Peng Hetai, the envoy from Lijiang Country, was panting heavily, feeling a lingering fear.
Before coming here, he had heard that Su Jie, this Great Emperor, possessed terrifying cultivation, being a legendary Great Demon by origin. Hearing is one thing, seeing is another.
At that mont, with his Secret Realm cultivation, he felt as if the entire world was pressing down on him.
Peng Hetai had no doubt that the other party could crush him to death with re presence alone.
"Could it be that Emperor Xingyuan has already achieved Hollow? His strength is simply terrifying."
With thoughts swirling in his mind, Peng Hetai grew increasingly respectful.
"What is the situation in Da Li City?"
Su Jie cast his gaze toward Zhang Junwei, who was in charge of collecting taxes in Da Li City.
Zhang Junwei, knowing what Su Jie wanted to ask, imdiately bowed and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, in Da Li City, we have struck and confiscated a total of 618 households belonging to princes, foreign relatives, wealthy rchants, nobles, and powerful families. We acquired 34,700 houses, 19,000 hectares of spirit fields, 142 gold and silver shops, 275 pawnshops, totaling more than 6 billion spirit stones. We seized 12 million silver ingots and gold ingots, and 45 warehouses full of various magic artifacts, spiritual materials, and elixirs... The total value of the confiscated items amounts to over 18 billion spirit stones."
As Zhang Junwei spoke, countless people on the scene had their jaws drop in amazent at the staggering numbers.
A total of 18 billion spirit stones, equivalent to the wealth of three Esoteric Sects, truly a wealth that could rival a nation.
But such enormous wealth was never used for the Da Li Dynasty; the national treasury was so poor that even rats would cry out upon entering.
Among them, Wei Yushuang’s expression was the most complicated. She originally didn’t want to attend this coronation ceremony, seeing Su Jie in the spotlight. However, she feared that Su Jie might use this as a reason to persecute the remaining mbers of the Wei Family, so she ca reluctantly.
At this mont, hearing Zhang Junwei’s report, Wei Yushuang clenched her fists until they creaked, teeth tightly gritted.
The Da Li Dynasty could not get a single penny from these nobles, but when it was Su Jie’s turn, they were completely drained. Not only did their wealth beco spoils of the Great Xia Dynasty, but their lives were also forfeit.
While Wei Yushuang was furious at the actions of these corrupt officials, she also felt inexplicably satisfied, as Su Jie did sothing she had always wanted to do.
These nobles received the punishnt they deserved, brought to ruin, hos destroyed, and families obliterated, truly reaping what they sowed.
"So much money!"
In the crowd, Ning Xinyue’s eyes sparkled. This fortune was an astronomical number for her, a little miser.
"Those who steal a hook are executed, those who steal a country are made princes. Regardless of the ti, conquering a country always seizes vast wealth."
Ning Yunying said softly, not envious of Su Jie’s wealth, acknowledging that it was Su Jie’s ability that conquered the Da Li Dynasty.
Su Jie nodded in satisfaction. With such wealth, combined with the previous accumulations from plundering aristocratic families and sects around the world, he had enough to construct the remaining three wonders.
This was of great significance to Su Jie, as these three wonders were prepared for Han Ruyan, the Thousand-Handed Centipede, and the annual ring worm, giving them a brighter future to look forward to.
"Now, let the grand ceremony begin."
Su Jie waved his hand, and the ritual officers on site imdiately sprang into action, leading musicians to play the Danbi Grand Music. Instrunts like the big drum, square sound, cloud bell, flute, pipe, flute, jin, drum, binding bell, bell, qin, se, and more took turns performing, followed by the grand military procession. Su Jie reviewed the cultivator army on the square in front of the Imperial Palace.
Thousands of cultivator formations, rows of Spider Main Battle chas, Flying Magical Boats, and the Red Shining Immortal Palace made their dazzling appearance, leaving the envoys from small countries wide-eyed and trembling.
The coronation ceremony, traditionally cumberso, proceeded with Su Jie returning to Fude Hall. Here, he should have continued ancestral rites, but being the founding emperor, it was changed to paying homage to the Ghost Ridge Palace’s founding ancestors and the ancestors of the Su Family.
Then Su Jie donned the Dragon Robe, wore the crown, received the Jade Seal, and took his seat on the Dragon Chair.
The civil and military officials then entered the court in succession, bowing and performing three kneels and nine bows to Su Jie, the new emperor.
"Long live His Majesty, long live, long long live!"
Amidst the chorus of voices, Su Jie rose and proceeded to the Heavenly Altar beside the Imperial Palace.
This was the place to worship heaven. Whenever a new emperor ascended the throne, they would co here to worship heaven and earth, symbolizing their divine mandate.
Before the Heavenly Altar, Su Jie adjusted his attire, holding the Jade Seal, and ascended the steps of the altar step by step, reaching the highest platform.
Under the watchful eyes of the officials and envoys, Su Jie wrote with blood as gold flowed from his fingertips, inscribing words upon the Jade Seal.
