After Soul Tools were issued to the Jia Ma Empire's army on a massive scale, Jia Xingtian's ambitions flared anew, and he began expanding into the surrounding regions.
The Xiao Clan naturally drew his attention as well, but in the end, no fighting broke out between them. Jia Xingtian even promised to make Xiao Yan a king and had him attack the neighboring Chu Yun Empire, granting the Xiao Clan autonomy over every territory it conquered.
Li Chen paid none of this any mind. Aside from tending to his health each day, he merely checked on the situation in the Central Plains through Zhu Kun.
He dearly hoped the Soul Clan would pull its weight and finish refining his Emperor Pill soon, so his Dou Qi cultivation could also rise to the Dou Di realm.
Two and a half years passed in the blink of an eye.
The Xiao Clan had already occupied most of the Chu Yun Empire, largely thanks to the Life-Burning Pills Yao Lao had refined using Life-Devouring Pills as their core.
Any Dou Zhe under fifty could advance straight to Dou King upon taking one. The price was that they would have only one year left to live, their potential exhausted and their cultivation unable to improve any further.
Combined with the Necromancy Electrolux had brought, these Dou Kings could continue fighting for the Xiao Clan even after death.
As for administering the conquered territories, that should have been Xiao Yan's concern, but Li Chen decided to ease his burden and arranged for personnel transferred from the Origin Plane to manage them temporarily.
At that point, the day of the Three-Year Agreement had arrived.
An army at the foot of the mountain surrounded the Misty Cloud Sect. Xiao Yan rode the Amethyst Winged Lion King