My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

How can we fight like this?!

"Retreat! Activate the mountain protection formation... Wait, we don't have the grand formation! Run!"

Batu finally broke down and turned to flee into the deep mountains.

But the generals of the Tang Dynasty would never give him that opportunity.

"Trying to run? Have you even asked Old Cheng for his axe yet!"

midair.

Cheng Yaojin leaped off the warship like a black cannonball.

While he was still in the air, the Bagua Xuanhua Axe had already unleashed a terrifying axe beam that stretched for hundreds of feet.

"Take this! It'll split the earth!"

"Boom—!"

The axe blade struck the ground, causing the earth to tremble.

Batu let out a desperate roar, attempting to withstand the attack with his bare body.

As a result, Cheng Yaojin's axe cleaved a huge, bottomless crack into the ground along with the man!

A dignified indigenous sect leader at the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

Before the old rogue who founded the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't even last one move and was knocked unconscious on the spot.

"So easily defeated! Too weak!"

Cheng Yaojin landed on the ground, stepping on Batu's chest, his face full of boredom.

With Batu's defeat, the remaining Beast Clan natives completely lost the courage to resist.

They dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.

The battle, from beginning to end.

It didn't even last the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

But this was not the end; it was merely the beginning of the Tang Dynasty's expeditionary force's revelry.

"Brothers! The obstacle has been cleared!"

Duke Li Jing of Wei stood at the bow of the ship, drew his long sword, and pointed the blade at the endless mountain range below.

His eyes gleamed with a green light like that of a greedy wolf.

"Show your utmost professionalism!"

"Dig three feet into the ground! Make sure every grain is safely stored!"

"Draw out the spiritual veins from this secret realm, inch by inch, and transport them back to Chang'an!"

"promise!!!"

The 100,000 Xuanjia soldiers charged into the territory of the Mad Beast Sect like tigers descending from the mountain, roaring as they went.

What happened next would absolutely shock outsiders.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty did not bother to loot those ordinary magical treasures.

They pulled out specially made "spirit-seeking shovels" and "pulse-severing array flags" directly from their storage bags.

They have a clear division of labor.

One group was responsible for breaking through the rocks, while another group was responsible for using array flags to stabilize the underground spiritual veins.

Finally, with the combined efforts of more than a dozen people, they managed to extract the veins of mineral energy, which were radiating rich spiritual energy, from the ground as if they were pulling out dragon tendons!

They even pried up the thousand-year-old warm jade paving the ground at the entrance of the Mad Beast Sect's main hall, revealing the yellow soil underneath.

"Your Highness! We've struck it rich!"

Half a day later.

Li Jing was so excited that he trembled all over and quickly walked up to Li Chen to report.

"Although the native inhabitants of this Wild Beast Realm are weak, it actually hides three large, top-grade spiritual veins underground! And countless rare ancient spiritual herbs!"

"Such resources are enough to double the overall spiritual energy concentration of our Great Tang Dynasty once again!"

Li Chen nodded in satisfaction.

He turned around and looked at the still vast star map on the crystal ball.

This is just the beginning.

"Pass down the order to pack up the resources and transport them back to Chang'an."

Li Chen's gaze fell on the other densely packed green dots on the crystal ball.

A chilling smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

"The Tang Dynasty's expedition has only just begun."

"Next target, let's continue the sweep!"

Over the next three months.

The entire starry sky surrounding the Tang Dynasty was plunged into an unprecedented and terrifying catastrophe.

The Xuanjia fleet of the Tang Dynasty was like a swarm of tireless locusts in the starry sky.

They possessed unparalleled firepower from cultivation technology.

He led a group of ruthless, ravenous founding veterans who took pleasure in ransacking homes.

One after another, they smashed open the gates to those hidden little worlds and secret realms in the void.

"boom!"

The Ice and Snow Secret Realm, broken!

Tens of thousands of tons of ancient ice were cut into pieces and transported back to the Ministry of Works in Chang'an.

"Bang!"

The Fiery Miniature World, descend!

Countless fire crystal veins were forcibly extracted, becoming excellent fuel for the Tang Dynasty's psionic heavy artillery.

There are even some Nascent Soul stage monsters who have been hiding in secret realms for hundreds of years.

At first, he tried to rely on his seniority and act like a senior to negotiate with the Tang Dynasty.

As it turned out, the Tang Dynasty didn't play by the rules at all.

Thousands of armor-piercing heavy cannons were positioned directly at the entrance to their cave.

Li Shimin even sent down a phantom of a golden dragon of fortune from afar, letting out a soul-shaking roar.

Those old monsters who were so proud and unyielding just a moment ago.

The next second, all moral integrity was shattered.

They scrambled out of the cave, crying and shouting that they wanted to sign and affix their seals to the surrender document.

"Long live the Emperor of the Great Tang! This old man is willing to refine elixirs for the Tang Dynasty for generations! I only ask that Your Majesty grant me a residence permit in Chang'an and pay for my social security and housing fund!"

The vast resources are like a flood bursting its banks.

Day and night, the money poured into the Tang Dynasty's treasury through the teleportation array.

The concentration of spiritual energy in Chang'an City was rising at a terrifying rate that defied the norms of cultivation.

Even breathing in the air on the street, one can feel the rich spiritual energy nourishing one's internal organs.

The golden age of universal cultivation of immortality was artificially propelled to an unimaginable peak by the sheer amount of resources available!

And deep within the Taiji Palace.

As more and more parts of the world were annexed, more and more territories were incorporated into the Tang Dynasty's territory.

A surge of overwhelming humanitarian fortune.

It is traversing endless void, continuously converging on Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty.

One morning.

Suddenly, the sky above Chang'an was enveloped in a magnificent purple aura.

"hold head high--!!!"

A deafening dragon roar that shook the entire land of China erupted from beneath the Taiji Palace!

Countless people looked up in fear and awe.

There, a golden dragon of fortune hovered above the Taiji Palace.

Its size increased more than tenfold at that moment!

It blotted out the sky and was covered in a dense, imposing array of scales!

What's even more shocking is...

On the belly of the Golden Dragon of Fortune, which originally had four claws.

A blinding flash of golden light followed.

The fifth one, the sixth one...

Until the ninth dragon claw, representing the ultimate imperial majesty.

Without warning, it burst forth from the body!

Nine-clawed golden dragon!

Qi transforms into spirit!

Inside the Taiji Hall.

Li Shimin, who had been living in seclusion.

He suddenly opened his eyes.

A terrifying aura, surpassing the limits of the Nascent Soul stage and exuding supreme creative power, emanated from it.

From his body, it exploded with a deafening roar, as if the heavens and earth were created!