Next, Ian Song's gaze swept over the hundreds of fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals. Everyone he looked at felt a chill run down their spine, fear showing in their eyes.
"Do you choose life or death?"
A moment later, Ian spoke slowly. His tone was plain, but to these hundreds of fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals, it brought unimaginable pressure. For a moment, they even forgot how to reply.
"Answer me!"
Ian barked coldly.
Instantly, all the fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals trembled. One of them tried to act brave and asked, "May I ask, Domain Lord Song, what exactly does 'life' mean?"
"It's very simple. I'll plant a restrictive seal in your bodies, and then you'll lead your factions to surrender to the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom!" Ian said with a smile.
"I am willing to submit!"
An old Ancestral Immortal said, trembling, then knelt before Ian Song with a thud. "Your subordinate greets you, Young Master!"
"Wrong. You're surrendering to Her Highness the Princess, not to me!"
Ian reminded him.
The old man hurriedly kowtowed and saluted Hannah Murong instead.
As the saying goes, the first step is the hardest. With someone taking the lead, the rest of the hundreds of fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals all chose to surrender.
Refusing to surrender was not an option—not with ten Divines still glaring from behind Ian Song.
Ian didn't stand on ceremony. He proceeded to plant complex restrictive seals in each of their bodies, one after another.
Seeing this, the old ministers of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom were all indescribably excited. The surrender of these hundreds of fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals meant that over eighty percent of the forces in the Langya Immortal World were now under the kingdom's banner.
As long as all these forces were gathered, the restoration of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom was at hand.
Just then, Hannah Murong's cool voice rang out: "I have an announcement for everyone. One month from now, I will marry Ian Song!"
No one dared object.
Even if anyone wanted to oppose, they wouldn't dare speak up now—not with ten Divines standing obediently behind Ian Song.
Finally, the quarter-hour came to an end.
All ten Divines transformed into streaks of light and returned to the God Realm.
At the same time, over a hundred fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals who had come to seize the god-tier technique were all slain by the Divines summoned by Ian Song, while the several hundred fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals surrendered.
Soon, news spread that Ian Song was about to marry the princess of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom.
Some predicted that Ian Song would become the new master of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom, and that he would also become the new ruler of the entire Langya Immortal World.
As these two pieces of news spread, Ian Song noticed his Prestige was skyrocketing wildly.
In just ten days, his Prestige had reached two hundred billion.
That meant he could now do two thousand Big Lottery draws, and the rate of Prestige growth hadn’t slowed much at all.
During these ten days, three of the Seventy-Two Blessed Lands publicly declared allegiance to the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom, officially merging under its banner.
Immediately after, six of the Seven Immortal Domains also surrendered to the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom.
Only one Immortal Domain, led by a fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal, refused to surrender.
But just as he declared his refusal, Master Heaven-Secrets appeared out of nowhere and struck him down with overwhelming force; the accompanying fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals also perished.
Within a single day, all factions in that Immortal Domain announced their willingness to submit to the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom.
In the days that followed, every power among the Thirty-Six Cave-Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands chose to surrender—even those still harboring fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals. Not one dared oppose the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom.
On the eve of marrying Hannah Murong, Ian Song also announced that the Flamecrest Domain and the Purple Dragon Domain would be merged into the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom.
The next day.
Ian Song set out from Flamecrest City in the Flamecrest Domain, leading the bridal procession across several domains to Jasper Splendor Cave-Heaven to formally marry Hannah Murong, the mistress of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom.
Two hours later.
Ian Song and the bridal procession arrived at Islebright City, escorted Hannah Murong back to the Flamecrest Domain, and—witnessed by his two masters—formally became husband and wife.
Nearly every power in the Langya Immortal World sent representatives to offer their congratulations.
After the wedding ceremony, Hannah Murong made a shocking announcement on the spot: she was giving the entire Great Qin Immortal Kingdom to Ian Song as her dowry.
Instantly, the assembled powers were in an uproar.
The old ministers of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom were also in an uproar, and some immediately stepped forward to oppose the decision.
But Hannah Murong’s attitude was absolutely unyielding.
The opposing ministers could only step back helplessly; the general trend was unstoppable, and there was nothing they could do.
For the next year after Ian Song and Hannah Murong became husband and wife, they focused on integrating all the forces of the Immortal World.
A year later, Ian Song formally proclaimed the restoration of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom, named Hannah Murong as Empress, granted his other wives the titles of Imperial Consorts, and announced that the child he would have with Hannah Murong would be the sole heir to the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom.
Upon hearing this, the old ministers of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom finally relaxed; all opposition vanished.
Three months later, Ian Song was scheduled to formally ascend the throne as the seventeenth Emperor of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom.
Inside the newly built Imperial Palace.
Ian Song, Hannah Murong, Master Heaven-Secrets, Ancestor Qi Yun, Ancestor Barbarian Heaven, Ancestor Absolute Demon, and two old fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom gathered together.
Hannah Murong spoke in a deep voice, "I sense that a group of ancient old fossils are awakening from their slumber—at least ten. I’m certain they’ll show up on your coronation day!"
"That’s right!" Master Heaven-Secrets nodded. "This group of old fossils were the real masterminds behind the destruction of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom. There’s no way they’ll let the kingdom be rebuilt."
"Can you sense how strong these old fossils actually are?"
Ian Song looked at Hannah Murong and asked.
"Five are sixteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals, three are seventeenth-layer, and there are two whose aura is extremely vague to me!" Hannah Murong said gravely. "If I hadn’t cultivated the god-tier technique you gave me, I wouldn’t even be able to sense those two. So, they must be eighteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals."
"There are actually two eighteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals!"
Ian Song’s expression darkened a bit. Although he could summon Divines, due to the restrictions of the Immortal World’s Heavenly Dao, Divines could only unleash power up to the peak of the sixteenth layer.
So, dealing with those two eighteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals might be a tall order.
But so what if you’re eighteenth-layer? Worst case, I’ll just drown you in a sea of bodies!
After the meeting, Ian Song locked himself in his bedchamber.
"Meow! Time for a lottery!"
Ian Song shouted. By now, his Prestige had soared to over 1.8 trillion, enough for more than 18,000 draws.
"Let’s start with a thousand Big Lottery draws!"
Ian Song declared.
Soon, a string of system notifications began ringing in his ears:
"Congratulations, Host! You’ve drawn a Flame Talisman."
"Congratulations, Host! You’ve drawn a Substitute Life Talisman!"
"Congratulations, Host! You’ve drawn a Divine Summoning Talisman!"
...
In the end, after tallying up the results, Ian Song found that out of the thousand draws, he’d gotten two hundred Divine Summoning Talismans, eighty-six Divine Beast Summoning Talismans, twelve Substitute Life Talismans, three hundred attack-type Talismans, and a bunch of other Talismans with various uses.