C618

Inside the majestic palace, it was splendid, yet extremely desolate.

A person's emotional state can affect the environment, but ordinary people can have less of an impact on the environment. Existence like Li Dao had a huge impact on the surrounding environment.

There were no eunuchs or maids in Li Dao's palace. What he sought was not pleasure, but power, so he did not need the service of others.

In the spacious hall, only Ao Sheng and Li Dao were left. Ao Sheng opened his mouth a few times, wanting to say something but then hesitated. In the end, he weakly asked, "Big Brother Li, did Sheng'er do something wrong?"

Li Dao regained his senses, lovingly stroked Ao Sheng's pink dragon horn, and warmly said, "Sheng'er, this has nothing to do with you, it's my fault!"

In this era, it was normal for men to have three wives and four concubines. The number of women was usually the standard to determine the status of men.

So, Xia Bing didn't care about Li Dao bringing back Ao Sheng at all. The reason for her explosion was that Li Dao had married Nie Xiaoqian and was now engaged to Ao Sheng. Furthermore, she didn't even make a single promise. Let alone a promise, Li Dao had never even tricked her.

Women were creatures that needed to be coaxed, but unfortunately, straight men did not understand this principle.

It was time to give Xia Bing a definite answer! Li Dao raised her head and looked towards the horizon. At least Xia Bing was still by her side, but what about Xin Niang?

Time was truly worthless to cultivators.

Ten years passed in the blink of an eye. The Wu Dynasty had completely changed.

Throughout the world, aside from the ancestral hall, there was no other temple. The human race had completely risen in power, and the divine path had completely declined.

In ten years, the world had undergone a tremendous change. Thanks to Li Dao's vigorous pursuit of martial arts, even an old man could put in a bit of effort.

All these years, there had been countless talented people in the human race. There were many warriors in the Pre-Sky Realm, and those in the Upper Sky were not as talented as dogs.

A hundred people lived a rich life, no longer the appearance of the Xia Dynasty's natural disaster, where demons ran rampant.

Now that the human race had become so powerful, the demons naturally wouldn't dare to act rashly in the human race's territory. The people lived a peaceful life, everyone became stronger, and the demons fled into the mountain forest.

There were even some talented individuals who wanted to kill demons to increase their reputation.

The commoners did not forget who brought all this upon them. Li Dao, the Sage Emperor, was of a higher standing in the hearts of the commoners than Ren Zu.

With the rise of the human race and the descent of the heavens' virtue, as well as the faith of the people of this world, Li Dao's cultivation was still at the Earthly Immortal level.

This was also the reason why the celestial gods gathered incense. However, the humanity and faith of this world were almost monopolized by Li Dao alone.

It was not an exaggeration to say that even if the current Li Dao could not defeat the two True Immortals, Li Changfeng and Yama Minamiya, he was confident that he would be able to match up with the Qing Xuanzi from the Mount Shu Sword Sect.

In these ten years, Li Dao had married Xia Bing and Ao Sheng, and his relationship with the Dragon Clan of the East China Sea had become even closer. With the support of the Dragon clan of the East China Sea, Li Dao had even brought up an army of ten thousand grandmaster warriors.

No one knew how powerful the Martial Empire was. However, regardless of whether it was the Underworld, Karakorum, the Dragon Clan, or the Mount Shu Sword Sect, none of them could compare to the power of the Martial Empire.

Of course, in terms of top-notch experts, the Wu Dynasty was far inferior to those powers.

Other than Li Yao, the Sage Emperor, there were only two Earth Immortals in the huge Martial Empire. This was the Rogue Immortal that Li Dao had recruited. There were only so many Immortals in the world; all of them had sects and schools. There were two Earth Immortals who were born as rogue cultivators, yet they were still willing to belong to the Martial Empire. This already made Li Dao very satisfied.

As for Xia Bing, Nie Xiaoqian, Ao Sheng, Centipede Essence, Li Jian, all these powers belonged to Li Dao's direct line of descent, they were all in the Immortal Soul stage. Dealing with some minor matters was not a problem. However, if they were to engage in a conflict with a major power like the Mount Shu Sword Sect or the Kunlun Dao Palace, they would not be of any use.

Ten years was a very long time for commoners, but it was simply too short for the likes of Nie Xiaoqian. Even Li Dao himself had taken decades to charge up from the Immortal Soul Stage to the Earthly Immortal Stage.

The foundation of the Wu Dynasty was still too shallow. A few hundred years of development was not enough to catch up to the top powers like the Mount Shu Sword Sect and the Karakorum Dao Palace.

It wasn't that Li Dao was impatient, but that he didn't have much time left. Li Dao Palace's actions were all observed by Li Jie. It was not long until Li Changfeng reestablished the Heavenly Court.

If Li Changfeng were to re-establish the Heavenly Court, then conflict was inevitable. This was because the supreme existence of the Heavenly Court would never allow humans to stand on their own, disrespectful to the gods.