The Foundation of One's Stand!

"That's right." After carefully examining the spiritual herb mountain range, Taibai Venus affirmed, "This entire mountain range is formed from a small piece of ' Nine Heavens Resting Soil '."

"Born from the chaos, it was created alongside the Ancestor God of earth, Houtu, and is the origin of earth. Just a small handful can generate billions of things, and possess endless vitality, capable of nurturing the growth of all the world's spiritual herbs."

"Unfortunately, in ancient times, a group of powerful beings fought endlessly. The Ancestor God of earth, Houtu, and the Ancestor God of metal, Rushou, died in the battle, and the Nine Heavens Resting Soil disappeared from the Three Realms from then on," Taibai Venus lamented.

"Is there still ' Nine Heavens Resting Soil ' in this mountain range?" Compared to the several Ancestor God who had been dead for countless billions of years, Zhou Hao was more concerned about the immediate benefits.

"No more." Taibai Venus shook his head. "Once the Nine Heavens Resting Soil melts away, no one but the original Ancestor God ' Houtu ' can restore it. Even if this mountain range were to be re-refined, it could at most be made into a piece of divine soil. It is absolutely impossible to restore it to the Nine Heavens Resting Soil."

"Sigh." Zhou Hao sighed.

The Nine Heavens Resting Soil is a material that even a Dao Ancestor-level expert could use to refine a Chaos Treasure. Even a small piece of it is worth as much as a Primordial Treasure.

What a pity.

However, considering that the White Wondrous Demoness and the Hundred Desires Celestial God had poured their hearts and souls into secretly developing this mountain range for countless years to achieve its current state, it's impossible to say how many years they had done it.

In the end, however, they all benefited themselves, becoming the foundation for their future standing in the Heavenly Realm. Ultimately, they were the ones who profited.

"No wonder the Hundred Desires Celestial God has so many elixirs hidden away. With the spiritual herbs from this entire mountain range, we won't have to worry about elixirs anymore," Zhou Hao thought to himself.

My master is one of the Sanqing; throughout the Three Realms, if he's second best at alchemy, who dares to claim first?

Even without bothering Master with such a trivial matter, I could still take the elixir to the Purple Pole Hall and exchange it with my senior brother.

It's definitely cheaper than buying elixirs directly from outside.

"Zhou Hao."

"Senior brother."

At this moment, Ao Xiaobao and Liu Yu also landed from the air and came to Zhou Hao's side.

The Sacred Sound True Immortal and the more than twenty female celestial beings who were with them stood far away in the air and did not follow.

"Zhou Hao!" Ao Xiaobao exclaimed excitedly, "A whole mountain range of spiritual herbs! We're rich!"

Compared to Ao Xiaobao, whose eyes lit up at the sight of treasures, Liu Yu's face showed worry. "Senior brother, the spiritual herbs we can see are already of immeasurable value, at least equivalent to a top-grade pure Yang magic weapon. And then there are the immortal herbs and rare treasures in the mountain valleys, many of which are rare gems rarely seen in the Three Realms. If word gets out..."

The White Wondrous Demoness and the Hundred Desires Celestial God sealed off the entire mountain range with multiple magic arrays. It was located deep in the canyon behind the Ten Thousand Demon Palace, and had remained unknown to the outside world.

However, their breakthrough exposed the entire Spirit Medicine Mountain Range to an army of 200,000.

With so many people and so much gossip, even if a gag order is issued, it's hard to guarantee that leaks won't occur.

As the saying goes, "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime."

In the Three Realms, when has there ever been a shortage of battles and conflicts over magical treasures and elixirs?

Despite Zhou Hao's current status as having subdued the three-headed Celestial Rhinoceros Demon King, four Pure Yang True Immortal, a hundred Half-Step Pure Yang Celestial Immortals, and an army of two hundred thousand cultivators, he is still a formidable force.

But those people had only just surrendered; it was hard to guarantee they didn't have other intentions.

Furthermore, there are quite a few forces in the Heavenly Realm that are even stronger than this.

If it really attracts several people to fight over it, those top-tier forces wouldn't care about Zhou Hao's status as the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court.

Taibai Venus's expression also turned serious. He pondered for a moment and said, "The only way forward is to have our soldiers swear an oath to Heavenly Dao, and then re-establish the magic array to seal off Wushan Gorge..."

"No need." Zhou Hao waved his hand. "It is natural for them to swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao to be loyal to me, but there is no need to hide this Spirit Herb Mountain Range from the outside world."

No hiding it?

Taibai Venus was stunned.

"Not only do I not need to hide it, I will announce it to the Three Realms," Zhou Hao said with a smile.

