They arrived on the air on top of the palace in the Martial Demon Kingdom.
"Summon Jingyue." Mo Shen said.
A jade card appeared in Mo Fan's hand which he used to pass a message over to Mo Jingyue.
Mo Jingyue was a collateral descendant of the branch Mo family. He was a rare genius in the True Martial world. He had already reached the Immortal Soul realm before 1,000 years of age which is quite rare even in the main Dao Universe.
A few years ago, he attempted to assassinate the old king. Due to the difference in their cultivation, he was caught. When the old king wanted to kill him, Mo Shen told Mo Fan to save him, and he pledged loyalty to Mo Shen.
Mo Jingyue was the son of the former king of the Martial Demon kingdom. In his attempt to usurp the throne, Mo Nan killed his cousin, Mo Jingyue's father, who was the former king.
Seeing his potential, Mo Shen decided to use him as a general. He had him gather 10,000 men to form an army. Most of them were cultivators who had various injuries in the past and had retired. The lowest of their cultivation was the peak of the Void realm. About 80% of them were in the Soul formation realm, and around 50 of them were in the Immortal Soul realm like Mo Jingyue.
Mo Shen provided them with elixirs to heal their injuries and improve their cultivation. He also gave them different cultivation techniques that he had personally revised. And every week, Mo Fan personally trained all those that were in the Immortal Soul realm.
Before they left the True Martial world, Mo Jingyue had reached the 7th stage of the Immortal Soul realm, and all the other soldiers had increased their cultivation by at least 2 stages. There were 70 of them in the Immortal Soul realm, 15 of them were in the 1st stage, 5 were in the 2nd stage, 30 were in the 3rd stage, 12 in the 4th stage and 8 in the 6th stage.
"Greetings your highness." A thick voice sounded out.
Mo Jingyue kneeled on one knee as he greeted Mo Shen.
"Rise." Mo Shen ordered.
He seemed to be a bit different from earlier on. All the playful atmosphere had disappeared. He was now filled with a dignified aura, like the aura of a king.
"Oh! You've broken through." Mo Shen said as he noticed the breakthrough.
"Yes your highness, a year ago, I broke through to the 8th stage of the Immortal Soul realm."
"Congratulations!" Mo Shen said with a smile.
In this way, he would be able to handle matters here without taking action.
"What is the situation of the Martial Demon kingdom?" Mo Shen inquired.
He had been gone for over 10 years. The Martial Demon kingdom will surely be in chaos without a king.
"Reporting to your highness... " Mo Jingyue started as he stood up.
"... The kingdom has fallen into 3 factions who are contending for the throne. The first faction is led by prince Mo Li with the state preceptor and the demon fairy by his side. The state preceptor has long broken through to the 9th stage of the Immortal Soul realm."
"The second faction is led by general Mo Tianluo who is supported by the 4 guardian protectors of the kingdom. 5 years ago, Mo Tianluo broke through to the 9th stage of the Immortal Soul realm, then he mobilised his army, also in an attempt to seize control of the kingdom."
"The third faction is led by Mo Wuli, the old king's twin brother. He is currently in the lead because he had formed an alliance with the Heavenly Spirit Holy land. Mo Wuli is currently the weakest, as there is no 9th stage Immortal Soul realm expert by his side, but among the experts from the Holy Land, the Holy Master and 6 other experts are in the 8th stage of the Immortal soul realm, and they are here with him."
"The 3 factions were in a temporary stalemate, because they had not yet confirmed that the old king was dead. But a few days ago, the old king's body was found dead, so they have already started a war."
"Interesting." Mo Shen commented.
"Looks like the True Martial World is in its prosperous era, having many peak masters at once. This world will thrive for at least the next 10,000 years."
Mo Shen thought for a while before he decided.
"Gather the Demon Creed army. I'm going to unite the True Martial World in the next 1 month before I return home."
The Demon Creed army was the name of the army Mo Shen created with Jingyue as their leader. Including Mo Jingyue, they were only 10,001 in number.
"This subordinate understands." Mo Jingyue said as he knelt down again, accepting the order. Then he flew off into the distance.
In 3 hours time, he returned with 10,000 men behind him, clad in armours and different weapons.
"Greetings your highness." They all shouted in unison as they knelt.
Mo Shen looked over and scanned the group with a smile. "Very good, 50 of you have broken through to the Immortal Soul realm, making it 120 people in the Immortal Soul realm. The lowest cultivation is at the 2nd stage of the Soul Formation realm."
"It should be enough to handle matters here. But just in case, we need somebody in the 9th stage of the Immortal Soul realm to take charge of matters here." Mo Shen beckoned Mo Jingyue to come forward.
"Jingyue, I will use my soul flame to cleanse your body and soul, try to feel it and grasp a bit of its aura into your soul flame. If you do it well, you should have no problem breaking through to the 9th stage."
Mo Shen placed his hand on Mo Jingyue's head and inserted his flames into his body. He controlled the temperature to be what Mo Jingyue could handle.
