Chapter 265: The New Dragon Emperor, Filling Up The Imperial Harem
Compared to the other three major empires’ dismal states, the ng Lei Empire imperial palace ford a completely different sight.
“Y-Your Majesty!”
Fatty Hart, Hudders, and the others gazed at ng Lei with expressions of reverence, their countenances sowhat reserved and uncomfortable.
“What’s with the ‘Your Majesty’ this and ‘Your Majesty’ that? There isn’t any ‘Your Majesty’ here but just your friend and the person ng Lei!”
ng Lei had already discovered Fatty Hart, Hudders, Joseph, Jonah, Andrew, and the others hidden among the crowd during the ascension ceremony earlier.
He then summoned them into the imperial palace after the ceremony had ended. It had been more than two years since he’d last t them. To be honest, he really missed them sowhat.
“Your Majesty, you’re the monarch while we’re commoners. We mustn’t neglect proper propriety!”
They felt rather overwheld by the honor and spoke rather reservedly.
ng Lei was still the ng Lei they knew, but his status had undergone a trendous change by now.
This was especially true after they personally witnessed him slaying a true god. It had given them a clear understanding of ng Lei’s great strength and power. Who, then, could still bring themselves to behave like how they had in the past in front of him?
They couldn’t! And neither could they return to those days!
“Oh, you guys!”
ng Lei felt rather resigned. He had finally experienced what solitude felt like.
When the disparity in strength or status between two parties reached a point so vast in size, even friends and family would drift apart.
Even if one had treated them as friends all along, that might not necessarily also be the case for the other party.
Left with no other choice, ng Lei could only invite them to take a seat and try his best to bring up topics that would help to relieve the tension in the atmosphere. He asked, “Is everything alright in the village, Captain Hudders?”
“Yes, everything is fine!”
At ng Lei’s question, Hudders jumped onto his feet at once. He said, “During the last couple of years, because the villagers have consud the divine tree fruits that you bestowed upon them and coupled with the special care given to us by Lord Puhaman, the villagers’ lives have been improving more and more, and their combat power becoming stronger and stronger by the day.”
“I’m glad to hear that.”
ng Lei let him take a seat. Then, he said, “I see that you’ve also beco a Ninth-Grade Warrior now. The energy flow around you is strong and solid. I believe you can break through to beco a Saint Domain very soon!”
Hudders hastily said in gratitude, “This is all thanks to Your Majesty’s great blessings!”
In truth, he wasn’t the only one—Joseph, Jonah, Andrew, and the others had also improved trendously.
Joseph and Andrew had beco Eighth-Grade Warriors while Jonah had beco an Eighth-Grade Great Magician. Compared to two years ago, they had beco much, much stronger!
This didn’t count as much, though. The one with the truly dramatic improvent was Fatty Hart—during the short two years of separation, that fellow had actually already broken through to the Saint Domain stage!
The dragon might around him was pure and vast. Evidently, he had already awakened his Golden Colossal Dragon, and it was a high level of awakening at that—the kind where he could transform into a Golden Colossal Dragon!
“Looks like you haven’t been slacking off during the last two years!” A laughing ng Lei patted Fatty Hart.
Fatty Hart hastily got up and said, “This is all thanks to Your Majesty—”
Dissatisfied, ng Lei said fiercely, “Do you believe when I say that I’ll smack you on the face if you call Your Majesty again? Have you forgotten what you used to call ?”
“Your... O-old bro!”
Fatty Hart had a troubled look on his face.
“That’s more like it!”
ng Lei felt much more comfortable now. He said cheerfully, “I’ve said that I would gift you New Dragon Island and make you the new Dragon Emperor of the Colossal Dragons if you could break through to the Saint Domain stage. I’m a man of my word, so New Dragon Island is yours now!”
“O... Old bro, that won’t do. That won’t do!” Fatty Hart shook his hands hastily. He said, “How can you take sothing said in jest back then so seriously...”
