Ye Yun arrived at the imperial court of the Seventh Heaven with a cheerful mood. By now, the outside of the court had been transformed into a massive workspace by Elder Xia and his team, with thousands of personnel busily engaged. As the empire's territory expanded, the original thousand-strong workforce was clearly no longer sufficient for the current tasks.
"Your humble subject pays his respects to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand times ten thousand years." - Da Feng Novel Network
As Ye Yun appeared, everyone stopped their work and knelt to pay homage to Ye Yun, who had appeared on the imperial throne.
"Rise."
"Your Majesty, the Feng Chan ceremony is ready. The fifteenth and twenty-third of this month are auspicious days. Your Majesty, what do you think..." said the Governor-General, Tang Zhe, bowing.
Originally, Ye Yun had planned to hold the Feng Chan ceremony after conquering the Ninth Cosmic Quadrant, but he was in seclusion at the time, so the matter had been delayed.
"Then the fifteenth it is."
It was early in the month, so there were still over ten days until the fifteenth.
The Feng Chan ceremony was a grand event for the empire, but for Ye Yun, it was merely a formality. After all, Ye Yun's ambition as an emperor was not that great; it was just a mission.
Most importantly, Ding Yi was now carrying his child. Judging by the timing, the Eighth Cosmic Quadrant would likely be fully unified by the time Ding Yi gave birth.
During this period, he could dedicate himself entirely to comprehending the minor dao of the sword body.
Stepping onto the path of emperorship meant he could not afford much time for romantic moments, at least not until he achieved the Great Emperor realm! Furthermore, once his child was born, he would need to possess sufficient strength to protect him.
Ye Yun calmed his mind. Currently, the two cosmic quadrants, with a total of over two million planets across six thousand star domains, housed a population of nearly sixty trillion! This number was after the empire's armies had carried out their massacres.
Out of the more than two million planets, nearly 2.57 million fiefdoms had been distributed. However, the plans for the over one thousand star domains conquered in the Eighth Quadrant were still under discussion, primarily due to intense competition.
Ye Yun, however, was unconcerned with these matters. His only focus was revenue, as it directly impacted the construction of his legions and the overall development of the empire.
Two hundred and fifty-seven thousand fiefdoms! The monthly income reached hundreds of trillions of spirit stones! Moreover, the pricing he had set earlier had been optimized. Instead of a fixed price per fiefdom, fees were now collected in the form of rent based on the area, population, and resource richness.
While this optimized pricing was fairer to the lords, Ye Yun's income had become even more terrifying!
"With these resources, it's no wonder the empire's army, surpassing the number of saints, has reached over twelve million in less than these three months!"
Ye Yun paid little attention to administrative matters. After reviewing the revenue, he directly began examining the information compiled by Qin Zhan.
Poison Sting (Special Forces) Data -
Total Personnel: 120,000
Commander: Zhou Ningdong (Quasi-Emperor, comprehended four laws, three introductory, one perfected)
Extreme Realm: 16
Monarch Realm: 120,034
God-King Realm: 0
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First Army Group (Human Race Army) Data -
Total Personnel: 120,000,000
Commander: Li Chenxu (Perfected Extreme Realm, comprehended three major laws)
Extreme Realm: 28
Monarch Realm: 2,940
God-King Realm: 132,300
Saint Realm: 1,619,900
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Ye Yun, Ye Yun, read through them one by one. There were seven army groups and one special operations detachment, totaling eight legions. Among them, Poison Sting was the most terrifying. The hundred thousand Old Dragon Palace inhabitants from back then, plus the additional twenty thousand who joined later, had all broken through to the Monarch Realm!
In terms of the number of Monarch Realm cultivators, the seven army groups combined did not have as many as Poison Sting. It could be said that Poison Sting had truly become Ye Yun's foremost legion! Although the numbers were smaller, each individual was a true elite soldier.
What surprised Ye Yun the most was Zhou Ningdong. This individual was the third person in the entire empire, after Ye Yun and Wang Chen, to comprehend four laws and reach the Quasi-Emperor realm. His strength had even surpassed that of Yue Xia and Liu Langchen, seasoned cultivators who had practiced for countless years.
With the massive resources of the empire channeled towards them, the strength of the human race, after more than two years, had finally caught up. Whether it was the Saint Realm, God-King Realm, Monarch Realm, or Extreme Realm, the number of human cultivators had far surpassed the average of the seven army groups. They could even rival the seven races!
Moreover, there were quite a few political personnel in the imperial court who had reached the Monarch Realm. If these were all included, the human race had completely overshadowed the seven races!
"I didn't expect that in three months, under General Zhou's leadership, Poison Sting's overall strength would improve by a whole tier."
"Your Majesty, it's not just that everyone in Poison Sting's strength has advanced greatly, but their innate talent has also improved. All of them now possess a talent level of max6, while several Extreme Realm cultivators have reached max8, and General Zhou's talent has reached max10!"
Qin Zhan's mood was exceptionally excited. He hadn't been as relaxed as he appeared when abandoning technological warfare for personal martial power. After all, for all humans, even with the protection of the Heavenly Dao, the cultivation system was a completely unfamiliar path.
However, he could not resist the overwhelming tide of this cultivation era, so he could only follow Ye Yun, hoping to shorten the gap in strength between the human race and other cosmic quadrants.
Upon hearing Qin Zhan's words, Ye Yun's consciousness entered the game directly and checked the Cosmic Talent Ranking.
Cosmic Talent Ranking:
1- Jieming, Human Race, Talent Level: max10
2- Yaodie, Wood Creature Race, Talent Level: max10
3- Yuexia Laoren...
4- Yijian Xiaoyao...
5- Wanderer...
6- Long Ning Shu...
7- Yun Juan Yun Shu, Human Race, Talent Level: max10
...
"What the heck..."
Ye Yun stared at the ranking, dumbfounded. Among the top ten, apart from the second and eighth positions, all the others were his people. And among the seven individuals with max talent, excluding Yaodie, all the rest were his people!
And also...
"Elder Qin, when did Sister Ding Yi's talent also improve to max10?"
Ye Yun clearly remembered that before he went into seclusion, Ding Yi's talent level was only max8.
"Your Majesty, after a discussion between your humble subject and Elder Xia, we made some minor adjustments to the previously set resource allocation. You and the Empress each hold a position of supreme authority, one as the ruler and the other as the mother of the nation, so you should each receive a share of the resources."
"There are six alien legions, each receiving 7% of the allocation. The Human Race First Army Group receives 10%, Poison Sting receives 10%, personnel serving in general administrative affairs receive 15%, Your Majesty receives 5%, and the Empress receives 3%. 5% is for various national infrastructure construction, and the remaining 10% is deposited into the national treasury."
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Ye Yun nodded as he listened to the various explanations from Qin Zhan and Xia Xingchao. With the empire's development, especially the rise in military strength, other aspects also needed to keep pace.
This was particularly true for infrastructure construction. While Ye Yun could temporarily ignore the fiefdoms, the worlds of Blue Star and his Nine Dragon Yang Xu Palace, as well as the worlds within his dojo, still needed to be built up.