Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo hurriedly summoned his pet beasts and shouted to Feng Nan as he fled:
"Go quickly, take Long Zhen Chuan Shuo to Rong Cheng!"
Before Feng Nan could understand the situation, he saw a totem-level pet beast that Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo had just summoned being crushed by the opponent.
Feng Nan was startled and realized the opponent's power.
Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo, severely wounded, did not give up resisting and summoned all his pet beasts.
"Go!" Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo roared at Feng Nan again.
The anxious look made Feng Nan realize the critical nature of the situation.
He fled quickly.
Feng Nan's strength was still above Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo's. Inheriting the Feng Shen lineage, his speed was extremely fast, and he instantly disappeared from his original position.
The Yaksha sneered, extended a hand again, and grabbed towards Feng Nan.
Unfortunately, he only managed to grab an severed hand, allowing Feng Nan to escape.
Seeing this, Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo also breathed a sigh of relief.
His face contorted with rage as he looked at Ming Chuan Shuo.
This madwoman, by inviting a wolf into the house, would sooner or later lead Yan Huang to ruin.
He knew he was no match for this Yaksha, but he could drag Ming Chuan Shuo down with him.
He lunged at Ming Chuan Shuo.
Ming Chuan Shuo, in panic, pushed the people around him towards Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo.
At the same time, one of his totem-level pet beasts silently appeared behind Ming Chuan Shuo, preparing to self-destruct.
A totem-level pet beast using the self-destruct skill was enough to kill Ming Chuan Shuo.
Unfortunately, the Yaksha was faster.
It grabbed Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo's pet beast with one hand.
Before it could self-destruct, it was crushed.
Afterward, Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo also fell in anger.
The Yaksha looked at Ming Chuan Shuo.
"Your control over Yan Huang is still not enough! This won't do. Since Yan Huang has joined our Totem Kingdom, we have the right to help you.
How about you become the Queen of Yan Huang and completely control it!"
Ming Chuan Shuo was tempted by the Yaksha's words.
However, she also knew very well that if she dared to reform and declare herself queen at this stage, she would surely be spurned by all of Yan Huang.
"Sir, please rest assured, I will control all of Yan Huang!"
Afterward, Ming Chuan Shuo convened an emergency meeting of the Elder Council, announcing Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo and Feng Nan as traitors who not only killed Feng Chuan Shuo but also kidnapped Long Zhen Chuan Shuo.
Now that Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo was dead, Feng Chuan Shuo was also dead, and Long Zhen Chuan Shuo had been taken away by Feng Nan, the entire Elder Council was under Ming Chuan Shuo's command.
To accelerate the control of the Imperial Capital Base City, Ming Chuan Shuo transferred a large number of her trusted family members from the Star Capital Base City.
Furthermore, Ming Chuan Shuo deeply understood the importance of cooperation, joining forces with other families to re-divide Yan Huang's interests.
As for the common people, they were merely leeks in their eyes.
Subsequently, temples rose one after another in major base cities.
Ming Chuan Shuo demanded that everyone must believe in the Underworld Yaksha Emperor.
Anyone who disobeyed would be considered in violation of Yan Huang's laws.
With the backing of the Yaksha Totem Kingdom, Ming Chuan Shuo gradually became more powerful.
Before long, the Elder Council convened another meeting, announcing Ming Chuan Shuo as the new Grand Elder of Yan Huang, thus replacing Long Zhen Chuan Shuo.
Next, Ming Chuan Shuo intended to seek more power and benefits for her family and planned to gradually reform and become queen.
Due to the existence of the Underworld Yaksha Emperor, she could not become empress and had to lower her rank.
However, even so, it would not affect her power in Yan Huang in the slightest.
Of course, this matter could not be rushed. She still needed to unite with other families to reform step by step.
And she would also grant more benefits to these families.
Only in this way could she have a chance to succeed.
On the other hand, Feng Nan took Long Zhen Chuan Shuo to Rong Cheng Base City.
After understanding the situation, Xiao Lin quickly arranged for Long Zhen Chuan Shuo to be admitted to the best hospital in Rong Cheng Base City.
He also instructed Feng Nan to stay out of sight for the time being and wait for Zheng Dong to return.
Zheng Dong had gone to the Drought Demon Totem Kingdom and had not returned. Xiao Lin was also worried that Zheng Dong might be in trouble.
He also did not want to provoke the Elder Council and the Yaksha Totem Kingdom at this time.
Feng Nan had been severely injured by the Yaksha while fleeing, losing an arm, and it would be difficult for him to recover anytime soon.
He also followed Xiao Lin's advice and did not appear in public, staying in the room arranged by Xiao Lin to cultivate.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.
Ming Chuan Shuo announced the reform and declared herself Queen of Yan Huang.
The major base cities also expressed their support.
These base cities were controlled by various families, and the ordinary people below were unaware of the changes in the Elder Council.
All their sources of information were cut off.
All day long, apart from work, they went to the temples to worship the Underworld Yaksha Emperor.
They had no rest, unlike robots.
