Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

The unusual phenomenon of the three days standing side by side lasted for a full half-day.

Conquering a state is just the beginning.

The most important thing Gu Changjin needs to do right now is to truly unite the three states into a single force.

Within the Hexi Prefecture, military orders were rapidly issued.

The Northern Shuo Xuanjia, the Hanchuan surrendered army, the Hexi Prefecture army, and the original garrison forces of the three prefectures will all be disbanded from today onwards and their military records will be re-verified.

All mortal cultivators and soldiers were incorporated into the Azure Heaven Dao Army.

Among them, the Beishuo Xuanjia had the most outstanding military achievements, and its old name was retained, making it the first elite force of the Qingtiandao Army.

As for the armored warriors who were conjured from plants and trees, they formed a separate army called the Myriad Spirits Army.

From then on, Gu Changjin only had two sets of military records.

The Qingtiandao Army is in charge of conquest.

The Wanling Army was the personal guard of the Azure Heaven, responsible for supervising military discipline, suppressing local rebellions, and maintaining the connection between the vegetation of the three states and the Azure Heaven.

Chen Xiao and his group of former officials from the Prince's Palace were extremely busy.

It is impossible to retain all 100,000 troops stationed in Hexi. Those who died in battle, were seriously wounded, or deserted need to be counted, and those who are truly willing to submit to the Qingtian regime also need to be retrained.

The armies of Beishuo and Hanchuan prefectures also began to move west of the river.

Excluding the necessary garrison troops in each prefecture, Gu Changjin gave only one number.

Two hundred thousand!

He needed to organize 200,000 Qingtiandao soldiers in the shortest possible time.

Didn't the imperial court already appoint Prince Jingwu, Yin Daoheng, to oversee the four northern prefectures and prepare to march south to pacify Qing?

The Hexi region no longer exists.

Gu Changjin then planned to devour the remaining three states together.

After the military order was issued, the entire city of Hexi Prefecture was bustling with activity once again.

Gu Changjin, however, disappeared from the main hall of the prefectural government.

It didn't leave Hexi, it went to heaven.

With the Azure Emperor's Heavenly Talisman hanging in front of him, Gu Changjin took only one step forward, and the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

The blue bricks beneath my feet are no longer those of the state capital.

Instead, it was an endless sea of ​​azure clouds.

The mountains and rivers of Beishuo, Hanchuan, and Hexi are all reflected below the sea of ​​clouds.

Mountains, cities, official roads, and even the people working in the fields all transformed into countless tiny specks of light, scattered across the map of the three states.

This is the true blue sky.

Gu Changjin looked up, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Deep within the sea of ​​clouds, towering blue pillars are growing on their own.

They appear to be made of wood, yet their surfaces are adorned with patterns resembling mountains and rivers.

The pillars of heaven are intertwined, and the palace walls, long steps, flying eaves and halls gradually solidify.

The entire palace complex was conceived and created by the heavens themselves.

The people believed that there should be palaces in the heavens.

The officials and soldiers of the three prefectures believed that the one who ruled the heavens should reside high in the celestial palace.

Countless similar thoughts converged, transforming what was originally an empty imagination into reality in the clear sky.

In just a short while, a vast, verdant palace complex stretching for thousands of miles was completely revealed.

Above the massive gatehouse at the very front, three ancient characters appeared naturally.

Qingtian Palace!

Deep within the palace complex lies a main hall that is far more magnificent than the surrounding palaces.

Above the palace gate, three characters also appeared.

Qingdi Palace!

Gu Changjin looked at the plaque with a slightly strange expression.

Qing Emperor?

This name suits me quite well.

He pushed open the palace door and went inside.

The entire Qingdi Palace was empty except for a throne at the very top that appeared to be made of the interwoven roots of thousands of ancient trees.

In the center of the main hall, there is a blue pond.

Threads of power are rising continuously from the mountains and rivers of the three states and flowing into the pool.

There is the people's expectation for a peaceful life.

There is resentment towards the old dynasty among those who have suffered from exorbitant taxes and levies.

It also includes the national fortunes of the three states, the ley lines of mountains and rivers, the vitality of plants and trees, and the portion of the world's origin that the Azure Sky had just seized from the old Azure Sky.

After all the different forces entered the pool, they were melted together by the Azure Sky into a single azure-colored source.

