Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.

A month later, a bombshell news broke on Earth.

Ye Qianqian, a genius daughter of the Ye family, discovered a massive, long-distance teleportation array within the Dragon Palace Secret Realm. This array connects to a new planet.

For this, the Great Emperor rewarded Ye Qianqian with all the cultivation resources needed to advance to the Integration Realm, and also gave her a city as a reward.

A new city located west of Qiyuan City and south of Luota City.

It was named Qianfang City.

This Thousand Square City will be built with the help of the Empire.

Ye Qianqian refused to enter her maternal family, the Ye family.

[This is absolutely mind-blowing! I'm completely stunned by this series of messages! A new planet? A city as a reward? All the resources needed to advance to the Integration Realm? This True Monarch Ye Qianqian is simply a chosen one!]

[What kind of chosen one is this? This is just pure luck! I've been to the Dragon Palace Secret Realm so many times, how come I've never found her even once?]

Why did Ye Qianqian refuse the Ye family's entry into the new city? Did Ye Qianqian have a falling out with her family?

[It is said that Ye Qianqian has pledged allegiance to the Emperor, who is preparing to use this city and Qianyuan City, one in the east and one in the west, to involve Qiyuan City and Luota City, seemingly to create a third megacity.]

……

Rumors were flying everywhere on the Spirit Network, and no one knew the truth. However, the Emperor's attention had completely shifted from the death of the Ninth Prince to the discovery of the new planet.

Suicide squad members were constantly being sent to new planets.

However, there have been no new discoveries yet. All that is known is that the spiritual energy there is quite strange, and those who enter will soon go mad.

Countries around the world are very interested in this new planet, especially the Eastern Island, which has been vying with the Xuan Yuan Empire for ownership of the Dragon Palace.

This time, a new planet was discovered within the Dragon Palace Secret Realm. The Eastern Island could no longer tolerate it and joined forces with the Kingdom of Luota and the Kingdom of Xisai to launch an attack on the Xuanyuan Empire, demanding that the teleportation array of the new planet be fully opened.

This time, the Emperor did not insist too much. With the experience of developing Qiyuan Star, he knew very well that a large amount of manpower and resources had to be invested in the new planet, and everyone had to share the burden to reduce the pressure.

The parties quickly reached an agreement and began exploring the new planet in their own ways.

More than a year passed, and on the day Shen Bai celebrated his 40th birthday, all parties finally established a preliminary base on the new planet, using a seventh-order magic array to isolate the strange spiritual energy there. However, the exploration of the new planet had only just begun.

The new planet was named Mingyuan Star because it was too eerie. Ming means underworld, implying that the planet was like the underworld, full of death and danger.

……

Lingtian City and Qianfang City were both completed in the past year and have quickly entered a period of rapid development.

While other countries were shifting their attention to Mingyuan Star, Shen Bai seemed completely immersed in the large-scale development of Qiyuan Star. The teleportation arrays between many cities were very convenient, and Shen Bai also united all the cities to form a public transportation route and a guard regiment.

All public and cargo airships are protected by a special guard to connect the caves, businesses, spiritual fields, mines, ranches, and fishing grounds between the various cities.

At the same time, Shen Bai united various cities to crack down on robbers and cultivators. If they were caught doing so, they would be killed on the spot. Their family forces and members, whether or not they were on Qiyuan Star, would all be imprisoned in the mines and sentenced to 100 years in prison.

Under such a high-pressure crackdown policy, the atmosphere at Qiyuan Star has been completely transformed.

There are fewer and fewer cultivators undergoing tribulation, the commercial atmosphere is becoming more and more intense, and the cultivation atmosphere is getting better and better.

If it weren't for the occasional spiritual tides that appear on Qiyuan Star, it could be said that Qiyuan Star would be more habitable and conducive to cultivation than Blue Star.

Upon receiving this favorable news, the royal family of Dongdao suddenly issued a call to action, encouraging the people of Dongdao to go to Qiyuan Star to develop, and offered a series of preferential policies, such as allocating cave dwellings upon arrival at Qiyuan Star and providing all cultivation resources before the Foundation Establishment stage free of charge.

In an instant, the people of the entire East Island were in high spirits and joined the immigrant army.

Dongdao Island is small and densely populated, and the people's lives are miserable. Now that they can get free cave dwellings and development space, why not go?

So what if there's a spiritual tide on Qiyuan Star?

Anyway, everyone already has ways to deal with it.

In just one year, one-fifth of the population of Dongdao Island immigrated to Dongdao City, and a few months later, they began to disperse to various cities on Qiyuan Star.

However, the Eastern Island nation seems to be still not satisfied, and continues to encourage childbirth and immigration to Qiyuan Star, showing a tendency to move the entire country there.

……

Ganyuan City has been without a ruler for a long time. The Ninth Prince's maternal clan is temporarily in charge of its administration, but it is being suppressed by the Sixth Princess's residence and the Shen family, and there has been little progress so far.

On the contrary, with the support of the Great Emperor, Qianfang City is developing rapidly.

"Shen, when are you coming to rescue me?"

Shen Bai, who was quietly traveling with Ning Yin to a secluded place on Blue Star, received a message from Qianfang City.

