A bloody lesson stresses the importance of seeing is believing, and the Great Emperor of the Wujiang Empire paid with the lives of half his Imperial Capital to illustrate this point.

Earthlings are not to be offended, must not be provoked, cannot be provoked!

Moreover, they must be subjugated, one cannot simply go through the motions.

"Rest assured, Divine Dragon Emperor, I shall immediately return to inform my tribe. The compensation will not be short of a single penny!"

"Our empire has long since been happily submissive, it's just those old-fashioned conservatives who fail to see the situation clearly. I will go back and tell them that from now on, Earthlings will be our sovereign lords of the Western Regions!"

"That's right, the Divine Dragon Emperor is our master, our Heavenly Emperor!"

Dozens of envoys knelt down in succession, indicating they would go back, draft a new tribute list, and hold a ceremony to honor Lin Hao as the King of the Western Regions, leading all the Western Regions.

Lin Hao smiled slightly, unconcerned.

"Send these envoys back. I'm giving you another five days. By the way, tell those empires that refused to submit and didn't come this time, they have only this one chance left. Double the compensation, and I will spare them. Otherwise, the next time will truly be a war of annihilation!"

Having said that, Lin Hao turned and walked towards the airship.

In no time, the heavy battle tanks retreated, and the airship took off.

Leaving the envoys and the Great Emperor of the Wujiang Empire, disheveled in the wind on the spot.

The Wujiang Empire's situation spread quickly, and soon, the entire Western Regions knew about it.

This time, with no illusions of luck left, knowing the strength of the Earthlings, the emperors of all the empires personally went to the Earthling camp next to the Dead Zone.

Not only did they hand over all the Heavenly Descending Divine Artifacts not yet ignited to Lin Hao, but they also brought generous compensation.

Winning without a fight, Lin Hao did achieve that.

In less than ten days, all countries of the Western Regions submitted, recognizing Earthlings as their masters.

Of course, Lin Hao did not have time to deal with these lands. He only asked Suan Sansheng to oversee them, requiring the nations to pay tribute and obey. As for other matters, everything went on as usual.

The Western Regions, in the end, realized that apart from the Heavenly Descending Divine Artifacts and some additional tributes, there wasn't much impact. They wouldn't risk offending Earthlings and effectively purchased peace with money, so they calmed down.

Afterward, Lin Hao packed up the camp, intending to return to the main base.

Everywhere he passed on the way, the smaller countries all submitted without resistance. Before Lin Hao could do anything, various emissaries had already taken to the roads.

By the time Lin Hao led his army back to the main base, from the Western Regions to the base, all the countries along the way acknowledged Lin Hao as their lord, handed over the Heavenly Descending Divine Artifacts they had obtained, released Earthlings, and offered compensation.

In less than a month, the territory of the Earthlings had grown to an unimaginable extent. Even half of the Seven Countries Alliance Army, which initially attacked Lin Hao with Gu Country, had fled back, admitting their mistake and paying homage with compensation.

At this point, the Earthlings had a scale of more than three hundred thousand people, and with those being released, there were nearly four hundred thousand.

The Imperial City of the Imperial Capital was also established, with the Elf Clan directly becoming one of the Earthlings' tribes and even wanting to integrate into Earthlings.

However, Lin Hao did not agree, only allowing the Elf Clan to establish a new city outside the Imperial City.

The Clan Leader of the Elf Clan directly passed her position to Avril, who did not claim to be an emperor but rather a king, seeking to become a noble of the Divine Dragon Empire.

Lin Hao did not intervene, simply making some arrangements to consolidate.

During these days, he found that some Earthlings, who had ascended to the Upper Realm with him, had come.

These people also brought a considerable number of weapons from Earth, which further enhanced the power of the Divine Dragon Empire.

Plus, the compensation and resources delivered by the nations, Lin Hao found himself suddenly exceedingly wealthy.

However, with such a swift increase in strength, Lin Hao still needed time to assimilate it. He had been busy during this period.

The growth of Earthlings was witnessed by the surrounding countries.

The key was that even the gods of the Divine World did not seem to know what they were thinking. They had sent down Divine Artifacts, but only Earthlings' blood of sufficient quantity could activate them, resulting in many Divine Artifacts ending up as mere decorations.

Within a radius of thousands of miles from the Imperial City of the Divine Dragon Empire, during this period, all came to submit. There were increasing matters to attend to.

However, there was also bad news.

It was heard that far away, at the Divine Hall of Divine Mountain at the center of the Upper Realm Plane, more and more empires were gathering, praying for a decree from the gods of the Upper Realm to oppose the Earthlings.

Upon receiving this news, Lin Hao showed no concern.

The Divine World?

What of it?

What he now wanted to explore was the world of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

He remembered the seven Taoists sealed in crystals at the bottom of the Tianxuan Cave, and these days, he felt more and more that there must be some secrets regarding the Taoists in the Tianxuan Cave.

The Divine World, the Eternal Life Realm?

Lin Hao was now ready to settle the issue with the Mysterious Fire Monarch and stabilize the Earthlings; he wanted to uncover the secrets of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

However, before that, the matters regarding Suan Sansheng, especially the longing of Sunset Three Laughs for those trapped in the Bitter Realm's sandstorm, should be resolved.

Years ago, Sunset Three Laughs nearly went mad cultivating the mystical arts from ancient images in the Bitter Realm sandstorm.

His beloved had even become lost in the yellow sandstorm because of this.

Over the years, Sunset Three Laughs had always intended to enter the sandstorm to search, but always fell short.

The matter of the Divine Hall could be set aside for now. Lin Hao planned to use the resources collected from various countries to build a technologically advanced army of two hundred thousand people.

One day, Lin Hao called Sunset Three Laughs, Suan Sansheng, and Zhou Pudgy.

"I am going to build a battle tank to enter the Bitter Realm sandstorm. Does anyone want to join?" he asked everyone.

Sunset Three Laughs naturally wanted to go, guessing what Lin Hao intended to do and was overjoyed.

Zhou Pudgy and Avril were still sticking together, saying they only wanted to live here now, not wishing to be apart for even a moment.

Lin Hao promptly kicked the pudgy man away.

Liu Chuixue certainly wanted to go; as for the Flame Winged Dragon...

This creature was now twenty meters long, couldn't fit in one battle tank, and Lin Hao simply ignored it.

In the end, Lin Hao decided it would just be him, Liu Chuixue, Sunset Three Laughs; the three of them would enter the Bitter Realm sandstorm together. Asking Suan Sansheng to stay behind, helping Lin Guodong handle major affairs.

As for the battle tank, Lin Hao had already figured it out.

Manufactured with the finest materials and inscribed with the strongest arrays, it should not be disturbed by the wraiths in the Bitter Realm sandstorm.

In the following period, what Lin Hao needed to study was the mystical art of Qimen Dunjia.

He only knew a bit of it but to enter the Bitter Realm sandstorm, he must understand more to ensure a safe entrance and exit.

Fortunately, as mysterious as Qimen Dunjia was, remnants of it existed across various planes.

Once, Old Lady Sigu had a profound research on Qimen Dunjia, and there were also related contents in the Divine Cauldron.

After arranging everything, Lin Hao went into seclusion.

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