“Jest? I ant what I said!”
ng Lei glared at him and said, “You’re unhappy because there aren’t any Dragons on New Dragon Island, right? Don’t worry, I have tens of thousands of Colossal Dragons at hand. I’ll send them to New Dragon Island for you later!”
“This... Is that alright?”
Fatty Hart blinked, a hint of excitent surfacing in his small, narrow eyes. Those were tens of thousands of Colossal Dragons!
“It would be a waste to just leave the Lost Continent as it is anyway, so I might as well make use of it. Besides, the tens of thousands of Colossal Dragons are living off at the mont. They’re close to bankrupting !”
ng Lei patted Fatty Hart on the shoulder and said, “Just take it as you’re doing a favor and properly manage them in my stead. How does that sound?”
“Since you’ve put it that way, it would be rude of to decline any further, old bro!” Fatty Hart snickered, a wretched expression surfacing on his face once more.
“That’s more like it! Given your current strength, I’m afraid you won’t be able to suppress those Colossal Dragons, though. Every single one of those guys is awfully arrogant and rebellious!”
ng Lei gave him a smile, and then he brought out a tal-elental divine core. He said, “Take this and refine it. Once you’ve assimilated it, you likely won’t have any more problems suppressing them.”
“What’s this, old bro?”
Fatty Hart stared at the divine core. He could feel the terrifying divine power energy fluctuations coming from the divine core, and they made him incredibly fearful.
“This is a divine core.”
A smiling ng Lei said, “One that has already been processed, of course. The original owner’s thoughts, will, mories, divinity, and so on have all been fully cleansed and removed. Only pure power of divinity and laws of nature comprehension have been left behind in it, so you can assimilate it with peace of mind.”
“A d-divine core!”
Fatty Hart shuddered all over, so astonished that he almost jumped. He would have at least heard of it even if he hadn’t actually seen one before! What was a divine core?
It was the sign of a deity!
Once he assimilated the divine core, he would make the leap to becoming a deity in one bound! A lofty deity high up above!
Just what kind of supre treasure was this?
“O-old bro, this thing is too precious. I can’t accept it! I really can’t!”
Fatty Hart shook his head vehently. He said, “You’re already treating with enough kindness, old bro. I’d be too greedy if I take anything else from you!”
“You sure say a lot of crap!”
ng Lei snorted lightly. Then, he snapped his fingers lightly. A drop of blood shot out of Fatty Hart and landed on the divine core, upon which the divine core instantly embedded itself in between Fatty Hart’s brows and vanished from sight.
“Old bro, w-where’s the divine core?”
Fatty Hart was greatly alard.
“It has already integrated itself with you!”
A smiling ng Lei said, “At your newly-promoted Saint Domain prowess, even though you’ll need a much longer ti than a half-deity to completely assimilate the divine core, at least it’s still possible to achieve.
“Don’t run about carelessly from now on. Stay in the imperial palace and fully assimilate it for now, lest soone finds out and attacks you for the divine core.”
“Thank you, old bro!”
Fatty Hart’s eyes reddened as he said, “Old bro, my life is yours now! Be it the most dangerous of places or the most severe of trials, I, Fatty Hart, will not hesitate!”
“Relax, it’s not that serious.”
ng Lei sighed. “To be honest, I also have my own selfish reasons for doing so. I’ll eventually have to leave Heaven’s Vault Continent and head into the vast Void soday. How lonely would it be to be all by myself? So, I’ll have to bring a few friends together with , right? That way, I won’t be all alone!”
At this point, ng Lei then turned to Hudders and the others. “All of you must work hard in your cultivation, too. When you’ve broken through to the Saint Domain stage, we’ll beco deities and break through the void together!”
Joseph pointed at himself with a look of disbelief and asked, “Big Brother ng Lei, am I also capable of becoming a deity?”
ng Lei smiled and said, “Of course! Thus, all of you must work hard and strive to achieve the Saint Domain stage as soon as possible!”
“Big Brother ng Lei, we’ll definitely work hard!”
