounded from the mirror. The beams collided, and the Qingyang in the sky was impacted, causing the light sphere to explode and revealing the true appearance of the creature inside.

Those were three similar-looking, slender blue phoenix-like source beasts.

The blue-haired man named Jing Luan looked at Luo Xuan, who had suddenly appeared, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes.

"So it was you. I was wondering who could protect a city for so long. It has been a long time indeed. How come the great sage who was once hailed as the most promising candidate to break through to the King rank has, thousands of years later, still hasn't made any progress, just like me?"

Luo Xuan sat cross-legged in the air, his hands forming strange hand seals. A unique rhythm flowed slowly between the sky and the ground, and golden runes appeared throughout the city.

"If it weren't for the royal family's underhanded tactics, how would you dare stand before me and speak like this? Royal children are nothing but good-for-nothings."

Luo Xuan's words were blunt, as if he possessed a natural arrogance when facing the elders of the royal family.

Jing Luan stood atop one of the three Azure Phoenix Beasts, with numerous azure feathers gathering behind him.

"You idiot? What right do you have to talk like that now?"

The overwhelming feathers seemed to tear through the void, darting from all directions and piercing the shields atop the city.

Sensing the intensity of the attack, Zheng Yuandao became extremely tense. He could tell that the attack was capable of penetrating both layers of the city's protective light shield.