Ten trillion energy crystals began to burst one by one at this moment, turning into majestic seas of energy. These seas of energy instantly filled the entire desolate star.

The rich energy is almost substantial, making the entire star look like a white dazzling light bulb. It is like a white dwarf star appearing out of thin air in the dark void of the universe.

Seeing this, Qingyue, Qingtian and Changchun moved backward one after another. They didn't stop until they were hundreds of thousands of miles away in outer space. At the same time, they began to spontaneously arrange formations and get busy.

They will not be relaxed during this period. Even if they have never seen anyone break through to the Territory Lord level, they know that the momentum will definitely not be small when the time comes. They can only try their best to arrange an extremely strong formation with this desolate star as the center.

Looking at the stars in outer space at this moment, one can see an energy vortex with Jiang Heng as the center, like a huge eye of a storm sweeping away and swallowing up all the energy in the vicinity.

"Senior Changchun, did you already know that Jiang Heng was about to break through to the Territory Lord level?"

Qingyue, who was busy arranging formations on one side, looked at Changchun on the other side and asked. She was very curious about how Jiang Heng practiced. It seemed that she had only seen Jiang Heng a few times, but every time the opponent's strength improved, he would

Move up one level.

The first time I met the other party, the other party was only at the upper level. The second time, he was already at the same level. Now he is on the verge of breaking through to the Domain Lord level.

This made her wonder a little bit about how she had been cultivating during these tens of thousands of years, oh no, strictly speaking, these four thousand years.

Qingyue is only over 4,500 years old now, not counting the period of deep sleep and hibernation.

Qingyue has been the most proud disciple of her master for so many years. She has already broken through the Tao realm when she was less than a thousand years old, and she is approaching the late stage of the Tao realm when she is four thousand years old.

She always thought that she was a genius, but in fact she was also a genius, otherwise she would not have been selected by her master as his direct disciple, or even passed down the power of divinity.

But until she met Jiang Heng, she realized that she was a genius, so what the hell was this kid in front of her?

"I only found out recently that this kid told me last time that his soul had broken through to the domain lord level. Gee, he almost scared me to death. Young people nowadays."

Changchun smashed his lips with emotion. After thinking about what he thought of, he said: "I remember what Jiang Heng said. Oh, by the way, times have changed!"

"Times have changed?" Qingyue frowned slightly, feeling that this sentence was a bit interesting but she didn't understand it.

"Yes, times have changed, and we are all getting older. When I first woke up, I could never have imagined that the empire I helped Xiaozi build back then has now become as huge as the martial arts holy land.

And what kind of mechanic can actually compete with warriors like us with the body of an ordinary person? If you had dared to think of this in the past, ordinary people are mortals, and warriors are god-like existences."

It seems that he has opened up his chat box, or maybe he is getting old. Changchun is full of emotions.

Qingtian nodded when he heard this. He also understood this deeply. Powerful men like them from the previous era who were sleeping and waking up felt incredible about everything.

For such a huge force as the empire, the strength of the people in power is mediocre... Well, indeed, for people like Qingtian and others, ordinary and superior means mediocre.

Qingtian was very contemptuous when he met so-called strong men like mechanics for the first time, and even now he is very contemptuous, thinking that they are just using foreign objects and that they are going astray.

The few of them chatted for a while, and Qingyue and Qingtian also knew about Jiang Heng's current strength level. There was no doubt that Jiang Heng was simply not a human being.

Time passed day by day, and Jiang Heng's state of continuous devouring lasted for nearly three months. Within three months, the eye of the storm on the desolate star has not dissipated and has become more and more intense.

Qingyue and the others had already deployed more than ten formations nearby, but seeing that Jiang Heng still hadn't started yet, this made them a little suspicious.

"Senior Changchun, you have been to outside the system. Do you know what is going on? It takes so long to prepare to break through to the Domain Lord level?"

Qingyue looked confused. Although she had seen her master pass through the domain lord and reach the false demigod in one breath, this could not be used as a reference at all.

She knew very well that her master directly used an extremely extreme demigod martial arts to surpass the domain lord level and forcibly ascend to the demigod level by stealing the sky.

The consequence is that even if the demigod doesn't attack, the body that forcibly breaks through will be devoured by the power of distortion and turn into a distortion monster, or it may split and disintegrate into thousands of creatures.

Hearing this, Changchun also looked depressed. If you ask me, who should I ask?

Changchun has indeed been to the Fairy System, but he has never seen anyone break through to the Territory Lord level. After all, among the dozens of galaxies around, there is only one Territory Lord in the Fairy Galaxy. It is hard to say whether they are still alive or not.

"I don't know about this, but after all, you are at the Domain Lord level, so this should be normal."

Changchun was casually perfunctory.

Hearing this, Qingyue nodded, but immediately glanced in Jiang Heng's direction. She didn't want Jiang Heng to make a successful breakthrough, but she wished Jiang Heng a smooth breakthrough.

The reason why I don't hope is just a little jealousy in my heart. After all, how old is Jiang Heng and how old is she. It's a little bit of psychological injustice.

At the same time, just three months after Jiang Heng and others left the Imperial Capital, Li Yu in the Imperial Capital also discovered that something was wrong.

