On the road to Barak City, Qin Yuan began absorbing the divine power sealed within the Galaxy Blade. At first, he absorbed so little that it would not affect his strength, but as time passed, the impact would grow.
He had no choice. He had to absorb the divine power as quickly as possible before war broke out across the continent.
Bibi Dong had spent more than ten years absorbing Rakshasa Divine Power. Qin Yuan did not know how long he would need, so naturally, the sooner he started, the better.
Outside Barak City, Qin Yuan stepped down from the carriage and swept his gaze over the City Guard and the expressions of passing pedestrians.
It seemed that all of Barak City had entered some kind of martial lockdown.
Yet the imperial government far away in Heaven Dou City had received no intelligence whatsoever about trouble in the Balak Kingdom.
The Balak Kingdom possessed the Heaven Dou Empire's strongest army. At the same time, the Limal Plains stretched across its entire territory, making it the granary of the whole Heaven Dou Empire.
One could say that the Balak Kingdom was both a dependency of the Heaven Dou Empire and its most important strategic stronghold.
In the original timeline, when Bibi Dong announced the founding of the Spirit Hall Empire, the Balak Kingdom had answered her call and joined it outright.
Even if the Balak Kingdom lacked top-tier fighters, it should not have been entirely at Bibi Dong's beck and call. Presumably, something had happened within the Barak Royal Palace, and there had to be someone among the royal descendants whom Spirit Hall was backing heavily.
With Xue Qinghe helping conceal matters from the Heaven Dou Empire's central government, it was no wonder the imperial officials knew nothing of the trouble