Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon! Chapter 1374 - 729: Ten Million Soul Banner (Part 2)

Without the persecution of the aristocratic families, along with the various policies implented by the Great Xia Dynasty.

Equal distribution of land, granting the vast fertile lands of those noble families to farrs who can till them.

Tax exemptions, reducing the tax burden on farrs!

Narrowing the wealth gap, distributing all sorts of national subsidies to help those destitute people survive.

In the future, with the construction of various factories, the Great Xia Dynasty also plans to introduce various national pensions, dical insurance, compulsory education, and so on.

In short, through various policies that benefit the people, the Great Xia Dynasty has gained the enthusiastic welco of the small countries’ populace.

The upper class of the small countries sees the Great Xia Dynasty as a monstrous flood, but the suffering masses view the Great Xia Dynasty as benevolent masters, proactively helping to lead the charge against their own countries’ armies.

It is these asures that have garnered the hearts of the small countries’ citizens, improving their previously dire living conditions, and restoring chaotic societies to normal.

This also makes it so that, although the Heavenly Dao of Tianyuan World does not favor Su Jie, it still has to grant him Heavenly Dao Fortune.

Currently, the action of annexing the small countries of the Ancient Continent has just begun, and once the entire Ancient Continent is annexed in the future, Su Jie estimates that the Heavenly Dao Fortune on him will multiply several tis over.

Boom!

As Su Jie was contemplating whether his Heavenly Dao Fortune was sufficient to refine the entire moon, a rumbling sound was heard.

Looking up, Su Jie saw a change occurring where Han Ruyan was.

The Ten Million Soul Banner had already been completely refined by Han Ruyan.

The black aura rolled and surged like the ocean on the Soul Banner, with countless Yin Souls crowded together like schools of sardines, making the surging black tides roar with the sounds of the myriad Yin Souls.

A hint of joy appeared on Han Ruyan’s face as she gently waved the Ten Million Soul Banner.

"Eighteen Layers of Netherworld Mansion Formation, open!"

As Han Ruyan’s words fell, the celestial canopy darkened, and the earth beca as if it led to the depths of the abyss.

Chilling and terrifying buildings, strange and grotesque torture tools, began to spread over the black tide ocean.

The entire Da Li City was stirred, with the citizens feeling a bone-chilling apprehension, looking at the darkened sky with a fear that their souls might be sucked in.

The pitch-black canopy continued to spread, ten miles, a hundred miles, five hundred miles, a thousand miles...

Su Jie looked down at his feet, seeing that a layer of black mist had risen from the ground at so unknown ti, with faint wailing sounds drifting in from all around, as if countless prisoners were undergoing severe torture.

Through the deep, dark mist sea, Su Jie saw that an image of the Eighteen Levels of Hell had manifested in the pitch-black abyss.

Yin Souls transford into their appearance before death, suffering various punishnts there.

So had their tongues pulled out and bones disassembled, so were thrown into boiling oil, so were dismbered by a thousand blades, a truly horrific sight.

These scenes were clearly the mythical Eighteen Levels of Hell, respectively the Hell of Tongue Pulling, Hell of Scissors, Hell of Iron Trees, Hell of Karma Mirrors, Hell of Steam, Hell of Copper Columns, Hell of Sword Mountains, Hell of Icebergs, Hell of Boiling Oil, Hell of Bull Pit, Hell of Crushing Stones, Hell of the Mortar and Pestle, Hell of Blood Pools, Hell of Wrongful Death, Hell of Dismbernt, Hell of Volcanoes, Hell of Stone Mills, and Hell of Saws.

These Eighteen Levels of Hell are all distinct, like a cataclysmic wheel of doom, endlessly tornting one’s soul until it dissipates.

This is the grand array revealed by the Ten Million Soul Banner, patterned after the mythical Eighteen Levels of Hell, with the uppermost buildings occupied by the Ten Hall Yama, Judges, Black and White Impermanence, Oxhead and Horseface, and countless Soul Hooking ssengers.

Su Jie examined these figures closely and found them incredibly familiar.

For instance, the appearance of the Judge was extrely similar to Divine King Tie Mutu, and King Yanluo bore a ninety percent resemblance to Nine Heavens Saint Son ng Lei Ze.

These figures from the underworld were all strong souls absorbed by the Soul Banner.

They had t their end at Su Jie’s hands in life, and in death, they ended up serving in the Ten Million Soul Banner, a fate as wretched as it could be.

Su Jie could clearly sense that the Ten Million Soul Banner refined by Han Ruyan had already surpassed the boundary of Spirit Treasure level, belonging to the most powerful ultimate magical artifact.

Ordinary Purple Mansion Cultivators entering the Soul Banner Formation would certainly face death, becoming a part of the Soul Banner.

"This Ten Million Soul Banner might be comparable to an ordinary Dao Treasure."

