In the Jia Ma Empire, after the Imperial Family surrendered and handed over its sovereign power, a sweeping purge had reshaped all the empire's factions. Experts from the Xiao Clan were dispatched to various locations to administer some of the empire's larger cities.
As for the military districts, forty percent of the former Jia Ma Empire's forces had been under the direct command of Imperial Family members, thirty percent under members of the Mu Family, one of the three great families, and the remaining thirty percent under commanders from lesser families within the empire's military districts or independent cultivators who had earned distinction.
After unifying the Jia Ma Empire, the Xiao Clan directly took over the troops formerly commanded by the Imperial Family. The independent experts and officers who had earned merit were dispersed and reassigned.
Seeing this, Mu Chen, the head of the Mu Family, took the initiative to bring his family's younger members forward and surrender their military authority. Xiao Zhan, however, chose to let them continue commanding their troops.
Within half a month, the Xiao Clan had brought the situation in the Jia Ma Empire under control. Almost every citizen living in its settlements knew that sovereign power had changed hands.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yan had finally crossed dozens of countries, large and small, and entered the Black Domain Great Plains.
An endless plain stretched before him. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but monotonous black beneath a slightly dim sky. An oppressive, irritating atmosphere hung over the plains. It was little wonder that such a strange place had bred those chaotic rules.
At that moment, Xiao Yan was running at full speed. Although Yao Lao could let him fly through the sky, doing so consumed too much of Yao Lao's strength, so