While the officials busied themselves governing the half-orcs and handling the various resources within the territory, Huo Ling did not remain idle either.
This battle had not merely yielded him the corpses of a Legendary warrior and a shaman.
There were also the immense insights into the rules of death he had gained when he used Death's Finger to kill Dewey.
During the fierce battle earlier, Huo Ling had had no time to turn those insights into his own strength.
Once the battle had ended, Huo Ling finally found an opportunity to cultivate.
At the ruins of the battlefield where the war against the half-orcs had erupted, Huo Ling quietly cultivated beneath the protection of several Legendary undead.
More than a hundred thousand half-orcs had died on this battlefield, along with dozens of Saint Domain experts and two Legendaries.
Many undead had died as well, and the death of undead was still death.
The rules of death across the entire battlefield were exceptionally dense, making it extremely beneficial for Huo Ling's cultivation.
Complete strands of death rules were analyzed and mastered by Huo Ling one after another, and the pressure emanating from him grew ever stronger.
Of course, Huo Ling was not the only one to benefit. The several Legendary undead at his side had also recovered significantly from the injuries inflicted by the half-orcs on this battlefield.
Next, Huo Ling would only need to find time to cast spells for them, and he could restore them to their peak condition—perhaps even make them somewhat stronger.
As death magic converged upon Huo Ling, a gray vortex of death seemed to form in the sky. The death magic gathered in the heavens by the Undead Cataclysm was all swallowed up by Huo Ling in one gulp.
All manner of rules intertwined