After visiting the general, he found that the general was missing.

He discovered this news a month later. After all, he did not dare to place his subordinates in the General's Mansion, let alone monitor the most powerful person in the empire.

The reason why he discovered it was because he went to visit him again and was told that the general was not there?

This made Li Yu feel a little uncomfortable, but after all, it was just a matter of course for the monarch to remain unchanged despite the collapse of Mount Tai.

"Your Majesty, there seems to be some changes in the Federation over in the Western Region!"

At this time, Li Yu was sitting on the couch, frowning as he listened to Councilor Gongsun's report below. All kinds of bad news had been pouring in recently, which made him have trouble sleeping and eating recently.

"continue!"

Hearing this, Chairman Gongsun nodded. Since Li Yu came to power, although his power as chairman has been enlarged, he has actually just changed from the emperor's puppet secretly to the emperor's puppet openly.

"Your Majesty, the Federation launched the first wave of exploratory attacks in the Western Territory five days ago. Small-scale encounters broke out between the two sides in hundreds of areas on the border. We suffered huge losses, with more than a million starships damaged and nearly a million combatants involved.

100 million."

"Then continue to increase troops! At the same time, increase the production scale of arsenals in various places, and issue recruitment orders to all affiliated civilizations, asking them to recruit millions to tens of millions per civilization according to different civilization levels."

Li Yu waved his hand, as if this answer could temporarily reassure him.

Now there is no news about the general. Even the pillar of the Changchun Kingdom that has been stationed in the imperial capital all year round is nowhere to be seen. This makes him feel very insecure.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there's something wrong with this. Civilizations with a small population are likely to break out in rebellion..."

"Rebellion? Another rebellion?"

Li Yu immediately became angry when he heard this, and now he is particularly sensitive to those two words.

Seeing Gongsun below, he immediately trembled in fright.

But fortunately, Li Yuyi calmed down after getting angry, "Then make a rough population assessment of the subordinate civilizations based on their living environment. Those with a high assessment will be recruited more, and those with a low assessment will be recruited less."

Councilor Gongsun on the side nodded repeatedly and kept it in mind. In fact, even such recruitment is not harmful to the empire.

After all, the Empire is different from the Alliance in that it does not recruit a small number of warriors, but a large base of ordinary people who can go into battle to kill the enemy with only rough training.

But now the empire suddenly loses an eastern border. As a result, the empire has to fight on both ends. On one hand, it allocates a huge number of troops to arm the western border to defend against federal threats, and on the other hand, it has to deploy troops to defend the eastern border.

"By the way, have the generals from various places been dispatched?"

Li Yu thought for a while and asked.

"Most of them have arrived, but some are still on the way." Hearing this, Gongsun said quickly.

Li Yu nodded and felt a little relieved. Perhaps he could feel more at ease only if some of the strong men stationed in various places were dispatched.

The two were discussing here, and at this moment there seemed to be a person poking his head outside the hall, who seemed quite anxious and did not dare to come in to disturb.

Li Yu had actually seen this person a long time ago, and now he had asked about everything. He frowned and shouted softly: "Come in if you need anything!"

"Your Majesty, I will go and get busy first." Seeing this, Gongsun cupped his hands and left.

As Chairman Gongsun walked outside, the man outside had already run in in a panic after hearing the words.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

The person who came was tall and tall, wearing the uniform of the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military. If Jiang Heng were here, he would have discovered that this person turned out to be Zhao Kai, the Deputy Governor of the Southern Territory, whom he had met once before!

Oh, by the way, he should not be called the Deputy Governor of the Southern Territory now, but the new Minister of Military Affairs of the Imperial Capital.

It didn't take long for Zhao Kairong to be promoted to Minister of Military Affairs. After Minister Yang stepped down, there was actually another person who temporarily took over as Minister of Military Affairs. He was recently promoted.

The reason is that on the one hand, he has strength, and on the other hand, unlike Minister Yang, he knows his position.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that it was Zhao Kai, Li Yu was a little surprised. He was so nervous and seemed to be in a hurry.

He is now afraid of hearing some bad news.

"Your Majesty, I...I know where Senior Changchun and the others are!"

Zhao Kai seemed to have come flying all the way, slightly out of breath.

"What?"

Li Yu's face suddenly became happy, and even Chairman Gongsun paused.

"Not long ago, we detected a powerful energy wave a few light years away from the imperial capital. This wave was very irregular, so my subordinates sent people to check, and they happened to find Senior Changchun and Qingyue Qingtian.

senior."

Zhao Kai responded quickly.

"But there is other news. What are they doing there?"

Li Yu continued to ask, feeling relieved but also curious.

"My subordinates went to inquire in person, but several seniors did not say anything. They only told me to wait for a while to activate the Imperial City's protective shield at full power and enter the highest defense state!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Yu's heart skipped a beat, and his face couldn't help but look a little pale.

This...what does this mean?

rebel?

But it’s not right. The rebellion is still so arrogant? Tell them in advance to take precautions?

And it doesn’t make sense. These people are the pillars of the country. It can be said that the establishment of the empire cannot be separated from them. If this is a rebellion, what kind of rebellion is it?
To be continued...