Even after killing four imposing God-Positioned great demons and seizing all their God-Position principles, Chu Yuan still hadn't managed to break through to the next level.
For someone like him, who practices the supreme method of Emperor's Sutra, enhancement purely by killing those at the God-Position requires killing dozens for every minor level, which is why he wasn't able to progress further.
This made Chu Yuan sigh. After all, leveling up using Destiny Points was the most efficient way.
The leaders of the Xuanming Bird Clan and the Forest Rhino Clan were shocked by the formidable display of power that Chu Yuan had just demonstrated, forcing the Lion Emperor to retreat. In their hearts, they had hoped that both would incur significant losses.
At this moment, they felt trapped and helpless; they could neither stay nor run.
"Both of you leaders, since you are now in my Great Wu territory, don't leave. Please, settle your tribes here."
Chu Yuan's overbearing gaze fell on the two demon leaders, and his voice resonated: "Stay in my Great Wu territory. I lack strong warriors at my side and need your help. Why not serve my Great Wu?"
"Martial Emperor, are you asking us to submit?"
The Forest Rhino Clan leader said, almost crying. They felt like they had just escaped a tiger's den, only to enter a wolf's lair.
"Xuanming Bird, you also have Phoenix bloodline. Although it's distant and diluted, even I am willing to serve the Martial Emperor. What's there for you to hesitate over?"
Suddenly, Zhu Fengfeng exploded with the overwhelming might of a Phoenix, causing the leader of the Xuanming Bird Clan to retreat again and again.
This was not the result of her strength, but the oppressive might of her superior bloodline, which compelled her to show reverence towards the more advanced members of the Phoenix Clan.
"Since even the immortal Phoenix, the emperor of our demon clan, willingly sides with the Emperor, what more can I say?"
The Xuanming Bird leader sighed. Although Zhu Fengfeng was currently at the Divine Realm, her advancement to the God Position was inevitable given her noble Phoenix heritage.
She was unwilling to serve the Lion Emperor because, although he was more powerful than her, his bloodline was not as noble as hers.
But Zhu Fengfeng was different, she was a natural-born ruler of the demon clan, possessing the most noble bloodline among all the bird clans.
"I am willing to serve Your Majesty!" the Xuanming Bird Clan leader announced.
Seeing the Xuanming Bird Clan leader submit to Chu Yuan, the Forest Rhino knew he was at the end of his tether.
He had witnessed Chu Yuan's ruthlessness. If he resisted, he knew his fate would be that of being refined on the spot, and his entire clan would be wiped out.
"I too am willing to submit."
"Very well." Chu Yuan said with a smile: "Commander Fengfeng, I'll leave the strong ones of the demon clan in your hands."
Among his three main tasks, the second was to kill or subdue thirty divine realm great demons and five God-Positioned great demons.
The conditions for subjugation had now been met. What he lacked was advancing to the five-star Imperial Dynasty.
The primary condition for each of his three main tasks was to first promote to the five-star Imperial Dynasty.
"Given the resources in the Hanging Sky region, it can only support a single five-star Imperial Dynasty. If it is to become one, it means I must defeat Hanging Sky. However, given the current potential of my Emperor's Sword, this seems like the easiest task to complete first. I wonder what kind of surprise its sealing unsealing will bring to me."
Chu Yuan settled the Xuanming Bird Clan and the Forest Rhino Clan in the Ancient Phoenix Mountain Range, forming the first line of defense against the Demon Territory.
In the past, he was the only one in Great Wu comparable to those in the God Position, with the Sun Moon Light Wheel being another formidable power to count on.
However, with the submission of the two clans, he now had seven more God-Position warriors at his disposal, reducing the need for him to handle major issues personally.
Placing the chiefs of both tribes on the front line could guard against the surprise attacks of the potentates from the Suspended Imperial Dynasty.
However, although his power had greatly increased, Chu Yuan did not entirely underestimate the Suspended Imperial Dynasty.
After all, the Suspended Imperial Dynasty was the sovereign ruler of the Suspended Territory, with their God Positions taking up half of the entire territory. And it was hard to know exactly how much strength they were hiding.
The Suspended Imperial Dynasty still hadn't sent their troops.
Everyone could guess the Suspended Imperial Dynasty's motive. They wanted to gather their most powerful forces, crush the Great Wu Dynasty all at once, and not give Chu Yuan any chance to resist.
What Chu Yuan was least afraid of was delay, after all, the resources in his hands would not be exhausted in a short period.
He was also recruiting and purchasing horses, reinforcing the five major legions, and the Divine Martial Legion had surged to eight million troops during this period.
All these eight million individuals were potentates in the Original Spirit Realm, and there were even over a million in the Divine Realm.
At the border of the Suspended Territory lay a boundless ocean. Suddenly, countless dense black shadows, as if a swarm of locusts, moved with an immense momentum towards the Suspended Territory.
As these black shadows drew closer, they turned out to be gigantic warships!
The warships were covered with a sea of soldiers, seeming endless, as if there were countless, each emitting an intensely fierce aura.
"Commander, the mainland ahead is the Suspended Territory, we are almost there!"
On the grandest warship, someone pointed to the nearby land and reported.
"Suspended Territory!"
This man called the Commander, was wearing black armor, with bone spurs protruding as if he were a demon god. His form gave off a divine aura that could even overpower the gods, twisting the surrounding void.
"This Suspended Territory, according to the records of the Demon Shark Dynasty, is a minor territory with only a five-star dynasty, and the total number of God Position holders may not even exceed tens of people. There are no Transcendent beings."
This commander added.
"Commander, if the Suspended Territory does have transcendent beings, we will have a hard time dealing with them. Although the Suspended Territory is a minor territory, it is nevertheless a territory. It possesses numerous treasures as well as spiritual god tools. From my investigation, the Suspended Imperial Dynasty controls a different space left from the era of the Divine and Demon War.
We can enter this space every hundred years, hence they have more spiritual god tools than other five-star Imperial Dynasties."
All those standing beside this imposing commander were God Position holders.
Upon hearing these words, the Black Armor Commander's eyes flashed ominously, and he exuded an ominous aura: "Owning a different space makes this Suspended Territory much more valuable. Even if it's just a small different space, it represents wealth. From now on, the Suspended Territory belongs to my Demon Abyss Imperial Dynasty's Demon Abyss Legion."
"Order all armies to rush to the Suspended Territory immediately and launch a direct attack. It's just a minor territory without Transcendent beings. If it weren't for the different space, it would be of little value. Those who hold the God Position will be executed on the spot, their God Position laws will be extracted, and their original spirits will be taken.
This time, I will seize the Suspended Imperial Dynasty directly and turn everyone in the Suspended Territory into the slaves of my Demon Abyss Imperial Dynasty."
This Black Armor Commander declared.
"Haha, we finally have a great battle. We haven't had a great battle in a long time. We will make rivers of blood flow in the Suspended Territory and cause wars to break out everywhere!"
"Yes, seizes all their treasures, take over the different space, we will become even more influential in the Demon Abyss Dynasty!"
"We will gather all the resources of this territory and present them to the commander. The more powerful the commander becomes, the more our status will rise!"
"With the rise in the commander's strength, we will receive more resources from the Imperial Dynasty. When one person ascends to heaven, his chickens and dogs will ascend too!"
The countless warships, almost as far as the eye can see, sailed from one side of the sea to the other, rapidly approaching the Suspended Territory.
"Let the Suspended Territory perish under the slaughter knife of my Demon Abyss Legion!"