"Any cultivator in my Nuwa Faction, as long as they are not deeply sinful, may come to this Spirit Herb Mountain Range to gather herbs."

"Whether human, demon, Asura, or god/demon, as long as they are cultivators in my Nuwa Faction, they can come and collect any few spiritual herbs they are missing when refining pills or treasures."

"As long as it's not a single sect or force mobilized, and it doesn't deplete the resources and destroy the roots of the medicinal herbs, let individual cultivators gather the herbs as they please."

Although this mountain range is not large, it is still several Baili long. With proper planning, even if one or two hundred thousand cultivators come to collect herbs at the same time, they will not be able to collect all the spiritual herbs in the entire mountain range.

Now that he has a foothold in the world, it is the perfect time to recruit more people and build up his forces.

With this mountain range of spiritual herbs so attractive, why worry about those rogue cultivators with no real background not coming to our doorstep?

Once they arrive at Wushan Gorge and see the grandeur of the area, coupled with their legitimate status as the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court, they have no doubt that those rogue cultivators will be tempted.

As for whether the Spirit Medicine Mountain Range will attract greedy and covetous individuals...

To be frank...

This Eastern Victory Divine Continent is the Eastern Victory Divine Continent of their Dao Sect and Heavenly Court. Do they really think that their status as the personal disciple of the Three Pure Ones and the Great Emperor of the Purple Star Jade Void of the Central Heaven's North Pole is just an empty title?

For the White Wondrous Demoness and the Hundred Desires Celestial God, these were treasures that could not be easily shown to others, as they could easily bring disaster; but for them, they meant nothing.

Taibai Venus quickly grasped the key point and exclaimed, "Your Majesty's plan is ingenious! I admire it greatly. In this way, Wushan Gorge will become a new holy land in the Eastern Victory Divine Continent!"

"Wushan Gorge ...that name sounds awful." Zhou Hao shook his head.

"As the foundation of my power in the Heavenly Realm, from this day forward, I must sever all ties with the past."

Looking at the hilly mountain range before him, which stretched out like a dragon's back, Zhou Hao pondered for a moment.

"From now on, this canyon will be called ' Perching Dragon Gorge.' This Spirit Herb Mountain Range will be called ' Medicine King Ridge.' As for the Ten Thousand Demon Palace..."

Zhou Hao looked at the luxurious and magnificent palace, now revealed after the magic array was dispelled. It was being sprayed and maintained by the Heavenly Court's female officials and fairies with the Heavenly Water of Exorcism.

"Let's call it Limitless Palace."

"Perching Dragon Gorge, Medicine King Ridge, Limitless Palace." Taibai Venus nodded, "Because of the Emperor, this place will surely become a stronghold for heroes of the Three Realms in the future."

Zhou Hao smiled slightly and turned to Liu Yu and Ao Xiaobao beside him, saying, "Yu'er, you and Little Treasure should first set up some defensive and warning formations in Medicine King Ridge. Especially for those rare and precious medicinal herbs, you should set up more formations. Although I don't prohibit cultivators from coming to collect herbs, I also need to prevent greedy and ignorant people from picking all the spiritual herbs."

"Understood." Liu Yu nodded, "However, besides the formation, we also need to arrange some guards."

"I have my own plans for that," Zhou Hao said with a smile, then took Taibai Venus into the sky and headed towards the Limitless Palace.

In that short time, the female officials and fairies had finished spraying and tidying up.

The attendants and spirit officials also rearranged the palace to better conform to the regulations governing the Heavenly Court Emperor's status.

Inside the main hall, nearly two hundred celestial officials and military generals stood in rows.

The head of the Immortals was naturally Taibai Venus, followed by the Four Great Celestial Masters who had not yet left. Below them were the four newly surrendered Pure Yang True Immortal: the Withered Bone True Lord, the Poison Dragon Venerable, the Iron Drum True Immortal Sacred Sound True Immortal, as well as a hundred Celestial Immortals at the peak of their power and those on the verge of becoming Pure Yang.

On the military side, since Zhou Hao had few celestial beings under his command, he brought in the three demon kings Pi Chen'er, Pi Shu'er, Pi Han'er, to fill the ranks.

He had previously said he wanted these three rhinoceroses to pull his cart, but since his power was newly established and he was short of manpower, how could he leave the three celestial demon kings unused and use them only as mounts?

Moreover, all three demon kings had received his beast-taming talisman, and in terms of unwavering loyalty, no one in the entire hall could compare to the three of them, so Zhou Hao naturally wanted to use them.

Below the Three-Headed Celestial Demon King were the disciples and followers of the Mysterious Heaven Sect.

