In the blink of an eye, three years passed.
Having made ample preparations, Li Yun officially began merging with the Zhoutian Sword Domain.
He made no attempt to hide the news from the cultivators of the Zhoutian Sword Domain. In fact, he announced it openly. To win the willing cooperation of the Zhoutian Sword Domain's countless living beings and draw out the Thoughts of All Beings, Li Yun even established the Myriad Gods Cult!
Over those three years,
The Myriad Gods Cult had completely united every faction in the Zhoutian Sword Domain, large and small.
No matter who they were or where they had come from, everyone abandoned their former factions and joined the Myriad Gods Cult.
The entire process passed with scarcely a ripple.
The reason was simple.
Li Yun was too powerful.
Too many people had witnessed Li Yun kill Eclosion Heavenly Venerable, Jin Bujue, and Wan Daoyuan in public three years earlier. The Heavenly Gold Divine Lords in particular had seen it with their own eyes, and the fear and awe they felt toward his strength came straight from the heart.
The higher their cultivation, the more they feared Li Yun's power.
They had thought that after killing Eclosion Heavenly Venerable, Li Yun would purge those in the Zhoutian Sword Domain who had defied him and openly supported Eclosion Heavenly Venerable's return for revenge. The thought had terrified them.
But no purge came.
Not only did Li Yun leave them untouched, he founded an organization that reunited the Zhoutian Sword Domain and allowed everyone to join.
Without a word, he dispelled their fear of being called to account.
Trust followed naturally.
Li Yun seized on that trust to draw out the Thoughts of All Beings. It was as easy as turning his hand—an old routine he knew