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When Venus saw that Guan Bo had really run away, he didn't dare to delay and sent the imperial seal and the letter to the Jade Emperor.

The Jade Emperor examined it and confirmed that it was indeed the Jade Seal that symbolized the power of humanity. He said suspiciously, "This panda, it seems, is not here to provoke us? Sending this treasure here must mean that it is submitting."

That's normal. After all, the Heavenly Court has been the boss for many years and is the object of worship for mortals. No matter how much a monster acts up, it's only natural for it to back down.

However, when the Jade Emperor unfolded the letter and read its contents, he was so angry that he almost smashed the jade seal.

The reason is simple: Guan Bo's letter to the Jade Emperor was actually a list, a list of mountain gods and local deities in the mortal realm.

Wu Zetian and Nie Shuhuan went to great lengths, traveling to every inch of the Western Regions, intending to persuade these mountain gods and local deities to accept the rule of the Great Zhou. The reputation of the Fangcun Mountain disciples was quite intimidating, and many mountain gods and local deities at least outwardly agreed.

However, there were also quite a few stubborn individuals who even wanted to fight Wu Meiniang. Wu Meiniang and Nie Shuhuan had no intention of fighting back, but silently memorized all the mountain gods and local deities, planning to select suitable candidates from the Imperial Guards later and replace them.

This list is very comprehensive, encompassing all the mountains and lands of the Western Regions.

Guan Bo'er's meaning was simple: he wanted the Jade Emperor to personally affix his imperial seal to the list, forcing the Heavenly Court to recognize the legitimacy of this list of mountain gods and land deities.

After the imperial seal was used up, it was left to the Jade Emperor.

This was the conclusion reached by the high-ranking officials of the Great Zhou Kingdom after discussions: power unused expires. Directly confronting the Heavenly Court was unwise, but giving up the power to confer divine titles would also be a great loss.

Therefore, the Investiture of the Gods was only used once, and it would not shake the positions of the righteous gods in the Heavenly Court, but Guan Bo wanted the positions of the mountain gods and land gods of the entire Western Regions.

If this succeeds, the Great Zhou's unification of the Western Regions will be just around the corner, and they will be able to control every inch of the land. If it weren't for the fact that the River God and Water Lord are mostly related to the Dragon Palace, Guan Bo wouldn't even let go of the positions of these minor gods.

The Jade Emperor knew this was a threat from Guan Bo, but he couldn't refuse to affix the imperial seal. Even if he smashed the seal and tore up the letter, it would be meaningless. As long as the Tang Dynasty existed, he could carve a new imperial seal at will, and the power of humanity would still attach itself to it, allowing him to be deified just the same way.

Ultimately, what humanity recognizes is the nation, not the jade in his hand.

After the founding ceremony of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian will ascend the throne. At that time, all the power of humanity will be transferred to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Guan Bo will be able to seal all the immortals and gods in the world without relying on anyone.

When that day comes, even the Jade Emperor's position may be unstable.

Therefore, the Jade Emperor now has only two choices. Either he can directly send troops to destroy the Great Zhou and capture and kill Guan Bo, or he can compromise by replacing all the mountain gods and land gods in the Western Regions and then praying that Guan Bo will tacitly acknowledge the Heavenly Court's status.

The Jade Emperor's expression shifted between light and dark, as if he were weighing the pros and cons.

In the end, he could only sigh, grab the jade seal, condense his magic power into ink, and stamp it on Guan Bo's letter.

The seal was lowered, and the divine position changed hands.

All the mountain gods and local deities of the Western Regions who were at odds with the Great Zhou Kingdom were replaced.

The replacement of the land and mountain gods should have been a cataclysmic event, like the one at the Lishan Sword Sect, with earth-shattering tremors and the collapse of the world. However, this time, the Great Zhou Kingdom was well-prepared. The moment the replaced land and mountain gods left their positions, the Golden Guards were already waiting on the sidelines to take their place.

The Emperor's power to bestow divine titles will remain undiminished as long as humanity endures. Those unsuspecting old mountain gods were thrown out before they could even prepare a countermeasure.

The Golden Guards immediately took over the divine position and pacified the Western Regions. Apart from a few minor disturbances in one or two places, everything went smoothly overall.

The mountain gods and local deities who were replaced were immediately taken away by the soul-reaping messengers prepared by the underworld. They were originally immortal gods who coexisted with heaven and earth, but now that they had lost their divine positions, their lifespans had long since ended.

Therefore, they were unable to cause any trouble and immediately entered the cycle of reincarnation.

It was only thanks to Guan Bo's prior communication with Yingcao that this future female judge of the underworld reported the matter to King Yama, which enabled them to handle the situation so well.

This is probably the first time in the underworld that the souls of thousands of gods have been stolen in one go.

For ordinary people, this change of divine position is not noticeable, but anyone with cultivation can instantly sense the difference.

The fortunes of the Western Regions seem to be coalescing into one.

Ordinary cultivators were fine, since humanity was flourishing and they benefited from it. But the various demon kings were not so lucky. Most of them relied on their talent and just coasted along, waiting to die.

Humanity, on the other hand, represents exploration and progress, which is completely incompatible with these monsters. Not only do they not benefit from it, but their living environment is also suppressed because of the prosperity of the human race.

