Time passed in the blink of an eye, and three months went by.
In these three months, earth-shaking changes had taken place on the Douluo Continent.
First of all, under Wang Chen's overwhelming strength, the imperial families of the Star Luo Empire, the Heavenly Soul Empire, and the Dou Ling Empire—who refused to submit—were successively exterminated.
Sects such as the Body Sect, Heavenly Dragon Sect, Mysterious Underworld Sect, and others that refused to surrender were all slaughtered, and their sects were razed to the ground.
Of course, besides those die-hard reactionaries, some sects knew how to read the situation and understood when to advance or retreat.
For example, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Holy Sword Sect, Blazing Fire Sect, Earth Dragon Sect…
Toward these sensible sects, Wang Chen was not unreasonable; he magnanimously left them a path to survival.
The only condition was that from now on, they had to behave and obey, and not play any games of territorial autonomy.
Under the original rule of the three Douluo empires, these top-tier sects possessed enormous authority. They openly occupied entire cities, or even vast regions rich in heaven-and-earth origin energy.
They could be said to have co-ruled the world together with the three empires' imperial families, much like feudal vassal states.
Within the territories of these top-tier sects, even the imperial families of the three empires found it difficult to interfere; every aspect was managed by the sects themselves.
Although these top-tier sects were not as powerful as the Shrek Academy that occupied the entire Lima Plain, they were not far off.
The only differences were weaker strength, smaller territories, and the fact that they were nominally still required to obey the imperial families' orders.
In essence, there was no difference—they were all separatist forces.
As the strongest person and the man who had unified the entire world, Wang Chen naturally would not tolerate the existence of a "state within a state" in his nation.
Therefore, he struck hard at all these top-tier sects.
After Wang Chen's ruthless purge, the experts of the three empires' imperial families and the top-tier sects were either killed or forced to submit.
The three Douluo empires were left leaderless; the local powers became a pile of loose sand and completely lost the ability to resist.
Then, under Wang Chen's orders, the armies, soul mentor legions, and officials of the Sun Moon Empire crossed the borders and began taking over the cities of the Star Luo Empire, Heavenly Soul Empire, and Dou Ling Empire one by one.
Facing the powerful armies and soul mentor legions of the Sun Moon Empire, the local forces of the three Douluo empires—who had lost their high-end combat strength—had no power to fight back and were completely submitted, doing whatever they were told.
With this, the continent was finally unified. The Star Luo Empire, Heavenly Soul Empire, and Dou Ling Empire ceased to exist.
After unifying the entire continent, Wang Chen's prestige and reputation reached their peak.
The people of the world revered him as a god, praising him as the supreme, strongest, most exalted, the great and unfathomable ruler, the Eternal God!
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After the continent was unified, the ninth-level soul mentors and high- and low-ranking officials of the Sun Moon Empire were kept extremely busy.
Even though they had prepared in advance for unification, once it actually happened, they discovered that their preparations were still insufficient.
The first problem was a shortage of administrative officials. Yes, there simply weren't enough officials.
Originally, the officials of the Sun Moon Empire only governed the Sun Moon Empire. Now that the territory of three additional countries had been added, naturally, many more officials were needed.
For the time being, they could only hurriedly train new officials. Until the new officials were ready, the high- and low-ranking officials of the Sun Moon Empire had no choice but to suffer and work overtime.
Besides the shortage of administrative officials, the stockpiles of basic-level soul tools also became insufficient. After unifying the continent, the Sun Moon Empire carried out massive reforms in the original three Douluo empires.
For example: infrastructure construction, roads and transportation, agriculture, textile industry, animal husbandry… and so on.
As the most technologically advanced nation, the Sun Moon Empire was practically no different from a modern technological civilisation.
Soul tool technology was no longer something lofty and out of reach; it had entered the homes of ordinary people, greatly improving the quality of life for commoners.
At the same time, productivity soared. This was one of the reasons the Sun Moon Empire, with the strength of a single nation, could contend against the three Douluo empires.
The three Douluo empires, on the other hand, remained in a feudal era. Traditional soul masters rejected soul tools, grassroots productivity was low, and material resources were scarce.
Even today, ordinary people in those regions still use oil lamps. Some of the poorest couldn't even afford oil lamps.
The disparity between the regions was enormous. It could be said that ordinary citizens of the Sun Moon Empire all had enough to eat and warm clothes to wear.
