The Creation God Dynasty of the past had been burdened with misgivings. Toward the powerful clans under its command, it had mainly sought to win them over, not daring to deal with them too harshly. Especially dominant forces like the Heavenly Dao Teachings—they had been arrogant and overbearing, daring to challenge the Creation God Dynasty within their own territories. They had even relied on the faintly existing alliance among the various major powers to contend against the Creation God Dynasty.
But now, they did not even dare to entertain such thoughts. The reason they had gradually grown estranged was largely because Creation Heavenly Lord had left in such haste, causing the Creation God Dynasty's strength to plummet.
Now, however, Ye Xiwen's breakthrough had restored the Creation God Dynasty's power to a level comparable to when Creation Heavenly Lord had still been in power. It was simply not something they could contend against.
Their future status—even their very fates—depended largely on Ye Xiwen alone.
Ye Xiwen had the strength to wipe them all out without suffering any repercussions.
Under such circumstances, everyone's survival depended on Ye Xiwen's attitude. Yet there had been far too much bad blood between them and Ye Xiwen before, and they had little friendship to speak of. That was why they felt so deeply uneasy.
Yet this time, none of them saw Ye Xiwen. The moment he returned, he went into seclusion to comprehend the Dao Script Tablet and did not receive them. Still, he issued an Imperial Decree, ordering those wealthy local powers that had now grown disloyal to surrender the authority belonging to the Creation God Dynasty that they had seized. From then on, they were to obey the Creation God Dynasty's commands. If they did so, all past offenses would be forgiven. Otherwise, only