The Empire and the Grand Wedding

Kolan had already established the rules for the newborn empire.

No church of any kind was permitted to proselytize within the empire; the only faith allowed was in him, the God of Life and Death!

As for noble titles, they were divided just like in other empires: Baron, Viscount, Count, Marquis, Duke, and Prince!

The title of Prince could only be bestowed upon members of the imperial family.

For everyone else, no matter how great their contributions or even if they were a powerhouse of the Saint Realm, the highest rank they could attain was Duke!

As for the Royal Academy, it was established as the highest institution of learning, dedicated to training warriors and mages.

The newborn empire was currently empty, but that did not matter; as time passed, everything would gradually be perfected and put on the right track.

With him there to suppress the entire empire, it was an effortless task.

And the Gate of Life and Death was a place established by Kolan to attract talent, much like the Temple of Life established by the High Priest or the War God Sect established by the War God.

"I hereby appoint Isabelle as Empress."

"I hereby appoint Victoria as Imperial Noble Consort!"

After the empire was founded, Kolan, having become the Emperor, issued his first two imperial edicts: appointing Isabelle as Empress and Victoria as Imperial Noble Consort!

It was precisely because Isabelle was pregnant that this empire had come into being, so naturally, she was the Empress.

That evening, the entire capital city celebrated, or rather, the entire empire celebrated together.

Chefs and supplies brought in from various empires, kingdoms, and duchies were continuously transformed into fine wine and gourmet food.

Over the past month, Kolan had not been idle.

A massive amount of supplies had been transferred into the newborn empire.

A large number of personnel had been borrowed for the newborn empire.

No faction dared to refuse!

This celebration would last for ten days and ten nights, marking the founding of the empire and the Emperor's grand wedding.

That night, after being busy until very late, the Saint Realm magical beast meat and fine wine in Kolan's spatial ring were completely exhausted.

Kolan had also drunk a great deal of wine.

It was their wedding night.

"Kolan, I feel like I'm dreaming; it feels so unreal." Isabelle lay against Kolan's chest, her fingers moving lightly.

"Yes, it really is like a dream." Victoria also felt that it was all very surreal.

In the past, Isabelle had told her that Kolan was very likely a ninth-rank warrior.

Although she was the eldest daughter of a Marquis's estate, she was only a fourth-rank mage, and apart from her beauty, she had nothing particularly outstanding about her.

Her talent could only be described as average.

As it turned out, the man she had chosen was not a ninth-rank warrior, but a god-level powerhouse.

He had established an empire with ease, making them the most noble women in the world.

"This is not a dream; it is real!" Kolan smiled. "In the future, our child will be the emperor of this empire!"

He had not established an empire to enjoy holding supreme power, but for the sake of his future children.

With him around, even if his descendants lacked talent in cultivation, they would still be able to enjoy endless glory and wealth.

As for that bit of faith power, to be honest, he did not take it to heart.

Currently, his Life Law had already been cultivated to the peak of the lower god level, and he was stuck at a bottleneck.

The help that the bit of faith power provided to his cultivation was almost negligible.

With the help of the Tree of Life, his cultivation of the Life Law was like riding a rocket, progressing naturally as the conditions were met.

The Tree of Life was now different from before, having reached a height of over thirty meters.

Of course, it was not without a price; the giant magical crystal mine beneath it was gone!

That was a giant magical crystal mine worth hundreds of billions of gold coins, and just like that, it was gone.

However, Kolan did not feel a shred of heartache.

After all, to Kolan, gold coins were merely worldly possessions; how could they compare to the Tree of Life and his own cultivation?

For a god-level powerhouse, the most important thing was to improve one's own strength.

Strength was the foundation.

As for power and money, they were nothing but passing clouds, insignificant.

"From now on, I won't be able to serve you; I'll have to let Victoria take over." Isabelle's fingers moved lightly across Kolan's chest. "In this vast imperial palace, there are so many halls in the inner palace; you can also look for some beauties to bring into the harem."

"If Victoria can get pregnant later, it will be a blessing for this child." Isabelle was very open-minded about it.

How could a man like Kolan be tied down by just the two of them?

Not to mention a god-level powerhouse like Kolan, just look at those imperial emperors; which one of them didn't have a harem full of concubines?

Kolan smiled lightly and said nothing.

He did not care much about such things, preferring to leave them to fate.

If there was no fate, he would not be interested in a woman, no matter how beautiful she was.

After the empire was established and the grand wedding concluded.

Kolan was not bogged down by the mundane affairs of the vast empire; he had no interest in such matters and simply adopted a policy of non-interference.

He allowed the people to rest and recuperate!

There were no specific policies or systems!

He did not need an army either; his undead army was the best military force.

In fact, many of the undead were busy building new cities.

In the original Chaotic Territory, many places called cities were actually just earthen settlements—dirty, chaotic, and lacking any semblance of urban planning.

Kolan looked down on such cities, choosing either to rebuild them from scratch or tear down the existing ones to construct new ones.

Many merchant guilds flocked to this nascent empire, seeing it as a massive market.

Those who entered first held the advantage.

As for some noble families, they relocated to this new empire, where there were far more opportunities.

The Royal Academy also began recruiting students.

The teachers hired by the Royal Academy were at the very least level-eight warriors or level-eight mages, with many level-nine warriors and level-nine mages among them; there were even quite a few Saint Realm warriors and Saint Realm mages.

This attracted many families to send their children there for education.

Furthermore, the empire provided free magical talent tests for children in every city, and those with good magical talent could enter the Royal Academy for free.

Kolan did not spend much time or energy on these matters; he spent most of his time accompanying Isabelle, feeling the baby in her womb growing steadily.

The way that aura of life continued to strengthen and the infant continued to develop was deeply fascinating to Kolan.

Three months into Isabelle's pregnancy, Kolan already knew that the child in her womb was a boy.

A boy—it was very clear under the scrutiny of his soul power.

During this period, Victoria had been the sole recipient of his affection, yet she had not become pregnant.

Kolan was not disappointed, as he had experience with such things.

For his women, the probability of pregnancy was extremely low.

This was why he was so happy about Isabelle's pregnancy, to the point of personally establishing an empire.

Because he felt that this might be his only child.

Every day, Kolan would carefully sense the child in Isabelle's womb; the feeling was wondrous, and Kolan was intoxicated by it.

Watching his own child grow was far more interesting than managing an empire.

And as the days went by, Isabelle's belly continued to grow larger.

As for the entire Kolan Empire, despite the policy of non-interference and allowing the people to rest and recuperate, no chaos emerged, and the social order remained very stable.

City after city was newly built, and city after city was torn down and reconstructed, with the common people moving into brand-new cities.

Of course, not everyone lived in the cities; many still resided in towns and villages, but compared to before, their living environment had greatly improved.

The people quickly pledged their loyalty, developing a sense of belonging to the empire.