Virtual Universe, Jinlan Continent.
In a vast palace, Dongguan sat in the seat of honor and met with the factions under his command.
As usual, they reported on their circumstances.
At present, the forces under Dongguan were divided into three parts: the family faction, the Guanjie Company, and the forces of the Universe Country itself.
The Universe Country itself was what he had previously inherited from the Jinlan Country Lord.
Now that Dongguan had become a Universe Master, this Universe Country had also become the only one among the 1,008 Universe Countries whose ruler was a Universe Master.
Because of this, the forces below that had originally belonged to Venerable Jinlan had now submitted completely.
Their leader was Calamity Mistress, the Zerg Mother Emperor Venerable whom Dongguan had enslaved.
Soul slaves were unquestionably loyal, but the various relationships within this force were extremely tangled. Many of its vested interests were connected to the Five Great Powers. For Dongguan to untangle them one by one would be far too troublesome, while cutting through them all at once could easily create more hidden problems.
Thus, his approach to this force was to issue orders and have Calamity Mistress recruit some people to supervise. Everything else would proceed as usual, but his orders had to be carried out to the letter.
This was a world where the strong reigned supreme, and Dongguan could only do this because he possessed sufficient strength himself. Otherwise, in such circumstances, it would be perfectly normal for his subordinates to pay lip service while disobeying him, or even overthrow their superior.
The second force was his clan faction, which mainly consisted of two parts: the descendants originating from Zhang Gui and Qian Shui's children, who also bore Dongguan's own bloodline, and the Qiong Luo Race.
The former recognized