Rule

For his rule over the underground world, Huo Ling followed the principle of strengthening the trunk while weakening the branches.

All the Sanctuaries and their families had to live in Iwa City.

In Huo Ling's plans, these Sanctuaries would even gradually be transferred to the surface world.

What Huo Ling ultimately intended to keep in the underground world were Sanctuaries from his direct line, loyal to him.

The underground cities were certainly not safe havens. In the underground world, intelligent beings occupied only a portion of the space.

In the unknown regions, there were also many Magic Beasts and races unique to the underground world.

They did not necessarily bear goodwill toward the intelligent beings in the underground cities, so every underground city still needed Sanctuary-level forces stationed there.

After these native Sanctuaries and their families had been relocated to Iwa City, the Sanctuaries guarding those cities were all replaced by undead Sanctuaries.

Smaller underground cities had one undead Sanctuary stationed there, while larger ones had several more, ensuring that these Magic Beasts and insects would not disrupt production in any underground city.

Without the influence of those native Sanctuaries and their families, reforms in the underground cities progressed smoothly.

Thus far, production efficiency and tax revenue had increased by at least fifty to sixty percent.

And this was merely the beginning. As reforms continued in the future, the output value of these underground cities would keep rising.

Huo Ling was quite confident in this.

In the underground world, many native soldiers also underwent new reorganizations.

The old-style armies clearly could not keep up with East River County's methods of warfare, so Huo Ling assigned Ren Jingchen to restructure them.

Large numbers of old, weak, sick, and disabled soldiers were dismissed. Yet these discharged veterans were not wasted; they were