In contrast, ordinary people in the three Douluo empires often couldn't even get enough food. (In the original work, even Huo Yuhao went hungry as a child; there's no need to mention the living conditions of ordinary people in the three empires.)
Therefore, after conquering the entire Douluo Continent, Wang Chen ordered the Sun Moon Empire to carry out grassroots reforms in the three former empires.
With aid from the Sun Moon Empire, the common people of the former Douluo three empires began to enjoy the conveniences brought by soul tool technology, and their quality of life greatly improved.
For example, when working the fields, they no longer needed to use hoes; instead, they had soul-tool farming vehicles. When weaving cloth, they no longer needed to sew stitch by stitch; they now had soul-tool weaving machines.
However, because there were simply too many people, the Sun Moon Empire's stockpiles of basic soul tools were far from enough to meet demand. The only solution was to have the soul tool factories increase production.
Most importantly, after the imperial families, nobles, and numerous top-tier sects of the three empires were destroyed, the ordinary people of those regions no longer had anyone exploiting them from above.
Facing this kind of good life, the commoners of the three empires were moved to tears. In the blink of an eye, they cast aside all thoughts of the former imperial families and began to support the Sun Moon Empire.
Given enough time—through migration, intermarriage, and after two generations, about forty years—no one would remember the three former empires anymore.
Everyone would recognise only one identity: citizen of the Sun Moon Empire!
Of course, after unifying the continent, the Sun Moon Empire reaped enormous benefits.
For example, the many rare metal veins from the three former empires, as well as vast amounts of precious cultivation resources and cultivation insights.
Even though the ordinary people of the three empires were dirt poor, the imperial families, nobles, and great sects were each richer than the last.
Even after Wang Chen took the lion's share, there was more than enough left for everyone else in the Sun Moon Empire to enjoy.
It could be foreseen that in the future, the soul mentors of the Sun Moon Empire would make great strides in soul power cultivation.
At the very least, producing a Hyper Douluo would no longer be as difficult as it is now.
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While the entire Sun Moon Empire, from top to bottom, was bustling,
The man who had created all of this, Wang Chen, was currently inside the Black Book space, comprehending the laws of time.
In these three months, Wang Chen had done many things.
He had spent less than an hour wiping out the imperial families of the three empires and the many top-tier sects.
He had then spent less than half a day at sea hunting several sea soul beasts with cultivation exceeding 500,000 years,
completing the soul rings for his second martial soul, the Bright Ice Emperor Scorpion.
After that, he absorbed the Metal of Living Beings, swallowed the Heaven and Earth Creation Pill, and condensed the third soul core of yin-yang complementarity.
After absorbing numerous soul rings, soul bones, as well as the Metal of Living Beings and the Heaven and Earth Creation Pill, Wang Chen's soul power and physique transformed into divine power of a god and a divine body.
His cultivation directly rose from level 95 to the peak of level 99—the limit of Douluo Planet. To break through to level 100 and shatter the world's restrictions, he needed to condense a god position.
After raising his strength to the current limit, Wang Chen spent a little more time handling Sun Moon Empire state affairs and instructing the high officials to complete the follow-up work of unification properly.
During this period, there was a small interlude: Jing Hongchen, many ninth-level soul mentors, and all the civil and military officials jointly submitted a memorial.
They stated that now that the continent was unified, the supreme imperial throne was something the Xu family was unworthy of occupying—only the great Wang Chen should sit upon it.
Jing Hongchen: My granddaughter's husband is too thin-skinned to say it himself, so I'll say it for him (︶)y
This action directly frightened the puppet emperor into issuing an abdication edict overnight,
declaring that he was of meagre virtue and insufficient talent, unfit for the great position, and that Wang Chen should take it instead.
To this, Wang Chen could only smile helplessly. However, he did not reject his father-in-law's kind intentions and accepted the abdication.
After becoming emperor, Wang Chen held a grand wedding ceremony with his childhood sweetheart, Meng Hongchen.
After indulging for a while, Wang Chen became a hands-off ruler, throwing all state affairs to the newly established cabinet, and devoted himself to cultivation.
Inside the Black Book space.
Wang Chen's gaze was profound. After unifying the continent, the Black Book had been completely restored.
Its most core and important function—the ability to traverse the myriad heavens and worlds—had finally been unlocked.
However, traversing the myriad heavens and worlds required an enormous amount of energy. With his current strength being too weak, Wang Chen was temporarily unable to travel to other worlds.
Wang Chen thought to himself, "Next, I must cultivate diligently and strive to master the laws of time as soon as possible and create my god position!"