The improved female villains regained their memories.

Originally, this girl was just someone he had rescued casually. Because she knew a little about alchemy, he reluctantly took her in and asked her to help improve the Five-Colored Powder (after all, this stuff sells really well). Wang Tiande knew her very well; she wasn't good at alchemy, but she was an expert at improving the Five-Colored Powder.

Such a person is kneeling before you, weeping bitterly, swearing that he has no ulterior motives.

Now that she has awakened the potential of an immortal, Wang Tiande can't really send her away, but if he keeps her, there's some distance between them.

To accomplish great things, one must ultimately employ the right people. Besides, she had already yielded to him, so Wang Tiande gave her a way out, waving his hand to signal her to get up.

"Please have a seat."

"Thank you, Godfather!"

Su Murong sat on the chair next to him with his head down, his attitude unchanged despite his status as a celestial being, remaining as respectful as ever.

Wang Tiande nodded secretly, pondering Su Murong while also considering the general trend of the world.

Now that spiritual energy is reviving, people with the potential to become immortals have appeared in various places. But in the end, having the potential to become an immortal only means having the capital to become one. Whether one can truly become an immortal depends on that person's specific talent and opportunities.

At present, the royal family of Yan Kingdom perished in the spiritual energy explosion, and their treasured cultivation manuals were also destroyed. Although people in the world have obtained spiritual energy, they do not know the method of cultivation. But I am different. The information that the mysterious person forcibly instilled in me back then contains the method of cultivation!

First, one must achieve an immortal body, then gather spiritual energy to nurture one's spiritual root, temper the body to remove impurities, and cultivate immortal killing techniques. Starting from learning immortal killing techniques, one must progress at least to Earth Immortal, then Celestial Immortal, then True Immortal, and finally Divine Immortal. Others may not know this, but Wang Tiande does.

Most importantly, the mysterious man also gave a lot of insights and explanations, all of which Wang Tiande memorized. Although he was among the first group of people to awaken the potential of immortals, Wang Tiande already had an advantage that others did not.

Power, army, money, information—now, as long as he improves his own hard power, it's not impossible for him to sit on the emperor's throne.

When a person has aspirations, they have direction; with direction, they know what they should do.

Given Wang Tiande's personality, Su Murong was definitely not going to survive, but since he needed her, he didn't mind being magnanimous and letting her go.

“I’m glad you said that, but don’t do it again. If you need money, ask me for it.”

"Thank you, Godfather!"

Su Murong got up to bow again, but Wang Tiande quickly got up and helped her up.

“Now that you’ve recognized me as your godfather, you don’t have to do this all the time.” Wang Tiande chuckled and took out a handwritten notebook. “Now that you have the potential to become an immortal, you must be feeling quite lost. I’ve received guidance from a wise man, and this is a book of his insights. Take it and read it first.”

"I could never repay my godfather's kindness, even with my life!"

"Go downstairs first, I'll have someone clean up your place again."

"Yes."

Su Murong took the notebook and respectfully withdrew. Wang Tiande watched her retreating figure and nodded in satisfaction.

Of course, these insights weren't given away for free.

That manual is incomplete; it's only half a manual. It can help people temporarily circulate their internal spiritual energy, but it can't teach them how to summon spiritual energy. To learn that, they need the second half of the manual.

Whether or not the second half of the book is given is entirely up to Wang Tiande, isn't it?

Immortals, in the end, are still human beings, and the same systems that govern humans can be applied to immortals. If Wang Tiande wants to re-establish the dynasty of immortals, he needs such political means.

Su Murong walked out of the military tent without saying a word.

In the military camp, people treated her with respect again. The soldiers who had escorted her earlier hurriedly apologized to her, and the stolen property was returned, with even more items added.

Their own tents were also replaced, becoming larger, wider, and more luxurious.

Su Murong sat in the main seat in the camp, without saying a word.

The little Vermilion Bird hopped to her knees and said happily, "Congratulations, Master! You have acquired the appearance of an immortal and can begin your cultivation now!"

"Ah."

She responded with a blank, emotionless reply.

Little Vermilion Bird tilted its head: "My lord?"

"what happened?"

You don't seem happy.

"Is there?"

As Su Murong spoke, he took out the notebook from his pocket, rubbed it between his fingers, and read it silently.