Therefore, the few remaining powerful demon kings in the Western Regions are contacting each other, seemingly forming an alliance to resist the increasingly prosperous human race, or rather, to resist the ever-expanding territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Although Guan Bo himself was a demon, he did not have the mindset of a demon, and it could even be said that his way of thinking was quite different from that of anyone in this world. He did not expect that the demons of the Western Regions would begin to unite because of the transformation of the mountain god and the land god. He was currently busy setting up an array for the Kingdom of Jisa. Once the array was completed, this place would be the territory of the Great Zhou, a distant enclave.

The Kingdom of Jisa has only one main city, but its population is in the hundreds of thousands. Although it suffered a siege by the Iron-Blooded Demons, Zhao Jingfeng came to its rescue in time, so the losses were not too great.

Guan Bo arrived only after the Nine-Headed Insect had killed the Great King of Inspiration and the Blood Demon Yue Rao, unaware that the Nine-Headed Insect's personality had been altered by the Humanity Treasure. Otherwise, he would have definitely spent days and nights chatting with this man about the people's democratic dictatorship and the primary stage of socialism.

The area of ​​Jisa Kingdom is actually not large, not even comparable to Wuji City, and Guan Bo's deployment method this time is also different from before.

Generally speaking, there are many intricacies involved in arranging such a mountain-protecting formation. First, the distribution of the five elements of feng shui in the area must be measured. Then, the formation diagram must be adjusted according to local conditions, and the magical treasures supporting the key formation points must be placed in the corresponding positions.

Whether buried deep in the soil, dissolved in water, or suspended in the air... there are various methods, all aimed at making it undetectable yet still effective against the formation.

But this time, Guan Bo didn't pay any attention to the Five Elements or feng shui, nor did he care about the location. He simply found a few wastelands and started planting trees.

That's right, it's just planting trees. You dig a hole and plant the sapling in it. As for the watering and fertilizing process, that's completely skipped.

Later on, Guan Bo became too lazy to even dig a hole. He would just grab the sapling and stick it directly into the ground, and that was it. It looked quite perfunctory.

After planting tens of thousands of trees, even along the sides of the sidewalks, Guan Bo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Guan Bo clapped his hands, and his magical power surged forth throughout the entire city of Jisai, causing any saplings he touched to begin to grow lush and verdant.

The saplings were distributed haphazardly, but once they all grew into large trees that required two or three people to encircle, the city of Jisai seemed to gain a brighter glow.

Guan Bo clapped his hands again, and the trees vanished in an instant, leaving behind countless large pits. But in the sky, tens of millions of emerald green flying swords instantly formed a Xuan Tian Sword Formation.

The overwhelming sword intent pressed down on all directions; just feeling the pressure of the sword formation was enough to instill awe in ordinary demon cultivators.

Guan Bo clapped his hands again, and the thousands of flying swords returned to the ground, transforming back into countless large swords.

This sword formation can easily kill Golden Core stage cultivators or monsters; its power is no less than that of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation in Wuji City.

However, the Xuan Tian Sword Formation can only be used for defense and offense, unlike the Wan Xian Grand Formation which has various magical functions and can transform Wuji City into a modern metropolis.

Although the Xuan Tian Sword Formation has many shortcomings, its power is sufficient, and its setup is simple. Nowadays, the factories in Wuji City can produce three or four sets of such formation materials almost every month or two.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden's sword formation is indeed simple and straightforward; as long as there are enough materials, the formation can be easily assembled.

Guan Bo is now like a pay-to-win player; what material can't he obtain by spending money? With the widespread planting of new types of rice, the heavenly tribulation thunderclouds covering the Great Zhou Kingdom are becoming more numerous and denser.

The lightning energy produced by these thunderclouds every day can greatly alleviate the insect hive's insufficient production capacity.

A virtuous cycle has been established. As long as the Great Zhou is given a little more time to incorporate the entire Western Regions into its territory, building an impregnable empire will not be a problem at all.

At that time, humanity will flourish, and the population will exceed ten million. The Five-Star Shield, the supreme treasure of humanity, will also unleash its greater power, allowing Guan Bo to hold the founding ceremony with peace of mind, and truly make Wu Meiniang the Empress.

Guan Bo had a premonition that when the Great Zhou unified the Western Regions and the Empress ascended the throne, it would be the time when the Way of Heaven would be reformed by the Way of Man.

At that time, Heaven would no longer be able to arbitrarily unleash calamities upon mortals; instead, the cycle of reincarnation would be brought under the control of humanity. Human will could instantly alter the course of events, and Heaven would be utterly defeated.

This Jisai Kingdom is only the first step. In a while, the Zhu Zi Kingdom will also be incorporated into the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

The Great Zhou Kingdom is at the height of its national fortune. As a nation favored by the will of humanity, it will surely lead those who practice humanity into a new era.

When that day comes, will I really be able to live a life of leisure and not have to rack my brains every day to serve the people of the Great Zhou?

"When the time comes, I'll definitely have a bunch of brats. Anyway, Mei Niang is the empress, so there's no need to worry about who will take care of the kids. Hahaha!" Guan Bo was just imagining the future when the communication orb brought him some bad news.

Guan Bo's most trusted commander, Zhang Yuanshan, the commander of the Imperial Guard, was arrested. It wasn't some mountain spirit or monster who arrested him, but rather it was Wu Zetian's personal order.