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Wang Zhi hadn't said anything until now.

He finally spoke.

"This matter should be reported to His Majesty first, and then an immediate order should be issued for all branches to mobilize troops for suppression!"

"This is no longer an ordinary riot; it is an organized and premeditated rebellion."

"The laws of the Great Xia Dynasty stipulate that those who participate in rebellion will have their entire family, up to nine generations, punished!"

"Heh! Investigating raids and confiscating property is my specialty!"

A chilling murderous aura spread throughout the hall.

Han Tianye and Mu Wenhan immediately felt a chill.

They suddenly remembered that this person possessed the combat power of a Shattered Realm Perfection cultivator.

He was already stronger than Wu Ji, the factory supervisor.

The person who will replace Wu Ji in the future!

...

Inside the palace, Zhang Han arrived at the Hall of State Affairs.

"Your Majesty, an accident has occurred during the felling of the mountain and the destruction of the temple."

Xia Zhaoyan looked up immediately, his face showing obvious surprise as he asked.

"What accident?"

In order to resolve the problem quickly this time, I mobilized the Heavenly Punishment Bureau, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and the Eastern Depot.

The Golden Dragon Guards are also ready to provide support at any time.

What kind of unexpected events could happen to such a powerful force?

A flash of light appeared in Zhang Han's hand, and a piece of intelligence was handed to Xia Zhaoyan.

Then another report was given.

Xia Zhaoyan had already started reading the contents.

"Your Majesty, the operation is not yet fully planned."

"The believers found out, and now riots have broken out in various places!"

"However, the situation is not very serious."

The situation wasn't actually that serious; those believers only dared to attack ordinary cities.

However, they underestimated the response of the local garrison and government.

With the assistance of institutions such as the Heavenly Punishment Bureau in various locations, these riots did not affect life within the city.

"Your Majesty, the reason why the matter was exposed..."

"The information was leaked from within the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

"Some members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard have relatives who are believers!"

Strictly speaking, the person who leaked the information did not do so intentionally.

He simply wanted his family members to immediately renounce their religious beliefs.

However, they underestimated the brainwashed believers.

But that's no longer important; leaking information is a capital offense!

Xia Zhaoyan showed no anger; he didn't take the riots in a mere hundred or so small towns seriously at all.

Among those believers, the most powerful was only a temple priest at the Dharma Aspect Realm.

Most believers are just ordinary people.

Only a minority of them possess cultivation, and most of them are below the Innate Realm.

With that little strength, you could easily crush him.

What he's thinking about now are institutions like the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

After the Heavenly Punishment Division was modified, most of the people inside were summoned.

It can be said that the interior is very clean.

However, the Jinyiwei and similar institutions were different; they were filled with people from all sides.

"Forget it, now is not the time to take action against the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

"Ultimately, we still have too few people under my command!"

"Let them handle this themselves."

In Xia Zhaoyan's view, this was a trivial matter and not worth his personal command.

A vast empire operates with its own mature system.

If you have to manage and direct everything yourself, what's the point of having subordinates?

...

Outside Lishui City, tens of thousands of believers stormed the city several times.

Finding themselves unable to breach the city, their momentum gradually dissipated.

All factions within the city are keeping a close eye on the situation outside.

"These people are really naive; they think a mere tens of thousands of men can attack a garrison!"

...

"I never realized these believers could be so fanatical!"

...

No wonder the imperial court labeled temples in various regions that worshipped wild gods and the Way of Heaven as heretical and evil.

"These believers are too fanatical!"

Suddenly, the teleportation array in the city lit up.

One team after another stepped out.

This immediately attracted the attention of various forces within the city.

Good heavens, the Heavenly Punishment Division, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and the Eastern Depot are all here!

...

"Wow, there are even Golden Dragon Guards!"

...

"The leader is a captain from the Heavenly Punishment Division, with a Grandmaster-level cultivation!"

"There are still one hundred guards, each one at the Purple Mansion Realm!"

...

"Those believers outside the city are probably doomed now!"

The troops immediately flew towards the city wall.

At this moment, the city guards on the city wall blocked the outside attack.

However, it has come at a considerable cost, with hundreds of casualties already reported.

Looking at the tens of thousands of believers outside the city, the eyes of everyone present were filled with murderous intent.

"Oh no, they look like they're retreating!"

The commander of the city guards immediately shouted.

Of course, they had to retreat if they couldn't win; they were just believers, not suicide squads.

At this moment, the captain of the Heavenly Punishment Division waved his hand.

"Open the city gates! Move out with the entire army! Don't let a single one escape!"

As soon as the sound faded, he was the first to fly over the city wall.

Instantly, the crowd behind him also soared into the sky.

"At your command, seal off three sides."

"Leave an opening for the Golden Dragon Guards, let them in and kill!"

After the captain issued the order.

He took action himself, this Grandmaster-level cultivator leading a hundred Purple Mansion-level guards.

It couldn't be easier to seal it off.

Most of these believers are ordinary people; only a few have cultivation, and even those are low-level cultivators.

"Hmph, you dare to imitate others and start a riot!"

"May you all die!"

As the words fell, the sword in his hand, carrying a blade of light hundreds of feet long, slashed down fiercely.

In an instant, the hundreds-of-foot-long blade of light dissipated.

They rushed towards the believers.

Wherever it passed, severed limbs and broken arms flew about haphazardly.

Instantly, cries, shouts, and screams of terror echoed across the land.

At this moment, the guards of the Heavenly Punishment Bureau, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and the Eastern Depot joined in.

They unleashed every possible method of killing!

The crowd showed no mercy to these rioting believers!

The next moment, a murderous aura surged into the sky.

A thousand Golden Dragon Guards rushed out of the city.

These are the true killing machines; they leave no survivors in their wake.

After all, the Golden Dragon Guard was an elite military unit.

Of these thousand people, one hundred were at or above the Innate Realm.

Slaying these worthless believers is easier than killing chickens.

...

On the city wall, people from all sides remained silent.

I was truly horrified by the carnage below!

There was absolutely no intention to persuade them to surrender or spare their lives.

I originally thought the imperial court would try to persuade them to surrender...

...

"You're overthinking it. What use are these fanatical believers?"

...

"That's right! And look, these believers' own families will also be implicated!"

"Their attack on the city walls constitutes a rebellion!"

Rebellion is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family.

None of the people here felt sorry for those families.

Normal people are disgusted by so-called believers; believing in evil and heretical doctrines is itself abnormal.

...

The so-called riot was quickly and completely quelled by the combined efforts of the three major organizations and the Golden Dragon Guard!

They were quickly and completely wiped out!

After all, without strong backers, how could they resist the crushing force of these killing machines?

Even after the rebellion was completely eradicated, most of the Great Xia Dynasty remained unaware of it.

...

In a temple dedicated to the Way of Heaven, dozens of temple keeper's priests gathered.

Everyone's face was filled with deep fear!

"They...they actually disregarded the consequences and killed all the rioting believers!"

These brutal methods truly terrified the temple keeper.