To make them work harder, the families led by Ming Chuan Shuo propagated daily how dangerous the outside world was, and only by uniting and working hard could the base cities become safer.
Otherwise, they would end up like Shen Du Base City.
This instilled in the minds of ordinary people the concept that not working hard was harming themselves and others and undermining the unity of the base city.
Moreover, with the external information sources blocked, ordinary people could not access the internet or watch television, and had no idea about the situation outside.
In this way, Ming Chuan Shuo and others could more confidently harvest the leeks, and their lives became more comfortable.
Of course, new problems also emerged.
Many families were dissatisfied with the distribution of benefits and secretly caused trouble.
Ming Chuan Shuo was not to be trifled with either. She directly killed the chickens to warn the monkeys, arresting those who caused trouble.
However, this incident led to more and more conflicts.
After all, with Ming Chuan Shuo becoming queen, her family's power had expanded dozens of times, and their family assets had grown exponentially. Everyone was envious.
There were also many who wanted to overthrow Ming Chuan Shuo.
Internal strife was constant, and the losses for each base city increased.
To compensate for the losses, Ming Chuan Shuo had to increase the intensity of harvesting leeks, constantly wielding her scythe.
This made the ordinary people, who were already working more than ten hours a day, suffer even more.
At this time, Zheng Dong was still in the Drought Demon Totem Kingdom.
Near the ice lake in the Land of Despair, Zheng Dong was diligently cultivating.
His understanding of the Law of Ice deepened.
With a flick of his finger, he could wield the Law of Ice and summon a heavy snowfall.
Xiao Qing's gains were even greater.
Her growth level broke through the Emperor level and reached the Overlord level.
Ling'er's Ice Element Dimensional Sea expanded several times, and many Ice Element Sprites grew to the Quasi-God level. One Ice Element Sprite even condensed a divinehead.
As for Zheng Dong's bloodline clone, the Arctic Ice Demon, its gains were even greater.
The Arctic Ice Demon possessed pure bloodline power and had not merged with Zheng Dong. It actually comprehended the雏形 of a divinehead and condensed it.
Its divinehead was very simple, containing only the Law of Ice.
A divinehead like a snowflake appeared between its eyebrows, shining with billions of lights and covering its entire body.
This also surprised Zheng Dong. His bloodline clone had actually advanced to a Lower God before his main body.
His decision not to integrate the bloodline clone into himself back then was indeed correct.
If all his bloodline clones grew up, his main body could also borrow their strength to break through and become a Mythical Beastmaster.
Thinking of this, Zheng Dong's future cultivation direction became clearer.
The Arctic Ice Demon, which had condensed a divinehead, walked towards the ice lake.
Under Zheng Dong's gaze, it reached out to touch the water in the ice lake.
Light flickered on its hand, and the power of the Law of Ice surged.
Upon contact with the water, it was not frozen.
Instead, it felt a powerful suction force pulling it into the depths of the ice lake.
The bottom of the ice lake was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.
The Arctic Ice Demon could only sense that all the ice energy elements were surging from one direction.
It walked over.
It discovered the corpse of a God-level extraordinary creature.
In its hand, it still held an ice cone.
The ice cone was crystal clear, and a strong fluctuation of the Law of Ice could be sensed.
This should be a divine artifact.
Its level would need to be determined after refining it.
The Arctic Ice Demon attempted to pick up the ice cone.
The ice cone vibrated violently, as if trying to break free from the Arctic Ice Demon.
The Arctic Ice Demon quickly activated its divinehead and used the Law of Ice, hoping to gain the ice cone's recognition.
The ice cone struggled for a while, and upon sensing the Arctic Ice Demon's pure divinehead, it stopped and remained still in the Arctic Ice Demon's hand.
The Arctic Ice Demon then attempted to refine the ice cone.
The refining process was much easier than it had anticipated.
This was the Frozen Ice Cone, originally a high-level divine artifact.
Its previous owner, to give it a chance to grow, risked stealing the Nine Heavens Profound God Ice from a Dominator.
Unfortunately, on the way back, it encountered a terrible disaster and died here.
After absorbing the Nine Heavens Profound God Ice, the Frozen Ice Cone grew over countless years and finally became a top-tier divine artifact.
But all of this benefited Zheng Dong.
The Arctic Ice Demon hesitated for a moment, then took the corpse lying on the ground out of the ice lake as well.
This corpse was not very large, and its strength in life had reached the Dominator level.
Zheng Dong recognized its identity through the memories of the Starry Sky Supreme.
It was the Cold Ice Dominator, whose true form was a Year-Round Cold Ice Flower Demon.
It was a humanoid extraordinary creature, somewhat similar in appearance to a forest elf.
It did not join any faction and preferred to be alone.
Its strength was at the bottom among Dominators.
Zheng Dong looked at the corpse of the Year-Round Cold Ice Flower Demon.
The residual power in its corpse was not much.
Zheng Dong planned to let it rest in peace and bury it on the spot.