"I am of divine mandate, my heart aligned with heaven and earth above, and embraced by the people below. Thus, I have founded Great Xia, praying for the blessings of heaven.
From this day forward, I shall implent a series of new reforms to rejuvenate the country, prosper and strengthen the nation, and bring peace and happiness to the people. I hope all of you will work together with one heart to accomplish this grand endeavor and proclaim it to the world.
With that said, Su Jie raised the Jade Seal and tossed it into the sky.
Below, the officials knelt down one by one and shouted, "We shall follow Your Majesty’s lead and are willing to go through fire and water to create a prosperous age for the heavenly empire."
Su Jie stared intently at the flying Jade Seal. By right, at this point, Su Jie should have gained the recognition of the Heavenly Dao.
After all, he had already overthrown the Da Li Dynasty, ended its corruption and internal chaos, and had a preliminary governance of the country, belonging to the Heavenly Destiny People who reached the end.
At this ti, the Heavenly Dao should descend a large amount of Heavenly Dao Fortune, bestowed upon Su Jie, covered over the Jade Seal representing the nation’s fortune; this was how previous founding emperors did it.
But until the Jade Seal began to fall, there was no response from the heavens.
Su Jie’s face turned dark, damn it, could it be that the Heavenly Dao of the Tianyuan World intends to renege?
After all the effort to conquer the Da Li Dynasty for this purpose, he was still waiting to use the Heavenly Dao Fortune of the Tianyuan World to accelerate the refining of the Moon.
Pa!
Su Jie caught the Jade Seal and forcefully threw it into the sky once more, sending it straight up ten thousand ters.
Rumble! Crack!
The Sky Do finally reacted, tribulation clouds rapidly ford and then struck fiercely down towards Su Jie.
The officials and envoys below were all dumbfounded, looking at each other, how could this be completely different from the ancient records?
According to the ancient records, shouldn’t the founding emperor at this ti be receiving heavenly virtue, with ganlu dripping down, resplendent rays, purple clouds coming from the east, and golden lotuses appearing as auspicious ons? How could a founding emperor be struck by lightning, unheard of.
Damn!
Su Jie cursed silently, how irritated the Heavenly Dao of the Tianyuan World is with him. So much for crowning himself as Emperor Xingyuan, Xing referring to the starlit sky of the Blue Star Universe, and Yuan referring to the Tianyuan World, signifying Su Jie’s ambition to reign across both realms.
He had already proclaid himself emperor in the Great Xia Dynasty, yet the Heavenly Dao of the Tianyuan World still rejects him. How could they not consider his dignity!
The tribulation lightning descended, Su Jie’s eyes flashed, as the lightning from the void was annihilated bit by bit, following which Su Jie fiercely punched the sky, scattering the tribulation clouds completely.
At this point, in the clear sky for thousands of miles, the Jade Seal hung in the air, golden spots of light born from the void, falling into the Jade Seal.
Evidently, the inherent chanism of the Heavenly Dao still existed; the Heavenly Dao of the Tianyuan World was like a fixed program, incapable of truly embezzling Su Jie’s founding rit.
Only because of its rejection of Su Jie, this outlier, it rely infused the Heavenly Dao Fortune, without creating any auspicious scenes like dragons and phoenixes presenting auspiciousness or sun and moon shining together to celebrate Su Jie.
However, Su Jie didn’t mind this; as long as he got the Heavenly Dao Fortune, everything would be negotiable.
The nurous officials below, seeing this, imdiately felt relieved; they had almost lost all their morale just now.
If the newly founded dynasty wasn’t recognized by the heavens, did it not an they were not destined by providence? That would be a huge blow to morale.
A mont later, Su Jie caught the Jade Seal in his hand, feeling the thick Heavenly Dao Fortune condensed on it, and couldn’t help but smile.
However, what puzzled Su Jie was that although the Heavenly Dao Fortune was substantial, it was sowhat less than what he had anticipated.
Couldn’t it be that the Heavenly Dao withheld a portion, how could it siphon like that!
While Su Jie was secretly pondering, a military ssenger, disregarding the ongoing celebration, hurriedly rushed over, holding up a blood-stained docunt, shouting:
"Report, Your Majesty, the Divine Eagle Empire from the north has invaded the south, the garrison commander of Jade Dragon Pass, Zhu Tianyou, has defected, joining the Divine Eagle Empire, causing the fall of Jade Dragon Pass; the Divine Eagle Empire’s iron hooves are now rampaging through the northern territories, leaving corpses strewn across the land."
The present officials and envoys were in an uproar, their faces changed dramatically.
The joy Su Jie had just felt from gaining the Heavenly Dao Fortune vanished completely, and his face turned cold.
He already understood why the Heavenly Dao Fortune was so lacking; it turned out soone was coveting his Heavenly Dao Fortune.
With a beckon, the docunt flew into Su Jie’s hand, and after reviewing it, Su Jie sneered. "So it seems soone wants to take advantage of my Great Xia’s vulnerability during its founding to co and seize the opportunity."
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