The Snow God was dead, not even a shard of ice remaining, yet no one cared. All the attention of the Snow Clan was fixated on the figure in the sky, filled with supreme reverence and dread.
"Hail the Snow Lord! Congratulations to the Snow Lord on ascending to the Extreme Realm!"
Those Snow Clan members who had followed Xue Hen knelt and bowed to him as if they were devout pilgrims paying homage to a saint.
"Hail the Snow Lord! Congratulations to the Snow Lord on ascending to the Extreme Realm!"
Countless Snow Clan members followed suit, their voices echoing as they prostrated themselves, even though many had no idea who this Snow Lord was.
"The Snow Clan will no longer have an Elder Council! There is only one Snow Lord! When facing enemies, I do not wish to hear any discordant notes of negotiation! Even if we must die, it shall be a glorious death!"
Xue Hen's voice boomed throughout the entire starfield, carrying immense authority!
"All one billion of our brothers stationed on the New Mortal Continent are to proceed to the Ice Palace for assembly! Additionally, we will recruit another five hundred million personnel from the outside. They must meet the threshold of the New Mortal Continent and have a clean background. Those interested are to report to the Ice Palace!"
As soon as Xue Hen finished speaking, countless Snow Clan members erupted from various planets, soaring towards the Ice Palace. The vast majority of these were already stationed in the Dragon Palace and represented the absolute elite of the entire Snow Clan.
Five hundred million of them would become members of his Ninth Army Group's five legions, while the remaining five hundred million would be organized into patrol forces, responsible for patrolling the newly developed territories, as per Ye Yun's request! The newly recruited five hundred million would form a security legion!
Currently, the Ten Directions Empire was expanding its territory too rapidly. Its reserve forces, logistics, and even political systems could not keep pace with the army's campaigns. Therefore, after much deliberation, Qin Zhan and the others decided to use the Fifth Universe as a new pivot point to establish the subsequent reserves and logistics. This way, even if the pace of conquest accelerated, they could still keep up.
"Brother Xue Hen, congratulations on your significant advancement in strength," Liu Lang boomed with a laugh.
"Thank you. May I know how many experts of the Extreme Realm our Ten Directions Empire has, and how many cultivators of Quasi-Emperor level like yourself?" Xue Hen had broken through to the mid-stage of the Extreme Realm. While undergoing his tribulation, he had used the hundred fragments of law bestowed by Ye Yun to comprehend three, two of which were original laws, and instantly mastered them to perfection.
"Heh, I didn't expect Brother Xue Hen to be so competitive. Our Ten Directions Empire currently has just over five hundred experts at the Extreme Realm. On average, at least two individuals break through to the Extreme Realm from the peak of the Military Lord realm every day."
"As for Quasi-Emperors, all the Military Lords of the major army groups possess Quasi-Emperor strength. Coupled with the eleven from the Human Dragon Palace, there are a total of nineteen Quasi-Emperors."
Liu Lang looked at Xue Hen, feeling a pang of sympathy. After all, this was incredibly discouraging.
"Hiss... Nineteen? Quasi-Emperors?" Xue Hen was shocked by Liu Lang's words, and at the same time, he felt secretly fortunate about his choice. If he had made the wrong decision, the Snow Clan might truly have become a relic of the past!
Quasi-Emperors! How many were there in the entire Ten Directions Universe? The Extreme Realm alone made one a paramount figure, let alone a Quasi-Emperor!
Most importantly, it seemed that he was currently the lowest-ranked Military Lord among all the army groups. According to Liu Lang, many Legion Commanders in other army groups were more powerful than him.
"Don't overthink it. Just work hard. Besides our nine major army groups, the empire also has a special forces unit of 120,000 men, which can be considered another army group."
"The current requirement from above is for each army group to conquer two star domains daily. The remaining time can be arranged freely, either in the game or in reality."
Liu Lang pursed his lips, feeling considerable dissatisfaction with this restriction. With the combat power of the Eighth Army Corps, conquering not just two star domains a day, but even ten or twenty, would be effortless.
It was akin to seeing piles of money before you and being told it wasn't yours yet, but would be in a few days.
"Each army group conquering two star domains a day? Is that not too high a requirement?" Xue Hen's brow furrowed upon hearing Liu Lang's words. The Snow Clan legions had not yet been established, and their strength was generally still at the Sun Realm and Semi-Saint stages. Let alone conquering a star domain in a day, even taking four or five days to conquer one would be difficult.
"High?" Liu Lang looked bewildered, then, as if realizing something, his face broke into a lecherous grin like a wolf.
"How about you give me your quota, and I'll give you ten percent of the total income?"
Ten percent?
Xue Hen looked at Liu Lang's smile and was startled, then recalled what Yue Di had said previously.
The major army groups of the empire handed over eighty percent of their gains from conquered territories to the empire, with the remaining twenty percent to be internally distributed.
No wonder Liu Lang wore such a wicked grin.
However, given the current capabilities of the Snow Clan, it was indeed a severe handicap. They couldn't even deal with the two legions blocking the star domain gates, let alone conquer various star domains.
Furthermore, the Elder Council had been disbanded, the Snow God was dead, and the original Snow Clan army had almost been annihilated. It could be said that the Snow Clan would need a considerable amount of time for internal reconstruction alone, leaving no energy to attack other star domains.
Rather than this, it was better to temporarily concede the quota.
"Brother Liu, aren't you being too formal? Look, given my current situation, I estimate I won't be able to commence conquest for another ten days. These ten days will be your responsibility."
"Alright! I'll leave fifty thousand men here to assist you, and I'll deal with your two watchdogs first."
Liu Lang's eyes lit up upon hearing Xue Hen's words. Ten days meant twenty star domains. Based on previous experience, even after deducting the eighty percent for the empire and the ten percent for Xue Hen, he would personally receive at least two hundred billion spirit stones!
"Jun Wu, leave fifty thousand men to assist Xue Hen. The rest, go and deal with the enemy forces at the two domain gates of the Ice Snow Domain. We will gather here two hours later for formal conquest!"
"Your command is our order!"
Jun Wu stood proudly in the void, waving his hand. Thirty million monarchs split into two groups, heading towards the two star domain gates. Liu Lang, however, took the lead. He needed to eliminate the Monarch-level and above experts among the enemy forces first, otherwise, even the loss of a single soldier would make him heartbroken.
"Snow Lord!" Seeing that the terrifying troops had almost departed, a group of Snow Clan people immediately swarmed over.
"Indeed. Li Luo, Jiao Zhao, Ding Ni, Gou Dan, and Ting Fei, I now appoint you as the five Legion Commanders. Hurry up and assemble our army of one billion brothers!"
"Yes!"
At this moment, Xue Hen was the most powerful existence within the entire Snow Clan, both in terms of prestige and personal combat strength. Coupled with the support of the one billion Snow Clan members stationed on the New Mortal Continent, there was no one in the Snow Clan who possessed such immense power as him.
"Also, if the leaders or lords of various factions come, arrange to see them five days later, without exception."