Shocked!
Truly shocked!
This is definitely not an exaggeration. For many factions, the world is just beginning to fall into chaos, with everyone preparing to delineate their zones of influence.
Many have no intention of making moves.
Yet...
During their preparations, significant changes have occurred in the South. Previously, it was a situation of three powers maintaining balance, consisting of Nangong Lie's large faction led by Chen Yuan and Xiang Qianqiu's Blood State faction.
The three sides were quite powerful in the current realm, mutually restraining and wary of one another. Everyone thought that a stalemate would persist for the short term, but unexpectedly,
shortly after Chen Yuan proclaid himself king, he daringly initiated a war.
And within such a brief period, he settled everything, ambushing in East Mountain Valley, clinching a decisive victory for South State!
Not only did he kill the Jianghu leader of Shuzhou, East Mountain Valley, but he also executed the extrely powerful Nangong Lie on the spot. In just a few days, he had almost captured the most crucial Zhen Nan Pass in South State.
Yet, this was just the beginning. By the ti they received the news, it was clear that the entire South State was being recovered, and in truth, it was surrendering without a fight.
On the official front, due to the deathbed words of Prince Zhen Nan, witnessed by tens of thousands of elite troops, coupled with the royal decree, there was initially little intention to resist. Now, they were all the more proactive.
In Jianghu, Zhu Huai carried trendous montum, labeling all dissenters as rebels, exterminating their entire clans.
And their backbone was even weaker.
One could say that Chen Yuan's battle at East Mountain Valley already secured South State, completely bringing it into his own domain. The remaining ti was rely to digest it.
Many had initially intended to attack Chen Yuan for instigating conflict and harming lives. Though it wouldn't yield much substantive benefit, it would still disgust him.
Unfortunately, before they could act,
the subsequent news shattered their thoughts.
Because Chen Yuan presented evidence of Nangong Lie, Prince Zhen Nan, colluding with the demon race, alongside a recording of Nangong Lie's final words, causing an uproar.
No one expected that the esteed Prince Zhen Nan, a different-surna king guarding the border for the human race and extolled as a great hero, was actually a major scourge for the human race.
What right did they have to criticize Chen Yuan?
He was clearly the great hero of the realm. If Nangong Lie had been allowed to commit severe cris in the Central Plains, it would have been an irreversible regret.
For a mont, the world fell silent.
They didn't want to praise Chen Yuan, further elevating his reputation, but neither did they have the opportunity to criticize him, leading them to handle it with cold indifference as if it never happened.
However, such matters cannot simply be resolved by a reluctance to endorse. At the very least, the upheaval caused in Jianghu and the world was significant, and Chen Yuan's reputation gradually improved.
No matter how ruthless his previous thods were, whatever he had done, as long as he stood on the right side of the national righteousness, he was worthy of praise. Many scholars began composing poems for Chen Yuan.
Moreover, that battle gradually beca interpreted, under intentional analysis, as Nangong Lie attempting a surprise attack on Chen Yuan, but was discovered by righteous warriors in the army who relayed the information to Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan then took advantage of the situation, slaughtering four demon saints.
Nangong Lie, upon awakening at the ti of his death, repented for his cris, entrusted South State to Chen Yuan, and took his own life out of sha before the people of South State.
As the news spread faster and faster, so forces also spoke out. The first to do so was King Liang, Wei Jinfeng, who highly praised Chen Yuan's actions.
He proclaid the slogan, "Those not of our race must have different intentions."
He who achieves rit for the human race should be revered by all.
The Ascending Immortal Tower in Martial Emperor City also quickly spread the news, sweeping it to more remote areas, further solidifying Chen Yuan's reputation.
A prominent tree in the forest is always targeted by the wind.
It is precisely because Chen Yuan now single-handedly controls the two states of Southern Shu, with over ten Yang God True Monarchs under his command and over 400,000 soldiers, that all factions of the realm beca wary and targeted him.
Unanimously, whether it was Blood State, Qingzhou, or various factions in the Central Plains, they began to block Shuzhou. Be it war horses, cultivation resources, or military provisions, none were allowed to pass.
But if this alone could have made Chen Yuan suffer, it would be underestimating him. He had long harbored ambitions and had been preparing years in advance.
Accumulating grain, accumulating war horses, accumulating resources, accumulating everything that could be accumulated.
Moreover, Chen Yuan had extensively reford the Jianghu of Shuzhou, obtaining extrely vast resources, ensuring that for at least several years, there was no need to worry.
As for years later…
If the world can't be unified in a few years, then what's the point of continuing?
After careful consideration, Xiang Qianqiu of Blood State also began preparations, as Chen Yuan now not only exceeded his control but also began to suppress him.
When the day cos that troops reach Blood State, he would have no alternative path!
Because Chen Yuan controlled South State, every faction was on the move.
At Zhen Nan Pass, within a few days, the previous tens of thousands of troops arrived. With tens of thousands backing it, those originally loyal to Nangong Lie no longer resisted.
As a reward and to demonstrate his leniency before the military and civilians of South State, Chen Yuan ordered the pardon of Nangong Lie's relatives. Of course, as they say,
Nangong Lie, having prepared long ago, had already relocated his family, making them impossible to find even if one wanted to.
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