X-Dragon Era

The most important thing is that, once the Sky-opening Axe was repaired to its full potential, embedding the five Great Open Heaven Axe Souls into the five Innate Supreme Treasures, it would be possible to consolidate the true essence of the Sky-opening Axe. Its power was so immense that even Xin Yun couldn't imagine it right now.

Not to mention anything else, although Po Kong wielded the Zhu Xian Four Swords, the Four Great Sword Souls still existed. They were continually refining Innate Sword Qi and cultivating their own energy. In some sense, what the Five Directions Heavenly Emperor held were merely replicas. The genuine articles would need to be infused with the essence of the Sky-opening Axe.

After distributing all the magical treasures, the foundation of the Sky-opening Sect's power was initially established. The most ferocious were the 108 Stellar War Generals who, whether facing enemies or dealing with their own, brought their brutality to the extreme. Targeting destruction and slaughter, and taking death as their purpose, they were the most terrifying element of the Death Legion, a formidable deterrent force of the Sky-opening Sect!

The most incisive was Po Tian's Sky-breaking Battle Team, consisting of 81 Emperor Sword Dragon Warriors. Under Po Tian's leadership, they would be an incomparable force, invincible with sword blades cutting through anything in their path.

The most powerful were the 365 followers led by Ming Xuan. Once the Great Array of Zhou Heavenly Stars was deployed, it was nigh impenetrable; in such a state, Ming Xuan was almost invincible!

The fiercest was Yan Qingying's All-Heaven Divine and Evil Formation. With the support of the Twelve Apostles, once the formation was set, its power would skyrocket to an exaggerated level, second to none compared to any other Heavenly Emperor.

The most profound was Yi Luo Xiang's Two-Yi Micro Dust Formation. It didn't require help from others; with just Yi Luo Xiang alone, the formation could be activated. Though not particularly lethal, once one entered the formation, it would be quite troublesome to escape.

As for Xin Yun, aside from the two Innate Spiritual Treasures, the most significant were the Four Great Sword Souls. With their assistance, Xin Yun could establish the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. Unless one's strength greatly exceeded Xin Yun's, anyone entering the formation would die!

After the treasures were distributed, the Five Directions of heaven and earth dispersed. Each went according to their plan: those who needed to cultivate did so, those who had to drill their troops went to train. As for Luo Fu, he dashed back immediately, commanding all Stellar War Generals to go out and gather materials by any means necessary, to quickly collect a vast amount of precious materials, and to start designing standardized magical treasures.

Simultaneously, Xin Yun rushed once more to the Cangqiong Family. Three years had passed, and now... it was time to strike, to completely destroy the Kashi Family.

The Cangqiong Family had been waiting for this day for a long time. One hundred diamond Ten-star Experts were ready, and those tasked with accepting the gold mines controlled by the Kashi Family had all congregated. Now they were just awaiting Xin Yun to initiate the battle.

After discussing with the Ten Elders and the current family head for an entire night, the following evening, Xin Yun led one hundred diamond Ten-star Experts away from the Cangqiong Family.

Under the cover of nightfall, Xin Yun's party appeared above a vast mountain range. Moving forward a few thousand li, they would reach the core region of the Kashi Family, where all the diamond Ten-star Elders of the Kashi Family were assembled.

The reason they did not spread out was the Kashi Family's concern about being surrounded and annihilated individually. Usually, ten experts of the same level could defeat a Ten-star Expert without any loss. But once ten diamond Ten-star Experts gathered, they were invincible; even if a hundred Ten-star Experts from the opposing side were to attack simultaneously, they could fight to mutual destruction.

Atop a towering mountain peak, Xin Yun met up with Zixia who had been conducting reconnaissance. Looking at the map Zixia had spread out and listening carefully to her briefing, Xin Yun had been planning this operation since three years before. Over that period, Zixia had pieced together the Kashi Family's intelligence through various means, down to the finest detail, especially their troop deployments, with no oversights.

According to Zixia's investigation, the Kashi Family had more than ten Ten-star Experts. That figure was outdated by over a decade. Up to now, just from what Zixia had discovered, there were as many as forty-three diamond Ten-star Experts!

Faced with this result, the Ten Elders who had followed along also showed a change in expression. Although they had guessed that the opponent would have more than ten diamond Ten-star Experts, the actual number far exceeded their expectations.

It must be noted that even the Cangqiong Family had fewer than two hundred diamond Ten-star Experts. However, the Kashi Family had added thirty-three diamond Ten-star Experts in about ten years. This was certainly not all; after all... despite how good Zixia's intelligence was, some details would have been inevitably missed.

Seeing the very grim expressions of the Ten Elders, Xin Yun shook his head and said, "How is it? Was I not right? The power of money is infinite. While it can't do everything, it can, evidently, fulfill the vast majority of desires!"

Taking a deep breath, the Great Elder spoke gravely, "This time we really owe you our thanks. We have utterly overlooked the role of money. If not for you, it wouldn't take many years for the Kashi Family to rapidly catch up and then overtake us. By then, even if we realized our mistake, it would be too late."

Nodding with a smile, Xin Yun laughed, "Now it's resolved. Once we eliminate the Kashi Family, the power of money that was once in their hands will become one of the forces of the Cangqiong Family, further solidifying your position as the leading family."

"No..." Hearing Xin Yun's words, the Great Elder shook his head seriously and said with solemnity, "In fact, the greatest gain this time is becoming friends with the Sky-opening Sect. With the support of the Sky-opening Sect, even if we lose everything, we are still the foremost family!"

Hearing the Great Elder's words, Xin Yun was momentarily stunned, then burst into hearty laughter. He knew the Great Elder might be somewhat flattering, but the problem was that the flattery was done too skillfully and everything said was true, making it impossible to deny.

Without a doubt, gaining the support of the Sky-opening Sect was the Cangqiong Family's biggest gain. But at the same time, by collaborating with the Cangqiong Family, Xin Yun's greatest gain was indeed Po Kong! (To be continued, if you wish to know what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com. More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)