Chapter 160: Title Bestowal
"Your Majesty, what should we do next?" Li Qi asked.
"If I have to teach you this, then you can forget about being the Grand Marshal of All Armies," Yang Chen teased.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I understand," Li Qi replied respectfully.
"Convey the Emperor's order for the entire army to march to Heavenly Water City," Li Qi commanded loudly.
"Respectfully obeying the Emperor's command." Following this, millions of troops departed in a grand procession. It is worth mentioning that the Shadow Kill Legion rode wolves, while the Slaughter Legion rode tigers. As for the Demon Beast contracted by the shadows... it was a mouse. However, it was not an ordinary mouse, but a Golden Devouring Mouse. It appeared gray like a typical mouse, but once it advanced to a Fifth-Stage Monster, it could freely switch between gold and gray. Additionally, the Golden Devouring Mouse is a mutated branch of mice used for reconnaissance, making it an excellent partner. Therefore, Yang Chen had all members of the Assassination Legion sign contracts with the Golden Devouring Mouse clan.
As for the Demon Legion, Yang Chen ordered them to contract with the Flesh-Eating Beast. The Flesh-Eating Tribe is a blood-colored spherical creature that consumes everything. It is said to be a descendant of the Oni. When cultivated to the Ninth Level, it can devour heaven and earth. This may sound exaggerated, but swallowing thousands of Eighth-Stage Demon Beasts in one bite is certainly no problem.
Although it was already 7 PM, the sky remained bright as day. At this moment, Yang Chen held a blood-red Imperial Seal in his left hand and a yellow scroll in his right hand, resembling an Imperial Edict.
"Boom!"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Tianhe City has arrived." A city appeared to the east of Tianxin City, relocated by seven Saints of Combat using immense Fighting Spirit, connecting with the eastern side of Tianxin City.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Tianming City has arrived."
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Yanxi City has arrived."
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Fire Cloud City has arrived."
"Thank you all for your hard work," Yang Chen exclaimed. Originally one city had instantly expanded into five cities!
"What is Yang Chen doing? Why is he putting so much effort into piecing together the four surrounding cities?"
"I have no idea."
"Just watch." Yang Chen originally thought that this Soul Tower could become a high platform, but who knew it shrank to only nine meters tall? Where can we find a Fengshen Platform now? Just when Yang Chen was anxious, Tang Feng quietly asked, "Master, doesn't His Majesty have a high place to stand?"
"Uh?" Tang An was speechless at Tang Feng's question, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized it made sense and asked, "How do you know?"
"I heard others say that the Red Dragon stood at hundreds of meters high to receive his title, so imposing. But here with His Majesty..." Tang Feng said, "Regardless, we should throw a high platform down for His Majesty. Whether it's useful or not, it would still be more imposing for His Majesty to speak from a high platform, right?"
"Yes, that makes sense." Tang An nodded.
"Alright, Master, let's use this one. This iron platform is what I forged; it's all made of iron ore." Tang Feng said happily as he took out an iron platform over forty meters tall from his storage space.
"How ugly! Don't..." Tang An commented, just as he was about to stop him. Unexpectedly, Tang Feng had already run out. As he ran, he thought, "This is for His Majesty's title; it needs a loud name. Let's call it the Fengshen Platform!" While running, he left the words 'Fengshen Platform' on that hideously ugly iron block. The three characters were indeed extremely ugly and distorted but were written very large—each character occupied one square meter...
"Your Majesty, I have lived up to everyone's expectations and finally brought forth the Fengshen Platform." Although Tang Feng was a bit foolish, he still knew how to make an entrance. Just as Master called out earlier, everyone looked at him; now that he was making his entrance, he naturally wanted to be like Master.
He threw the hideously ugly Fengshen Platform next to Yang Chen and continued to draw attention by explaining, "I spent one year, one month, and one day forging this Fengshen Platform. It is seven meters long, seven meters wide, and forty-nine meters tall." In reality, it was forty-nine meters wide, seven meters tall, and seven meters long...
"Wow! Who was it that forged an artifact in two months? This guy is even more impressive; he took a year to forge the Fengshen Platform; it must surpass artifacts!"
"Look at those two characters on top; they must be Ancient inscriptions. Just right—I recognize them; they are indeed the three characters of Fengshen Platform."
"I agree; those three characters are round and powerful—imposing yet stable. Good characters! Good characters!"
"Today, I am fortunate to witness the Fengshen Platform, truly a great blessing for me!"
"My goodness, can we not be so ridiculous?" Tang An asked the heavens in disbelief. "This incredibly ugly fellow is somehow more eye-catching than the divine artifact, the Jade Seal? As a master, I have completely lost to my disciple."
"Thank you for your hard work," Yang Chen said gratefully. Although this so-called Fengshen Platform was a bit ugly, it was still better than having nothing at all, and it just happened to align with the principles of the Dao. Today might bring about some changes.
"This is my duty as a subject," Tang Feng said respectfully, then wisely stepped back. Yang Chen flashed and appeared on the Fengshen Platform. Well, let's continue to call it Fengshen Platform, so as not to disappoint the good intentions of young Tang Feng.
"By the mandate of Heaven, and by Heaven's decree! Today, I, with the strength of the entire nation, wish to establish an empire, and hereby request Heaven's blessing!"
"Boom!" A thunderclap echoed in the sky, as if in agreement. Yang Chen floated the Shadow Kill Jade Seal in front of him and unfurled the yellow scroll in his hand. Behind him appeared three ancient characters - Celestial Ranking! A golden power of merit descended upon the Celestial Ranking, and Yang Chen knew this was the merit of founding a nation. Then the Celestial Ranking began to become ethereal, inscribing four characters - Emperor: Yang Chen!
"Today I establish a nation, named - Shadow Kill!" Yang Chen roared.
"Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long live!" The top of the Celestial Ranking displayed the two characters for Shadow Kill.
"Empress: Fu Ling, Luo Qian, Xie Yao, Zhu Que." Yang Chen hesitated for a moment before mentioning Zhu Que's name as well. The Celestial Ranking transformed again, revealing the names of those individuals.
"Zhou Ling step forward," Yang Chen commanded.
"I am here," Zhou Xuan led Zhou Ling forward a step and respectfully knelt down.
"I confer Zhou Ling as Princess Longling, with a first-class official position."
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Zhou Ling and Zhou Xuan replied simultaneously.
"From today onward, the Shadow Kill Legion shall be named the Order Legion, led by Li Qi."
"Your servant is here."
"I appoint you as the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Army, commanding the three armies of the Shadow Kill Empire, with a first-class official title."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"First Legion Commander Eagle Tian Yi."
"Your servant is here."
"First Legion Commander Eagle Tian Yi, granted a second-class official title, conferred as Marquis, in charge of the Order Legion, governing the Order of a nation."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The members of the Order Legion under Eagle Tian Yi responded in unison. Suddenly, Yang Chen felt a surge of white Power of Faith flowing into the Celestial Ranking and the Shadow Kill Imperial Seal. His body felt refreshed, and even the Demon God Strategy operated more swiftly. Yang Chen believed that Eagle Tian Yi felt it too.
"Second Legion Commander Li Mu."
"Your servant is here."
"Second Legion Commander Li Mu, granted Second-Class Nobility, conferred as Marquis, in charge of the Black Heaven Legion."
"Third Legion Commander Jiang Nan, granted Second-Class Nobility, conferred as Marquis, in charge of the Destruction Legion."
"Fourth Legion Commander Tian Guang, granted Second-Class Nobility, conferred as Marquis, in charge of the Chaos Legion."
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