A month passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, the Myriad Beast Mountain did not send any more beast armies to attack the city. Clearly, the beast emperor within was filled with apprehension after Jian Chen and Dao Xuan's actions last time, temporarily halting their occupation of the capital.
During this period, all soldiers in the capital were placed under Li Xiaotian's command, and the entire city entered a state of military management.
The Dao Sect, Sword Pavilion, and other five major forces provided many cultivation techniques to Da Qin, allowing the soldiers of the War Department to choose according to their specialties.
The Qin Palace plaza was always filled with dense crowds practicing, with constant breakthroughs.
Concurrently, the beast blood and flesh obtained from the capital during the previous great battle were entirely used to provide nutrition for these warriors.
The soldiers of the War Department, during this month, ate beast blood and flesh when hungry. The energy contained within the blood and flesh could enhance their physiques.
At other times, besides sleeping, they were all cultivating.
The Qin Lord sat in his room, reviewing the statistics of the War Department soldiers' situation over the past month, a smile gracing his face. He had made the right choice!
A month ago, out of three hundred thousand people, there were only a few hundred King-level cultivators and a few thousand War Gods; the rest were all ordinary soldiers.
But now, the War Department had over ten thousand King-level cultivators and fifty thousand War Gods! And this number was continuously increasing!
It could be said that with Da Qin's current strength, ordinary awakened forces could no longer pose any threat.
Although Li Xiaotian was still the only Emperor-level cultivator, they had sheer numbers, which was Da Qin's greatest advantage.
Those awakened forces, even hegemonic forces like the Sword Pavilion, had fewer than five thousand disciples in total, let alone ordinary awakened forces.
As the War Department's strength grew, some sects that were previously established around the capital voluntarily relocated, moving away from the capital.
The capital had now instilled fear in them. If they didn't leave, a great calamity might befall them. Once Da Qin became powerful, the first thing it would do was to unify Da Qin once more!
Meanwhile, Li Xiaotian's Dragon King Hall had also grown significantly in strength this month. All twenty thousand demon soldiers had become cultivators at the mid-stage of King-level or higher, with at least one-fifth of them reaching the late-stage of King-level, and over a hundred at the peak of King-level.
Commanders like Long Yi had also reached the peak of King-level and would break through soon.
It was imaginable that in a short period, the Dragon King Hall would gain several more Emperor-level powerhouses!
Li Xiaotian slowly opened his eyes, having just emerged from seclusion, a smile curving his lips.
He had reached the late-stage of Emperor-level!
The terrifying speed of his strength improvement made anyone else blush with shame. This was still the result of Li Xiaotian deliberately suppressing himself.
The dark bead of the Demon Lord's energy within him remained unchanged, just as it had been before. This indicated that the energy Li Xiaotian had used in his cultivation so far was negligible to the dark bead.
Li Xiaotian's eyes flickered. It was time to pay the Tian family a visit.
As there were no more major battles, the defensive line previously established by the Desolate Hall south of the capital became a joke.
Many Emperor-level cultivators had returned, leaving only thirty-odd Emperor-level cultivators to stand guard. Firstly, they were to confront Da Qin in the capital and prevent them from damaging the defensive line. Secondly, they were to monitor Myriad Beast Mountain.
Because everyone knew that Myriad Beast Mountain would launch another attack; it was only a matter of time.
One should know that although the capital had been peaceful for this past month, the fighting to the north of Myriad Beast Mountain had never stopped.
To the north, Myriad Beast Mountain bordered the Su Kingdom. The Su Kingdom, like Da Qin, was a top-tier strong nation in the past, but now, it was even more tragic than Da Qin.
Half of the Su Kingdom's territory was occupied by Myriad Beast Mountain, and countless humans had died. One of the reasons Myriad Beast Mountain had ceased hostilities with the capital was also due to the Su Kingdom.
Therefore, many Emperor-level cultivators led by the Desolate Hall had returned, especially the Tian family's ancestor, who had returned to his family the same day he had clashed with Li Xiaotian.
This was because he was afraid that someone might kill members of the Tian family to gain an opportunity to comprehend the Heavenly Stele!
Even so, within this past month, the Tian family had already lost over a dozen members, all dying unknowingly on Tian family territory, their bodies never found.
Late at night, Li Xiaotian quietly left the capital under the cover of darkness. After the demonic beasts' revival, the original locations of the awakened forces had changed.
The central region of Da Qin was led by the Desolate Hall, with over fifty large and small sects under its command, occupying the entire central region.
This was because Da Qin's central region was the safest, with demonic beasts unable to attack it.
The Tian family was located in a certain area within Da Qin's central region. The Tian family was hundreds of kilometers away from the capital, but for Emperor-level cultivators, this distance was only about half an hour's travel.
In the darkness of the night, a mountain towered into the clouds, but its summit had been leveled, with opulent buildings erected upon it.
Li Xiaotian's eyes narrowed as he saw this. The Tian family had moved their entire Tian Family Manor!
What a grand gesture! Li Xiaotian sneered inwardly, wondering if the underground palace beneath the Tian Family Manor had also been moved.
Li Xiaotian concealed his aura and quietly approached the Tian Family Manor.
Outside the Tian Family Manor, teams of King-level martial artists were patrolling, and occasional Emperor-level fluctuations emanated from within the manor. The defenses were extremely strict.
Li Xiaotian gave a cold laugh. It seemed that some Tian family members had died during this period, making the Tian family ancestor extremely vigilant.
Li Xiaotian evaded layer after layer of patrols, then infiltrated the Tian Family Manor. At this moment, his aura was contained; unless the Tian family ancestor conducted a thorough search of the Tian family's layers, he would not be discovered.
"Hmph!" A muffled groan sounded. Li Xiaotian killed a Tian family guard with a single punch, then circulated his demonic techniques to extract all the guard's memories.
Demonic techniques could not only devour various energies but also people's memories. The Tian family was too vast. If Li Xiaotian were to search for his daughter personally, it would likely alert the Tian family ancestor, so he could only search the memories of the Tian family guards.
Li Xiaotian hid the guard's corpse in the nearby woods, then looked down at his feet.
Tian Tian was in the Tian family's underground palace. He hadn't expected the Tian family to go to such lengths as to move the underground palace as well.
However, the Tian family had renovated the underground palace, and its entrance was now located beneath the central palace of the Tian Family Manor.
And that palace was where the Tian family ancestor resided.
Li Xiaotian frowned. This way, wouldn't it be unavoidable to alert the Tian family ancestor?
But then, Li Xiaotian's eyes flashed, and he quickly left the Tian Family Manor.
In the blink of an eye, Li Xiaotian appeared high in the sky outside the mountain peak where the Tian family was located. Since he couldn't enter through the main entrance, he had to find another way in.