The leader was Yu Lin, a Celestial Immortal, along with fifty-six Earth Immortal Loose Immortal and Loose Immortals, as well as several true disciples at the Nascent Soul realm, including Nishang, Lin Han, Yuwen Du, Yu Tiandu, and Curly-Sideburned Guest Ke.

Although the military generals are clearly weaker than the immortals.

However, they were either Zhou Hao Zhou Hao's spirit beasts or his fellow disciples, so even the Withered Bone True Lord dared not underestimate them.

At this moment, Zhou Hao, who was changing into the imperial robes and crown for the first time in the rear hall, strode in through the side door, followed by a group of spirit maids, each of whom possessed the cultivation of a celestial being.

Zhou Hao sat high on the imperial throne, looking down below.

"Greetings, Your Majesty," Taibai Venus bowed first.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

The two hundred or so immortal officials on both sides bowed and shouted in unison.

"Rise."

Zhou Hao, high above, watched his side's first court assembly, and for a moment, he was also full of high spirits.

Although his current power is only in its nascent stage, it is already quite considerable.

Even if placed in the mortal realm of the three thousand great worlds, he would be comparable to most of the lords of those great worlds.

They can even gain the upper hand against high-level combat forces such as celestial gods and true immortals.

"My esteemed celestial officials," Zhou Hao addressed, looking down below.

"I have renamed this Wushan Gorge as ' Perching Dragon Gorge,' and this palace as ' Limitless Palace,' as Emperor future foundation in the Heavenly Realm."

"The spiritual herb mountain range within Perching Dragon Gorge is called ' Medicine King Ridge,' where cultivators from my Nuwa Faction can come to seek and collect herbs."

The cultivators below listened attentively.

"Dry bones, poisonous dragon," Zhou Hao called out.

"Present," replied the Withered Bone True Lord and Poison Dragon Venerable.

"I hereby appoint you two as the chief and deputy envoys of the Pacification Commissioner, granting you my command tokens to travel throughout the Three Realms, to spread the merits of my Limitless Palace, and to recruit rogue cultivators throughout the Three Realms," Zhou Hao solemnly declared. "Those who enter my ranks will receive the protection of my Heavenly Court and the Dao Sect. In the midst of the great calamities and conflicts of the Three Realms, those who achieve merit will surely be rewarded."

"Under my command, there are still vacant positions for the seven stars of the Big Dipper, the six officials of the Southern Dipper, the twelve natal star lords, and the twenty-eight constellations of the Heavenly Court."

"The more immortals you recruit through your diligent efforts, the greater your merit will be. In the future, when your merits are rewarded, you will be ranked among the immortals and attain true enlightenment in Heavenly Court. This is only natural."

"Yes," replied the Withered Bone True Lord and the Poison Dragon Venerable respectfully. "We will do our utmost to gather all the immortals of the Three Realms for the Emperor."

Zhou Hao nodded.

Among the many leaders of forces in Coiled Dragon Ridge, the two of them had always been the leaders.

Besides being second to none in strength, it is also because of his unique vision, ability to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, skill in making friends with strong people, and his shrewdness in dealing with all kinds of people.

Sending them out to recruit powerful individuals served two purposes: firstly, it demonstrated his ability to recognize and utilize talent; secondly, it disrupted the existing power structure that had just surrendered, making it easier for him to subdue them.

"Iron Drum, Sacred Sound," Zhou Hao said again.

"Present!" The Iron Drum True Immortal and the Sacred Sound True Immortal stepped forward and acknowledged.

"I hereby appoint you two as Commander and Deputy Commander, leading a hundred Celestial Immortals under your command, and overseeing all the mountain gates and caves in the Coiling Dragon Ridge Mountains that have not yet come to us," Zhou Hao instructed. "All cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage within this area, whether Earth Immortal, Loose Immortal, or Celestial Immortals, must be registered. Every mountain gate and cave must bear the Signal Talisman of my Limitless Palace."

"I will refine a Immortal-Calling Banner within the Limitless Palace. As long as the banner is waved, all the Signal Talisman will respond, and all the immortals registered in the mountain gates and caves must come to the Limitless Palace to await my decree within a short time."

"We obey the decree," replied the Iron Drum True Immortal and the Sacred Sound True Immortal respectfully.

Zhou Hao nodded.

These two Pure Yang True Immortal are relatively indifferent and quiet in nature, and have little ambition. Letting them manage my lair can save me from unnecessary vigilance.

"Pi Chen'er, Pi Han'er, Pi Shu'er." Zhou Hao then looked at the three spirit beasts he had just acquired.

"Master." Three burly men stepped forward and bowed deeply to Zhou Hao, as if pushing a mountain of gold and toppling a jade pillar.

"The three of you are all renowned celestial gods and demon kings in the Three Realms, and also my spirit beasts," Zhou Hao said with a soft laugh. "I currently command an army of two hundred thousand cultivators, and the three of you will be in charge of leading them."

