In June of the twelfth year of the Daye era of the Sui Dynasty, the Yuwen Clan forces captured Yangzhou City and killed Emperor Yang Guang of Sui within the city, officially marking the end of the Sui Dynasty.
From then on, the world entered a true period of chaos, with warlords and powerful families rising up in rebellion, and numerous peasant uprisings springing up everywhere.
Unfortunately, apart from the Li Tang, none of these warlords had the ability to confront the Yuwen Family's massive army.
Warfare is all about supplies, provisions, and troop deployment; in the Great Tang World, the intervention of a peerless master was also added.
In the former case, the Yuwen Family, under Xu Xiao's orders, forcibly exploited the aristocratic families wherever they went, while simultaneously appeasing the local populace. Their army grew larger and stronger with each battle.
The latter is because all the masters of the Demon Sect and the righteous path are cultivating in Chang'an City, and there is no other Grandmaster among the warlords of the world, except for that group of Yamato.
Unfortunately, those Yamato were so terrified by Xu Xiao's attack that they had long since hidden themselves away, too afraid to come out.
The Yuwen Family's army, with two Grandmaster, Yuwen Shang and Shi Zhixuan, in command, frequently carried out decapitation strikes.
For Xu Xiao's grand cause, the two disregarded all code of honor and the dignity of Grandmaster, personally taking action to eliminate high-ranking opponents when they encountered formidable adversaries.
In just six months, Li Mi of Wagang surrendered, and the Pretty Strategist Shen Luoyan was sent to Yangzhou.
Dou Jiande was directly killed by Shi Zhixuan, and his power was completely taken over.
Among the four major clans, the Dugu Clan sent their eldest daughter Dugu Feng, as a gift to show their submission, while the Song Clan also chose to retreat after Song Que sent a letter.
The only family capable of standing up to the Yuwen Family is the Li Tang family. Although their third young lady, Li Xiuning, is in Xu Xiao's hands, they have not chosen to submit.
After all, if Xu Xiao hadn't interfered, his family would have truly been the most likely to seize power.
From Li Yuan down to everyone in the Li Clan, everyone wanted to give it a shot and fight for it.
In response, Xu Xiao could only regretfully instruct the Yuwen Clan to take action, disregarding personal feelings.
With Great Grandmaster- level experts carrying out the decapitation operation, the once invincible Li Clan was forced into a series of defeats in just three months.
Finally, in November, the Li Clan had no choice but to surrender.
At this point, apart from a few obtuse individuals still causing trouble in some remote corners of the country, all the domestic forces had fallen under Xu Xiao's control.
Xu Xiao has become the ruler of the Central Plains, and in early December, Xu Xiao plans to declare himself emperor!
In Chang'an, the main structure of the newly built Daming Palace has been completed, and with the cooperation of hundreds of thousands of people, the palace is nearing completion.
Xu Xiao sat alone on the fourth floor of the Dao Enlightenment Tower, carefully contemplating the differences.
"So that's how it is! The will of the people is the will of Heaven. The throne of the emperor is truly not just a title!"
"I also learned how the World Will is formed; it turns out to be entirely the power of the will of all living beings."
"No wonder the He Shi Bi contained a trace of the World Will; it truly was a matter of timing and luck! Haha."
Xu Xiao burst out laughing; he was in an extremely good mood.
After the news that Xu Xiao was going to become emperor in the new year spread throughout the world, a special energy suddenly flowed into Xu Xiao's body from the heavens and earth.
It was the True Dragon Qi he had been pursuing. After unifying the Central Plains, this dragon energy had slowly gathered in the hands of Xu Xiao, the one who controlled the world.
Although it wasn't much, after all, he hadn't officially proclaimed himself emperor, and the territory at the end of the Sui Dynasty wasn't vast enough, the amount of this dragon energy was about the same as that on Emperor Yang of Sui Yang Guang.
Even so, Xu Xiao sensed something different; the World-Crossing Gate's erosion of this world was accelerating.
" The World Will is essentially formed from the will of all things in this world, originating from me!"
"Whether it's extraterrestrial demons or powerful beings who Shattering the Void, these beings greatly interfere with the existence of the individual human being, and therefore are rejected by the World Will."
Xu Xiao now understood why the World Will had a threshold.
In reality, no single entity can be too powerful in a single world.
Once he appears, the whole world will become his plaything, his backyard.
All resources would be tilted towards him, becoming his nourishment, which would be a different kind of destruction for the world.
Beings that have reached the level of Shattering the Void are basically beyond the reach of the local people of the Great Tang World, and therefore will be expelled by the World Will.
Xu Xiao, however, took advantage of a loophole; he managed to merge with a portion of the fundamental authority of the World Will first.
The He Shi Bi, a legendary artifact passed down through generations of the Huaxia people, already possessed a degree of global authority.
This rendered the expulsion procedure ineffective against him, and with the cheat code of the World-Crossing Gate, Xu Xiao was even able to gradually erode the world's World Will.
In essence, the formation of the World Will involves everything within the world, including living beings and nature.
Once Xu Xiao completely replaces the world's World Will, he will be able to control this world.
At the same time, we must also shoulder the responsibility of guiding the world to continue to evolve and move forward, and even protecting it from invasion by other outsiders.
"I need to step up my efforts; ideally, I should completely dominate this world. Then my rate of conquest will be even faster."
"Once I completely replace the world's World Will, I'll know what the benefits are!"
Xu Xiao thought ambitiously.
Although so far, he can only use the power of the World Will through World-Crossing Gate.
For someone of his level, authority is a very high-level form of power, but he has a cheat code.
The Heavens World-Crossing Gate belongs to him. If the World-Crossing Gate can replace this world, he can also gain control over it.
Time flies, and the day of Xu Xiao's ascension to the throne is fast approaching.
The new nation adopted "Hua" as its name and Chang'an City as its capital.
Xu Xiao, dressed in a black dragon robe and wearing the twelve tassels of an imperial crown, flew step by step into the sky above Chang'an City.
The people of most of Chang'an City could see the ruler of them in the sky, and they all knelt on the ground excitedly, shouting "Long live the Emperor!"
This truly aligns with the image of the emperor as a sacred being in the hearts of the common people, capable of summoning wind and rain, commanding thunder, and having his voice resonate in the hearts of everyone (mental interference).
The boundless thunderclouds in the sky were seen by the people as the majesty of the emperor, and there were even rumors that they represented not only the emperor on earth, but also a deity in the heavens.
Many ignorant people knelt down and kowtowed, and some other forces gradually entered Xu Xiao's body.
Unfortunately, at this moment, Xu Xiao had no idea what this power was, nor could he use it. He could only let it intertwine and accumulate in his Sea of Consciousness.
"My people, I will be your only emperor, and the sole ruler of the world. I will lead you to true prosperity!"
Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!