If you die, I will be able to inherit your cultivation.

In the following six months, Zhou Ming led his fleet to continue expanding outwards, attacking and conquering more than ten great worlds.

Upon arriving at each new target world, Zhou Ming followed a fixed operational procedure.

He entered the target world alone, spreading his divine sense over a wide area to search for Mahayana-stage demon cultivators hidden throughout the world.

After one round of exploration, he then notified the fleet to enter the world, set up an interdimensional teleportation array, and carry out a cleanup and reception operation on the entire world.

After traveling through more than ten worlds, the situation was almost exactly the same.

In every world that was attacked, there was no trace of a Mahayana-stage demon cultivator, and even demon cultivators at the Tribulation Transcending stage were extremely rare.

As the attack progressed to the later worlds, the situation became even clearer.

The entire world was empty; the Phoenix Clan had already completed its evacuation before the arrival of the Ming Dynasty's troops.

They took almost all the cultivation resources they could carry with them.

Before leaving, the demon race also destroyed all the large, immovable buildings, large mines, and fixed defensive formations.

When Zhou Ming led his team into these worlds, all they saw were scenes of devastation.

The city walls collapsed on a large scale, the underground mine tunnels were blocked by humans, and many spiritual veins were marked with destructive restrictions by the demon race.

The extensive damage to infrastructure made it much more difficult for the Ming Dynasty to restore production and construction in various parts of the world.

After the new interdimensional teleportation array was completed, the receiving team dispatched by Su Mingyue arrived in the new world on time.

This time, however, they brought bad news.

The Ming Dynasty's military expansion is now lagging behind its territorial expansion.

During this period, Su Mingyue never stopped her work of recruiting and expanding the army.

Whether in the Qiankun Pearl's homeland or in the various worlds it has already conquered, it is constantly recruiting new soldiers and carrying out cultivation training.

However, Zhou Ming conquered more than ten great worlds in a short period of time, and his territorial expansion was too fast. Even though he kept expanding his army, there was still a large shortage of troops.

In addition, the situation in these more than ten newly captured worlds is complex, and world governance, the elimination of remaining forces, the restoration of people's livelihoods, and the repair of damaged spiritual veins are all long-term projects.

The Ming Dynasty could not digest it in a short period of time; it needed to invest a lot of manpower and resources and spend a long time slowly managing it.

After weighing all the practical conditions, Zhou Ming had no choice but to decide to temporarily halt the outward expansion.

To date, excluding the worlds that evolved from within the Qiankun Pearl, the Ming Dynasty has actually occupied and controlled a total of eighteen great worlds.

Based solely on the number of worlds they have conquered, the Ming Dynasty's overall power ranks second among the major powers of the Old Federation.

The power that had long held the second position has been squeezed out by the rapidly rising Ming Dynasty.

After ceasing expansion, Zhou Ming did not choose to return to the Spirit Void World.

He chose the Xuan Chen Great World, which he had recently conquered, and planned to stay there temporarily to rest and recuperate.

On the one hand, it was to prevent a counterattack from the Phoenix Clan, and on the other hand, it was to sort out the overall development plan and arrange the construction plan for the eighteen new worlds.

However, he had only been living in the Xuan Chen Great World for less than two days when a message from Su Mingyue arrived in his hands.

The message stated that the Phoenix Clan was leading a coalition of all races from the Old Federation to form a multi-race alliance, and that the Canglu Great World had been chosen as the location for negotiations, in preparation for formal talks with the Ming Dynasty.

The participants in this negotiation were not only the various races of the demon race.

Representatives from the human factions within the Old Federation will also be present.

After careful consideration, Su Mingyue sent a message to Zhou Ming, hoping that he could represent the Ming Dynasty to attend the negotiations in the Canglu Great World.

Su Mingyue did not set too many rules or restrictions, nor did she pre-determine the bottom line and conditions for the negotiation.

In short, all matters during the negotiations were to be handled entirely by Zhou Ming, and the Ming Dynasty would bear all the consequences arising from the negotiations.

After reading the message, Zhou Ming agreed without taking any time to think.

Zhou Ming no longer has much interest in continuing the war with the myriad races of the Old Federation.

As previously announced, all the major demon clans have released the humans imprisoned in their respective territories and sent them back to the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the Ming Dynasty continued to send troops to attack the remaining territory of the demon race, it would be difficult to bring any benefits to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming's most important task at this stage is to find a way to "persuade" the human forces of the Old Federation.

They were made to willingly spread the Scripture of Salvation throughout all areas controlled by the Federation's human race.

This matter is the most important thing in all the work that follows.

The human race of the Old Federation controlled a total of twenty-eight great worlds, and the total human population living in these worlds far exceeded the number of humans in all the territories of the Ming Dynasty.

The large population base is what Zhou Ming truly values.

The demon race took the initiative to invite them to negotiate, and Zhou Ming did not refuse.

Since the other party wants to negotiate, let's go and talk. We can take advantage of this negotiation opportunity to find a way to promote the important matter of spreading the Crossing the World Sutra.

Zhou Ming boarded a warship and headed towards the Canglu Great World.

Neither the Alliance of All Races nor the Old Federation of Human Races has issued any regulations limiting the number of accompanying personnel led by each negotiating delegation.

According to the rules set by the organizers of the Canglu Great World negotiations, each party can decide the size of its delegation and arrange for more guards to accompany it, which will not be considered a provocative act.

When many of the old powerful clans of the former Federation set off for the Canglu Great World.

They would all dispatch a complete expedition fleet, accompanied by a sufficient number of Mahayana cultivators, to ensure the safety of their own delegation members.

At the same time, it demonstrates its strength to other forces, which has long been a common practice in negotiations in the Old Federation.

However, Zhou Ming did not intend to arrange his itinerary according to the way the powerful clans did.

In his view, bringing a large number of guards and cultivators with him to the Canglu Great World would not be of much practical use.

The negotiations were held in the Canglu Great World, an entire world under the control of the Phoenix Clan.

If the other party disregards the agreement and chooses to take action on the spot during the negotiation process, it will be difficult for Zhou Ming to change the situation even if he brings a lot of combat cultivators.

As Canglu is the opponent's home ground, no one can fully investigate how many ambushes the various forces have set up here, or how many Mahayana cultivators they have secretly gathered.

However, given Zhou Ming's current cultivation level, if the situation were to completely spiral out of control...

He was fully confident that he could break through the blockade alone, escape from the Canglu Great World unscathed, and return safely to the territory controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

Conversely, if a large number of combat personnel are deployed in the delegation, the safety of these subordinate cultivators will become a burden for Zhou Ming once a conflict breaks out.

The difficulty of breaking through will increase a hundredfold if everyone is safely brought out of Canglu.

Taking all these practical factors into account, Zhou Ming finally finalized the personnel configuration for this trip.