Ye Qianqian's tone was filled with resentment.

Shen Bai quickly reassured you, "Just hang in there a little longer. Didn't I give you the Fusion Spirit and the Nascent Soul Spirit for protection? Focus on your cultivation. As for the management of Thousand Directions City, let the Emperor's people do what they want for now. When things are more or less settled, I'll help you take over."

"I'm so tired every day!"

Ye Qianqian continued to complain, so Shen Bai had to promise to visit her in a few days, which finally calmed down the Lord of Qianfang City.

"What? Has the Emperor sidelined Ye Qianqian?"

Ning Yin looked at Shen Bai: "Should I send someone to help her?"

"No need. Let the Emperor handle things first. The construction of the new city is exactly what we need money and manpower for. Why turn away those who want something for free?"

Although Qianfang City was said to be a gift to Ye Qianqian, it was actually built by the Great Emperor in Ye Qianqian's name.

The strategic intent is clear: Qianyuan City suppresses the expansion of Qiyuan City in the east, while Qianfang City hinders the development of Qiyuan City and Luota City in the west.

As an emperor, what is needed is balance, not one party dominating.

The Shen family conglomerate and the Sixth Princess's residence are now too powerful, and the Emperor is worried about completely losing control of Qiyuan Star, which is why the strange reward of Qianfang City appeared.

Ye Qianqian was just a mascot to be worshipped; in reality, all the affairs of the city, big and small, were managed by people sent by the Emperor.

This is also one of the biggest disadvantages for Ye Qianqian in refusing the Ye family entry into Qianfang City—the lack of a powerful family to support her.

Shen Bai didn't want to expose his relationship with Ye Qianqian too early, which left Ye Qianqian in a difficult situation in Qianfang City.

Seeing Shen Bai's confidence, Ning Yin knew that this powerful man was unpredictable and had no clue how many tricks he had up his sleeve. So she stopped talking and quickly led Shen Bai through a series of teleportation arrays to a manor on the outskirts of the capital of Xisai Kingdom.

"Is this the headquarters of Nothingness?"

Looking at the unremarkable cave dwelling in front of him, Shen Bai was somewhat surprised.

It's incredibly audacious of them to build it on the outskirts of the capital of the Kingdom of Xisai.

"Indeed, it took the slave countless resources to painstakingly unravel the mystery and find this place. It is said that the evil god Wu rests here."

Ning Yin's eyes revealed excitement. Was she finally going to see her master, Tu Shen?

Shen Bai felt no excitement whatsoever, because these so-called gods were nothing but wretched creatures clinging to life, and killing them brought him no sense of accomplishment.

"You wait here. I'll be out in half a day at the earliest, or three to five days at the latest."

As soon as Shen Bai finished speaking, Ning Yin watched helplessly as Shen Bai disappeared before her eyes without any fluctuation of magical power. Her divine sense did not detect how Shen Bai left at all.

"God! This is my true God!"

Ning Yin knelt down devoutly, her heart completely filled with Shen Bai's power.

Such unpredictable and mysterious methods are something even a Tribulation Transcending Supreme might not be able to achieve.

Shen Bai teleported into the manor's cave and immediately sensed a mysterious and unpredictable aura. He concealed all his own aura and then synchronized it with this aura before quietly sneaking in.

This cave dwelling is located on an ordinary third-tier spiritual vein. The spiritual energy within it can only be described as relatively dense, but it is far inferior to the concentration of spiritual energy on Qiyuan Star.

There weren't many people in the cave. Everyone was scattered in different rooms, some busy cultivating, and some busy handling affairs.

Shen Bai didn't linger along the way, quickly glancing over before entering the depths of the cave.

The further in you go, the more mysterious the atmosphere becomes, and the more powerful the unorganized members you encounter become. However, none of these people can detect Shen Bai in his stealth state.

As Shen Bai casually passed by a hall, he suddenly froze. He took a step back in disbelief and scanned the room with his divine sense. To his surprise, he saw a room full of people, all of whom were his acquaintances.

The Emperor, Wan Lin, Wei Xian, Prince An, the Sixth Princess...

All the important people in the empire are here.

In particular, there is a Ninth Prince who has been dead for several years.

He even saw Shen Bai, Li Bai, and Smith inside.

Seeing that the other person had a face exactly like his own, Shen Bai couldn't help but stop in his tracks.

At this moment, the Ninth Prince was standing on the high platform, giving instructions to everyone in the room: "Everyone, what we are about to do can be described as a revolutionary operation. I hope you will be careful. If you are caught, use any of the three suicide methods you can, because even if you survive by chance, I will silence you."

Hearing such absurd remarks, Shen Bai raised an eyebrow. You're quite something, kid!

He thought for a moment, took out an array plate and tossed it at the doorway, then casually pushed the door open and entered.

"Remember this: after you replace the original owner, do not kill them. Because they all have soul lamps, they must be secretly sent here. I will brainwash and control them then..."

At this point, the Ninth Prince noticed Shen Bai entering through the door.

Seeing the other person's expression, he paused for a moment, then looked at "Shen Bai" below the stage and angrily rebuked, "Which branch are you from? Don't you know we've already produced a perfect replica?"