Incorporate them into the Shenwu Army?
Chu Yuan didn't even have to think about it.
The Shenwu Army was the empire's most elite force. Only those who were truly loyal could join. Just because Chu Yuan was able to incorporate the strong individuals from the sects into it, did not mean he could let the ones from Talin Manor join.
If they could not be incorporated into the Shenwu Army, he could only make them act as pioneers in the Camp of Sinful Death, becoming cannon fodder for his expedition.
"Since the founding of Dawu thirty years ago, Talin Manor has been receiving copious amounts of imperial resources each year. But despite receiving the imperial grace, you fail to serve the Emperor loyally. Therefore, all the thousands of people from Talin Manor are to be incorporated into the Camp of Sinful Death and act as the vanguard for My personal expedition.
As for you two elders, go to the Camp of Sinful Death and atone for your sins."
Chu Yuan made his choice.
"Ding! The host has made Choice Two, gaining 100 Destiny Points. The progress of the crafting of War God's Grasp has increased 10%, and you've gained Control Soul Charm x1."
Control Soul Charm: Activating the Control Soul Charm allows you to control any soul, including those of the Divine Realm, regardless of obstacles.
So, the Control Soul Charm was used to control others' souls.
But the most crucial part was that it could ignore obstacles, meaning Chu Yuan could suddenly use the Control Soul Charm to control the soul of a divine expert.
"The progress on the crafting of the War God's Grasp is now 100%, do you wish to craft it immediately?"
The system sounded another prompt.
Chu Yuan had been eagerly waiting for this.
Suddenly, a dazzling light surged inside the System Space. A pair of sacred golden gloves appeared, casting out boundless and dazzling golden light that seemed like a rising sun, ready to slay any wicked demons.
War God's Grasp: An Exceptional Divine Artifact, crafted by an ancient War God. It tore the sky asunder as if holding the pillars of heaven in its grasp, its power unimaginable.
Artifact Skill: War God's Hand, a massive golden hand appears across heaven and earth, grasping the universe, making heaven and earth tremble in its wake. The power of the skill increases with the wielder's realm.
"It's actually an Exceptional Divine Artifact!" Chu Yuan was greatly moved. He hadn't expected to successfully craft an Exceptional Divine Artifact this time.
Most importantly, the War God's Grasp was a pair of gloves, not a knife, spear, sword, or halberd - those were offensive artifacts. He already possessed the sword of the Human Emperor, which was of the highest rank, and even an Exceptional Divine Artifact wouldn't provide much benefit. But holding the sword of the Human Emperor with the War God's Grasp was feasible.
"Incorporate them into the Camp of Sinful Death!"
At this time, the faces of both elder Mr. Shui and Mr. Huo changed dramatically.
Sinful, the death sentence!
The Camp of Sinful Death is where those who committed serious crimes are sent to. If they were sent there, they would be among a group of serious offenders, would lose their current status, and would be treated as cannon fodder.
The two of them said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, although we, Talin Manor have made no significant contributions, we have worked hard for many years. Even if you do not consider our dedication, consider the face of your predecessor. We shouldn't deserve to be sent to the Camp of Sinful Death. Long live Your Majesty, we wish to be your royal guards!"
"Hard work? It's the hard work of watching a play in Talin Manor while Dawu was besieged?"
Chu Yuan's hands suddenly emanated an immeasurably majestic golden light. His temperament was like the sovereign of the universe, an invincible War God. If one looked closely, they could see that he was wearing a pair of golden gloves closely fitted to his skin.
With a light clasp of his hand, elder Mr. Shui and Mr. Huo felt as if the sky was falling and the earth was splitting, as if they were being torn apart.
"Go on then. Report to the Camp of Sinful Death. That's where you should be."
Leaving these words behind, Chu Yuan drifted away.
"It's over, everything is over."
The faces of elder Mr. Shui and Mr. Huo turned pale, tasting bitterness in their mouths as they fell weakly to the ground. The second emperor before their eyes, whether in terms of his wisdom or power, was far superior to his predecessor.
They had utterly misjudged this time.
Although Chu Yuan had resolved the domestic rebellion this time, there were still many unhandled matters, such as the rebellion of the general and prime minister, causing many vacancies in the empire.
And all the eighteen feudal lords each had their own fiefs, operating like a country within a country. He had to send people to take control of those fiefs.
Luckily, he had the Shenwu Army of 100,000.
When Master Qingyun and others saw Chu Yuan personally slay Wei Wuhou, who was even more powerful than Master Qingyun himself, they were completely disheartened and realized that if they dared to rebel, they would end up like Wei Wuhou.
They led the Shenwu Army of 100,000 to seize the fiefs of the eighteen feudal lords, exterminating their clans, arresting the remaining rebels, and confiscating their properties.
The court also sent officers from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Justice to abolish the laws imposed by the eighteen feudal lords, and introduced Dawu's law, making their subjects realize that from now on, they were no longer subjects of the eighteen feudal lords, but citizens of Dawu.
With Chu Yuan holding the reign of power and repressing all resistance, these things were easy to handle.
"Attribute two seal: Collect the willingness of billions of people and you can break the second seal."
"Current progress: (Billions/Billions)."
"The current number of people's willingness is full. Do you want to break the second seal?"
The sudden prompt made Chu Yuan's face drastically change.
Dawu originally had more than a billion citizens, but before there were more than 300 million that were controlled by the feudal lords and were not included in his pool of people's willingness.
But now, after Chu Yuan executed the eighteen feudal lords, those subjects once again belonged to Dawu.
"Break the second seal!"
How could Chu Yuan not choose to break the second seal?
People knew that the first attribute of the Sword of the Human Emperor increased realm by one. He didn't know what benefits the second attribute would bring him.
"The second attribute seal is being broken..."
Countless points of light converged on his Sword of the Human Emperor. Each point of light represented a person and was gathered from all over the country. The moment it was embedded, a terrifying human force was released.
Chu Yuan didn't have to wait for long before another exciting prompt echoed.
"The second attribute of the Sword of the Human Emperor has been unsealed."
Chu Yuan held the Sword of the Human Emperor, which felt warm and comforting. He felt as if he represented all the people in the world, as if he was their emperor.
An incredible change suddenly swept over!
A full billion points of light carrying a potent faith, like the Source of Faith, all flooded into Chu Yuan's body in an instant.
"Is this the power of human faith?"
Chu Yuan could sense the faith within the points of light, embodying the reverence of the billions of ordinary people in Dawu towards the emperor of Dawu.
"Human Emperor's Scripture!"
Chu Yuan immediately activated the Human Emperor's Scripture.
Only the Human Emperor's Scripture could perfectly absorb the power of the faith of the humans.
After Chu Yuan absorbed the faith or willingness of the ten billion people, he underwent an incredible transformation. His realm had previously only been at the tenth level of Yuanshen but, with the terrifying enhancement brought by this faith,
Chu Yuan surprisingly broke into the Divine Realm!
Chu Yuan was slightly taken aback.
He hadn't expected that after unsealing the second seal of the Sword of the Human Emperor, the feedback of the will of the people would actually allow him to directly break through the major threshold of the Divine Realm.
It should be known that with the enhancement of attribute one, Chu Yuan was able to behead a half-step divine expert. Now that he had broken into the Divine Realm, given an increase in realm, this meant that his current power was fully comparable to a genuine Divine expert.
A true Divine expert could be said to be very powerful, while those who were only half-step divine could not be compared at all.
Chu Yuan did not completely immerse himself in the joy of breaking through a realm.
He now focused his attention on the changes to the Sword of the Human Emperor after the unsealing.
When he saw the attribute, his mouth was slightly open.