She let go, letting the notebook fall to the ground.

Then--

She stepped on it, and it was firmly planted without wavering.

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The spiritual energy exploded, causing heavy casualties among the royal family.

Su Murong's army surrounded the capital, and the city's defenders surrendered without a fight. The people welcomed the royal army with joy.

Guan Hongyi's army was unable to return to the rescue in time and was trapped in the encirclement of Su Murong's three army groups, unable to move.

She could only watch helplessly as Su Murong's direct army stormed into the capital, as she spared the slaughter of the remaining royal immortals, and then pardoned the crimes of other royal mortals, as she formulated laws and absorbed the accumulated wealth of several generations of Yan kings.

She could only watch; there was nothing she could do.

Now, the entire Yan Kingdom has submitted to Su Murong. The only one resisting is her lone army. Su Murong has launched a full-scale propaganda offensive, frantically smearing her and her army, striving to gain the upper hand in the psychological war.

From this point on, the morale of Guan Hongyi's army gradually crumbled, and the last 50,000 troops were surrounded on the border of the Central Plains near Donglin, fighting like cornered beasts.

Before the decisive battle, Su Murong used a charm to make Guan Hongyi and her remaining high-ranking officers throw a lavish party. She also sent a royal music troupe to sing Yan Kingdom music around Guan Hongyi's troops. As a result, the high-ranking officers were too ashamed to face Guan Hongyi and committed suicide by drawing their swords. Meanwhile, most of the lower-ranking soldiers were demoralized and had no power to resist anymore.

At night, the entire army of 50,000 laid down their weapons, except for Guan Hongyi, who led the remaining 300 elite soldiers to charge out on horseback under cover of darkness.

However, due to the public opinion surrounding Su Murong, Guan Hongyi has long lost her reputation. Wherever she goes, people either hide from her or report her, and some even organize their own efforts to arrest her. With no other option, Guan Hongyi can only run eastward.

When she reached the sea, all three hundred elites were dead, leaving only her.

She stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the azure sea, stroking her beloved horse's head. Behind her, endless Soviet flags appeared in the woods, and a large number of pursuers had arrived.

The patriotic general of yesteryear has finally reached the end of his road.

"Ugh."

Guan Hongyi looked up and let out a long sigh.

Seemingly sensing its master's sigh, the horse beside him blinked and shed tears.

"Feiyun, you've fought alongside me in so many battles over the years, now you can finally rest."

Guan Hongyi stroked its head and said, "Having done so much, I wonder if I can make my father happy when we meet in the afterlife."

"General Guan!!" A monster shouted from not far away, "My lord said that if you are willing to surrender, you will enjoy endless wealth and honor."

Guan Hongyi did not answer, but drew his bow and shot an arrow at the demon.

The arrow struck like lightning. The monster screamed in agony, coughing up blood from its wound. For a moment, no one dared to step forward.

"surrender?"

Guan Hongyi sneered.

Su Murong ruined her lover, her chastity, her reputation, and everything she cared about. What face did she have to surrender to him? What face did she have to live on?

Guan Hongyi drew his sword, looked up at the sky, and remained silent.

[Su Murong, you are the most shameless person I have ever met. I hated you back then, but I never thought that my momentary soft-heartedness would lead to such a disaster.]

However, if what Mu Chaoyang said is true, I hope you can do it.

I hope your shamelessness, your brazenness, and your prioritization of profit over righteousness are truly based on nothing but self-interest.

I hope you can do that...

Without saying anything more, Guan Hongyi committed suicide.

After her death, Feiyun cried out to the sky and then jumped into the sea and died.

Her subordinates told Su Murong about this, but she didn't say anything. She just waved her hand and ordered that Guan Hongyi be given a proper burial.

She didn't care about her at all, because she had more important things to do.

A massive surge of popularity rose, enveloping the spiritual energy in the heart of the imperial city. The accompanying subordinates, witnessing this scene, were all utterly astonished.

"This, this is simply a miracle!"

The man exclaimed fervently, "Lord Murong, you can actually suppress all the spiritual energy in the world with your own human energy! This is unprecedented! So much spiritual energy is enough for you to ascend to the level of a True Immortal. Not only that, from now on, your descendants will be able to enjoy this spiritual energy. You can now use your human energy talismans to set up an array, preventing anyone but your bloodline from entering this area. From now on, the entire world will have no choice but to submit to you and your descendants!"

