I became a god through frontier slaughter, and I crushed the academy's prodigies!

That old fox really knows how to get things done.

When King Canglan saw Shen Tian land, he immediately waved his hand.

A dozen or so scantily clad and stunningly beautiful maids from the Baichuan Kingdom, carrying jade platters, stepped forward in orderly fashion.

The plate was filled with rare and precious natural materials that emitted a strong energy fluctuation.

The multicolored lights illuminated the entire square, making it look like a dreamlike place.

"Your Highness, these are just a small token of our appreciation from the Baichuan Kingdom. Having just experienced an earth-shattering battle, Your Highness needs to recuperate properly."

King Canglan rubbed his hands together.

"Also, that girl Luo Shui, thanks to Your Highness's care in the ruins. I've spoiled her since she was little, she's stubborn, but not a bad person at heart. In the future, in the Human Federation, I hope Your Highness... hehe, will discipline her a bit."

"puff--"

Luo Shui, thousands of miles away, spat out a mouthful of water, her fair cheeks instantly turning bright red, almost as if they were about to bleed.

"What nonsense is this shameless old man spouting!"

Luo Shui was furious.

Xiao Ting laughed even louder and slapped his thigh hard:

"Sister-in-law Shen!"

"You're asking for it!"

A burst of dark blue water erupted and chased Xiao Ting all over the room.

At Senbato Square.

Looking at the grand spectacle before him, and then at Canglan Wang's knowing expression, Shen Tian sighed inwardly.

Well, the goal of incorporating Baichuan Kingdom has been achieved, so it's a good thing that we don't have to resort to force.

"King of Canglan, I appreciate your kindness. After the establishment of the Human Federation, the resources allocated to you by Baichuan Kingdom will definitely not be unfair to you."

Shen Tian focused his voice into a beam and sent it directly into the ears of the Canglan King.

"As for the path to the tenth tier, I will give you an explanation once the overall situation is settled."

Upon hearing these words, the Canglan King's eyes suddenly lit up, like a 200-watt incandescent light bulb.

Tenth Rank!

The reason he slid to his knees so readily was partly because he was afraid of being beaten to death, and partly because he was envious of Shen Tian's god-slaying achievements.

Now that we have this accurate statement, Baichuan Kingdom has made a huge profit!

"Thank you, Your Highness! May you live a long and prosperous life!"

King Canglan bent over at a ninety-degree angle, his voice so loud it could create three-foot-high waves on the water.

Netizens around the world are stunned.

What should have been a tense conquest turned into a large-scale family reunion in the Kingdom of Baichuan.

In less than two hours.

The Western Sea Federation, the Northern Cold Kingdom, and the Hundred Rivers Kingdom—the three major super powers on Blue Star besides the Dragon Kingdom—all bowed their heads.

External resistance has been completely eliminated.

Shen Tian stood in the center of the red carpet, refusing to touch the dazzling array of rare and precious treasures.

He raised his head, his gaze passing over the prosperity of Qianyu City and the waves of the endless sea, looking directly at the land of the Dragon Kingdom in the east.

It's time to go back and deal with the internal troubles.

The Heavenly Pivot Bureau of the Dragon Kingdom, the Heavenly Pillar who cut off the supply of materials to his hometown, Tianyun Prefecture, for three years, is Xu Daozhen.

If we want to make Earth as solid as a monolith, we cannot tolerate any dissenting voices.

Once the external thorns are removed, the internal tumors must also be excised.

"Gentlemen, now that the affairs of state are settled, I have other important matters to attend to and must take my leave."

Shen Tian did not linger.

The surrounding void twisted violently, the light flashed and disappeared in an instant, and his figure merged into the spatial ripples and disappeared above Qianyudu.

King Canglan was left standing there, waving his hands with lingering satisfaction, and shouting loudly:

"Your Highness, please take care! Come visit again anytime!"

Dragon Kingdom, Dragon Capital.

Ten thousand meters underground.

This is where the dragon veins of the entire Dragon Kingdom converge.

Within the vast underground space, the high-density power of heaven and earth had completely liquefied, presenting a milky white color, resembling a vast underground ocean.

In the very center of this spiritual sea, an old man dressed in a gray robe sat cross-legged.

Xu Daozhen.

His breathing was long and heavy, and with each inhale, the liquid energy of the surrounding world would be drawn into his mouth and nose.

With each exhale, a visible wave of air rises into the air.

Within those golden waves of energy, countless runes of the Law of Numbers were interwoven.

The Law of Withering

This is the power of the laws that Xu Daozhen comprehended.

Over the past few decades, he has established a strict hierarchy within the martial arts world of the Dragon Kingdom.

Furthermore, it fully embodies the principle of "sacrificing a small number of people to ensure overall stability."

Rumble.

The entire underground space suddenly trembled violently, and dozens of cracks several meters wide appeared on the solid rock surface.

Xu Daozhen's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

He slowly stood up.

As he stood up, the space within a kilometer radius cracked.

A vast and abyss-like pressure emanated from him, expanding wildly outwards like a flood bursting its banks.

Peak of the ninth rank.

Xu Daozhen has finally reached the pinnacle that every martial artist on Earth has dreamed of.

Only one step is needed to ascend to the throne.

"So this is what it feels like to be at the peak."

He stood up and looked up at the thick layers of earth above.

With his legs slightly bent, he shot into the sky like an arrow released from a bow.

A grayish-white, withered aura completely enveloped him.

The granite and basalt layers, a full ten thousand meters thick, instantly turned into a shower of gray dust upon contact with this grayish-white airflow.

boom!

Suddenly, a huge lump rose up from below the ground.

Then, countless gray-white beams of light burst forth from the ground.

It created a shockwave that was hundreds of meters high.

Xu Daozhen stepped out.

He wore a patched gray robe, his beard and hair were all white, but his eyes shone like two cold stars.

Grayish-white air currents swirled in the sky, like dancing dragons.

Xu Daozhen stood in mid-air, looking down at the bustling city below, his withered body resembling an ancient pine tree in the gale.

The aura of a peak ninth-tier cultivator caused the tens of thousands of elite Tian Shu Bureau members below to hold their breath.

The joy of breaking through the barrier did not linger on his face for long.

Xu Daozhen's heart suddenly contracted and stopped beating for a full half breath.

This was a mysterious and whimsical impulse.

Having reached such a level of understanding, he was already able to vaguely grasp the threads of destiny.

He sensed that a huge crisis was about to strike.

This sense of crisis was something he had never felt before.

It was as if an invisible guillotine was hanging over his head, ready to fall at any moment.

What happened?

Xu Daozhen frowned.

He is now at the peak of the ninth rank.

Looking across the entire planet Earth, who can threaten him?

This sense of crisis came without warning, yet it was so real that it chilled him to the bone.

Could it be that the Dragon Kingdom is at a critical juncture of life and death?

A name immediately popped into Xu Daozhen's mind.

Shen Tian.

That young man from Jiangcheng, gifted yet arrogant and reckless.

This kid came to settle scores with me?

Xu Daozhen immediately rejected this absurd idea.

He acknowledged that Shen Tian possessed extraordinary talent, but the path of martial arts became increasingly treacherous as one progressed.

In just over a year, even if Shen Tian consumed all the rare and precious treasures, he could only reach the eighth level at most.

An eighth-tier cultivator is nothing more than an ant before a peak ninth-tier cultivator. How could it possibly pose such a terrifying life-or-death crisis to him?