Cuiwei Star, once the Imperial Capital of the Jade Dragon Divine Dynasty.
With the Empress falling before the public eye, coupled with absolute martial intimidation, the transfer of imperial power happened faster than anyone could have imagined.
In merely two days.
This grand city, symbolizing the core of power within the Jade Dragon Divine Dynasty, had quietly changed its banners.
Every strategic point had been taken over and placed under the control of Xuanjian Mansion cultivators.
The luxurious palace that had once belonged to the Jade Dragon Empress had now become Xuanjian Mansion's temporary command center.
At this moment.
An Lingzhen was buried beneath mountains of jade slips and account books, wholly focused on tallying this astonishing haul.
"Thirty thousand tons of azure sky stone, fifty-three million tons of dragonblood soil, seventy-four thousand tons of inferno iron..."
The more she counted, the more her hands trembled. In her entire life, she had never seen treasure materials once sold by the pound being counted in such quantities.
And they were being shoveled into their own warehouses by the cartload!
This was all thanks to the General...
An Lingzhen drew a deep breath, doing her best to calm herself.
Just then.
Familiar footsteps sounded before her. An Lingzhen looked up to see Ye Li standing silently in the hall, having returned at some unknown time.
She could not detect any difference in the young man from when he had left.
Nor was Ye Li deliberately concealing anything.
Rather, she had long understood that their strength had ceased to exist on the same plane.
The depths of the young man's strength were already beyond her perception.
"General." An Lingzhen put down the jade slip and rose to salute him.
"..."
Ye Li did not mind the familiar form of address. His gaze swept