Su Murong smiled slightly, ignoring the man's words, and instead used all his mana to draw countless talismans, completely suppressing the area.

"From this day forward, no one shall enter this place. The world will be devoid of spiritual energy and immortals!"

"My lord, what do you mean by this?!" The man was shocked. "Immortals have a lifespan different from mortals. With a wave of their hand, they can destroy the heavens and the earth. Even if you don't leave it to your descendants, you can leave it to yourself."

"Get lost, I don't need it."

Su Murong didn't care at all, and laughed loudly, saying, "What's so good about becoming that old dog of the Yan Emperor who can't leave this place for the rest of his life? To live to old age is to be a thief, and I don't want to follow the Yan family and become the world's greatest thief. Besides, I, a mere mortal, wielded a three-foot sword and conquered the world; this is the will of Heaven. If I die one day, that is also the will of Heaven. Do you want me to go against the will of Heaven? So be it, do whatever you want."

She patted the man on the shoulder, laughed loudly, and left, leaving him standing there, speechless.

A month later, Su Murong ascended the throne and declared himself emperor, establishing the Han dynasty.

Next, Su Murong began her various political measures. She devoted herself to repairing the ancient books of the Yan Kingdom, restoring the Yan Kingdom's etiquette system, improving the legal system, severely cracking down on corruption, abolishing the slavery of the demon race, and at the same time, adopting the suggestion of the demon race chieftain to change the worship of artificial gods to the worship of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers.

She asked the demon clan chief, "I heard that your demon clan believes there are five Jade Emperors, corresponding to the five directions, but you only have four temples dedicated to the Green Emperor, the White Emperor, the Yellow Emperor, and the Red Emperor. Why is that?"

When the demon clan chief couldn't answer, Su Murong laughed and said, "Then of course, I'll collect the fifth one." So he personally supervised the construction of the Black Emperor Temple to correspond with the Northern Border.

Her palace was built on the ruins of the Yan Kingdom's imperial city. Someone petitioned to expand it to show the grandeur of the royal family, but Su Murong beat him up, and from then on, no one mentioned it again.

Su Murong disliked the pedantry of scholars and cursed them, saying their writings were only for dogs. Someone wrote a book for her using the style of the Yan state, full of archaic phrases, which angered Su Murong so much that she kicked him out of the palace gate and personally wrote a book in plain language, telling them to follow suit from now on.

Not only to his subjects, Su Murong wrote all his edicts in plain language.

In February, Su Murong issued an edict to the people: each should do their own job well and not gamble or take drugs. Otherwise, if they are seen by officials at all levels, they will be beaten and fined. If a child takes drugs, the father should beat him to death. If a father takes drugs, the child should report it to the government, and the government will beat the father for him.

In March, Su Murong issued an edict to the people: "The season has come. Those who are tilling the land and sowing should not be lazy. Do your job well. Those who are idle will be punished. If any officials do not collect agricultural taxes according to the rules, you will punish them on my behalf."

In April, Su Murong issued an edict to the people: "It's a good time to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms. If you're willing, then do it. Also, don't do petty theft. If you're a scholar and you're bored, go take the exams instead of wandering around all day."

In May, Su Murong issued an edict to the people: Everyone must abide by the law! Some people, don't think that just because your father or grandfather is with me you can do whatever you want. If you anger me, I'll wipe out your entire family. Also, starting next year, scholars who pass the imperial examinations will have to work the fields for a year before the government can employ them; otherwise, get out of here!

In June, Su Murong issued an edict to the people: The earthquake struck Nanjun, and the Donglin brothers contributed considerable manpower and resources, deserving praise. Furthermore, the people of Nanjun are forbidden from sending any so-called auspicious omens to the government; anyone who does will be arrested and flogged.

In July, Su Murong issued an edict to the people: the monthly salary system must be strictly implemented, and those who have been discharged from the army and returned home should remember to go to the government to receive compensation.

In August, Su Murong issued an edict to the people: When the crops are ripe, don't forget to harvest them.

In September, Su Murong issued an edict to the people: After the harvest, they should accumulate savings and not spend them frivolously.