Gu Changjin had a sudden thought.

The fruit then trembled slightly.

Conquering Hexi Prefecture itself brought him 150 Dao of the Unity of the One Principle.

As the Azure Sky transformed from its nascent form into a true celestial domain, the primordial essence forcibly torn from the old Azure Sky transformed into another four hundred and fifty paths.

All six hundred principles converged into one, instantly surrounding the Dao Fruit.

Adding the original 999, that makes 1599!

This is not all.

Gu Changjin looked at the wisp of azure energy that had just condensed in the pool and raised his hand to take it into his palm.

A flash of pure white light.

That wisp of azure energy encountered no obstacles and transformed into a brand new principle of returning to the Dao.

One thousand six hundred!

"One to one?"

This time, Gu Changjin truly smiled.

This thing, forged from the thoughts of all people, the fate of the nation, the mountains and rivers, and the origin of the world, can be called the Source of the Azure Heaven Dao.

A wisp of the Azure Heaven Dao Source can transform into a Dao that returns to the Dao!

As long as the blue sky continues to cover the three states, the people continue to live, and the mountains and rivers continue to function, the source of the blue sky's Dao will continue to accumulate.

And the speed isn't slow.

If it is absorbed normally, the Azure Sky will first maintain the wind and rain of the three states, nourish the vegetation, and protect the earth's veins before the remaining power enters this source pool.

But if Gu Changjin activated the Azure Emperor's Heavenly Talisman to forcibly accelerate the absorption...

That would be completely different.

With just a slight thought, the flow of the source in the pool suddenly accelerated.

At the same time, the light of several spiritual veins below dimmed significantly, the vitality of large areas of vegetation was drained, and the national fortune of the three states showed a deficit that was barely visible to the naked eye.

If this continues, let alone condensing a single energy in a few days.

It is not impossible to gather dozens, or even more, of these in a single day.

The cost is also very simple.

With spiritual veins depleted, land barren, and the people's fortunes declining, the number of new cultivators is decreasing, and the future of the entire dynasty will be prematurely drained.

Gu Changjin immediately stopped his probing.

We can't do that right now.

The three prefectures were just the beginning; he still needed these people to cultivate the land and fight for him, to continue strengthening the Qingtian regime.

However, once he had pacified the world, devoured the accumulated wealth of the old Heaven over tens of thousands of years, and was preparing to leave this world of others...

That's a different matter, of course.

If we can condense one more, that's one more.

He takes away as much as he can extract from us.

As for whether his new dynasty will collapse after losing the fortune and the essence of the mountains and rivers?

It collapsed.

Anyway, by then, he would most likely no longer be here.

Gu Changjin showed little emotion; he simply turned and left the Azure Emperor Palace.

When he reappeared, he had already returned to the Hexi Prefecture.

Outside the city, on the drill ground, squads of surrendered soldiers from Hexi were being re-registered.

The Xuanjia Army from Beishuo passed through the state-level teleportation array, and the newly recruited soldiers from Hanchuan were also arriving one after another.

In the distant mountains and forests, the Wanling Army stood silently.

Five disciples of the Azure Sky Path, including Qingmu and Qingsong Daoren, were stationed in various locations to monitor the movements of the three states.

The prototype of an army of 200,000 is rapidly taking shape.

The next target of the Qingtian Army is the three northern prefectures now controlled by Prince Jingwu, Yin Daoheng!

Gu Changjin was preparing to summon Chen Xiao to inquire about the progress of the army reorganization.

click

A sound like shattering glass suddenly rang out between heaven and earth.

The sound wasn't loud, yet it simultaneously penetrated the very souls of all living beings in the thirteen states!

Inside and outside the training ground, countless soldiers looked up in unison.

The people of the three states, the Yellow Heaven Army of the South, and even the ancient beings of the various immortal sects all looked up at the sky at this moment.

The smile on Gu Changjin's face slowly disappeared.

He could clearly feel that the blue sky was trembling, and the yellow sky in the south was also experiencing violent waves.

But what really changed were not them.

Instead, it still occupies the seven provinces of the world!

Deep within the old heavens, it seemed as if something had been forcibly shattered.

The immense power of the heavens has gone out of control and is collapsing madly in one direction.

Gu Changjin slowly turned around and looked towards the very center of the world.

That place is Tianjing.

"Tianjing...something happened?"