"If the army is well-trained, once I have swept away the chaos in the Three Realms, I will not only restore your freedom, but also give you a proper divine general position and allow you to enjoy the offerings of the Three Realms."

"Thank you, Master." Pi Chen'er, Pi Shu'er, Pi Han'er prostrated themselves on the ground, overjoyed.

"Get up," Zhou Hao said with satisfaction.

Compared to other cultivators, the three burly men who had received his beast-taming talisman were the most trustworthy, so he entrusted the army to them.

Just as Pi Chen'er stood up, he remembered something and spoke again, "Master, my two brothers and I are at the Three Rhinoceros Cave on Azure Mysteries Mountain in the Western Ox-Heaven Continent, along with hundreds of thousands of demons, monsters, and children. Now that we have submitted to you, why not let me go back and move our entire lair here to offer to you?"

"Yes," the second brother Pi Shu'er, chimed in. "And there's also Father's Accumulated Thunder Mountain, which we brothers usually look after. Now that Father isn't in his cave, perhaps..."

"Just bring the demon soldiers from the Three Rhinoceros Cave of Azure Mysteries Mountain. Don't cause any more trouble," Zhou Hao waved his hand to stop them.

joke.

The reason why the three demon kings, including Bichen'er, Pi Chen'er was because the three brutes had run into trouble on their own initiative to stand up for the witch. They were no match for her strength and were thus subdued. No one could say anything else about it.

But if he were to let these three brutes destroy his cave on Accumulated Thunder Mountain while the Bull Demon King was away, he would be asking for trouble and needlessly provoking a formidable enemy.

"True Lord Mude," Zhou Hao called out to Yu Lin Tianxian again.

"Your Majesty," Yu Lin Tianxian hurriedly stepped forward.

"The Medicine King Ridge within Perching Dragon Gorge will be guarded by disciples arranged by True Lord Mude," Zhou Hao said. "The Medicine King Ridge is rich in rare and precious herbs and immortal treasures, and its abundant spiritual energy makes it extremely suitable for cultivation. From now on, all disciples can establish their own caves for quiet cultivation within the Medicine King Ridge."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yu Lin, the Celestial Immortal, respectfully accepted the order.

He watched Zhou Hao, dressed in imperial robes, receiving the worship of the immortals, and was filled with emotion.

How many years has it been?

The naive disciple I first met at the sect's grand ceremony is now a Heavenly Realm Emperor, wielding power far exceeding that of the sect.

Demons like Taibai Venus, Dust-Avoiding, Heat-Avoiding, and Cold-Avoiding are all legendary beings renowned Three Realms the Three Realms and celebrated in mythology.

Now they are all sitting below, respectfully obeying orders.

What a cruel twist of fate!

Thinking back on the years I've spent in the Heavenly Realm, I've always been cautious and careful, fearing that I might fail to live up to the trust placed in me by Patriarch Mu Yang.

Now that Zhou Hao, the Heavenly Emperor, is protecting them, their disciples no longer need to live in fear.

Just as she was feeling sentimental, Yu Lin Lintianxian heard Zhou Hao's voice in her ear.

"Ancestor Yu Lin, this Perching Dragon Gorge is vast, rich in spiritual energy, and abundant in resources. I would like you to return to the Profound Heaven Realm and inform Patriarch Mu Yang to relocate more people here. Whether they are Xiantian Lifeform, Purple Mansion beings, or Myriad Phenomena of myriad forms, the more the better."

Yu Lin Tianxian looked up at Zhou Hao.

Those words were spoken secretly.

"Even in the Heavenly Realm, I can't rely solely on recruitment; I also need to cultivate my own close associates," Zhou Hao transmitted his voice.

"Understood," Yu Lin replied. "I will return to the Profound Heaven Realm immediately after I have made arrangements for the sect disciples."

"Hmm." Zhou Hao thought for a moment, "After the court assembly, you can stay behind and I'll lend you the Cosmos Diagram. This spiritual treasure can not only break through realms and teleport, but it also has endless space inside, enough for you to hold people."

"Alright," Yu Lin Tianxian laughed, "This time I'm going to move most of the population of the Profound Heaven Realm."

"If that's the case, then that would be even better." Zhou Hao smiled as well.

A large enough population, capable of continuous reproduction and the cultivation of more powerful individuals, is the most fundamental condition for the existence of a power.

Even in this world of cultivation where all power is concentrated in one person, the number of cultivators is still a very important parameter in battles, at least to a certain extent.

For example... the struggle for destiny in the mortal realm.

Eat a bite and continue.

The next chapter should be before 11 o'clock.