By the time the wave of lord arrivals finally subsided, a week had already passed since Skadi became a Valkyrie.
Over the course of that week, Huanyu Territory gained nearly a hundred more lords, along with the residents of their territories.
The territory's total population reached 5.8 million and was on the verge of surpassing six million.
Meanwhile, the Kashajin Storm Legion had annihilated the Harpy territory that had nested atop towering cliffs, clearing the obstacle to Huanyu Territory's expansion toward the southeast and pushing its borders more than a hundred li in that direction.
Aside from the Kashajin Storm Legion, the other legions made little movement.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Legion, Dusk Raiders Legion, Shadow Moon Azure Wolf Legion, and Blood Alliance Guard Legion were all busy consolidating the territories they had conquered after the war, and rarely mobilized their troops.
Yesterday morning, Huang Yu announced in the World Channel that he was suspending the reception of lords who had changed their class.
The lords in the World Channel believed that Huanyu Territory had already reached the limit of the outside population it could accommodate. Large-scale chaos might have broken out, affecting the territory's development and making Huang Yu afraid to continue accepting class-changing lords.
However, the actual reason Huang Yu had decided to suspend the reception of class-changing lords was not that the territory could no longer accommodate so many outsiders. Rather, he needed to free his hands to advance into the Abyss.
After more than a month of preparations, everything necessary for the advance into the Abyss was ready.
Huang Yu planned to activate the Abyssal Beacon today and lead his troops into the Abyss!
In Huanyu City, the Sparta Legion and Amazon Legion—two Extraordinary Legions that had not appeared in the locals' sight for a