An hour later, in the main hall of the Vermin-Ape City Governor's Mansion.
Ian Song sat high upon the Governor's throne.
Mona Meng, Xavier Cheng, and the other four Hosts stood on either side.
After entering the city, Ian's first order was for Mona and Xavier to lead a team to raid the Lee Family, while the other four Hosts went to the City Guard Army camp to take control of all the city guards.
Xavier Cheng reported with excitement, "Governor, the Lee Family really did have deep roots in Vermin-Ape City. Just the Primordial Soul Crystals we seized from them reached tens of billions, and besides that, there were tons of divine treasures."
"Not bad!"
Ian nodded in satisfaction. After killing the three Lee brothers, he had taken their storage divine rings, which alone contained over a billion Primordial Soul Crystals. Now, with the tens of billions seized from their clan, the Lee Family really was a godsend, practically delivering Primordial Soul Crystals straight to his door.
Mona Meng added, "The divine treasures we found in the Lee Family are being counted now. The preliminary estimate puts their value at no less than ten billion!"
Ian was slightly taken aback, but his smile grew even wider.
Right after that—
The other four Hosts also reported on their success in taking control of the City Guard Army camp.
All in all, everything had gone exceptionally smoothly.
With the Lee Family wiped out and all the officials captured, every power in Vermin-Ape City was now trembling in fear—who would dare defy him now?
Next, he appointed Mona Meng as Chief Administrator of the Governor's Mansion, Xavier Cheng as Commander of the City Guard Army, and gave the other four Hosts important positions throughout Vermin-Ape City.
A few days later—
The charges against Harvey Fan and the other officials were quickly investigated. Harvey and the ringleaders were executed by Ian, while a few innocent ones were released and reinstated to their posts.
At the same time—
All the city’s factions came to pay their respects over the next few days, each bringing lavish gifts.
Also, the final tally of the Lee Family’s confiscated divine treasures came in, and it was even more than Ian expected—over eighteen billion Primordial Soul Crystals’ worth.
After thinking it over, he made a decision: he ordered fifty billion Primordial Soul Crystals sent as tribute to Torch-Tiger City’s lord.
Sure enough—
When his men returned, the lord of Torch-Tiger City didn’t punish him; instead, he praised Ian for handling things beautifully.
With that, Ian Song finally breathed a sigh of relief.
All the trivial matters were more or less settled.
Now, it was time to enter the Time-Space Divine Hall for secluded cultivation.
He would comprehend the Creation Heaven Diagram and raise his cultivation.
However, before studying the Creation Heaven Diagram, he needed to elevate his soul realm. That way, comprehending the Diagram would be much easier.
With a thought—
Ian stepped into the training chamber inside the Time-Space Divine Hall and set the time acceleration to its maximum.
The laws of the Primordial Chaos Continent were countless times stronger than those of the God Realm.
But with the Divine Hall’s conversion, he could still achieve fifty-four times time acceleration.
The next moment—
Ian poured ten thousand Primordial Chaos Stones straight into the chaos vortex within his body.
The chaos vortex could refine anything, and Primordial Chaos Stones were no exception.
Absorbing Primordial Chaos Stones on his own was far too slow, so he had to use the vortex. As for why he didn’t use them on the battlefield, it was because he didn’t want to reveal too much and risk being spied upon.
After just a few cycles, the ten thousand Primordial Chaos Stones were refined into pink mist.
"Absorb!"
Like a whale gulping water, vast amounts of pink mist were drawn into his divine soul.
Refined by the chaos vortex, this pink mist was the purest soul power.
His divine soul could absorb it directly.