News of Ye Xiwen pacifying the four provinces quickly spread throughout the entire Eastern Region. The commotion had simply been too great. How many provinces did the Eastern Region have in total? Yet Ye Xiwen alone had been granted four provinces—how could he not draw attention?
Although his outstanding military achievements in resisting the Outer Domain Allied Army had played a part, being granted four provinces in one breath still made Ye Xiwen, this newly appointed Inspector, exceptionally conspicuous.
If the one who had made this decision had not been Battle Emperor, an established Imperial Lord, it would likely have provoked criticism had it been anyone else.
Though they did not dare criticize Battle Emperor, they all kept a close eye on Ye Xiwen.
The fact that Ye Xiwen had seemingly done nothing at all during the first three years after his return had made many people think he was nothing more than that. The Seventh Stage was indeed formidable, but how could it be so easy to completely subdue four provinces? He would surely become bogged down in the affairs of those four provinces, and no one knew how many years it would take before he could extricate himself.
Yet reality was nothing like they had imagined. Ye Xiwen did not make a move for three years, but once he did, slaughter ran until blood flowed like a river. Thunderous Marsh was so frightened that it directly returned home, while the Light Clan, Dark Clan, and Stone Clan had their upper echelons completely wiped out, leaving only civilians behind.
From that point onward, there was no longer any opponent for humanity within the four provinces. The rise of humanity could no longer be stopped.
Only then did everyone seem to finally understand. Ye Xiwen had not been inactive—he had