As they ate, drank, and chatted about the past and embarrassing childhood incidents, everyone slowly relaxed and was no longer that reserved. Laughter and chatter went on without pause at the table...
ng Lei didn’t cultivate during the next few days. Instead, he accompanied the others and had fun in the Imperial City. Only when they were more or less done did he see them off.
The mont he returned to the imperial palace, Puhaman led a group of people and requested an audience with him.
“Didn’t I tell you, Puhaman? You have full authority to handle state affairs on my behalf. You can take care of everything, so there’s no need to ask for anything!”
“Thank you for your trust in , Master,” Puhaman said with a wry chuckle before continuing, “But this matter today really requires you to make the decision!”
“What is it?”
ng Lei was rather surprised.
“The Fairy Empire and the Titan Empire’s envoys are here. They’ve taken the initiative to submit to us.”
An excited Puhaman said, “The Titan Empire is willing to offer up all of their national territory, and only requests that Your Majesty can bestow upon them a plot of land for the Titans to live and proliferate.”
“The Thunder Titan Emperor is surprisingly wise.” ng Lei smiled and said, “Alright, since he’s so anable to reason, then I shall fulfill his wishes. Puhaman, draft my decree.”
“Awaiting your instructions, Master!”
“I hereby appoint the Thunder Titan Emperor as the life peer Titan Duke and bestow upon him the Titan Ranges as a fief for the Titans to inhabit,” said an aloof ng Lei.
“How brilliant of Your Majesty!”
Puhaman bowed slightly.
“Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!”
The Titan Empire envoy bowed and gave his thanks. He had lived up to his mission and achieved his diplomatic mission’s objective.
“You may rise!”
ng Lei waved lightly.
“Master, the Fairy Empire is also willing to offer up the entire Fairy Forests and submit to us. They only request that Your Majesty bestow the Forest of Life upon them as the Fairies’ habitat,” said Puhaman.
“The Fairies have actually also submitted?”
ng Lei was awfully surprised. He couldn’t help but turn to the Fairy Empire envoy.
The Fairies weren’t weak. On top of that, they were the Fairy Goddess’ worshipers, while the Fairy Goddess herself was a great higher deity. Was she really willing to part with a territory as vast and spacious as the Fairy Forests?
That didn’t make sense!
“Your Majesty, this is Her Holiness’ holy decree,” said the Fairy Empire envoy with a bow.
“The Fairy Goddess’ instructions...”
ng Lei couldn’t help but beco even more curious. However, this wasn’t the ti to be puzzled over sothing like that. He gazed at the Fairy Empire envoy and said, “Since the Fairy Empire has taken the initiative to express goodwill, neither am I an unkind person. We’ll go with the Fairy Empire’s wishes!”
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
The Fairy Empire envoy also bowed and expressed their gratitude.
“You can deal with the rest of the matters as you deem appropriate, Puhaman,” said ng Lei with a wave as he started to chase them away.
“There’s one more thing, Master,” said a rather hesitant Puhaman.
“What is it?”
A look of puzzlent ca over ng Lei’s features.
“It’s about the imperial harem!”
Puhaman reminded him, “Now that Master has ascended the throne and beco the ruler of the empire, leaving the harem empty would be disadvantageous to the empire’s stability and developnt. It’s ti to fill up the imperial harem, Master!”
“...”
ng Lei was rather lost for words. “What does an empty harem have anything to do with the empire’s stability? I’m a great true god who’s immortal and indestructible. Is there a need to pass down the throne and legacy?”
A wry smile appeared on Puhaman’s lips at once. He said, “You are indeed immortal, Master, but you’ll eventually leave Heaven’s Vault Continent soday. When that day cos, who are you going to pass down the throne to?”
“We’ll talk about that when the ti cos.” ng Lei waved and said, “Leave if there’s nothing else. I’m tired.”
“This... Yes, Master.”
A resigned Puhaman could only leave with the others.
“Royal consort selection...”
ng Lei shook his head resolutely. “I’m a man with a wife and a child. How can I do sothing as immoral as this behind my wife’s back? No! Absolutely not!
“But... Three palaces, six courtyards, and 72 royal consorts! The sound of it alone already excites ...”
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