"Your Excellency, the Panlong Territory has been fully incorporated," Long Wenhe respectfully said, handing over the book that recorded the details of the Panlong Territory's incorporation.
"Not bad," Shi Quan nodded with satisfaction after reading the contents of the book.
"Your Excellency, the battle of Panlong has made the surrounding lords feel threatened. Many lords from various territories have now united and are preparing to pressure our Reincarnation Palace."
"What are your thoughts?" Shi Quan looked at Long Wenhe indifferently.
Long Wenhe bowed and said, "Your Excellency wishes to unify the continent, and these people will always need to be dealt with. With Your Excellency's strength, even if these lords unite, they are nothing more than a group of chickens and dogs and are certainly no match for you. However, resolving them one by one is too troublesome. Besides military conquest, your subordinate believes we can send some envoys to persuade the lords of other territories, offering them some benefits and encouraging them to voluntarily join our Reincarnation Palace, granting them some authority. With such a combination of kindness and might, the speed of unification will definitely be much faster."
"Are you not afraid that their joining will diminish your authority?"
Long Wenhe sincerely replied, "If the Reincarnation Palace wishes to unify the continent, one person alone cannot accomplish it. Your subordinate is very clear about his own capabilities."
"Unifying the continent is merely a detour for me. Authority holds no meaning for me. What I seek is the spread of faith," Shi Quan's profound gaze fell upon Long Wenhe. "In the future, the ruler of the Reincarnation Palace must hold the utmost reverence and faith in the God of Reincarnation."
A hint of fanaticism appeared in Long Wenhe's eyes, and he lowered his head, saying, "I will surely offer the most profound reverence and faith to the God of Reincarnation."
"You can proceed with the unification process according to your ideas. With Juntian assisting you, there shouldn't be much of a problem. I can intervene if necessary," Shi Quan nodded in satisfaction.
"Your subordinate will not disappoint Your Excellency."
"Also, arrange for people to collect some metals for me. The most precious, the best. Any type or style will do."
"Understood. Does Your Excellency have any other instructions?"
"No, you may go."
"This Long Wenhe is quite clever; he's already come to express his loyalty to you so quickly," Gu Yuena said with a faint smile from the side.
"Actions are the best proof," Shi Quan shook his head slightly, then continued, "I can only try to forge the initial version of the God-Slaying Cannon with some precious metals first. Whether it will work or not still needs to be tested."
The God-Slaying Cannon that Shi Quan mentioned was an idea proposed by Gu Yuena, combining Shi Quan's previous research on pistol spirit tools.
A pistol continuously compresses the injected energy, thereby unleashing extreme power.
If a device capable of compressing the energy of tens of thousands of Spirit Masters could be forged, the power it unleashed would likely force even a deity to temporarily avoid its edge.
If tens of thousands weren't enough, then hundreds of thousands or even more.
Currently, it is just a concept. If it works, it will be a trump card against deities.
However, to realize this concept, the amount of effort and Materials required would undoubtedly be immense.
Just after conquering Panlong Territory, Di Tian also brought Shi Quan good news.
Deep beneath the Dragon Blood Forest, an Earth Vein Dragon had been discovered, its cultivation having already surpassed 250,000 years.
Shi Quan's Earth Martial Soul happened to be missing two spirit rings. After this Earth Vein Dragon transformed into a soul spirit, it would perfectly help Shi Quan complete his last two spirit rings.
According to Di Tian's description, this Earth Vein Dragon carried the Bloodline Power of the Mountain Dragon King, and it was very rich. It seemed that through an Opportunity, it had absorbed most of the Mountain Dragon King's scattered Bloodline on the Dragon Continent.
However, Shi Quan was not in a hurry to transform this Earth Vein Dragon into a soul spirit and absorb it. He was waiting for himself to Breakthrough to rank 90, for his third earth soul core.
The Spirit Bone Breakthrough crystal he was rewarded with when he Breakthrough to rank 80 had not been used yet; he was also preparing for this.
Originally, his plan was to Breakthrough to rank 90, absorb the Three-Eyed Golden lion's spirit ring, and after both Martial Spirits Breakthrough to rank 90, then with a single push, use the Spirit Bone Breakthrough crystal to help the Mountain Dragon King torso Breakthrough the limit of the Spirit Bone, and with the power of the Spirit Bone's transformation, simultaneously absorb the Titan Giant Ape's arm bone, combining the power of both to condense the earth soul core.
Even so, he was not confident that he could successfully condense it in one go, but now, if he added the Spirit Bone and spirit ring of the Earth Vein Dragon, which possessed the Bloodline Power of the Mountain Dragon King, his confidence in condensing the third earth soul core suddenly became much stronger.
To accelerate the speed of unification, Shi Quan also had Di Tian find a 100,000-year-old Spirit Beast with a relatively high level of intelligence from the Dragon Blood Forest to assist Long Wenhe.
Two 100,000-year-old Spirit Beasts, each comparable to a rank 95 Titled Douluo, while on the entire Dragon Continent, there were only three Titled Douluo-level powerhouses in total. To be precise, there were only two left now, because Shi Quan had already eliminated one Titled Douluo.
As soon as the two 100,000-year-old Spirit Beasts appeared, ordinary territories directly surrendered.
The situation on the Dragon Continent experienced earth-shattering changes within a mere five months.
Nearly half of the territories had already been incorporated into the Reincarnation Palace's domain.
The prestige of the Reincarnation Palace also resounded throughout the entire Dragon Continent.
During these five months, there were very few actual battles, and no large-scale engagements.
There was no other way; the prestige brought by the two 100,000-year-old Spirit Beasts of the Reincarnation Palace was too prominent. The combat power of the Spirit Master experts directly overwhelmed any single territory, and many weaker territories directly surrendered and joined the Reincarnation Palace.
If this continued, the Reincarnation Palace's unification of the continent would only be a matter of time.
But the problem was, how could those lords surrender so easily?
The remaining half of the lords, in order to resist the Reincarnation Palace, upholding the concept of maintaining their interests and uniting against external threats, all gathered together and established the Lord's Manor. The two strongest Titled Douluo served as the Manor Masters of the Lord's Manor, uniformly coordinating the many lords and uniting their forces to jointly resist the Reincarnation Palace.
Thus, a situation of two Manors confronting each other was formed.
After rapid expansion, it was inevitable that time would be needed to integrate the Reincarnation Palace internally, further eliminate dissent, and train the army, which was essential.
Reincarnation Palace, the capital, which was formerly the Wen He Territory.
Feeling the surging Internal Energy within him, Shi Quan's movements paused slightly before returning to normal.
"You've Breakthrough?" Gu Yuena asked, noticing the anomaly from Shi Quan's side.
"Mm, rank 89," Shi Quan nodded.
"As expected of the Child of Destiny. You don't even need to Cultivate, and your strength keeps soaring," Di Tian said with a smile.
Shi Quan calculated the time, "If this current speed remains unchanged, I should be able to Breakthrough to a deity in about 40 months."
Gu Yuena shook her head, "To Breakthrough to Titled Douluo, you need to accumulate a large amount of energy. At that time, the Breakthrough period should be longer, at least around 50 months."