More than a month later, the Chen Kingdom army advanced in multiple directions, advancing unimpeded, and took over Suspended Sword Pass on behalf of the King Who Guards the West's Residence, officially capturing the remaining human lands of Yi Province.
The diameter of Yi Province's human-made landmass is over 70,000 kilometers, with a total area of nearly 5 billion square kilometers. Adding the vast territory from Demon-Defending City to Moon Capital Pass, the area is also over 1 billion square kilometers.
The territory of the Chen Kingdom suddenly increased by more than 6 billion square kilometers, which is two-thirds of the original area. Moreover, the population density of these territories is much higher than that of the Wilderness. Even the cities that were taken from the Abyss Devil Race still have a considerable number of humans living in them.
The reason why the Abyss Devil Race spared so many humans was not because they were merciful, but because as the scale of the war increased, they sent more and more warriors to the Pan Emperor Continent, and food began to become scarce.
The war between the Abyss Devil Race and the various forces in the Central Land has now reached a stalemate. They can no longer plunder other creatures to feed their armies as before, so they have begun to enslave humans to engage in planting, breeding, herding, and fishing. Humans have become a very important strategic resource for them.
West Ge Province was one of the first territories conquered by the Abyssal Devil Race, so many humans there have been enslaved for over a decade, and most have lost their souls, becoming mere walking corpses.
How to deal with these people is a difficult problem; it will take time for them to recover slowly.
The people of Yi Province are of high quality, including many long-established Lineage and ancient sects. While these forces may not be as powerful as before, their long history can enhance the foundation of the Chen Kingdom. For example, Chen Mu obtained some Ancient Runes Ancient Runes a Lineage, which were very helpful to his cultivation.
With the addition of the people of Yi Province, the population of the Chen Kingdom suddenly exceeded 100 billion, making its management undoubtedly more complex.
Fortunately, the fantasy world is, after all, a world where the strong are respected. Cultivators of higher realms have a natural power to suppress those of lower realms. As long as the high-level cultivators are managed well, the common people at the bottom can't cause any trouble at all.
After the Chen Kingdom annexed Yi Province, it also needed time to digest and consolidate its gains. Therefore, Chen Mu did not plan to continue attacking the Abyss Devil Race for the time being. Apart from having Chen Zihu occasionally send troops to harass the Abyssal Devil Race to prevent them from growing stronger, the main strategy was to defend the territory.
Six months later, in the Chen Kingdom, within the Nether Luo Mountain.
The Nether Luo Mountain at this time was very different from the Nether Luo Mountain that Chen Mu had first seen.
Cultivating the Yin-Yang Mystic Core in the Mingye was extremely difficult. In order to speed up the Mingye's cultivation, Chen Mu, with the help of the White Turtle, transformed the entire Nether Luo Mountain into a massive array.
Chen Mu named this formation ' Taiji Yin-Yang Wheel '. Its most amazing feature is that it can compress all the Death Qi of the entire Nether Luo Mountain into the Xiaoxiao array eye at its center.
Meanwhile, Chen Mu set up hundreds of Spirit Gathering Array, attracting all the Spiritual Power within a radius of hundreds of kilometers of Nether Luo Mountain to the center of the formation, ultimately forming a treasure land called ' Taiji Yin-Yang Eye ' that is most suitable for the cultivator of Yin-Yang Mystic Core.
The ' Taiji Yin-Yang Eye ' has a radius of less than ten feet. Spiritual Power and Death Qi constantly pour into this place from all directions. Through the surrounding rune array, they are transformed and eventually form two extreme forces: Yin and Yang Qi.
The Yin and Yang Qi that Mingye cultivates are actually evolved from Spiritual Power. Death Qi is also a manifestation of Spiritual Power. However, these Spiritual Power have gone to extremes in their two characteristics, thus evolving into a completely new type of energy.
In theory, these two energies are so extreme that if only one of them appears, it will often harm the cultivator, or even kill them.
Therefore, since ancient times, cultivators of both yang and Yin Qi have been extremely rare. Cultivators like Mingye, who can condense the Yin-Yang Mystic Core Pill, are even rarer. Even the White Turtle, who has lived for countless years, is seeing a cultivator who can condense the Yin-Yang Mystic Core for the first time.
According to the White Turtle, the Yin-Yang Mystic Core has such a high energy level that it might take hundreds of years to break through without external help in the Wilderness.
This statement greatly worried Chen Mu, so he immediately mobilized a large amount of manpower and resources to create this ' Taiji Yin-Yang Wheel ' in order to help Mingye break through as soon as possible.
Now, apart from a black and white sphere of light about ten feet in the very center radiating an astonishing aura, the rest of Nether Luo Mountain is barren and desolate.
Only rune banners, arranged according to mysterious rules, covered the entire mountain, making it look like a huge ritual site.
The reason why Nether Luo Mountain is like this is because the ' Taiji Yin-Yang Wheel ' has plundered all the Spiritual Qi and Death Qi within a radius of hundreds of miles. Not to mention plants, even the undead that used to linger here have left and sought other places.
At this moment, the light of the black and white sphere in the center of the mountain suddenly dimmed considerably. Then, a long, slender leg stepped out from the sphere, and soon a woman dressed in black appeared in the mountain.
The woman in black was none other than Mingye. She glanced around, seemingly somewhat bewildered.
"How did this place become like this? I don't even know how long I've been in seclusion..."
Just then, she noticed a white streak of light rushing towards her in the distance, and a smile involuntarily appeared on her face.
With a soft "poof".
The white light rushed into Mingye's arms and began to whine sweetly in a childish voice.
"Mother, you're finally awake! That's wonderful..."
Mingye was startled and quickly pulled the Little White Fox in his arms to his side.
"What's wrong? How can you speak?"
"Hehe, Mommy, I went to play in the mountains a while ago and met a really powerful demon. He gave me some fruit to eat, and then I evolved."
"I naturally learned to speak after I evolved, I don't know how it happened."
The Little White Fox frowned in thought, looking adorably simple-minded.
"Fruit?"
Mingye's expression changed, and he quickly used his power to probe the Little White Fox's body to examine it.
After a while, she opened her eyes and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The examination revealed that the Little White Fox not only had no health problems, but had also broken through to the Demon Beast Emperor Realm, a breakthrough that was truly astonishing.
Keep in mind that the Little White Fox has only been born for seven or eight years. To be able to reach the Emperor Level at such a young age, her talent is probably no less than that of the Holy Son carefully nurtured by the Heavenly Court.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Mingye felt relieved.
The White Turtle once said that the Little White Fox's father was likely some kind of divine beast, which is why the Little White Fox was born at the Demon King Realm.
From this perspective, it's not unbelievable that it takes seven or eight years to advance to the Demon Beast Emperor Realm.