The Arctic Ice Demon, following Zheng Dong's instructions, activated the Frozen Ice Cone and built a massive ice tomb beside the ice lake, placing the Year-Round Cold Ice Flower Demon's corpse inside.
After burying the Year-Round Cold Ice Flower Demon, the Arctic Ice Demon, holding the Frozen Ice Cone, prepared to leave the ice tomb.
At this moment, the Frozen Ice Cone broke free from the Arctic Ice Demon's hand, flew above the Year-Round Cold Ice Flower Demon's corpse, released waves of cold air, and completely sealed the corpse.
At the moment of freezing, three fragments of divineheads and a blue crystal appeared on the Year-Round Cold Ice Flower Demon's corpse.
The blue crystal was the Tear of the Year-Round Cold Ice Flower Demon. Refining it would grant partial inheritance of the Year-Round Cold Ice Flower Demon.
The divinehead fragments were also left by the Year-Round Cold Ice Flower Demon, containing pure Law of Ice.
Zheng Dong's bloodline clone, the Arctic Ice Demon, collected them all.
It was considered to have inherited the legacy of the Year-Round Cold Ice Flower Demon.
Leaving the ice tomb, the Arctic Ice Demon was taken into the beast-taming space by Zheng Dong, allowing it to continue cultivating there.
This was his first bloodline clone to condense a divinehead.
Next, he needed more bloodline clones to condense divineheads.
Of course, it would be difficult to obtain such an opportunity again.
Fortunately, each bloodline clone possessed pure bloodline power, making it relatively easier to condense a divinehead.
Afterward, Zheng Dong left the Land of Despair in the Drought Demon Totem Kingdom.
Without the God-level Drought Demon, the Drought Demon Totem Kingdom would sooner or later be destroyed by other Totem Kingdoms.
Zheng Dong saw no need to waste more time here.
He piloted the interstellar battleship transformed by Jingjing and returned to Rong Cheng.
Upon returning to Rong Cheng, Zheng Dong learned that Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo had met with an accident.
Zheng Dong frowned.
Why didn't Zhao Pu Chuan Shuo listen to him and wait patiently?
At the same time, he also regretted not going to the Imperial Capital Base City earlier to deal with Ming Chuan Shuo and the others.
In the conference room, Xiao Lin looked at Zheng Dong.
"Now, the other base cities are in chaos because of Ming Chuan Shuo and the others. Ordinary people are being exploited, treated no differently than slaves!"
"It seems it's time to deal with them. How is Long Zhen Chuan Shuo's condition?" Zheng Dong asked.
"Long Zhen Chuan Shuo still shows no signs of waking up, but Feng Nan's injuries have stabilized and he can act with us," Xiao Lin said.
For Zheng Dong, Feng Nan's presence or absence was irrelevant.
Feng Nan was only a Legend-level Beastmaster, inferior to his bloodline clones.
However, Long Zhen Chuan Shuo was different.
If Long Zhen Chuan Shuo woke up, they would have an excuse to directly take action against Ming Chuan Shuo and the others.
Thus, Zheng Dong went to Long Zhen Chuan Shuo's ward.
Long Zhen Chuan Shuo lay on the hospital bed, pale and motionless, showing signs of becoming a vegetative state. The medical experts in Rong Cheng judged that Long Zhen Chuan Shuo might never wake up.
Zheng Dong did not believe it. He summoned Ling'er and asked her to try to heal Long Zhen Chuan Shuo.
Ling'er mastered multiple healing skills and could mobilize the power of the Law of Life with her divinehead, making it not difficult to save Long Zhen Chuan Shuo.
Under Ling'er's treatment, Long Zhen Chuan Shuo's condition gradually improved. After a few hours, he actually opened his eyes and regained consciousness.
Later, after Long Zhen Chuan Shuo had recuperated for a few days and fully recovered, Xiao Lin informed him of the current situation in Yan Huang.
Long Zhen Chuan Shuo's expression was calm, as if he had long anticipated such a day.
He looked out the window towards the direction of the Imperial Capital.
"Zhao Pu, you're still so impulsive. Couldn't you have waited a little longer?
It's also my fault. If I had been more ruthless back then, it wouldn't have turned out like this!"
Then, Long Zhen Chuan Shuo looked at Zheng Dong and Xiao Lin again.
"Ming Chuan Shuo and the others must be dealt with thoroughly. They cannot be allowed to continue to harm Yan Huang!
You go ahead and do it. I will support you. The future of Yan Huang belongs to you. I hope you can lead Yan Huang to glory and stand at the pinnacle of the world!"
Afterward, they discussed specific plans with Zheng Dong and Xiao Lin.
To capture Ming Chuan Shuo and the others in one fell swoop, Zheng Dong had Jingjing hack into the network systems of various base cities and collect a large amount of data.
The members of those families who were originally hidden deep, who had endured during Long Zhen Chuan Shuo's era, now that Ming Chuan Shuo had become queen, had completely let loose. They all emerged to fight for their respective families' interests.
This also gave Zheng Dong the opportunity to catch them by their collars and drag them out one by one.