The thought arose in Su Jie’s mind that creating a Ten Million Soul Banner required at least the sacrifice of a billion lives and nurous strong souls.

For example, this Ten Million Soul Banner in Han Ruyan’s hands contained nearly twenty Purple Mansion level souls alone, from the three great divine monks of the Esoteric Sect, exotic Purple Mansion cultivators, the Purple Mansion Ancestor of an aristocratic family, to the five great Dharma Kings of the Divine Eagle Empire, including Purple Mansion saints from the holy land, and countless souls of Taoist Platform Realm and Secret Treasure Realm cultivators.

Thanks to Han Ruyan, the Ghost Empress’s masterful refining, the current Ten Million Soul Banner possesses the power comparable to an ordinary Dao Treasure, which is normally impossible, as Dao Treasures can only be refined by an Emperor of the Hollow Realm, but the sheer "material" within this Ten Million Soul Banner made it achieve the status of an ultimate magical artifact comparable to a Dao Treasure.

Of course, the current Ten Million Soul Banner is still far from top-level Dao Treasures like the Ten Thousand Dragon Pearl.

Han Ruyan withdrew the Ten Million Soul Banner and floated down in front of Su Jie.

First glancing at the sulking thousand-hand centipede, Han Ruyan smirked slightly, deliberately shaking the Ten Million Soul Banner in her hand.

Sizzle!

Seeing Han Ruyan flaunt her treasure, the thousand-hand centipede beca very upset, its antennae flailing and jaws opening wide.

The annual ring worm wriggled its plump, short body atop the thousand-hand centipede’s head, waving its claws threateningly, though it was only palm-sized and seed utterly harmless, appearing rather silly and cute instead.

Han Ruyan curled her lips and shifted her gaze to Su Jie, her words causing Su Jie to break into a sweat.

"Husband, I heard that as soon as you beca emperor, you began to take in nurous concubines and consorts. How many noble concubines are you planning to keep you company?"

Han Ruyan’s beautiful eyes sparkled; upon becoming a Ninth Grade Fierce Ghost, she had regained her past mories and temperant, though her jealousy remained perfectly intact.

Su Jie’s expression straightened as he said, "What nonsense is my wife speaking? You are the Empress I’ve personally appointed. Just a consort? That’s quite an exaggeration. I have no intention of being a degenerate emperor."

Han Ruyan seed a little surprised and said, "I’m the Empress?"

Throughout history, there had never been an instance of a female ghost being made Empress; this was unprecedented. Even Han Ruyan hadn’t expected Su Jie to do this.

"None but you."

Su Jie nodded, a tacit understanding belonging only to the two of them. Despite knowing that such a move would definitely provoke controversy among the ministers, Su Jie never cared about the opinions of the weak.

As they talked, Su Jie suddenly had a feeling, noticing that Han Ruyan in front of him seed sowhat different from before.

"During the refining of the Ten Million Soul Banner, my cultivation increased, and I have made so progress toward breaking through to the Yin Deficiency Ghost King realm. I plan to return to Blue Star once."

Han Ruyan explained the changes in herself.

The Ninth Grade Fierce Ghost’s body coexists with yin and yang, a great ominous presence on earth, the pinnacle that ghosts can reach in their lifeti.

To advance further, to break through beyond the Ninth Grade Fierce Ghost, one becos a Yin Ruins Ghost King, on par with an Emperor of the Hollow Realm.

Such level of ghost kings almost never appear; it is already exceedingly difficult for normal people to cultivate to the Hollow Realm, let alone ghosts who are abhorred by the Heavenly Dao.

"That’s perfect; I also need to return to Blue Star to refine the Moon and attempt to break through to the Hollow Realm. My lady can observe my breakthrough process."

Su Jie’s heart was filled with joy at once; with Han Ruyan being the Ghost Empress, her combat power far exceeds other fierce ghosts of the sa level and surpassing cultivators of the sa level as well.

If Han Ruyan ascends to the level of a Yin Ruins Ghost King, combined with the traits of a fierce ghost and wielding the Ten Million Soul Banner, she will certainly be an imnsely terrifying existence, making the curse of an Emperor of the Hollow Realm not just empty words, but a reality, and her combat prowess will be comparable to the pinnacle of Emperor of the Hollow levels.

"Wait for two days until I’ve handled the affairs of the Great Xia, then we will return to Blue Star together."

Su Jie expressed his plans to Han Ruyan; though he was still in Tianyuan, his heart had already flown back to Blue Star.

Su Jie had a hunch that the next ti he returned to Blue Star would be the mont to refine the Moon and achieve the status of Emperor of the Hollow Realm.

Upon achieving the level of Emperor of the Hollow Realm, Su Jie would have the capital to hold sway in the Tianyuan World, aligning with his title as Emperor Xingyuan.