King Skeleton entered the Five Turbidities Land and stepped into the Turbidity of Calamity. There, King Skeleton recovered even faster.
Before King Skeleton entered seclusion, he had already ignited the Soul Fires of the four great skeletons who had pledged allegiance to him. This allowed them to break through once more. At the same time, it had also branded these four great skeletons with King Skeleton's mark completely.
The Mang Bone Sacred Land was still isolated from the outside world for the time being. It had not announced its accession to the Great Zheng Sacred Court, allowing Great Zheng's arrangements to develop. It was still controlled by the eldest, Fan Ba Gu.
As for the Great Zheng Skeleton Legion, it was temporarily handed over to the former Old Five, Fan Ba Dou Tian, who took charge of it and fully cooperated with Yi Yan's various operations.
Before they knew it, fifty years had passed.
Over those fifty years, Great Zheng had not expanded outward, but earth-shaking changes had taken place within. All its soldiers had reached the peak of strength. Its military numbers had remained the same, but the strength of its forces was now more than five times greater than before.
Repeated imperial examinations had produced countless talents, who were sent to every major strategic location. Great Zheng's centralized authority was extremely powerful. It was practically one body from top to bottom, and Zhong Shan's orders could be carried out rapidly in the blink of an eye.
As Xiao Wang and Yi Yan had predicted, the four surrounding imperial dynasties also began warring among themselves after Great Zheng went fifty years without sending out troops. Their old conflicts resurfaced once more.
In the north, Great Zheng occupied half the territory. In the south, however, the No Phase Sacred Court