Sure enough, Mo Jingyue didn't disappoint him. He immediately began to feel and comprehend Mo Shen's soul flame. He began to feel the essence of it.
"Try to replicate the feeling of the flames washing your soul." Mo Shen told him after about 4 hours, then he withdrew his soul flame.
Upon hearing Mo Shen's voice, Mo Jingyue immediately started to control his own soul flames to wash over his soul. Gradually, his soul flames began to get purer and hotter.
In 6 hours time, Mo Jingyue succesfully broke through to the 9th stage of the Immortal Soul realm.
"Congratulations General Mo on your breakthrough." The whole army shouted out.
Mo Jingyue knelt down in front of Mo Shen and bowed. "Thank you your highness, I'll make sure not to disappoint you in this war."
"Stand up." Mo Shen ordered.
"Exploiting the chaos of the kingdom, I have decided to conquer the whole of this True Martial World within a month." Mo Shen announced. "And you the Demon Creed army will be the ones charging on for this exploration."
"Yes." The army responded in unison.
Mo Shen brought out 2 drops of his blood, diluted them and divided them into 2 10,000 parts. He gave 2 parts to each soldier.
"This can be used to heal all your injuries at a critical time. Note that you only have 2 of them to use throughout the war, so use it wisely."
"Jingyue, you are almost at the peak of what this world can carry. If I give you that blood, it can incite you to make a breakthrough. Then Heavenly tribulation will fall. If you cross the tribulation, you will make a breakthrough to the Divinity realm, but you'll have to ascend to a higher world."
Mo Shen took 2 low level recovery pills from Mo Fan and gave it to Mo Jingyue.
"You will be using this."
"Thank you your highness." Mo Jingyue bowed, and the army followed suit.
"Let's go to the kingdom first." Mo Shen said. He and Mo Fan took the lead and flew in front as the army followed behind.
As they were flying, Mo Shen used his divine sense to scan the world. The divine sense was usually formed at the Divinity realm.
When he transformed his body, he was able to form his divine sense due to the power of his essence and soul. His divine sense was far stronger than others. It was at least comparable to someone in the Universe Dao realm. If he was in the main Dao Universe, he would be able to cover half of the Dao Universe with his divine sense if stretched to the limit. It was all due to his strong soul, after all the strength of the divine sense is determined by the divine soul.
Immediately, his divine sense covered the whole of the world, making all things come to view. His attention wasn't on what other people were planning or doing. If he found out too early, and in such a domineering way, it would be boring.
What he wanted to do was examine the land he will be ruling for a year. He wanted to know the exact size and which powerhouse occupied which region.
In 3 hours, they got to the palace in the Martial Demon empire. By then, Mo Shen had gotten the information he needed on the world.
There were 5 powerhouses in this world with similar strength to the Martial Demon Empire. The 5-Trade Alliance, the Shadow sect, Heavenly Spirit Holy Land, Dark Sun Divine sect, and Bright Moon Divine sect.
The Dark Sun and Bright Moon Divine sect were once together and were the strongest in the world, called the Sun-Moon Divine Palace. But 20,000 years ago, they had an internal fight and split up. Since then, the Martial Demon Kingdom had taken their place as the strongest in the world.
There were other powerhouses with Immortal Soul expert taking chaege of, amounting to 21. Those were the places Mo Shen was going to conquer. Once he had subdued all those powerhouses, the rest of the world will be in his grasp.
Originally, with his strength, it won't take him a few seconds to take control of this small world, but his goal wasn't simply to take control of the world. He wanted to be the true ruler of the world to comprehend a dao, the Ruler's Dao.
The Ruler's Dao was the number 1 dao of 3000 supreme ranked daos. It entailed the spirit of a monarch and a general. By going through the conqueror process of ruling over a world, Mo Shen could attain the spirit of the Ruler's Dao, and together with his memories containing information on it, he could succesfully comprehend it.
Other than comprehending the dao, he also wanted to have a taste of what ruling a world feels like. It could determine what his future path would be like. He could either be a high-profile ruler, or be the dominator who is higher than the ruler.
The first path is the path of an emperor. He would turn the 9 Heavens to his empire and be the sole ruler of it. He will start world by world, conquering different worlds and ruling over them, until his strength takes him to the 9th Heaven.
The second path was more carefree. He won't be restrained or shackled by anyone. This path meant that the matters of the world wasn't his business. He would be the srongest, but won't have responsibilities of the emperor. He could do anything he wants to do, and not even the emperor could stop him.
His time in the True Martial world was the beginning of his journey. It was the point before making a decision. The decision could affect his dao in the future.
The moment Mo Shen and his army stepped foot into the palace, the whole kingdom shook. Immediately, people were seen flying in from different directions.
Nobody recognized him at first, but they knew who he was when they saw Mo Fan. They all knew Mo Fan was Mo Shen's personal bodyguard and trusted subordinate.
Mo Shen walked into the main throne room and sat on the king's chair.
"Greetings your highness." They all knelt down on one knee and greeted.