Way of Heaven

Chapter 21 – Unifying the South

Translator: BipBop

TL Note: 94 represents that there have been 94 years since the descent of spirit qi. This is the calendar system of the Yuan World.

In the year 94, the Yu dynasty not only conquered 11 blessed lands through war but also invaded its four neighboring races once again.

This time, without the support of the other races in the south, the four races’ territories were seized and occupied by the Yu dynasty. The other races were bogged down in their own wars and couldn’t help. Countless people perished or became slaves.

Left with no other choice, two of the races, the yi and xing, surrendered to the Yu dynasty, becoming the vassal races of the Yu dynasty. The jia tribe was cleaned up.  Only a few thousand of their race managed to escape death.

As for the race that the Yu dynasty had the deepest conflict with, the yao race, unable to resist the Yu dynasty’s invasion, rushed to a race that belonged to the hundred races and sought protection under them. With the support of the moon race, the yao race managed to negotiate, paying reparations and generous terms for the Yu dynasty army’s retreat.

The Yu dynasty conquered numerous blessed lands during this process. They now possessed 19 blessed lands, including the eight blessed lands they had at their home base.

Every blessed land, abundant with spirit herbs and medicine, could train 4-5 transformation realm warriors.

In the Yu dynasty’s palace, Emperor Feng Yu, dressed in a crimson imperial robe, sat on his feathered throne. Below him stood the court, filled with numerous officials.

The officials discussed the major events that happened around the world. They discussed solutions to problems and presented them to the emperor.

The morning court meeting eventually concluded. A eunuch announced the end, and the officials began leaving the court one after another. In the end, under the emperor’s orders, only three people remained: the High Priest Shang Tao, the Prime Minister Rao Zi, and the Major General Lian Fu.

The three people exchanged glances and followed Emperor Yu. They were going to the top of the palace’s clock tower. 

Emperor Feng Yu put his hands on his back, standing next to the guardrails of the clock tower, looking out. He was able to witness the entire capital from this hundreds of meters tall building.

“Is everything ready?”

Hearing this question, Lian Fu quickly bowed. “Your Majesty, everything is indeed ready. All we need is your order, and the Yu dynasty’s immense army will unify the entire southern continent in one fell swoop!”

Emperor Yu turned his head and looked at the three of them. He then turned his head back and looked into the distance, his whole body exuding a domineering, majestic aura.

“Unify the southern continent? No, I intend to fight for the Yuan World. All shall submit the Yu dynasty. The feathered race will become supreme, the number race in the world! We will not be content with only being in the top ten races.”

“This – Your Majesty’s strength…”

The three people’s faces paled. They quickly circulated their qi and blood, trying their best to resist the domineering pressure that Feng Yu was exuding. They were shocked.

All these people were at the seventh or eighth stage of the transformation realm. They were the top experts in the entire Yuan World. However, they were currently struggling to resist Feng Yu’s aura!

“Congratulations, Your Majesty has advanced! All shall submit to the Yu dynasty!”

Feng Yu withdrew his aura. The three people immediately knelt down, their faces red, their eyes filled with excitement and reverence.

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In the summer of 94, the Yu dynasty tore up its peace agreement with the yao race. An immense elite army led by Lian Fu launched an all-out assault on the yao race. In just seven days, the entire yao race collapsed. 

Then, the immense army turned to the moon race before the moon race, the protectors of the yao race, could react. The war with the moon race, one of the hundred races, was the beginning of the feathered race’s struggle for complete supremacy. 

The Yu dynasty’s experts far outnumbered the moon race. Under the offensive of numerous experts, the moon race was gradually whittled down. By the end of 94, the entire moon race collapsed, destroyed. 

In 97, the Yu dynasty had already conquered over 20 races. They occupied over a quarter of the southern continent.

The races in the southern continent knew they were in danger and looked for allies to resist the Yu dynasty.

In the autumn of 106, Emperor Feng Yu, already personally conquering the remaining races in the southern continent, experienced a desperate assassination attempt. Over a hundred transformation realm experts from the southern races took part in it. Their intent was to assassinate the emperor, causing the Yu dynasty’s army to retreat. Afterward, they would regain their lost territory. It was their last chance.

On that day, the Yu dynasty’s military camp was filled with screams and blood. Over a hundred figures, roiled in smoke and coated in blood, emerged from the sky killing all. They had come to settle accounts. In an instant, the ordinary Yu soldiers were beheaded, squashed, and crushed. 

However, the invading transformation realm experts were halted by the Yu dynasty’s own experts. It was time to end this.

As one of the ten most powerful races, the feathered race naturally had more than a hundred transformation realm experts. But, as the Yu dynasty’s army was spread out over the southern continent, scattered and trying to suppress all the belligerent southern races, they were severely outnumbered here.

30 transformation realm experts rushed towards Feng Yu. They needed to kill him.

They flew over a thousand meters in a blink of an eye, arriving in front of Feng Yu.

“Die, you damned emperor!”

A being from the purple thunder race roared, his pupils black, his entire body a streaking purple. A lighting tattoo was engraved on his forehead. His blood and qi churned, forming a blood weapon that was engulfed with purple sparks in his hand. He lunged forward.

The other transformation realm experts followed suit, using their personal techniques. The air began screeching, shaking from the pressure.

Facing such an offensive, Feng Yu’s face remained unchanged. His cultivation base broke out. His majestic qi resembled that of a god. In a flash, all their attacks became nullified, snuffed out. Their qi was suppressed.

Feng Yu’s wings shook. He was floating in the air. He suppressed everything. The people with weaker cultivation bases vomited blood on the spot, unable to move.

Feng Yu extended his right hand. Blood qi began pouring out his hand, forming an immense blood palm that covered the sky. It began to descend on all the people below.

“Escape!”

Feeling Feng Yu’s aura, all the experts present knew they had no hope of killing Feng Yu even if they attacked together. Feng Yu was on a completely different level from them.

They couldn’t escape. The blood palm slammed into the ground. In a single move, the warriors below the fourth stage of the transformation realm turned to mush. The other warriors were severely injured, unable to fight back, their qi in chaos.

The other warriors who were entangled with the Yu dynasty’s experts looked up in shock. They immediately began fleeing, trying to shake off their opponent. They needed to escape from this nightmare.

But, Feng Yu took action. He severely wounded them and took them prisoner. 

In the autumn of 106, 127 warriors in the transformation realm broke into the Yu dynasty’s military camp. Not a single one escaped.

Alone, Emperor Yu managed to easily crush over 30 transformation realm warriors, shocking the world.

In the 107th year of the Wanzu Calendar, the Yu Dynasty had successfully unified the entire southern continent.