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Little did Zhang know, news of his ascension and the appearance of a saint within the Aurora Kingdom had spread far and wide prompting many of the southern lords to surrender or abandon their people and head to sea with as much wealth as they could gather. Of the few who refused to submit, the lord of the Shadow Hex Province was one of the first to flee and with him the book that contained the second half of the Azure Dragon’s tale.
Surprisingly roughly ten days after Zhang’s Ascension messengers representing the northern lords of the Warring States Region rode toward Aurora with signed scrolls of surrender.
As the northern lords saw it, if they surrendered to Aurora they would receive the protection of a saint level expert instead of confronting one or being dragged into war like the southern lords. Also, it was without a doubt that if they took the initiative to surrender, judging by what they’ve heard about Zhang, the northern lords would not suffer much loss.
Unlike the south, the north was much more united and unanimous in their decision to surrender since they were more likely to gain than suffer any losses.
Much like a dream over the Warring States Region was united under a single banner in just about a month or two following Zhang’s arrival at the Golden Peak Province. For the first time in thousands of years, the region plagued with war could be said to be war free.
Emissaries from various kingdoms came one after the other in order to establish a positive connection as a date was selected for the Kingdom of Aurora to be established as one of the few empires within the Wulin Continent.
“Brother, look! Look! What’s that!?” Ai yelled excitedly as she spotted a procession entering into what would soon become Aurora’s imperial city. What would have been a newly constructed Aurora City was currently being remodeled to become an imperial city while an even larger capital city was being constructed around it.
“Those are Frost Horn Elephants.” Yuying said as looked at a pair of elephants whose tusks appeared to be made of ice while Ai was pointing at excitedly.
Currently, the two of them along with the other two beauties were on the second floor of a large building that overlooked the would be imperial city’s main gate.
“Do you want one as a pet?” Zhang said with a grin as he appeared beside Ai.
“Can I?” Ai asked with a laugh.
“Silly girl.” Ling laughed as she also arrived out on the balcony where everyone was.
“I’ll be sure to ask the owner of those elephants to sell one to me at tonight’s banquet.” Zhang laughed.
“Another one? That’s the tenth on this week...” Lingqi said with a sigh.
As emissaries and other dignitaries kept arriving and celebrations regarding the creation of the Aurora Empire continued, Zhang and the beauties were forced to attend an almost never-ending series of parties and banquets.
“Fighting the war was easier and more enjoyable than attending all of these gatherings.” Ai said with a frown.
“Do you know when mother and father will be arriving?” Lingqi asked with a smile as she was very much looking forward to learning more from Zhang’s mother.
“I’m not sure if they can because the Heilong Kingdom is currently on high alert due to sightings of the Siwang Empire’s naval fleet. I hear that they were last spotted heading south before disappearing.” Zhang said as he gazed up into the sky where the Sky Fortress was currently hovering above the imperial city, showing off Aurora’s might.
After Lord Tian Lan and his people were unloaded back in the Azure Mist Province with a sizable sum of money to being the process of constructing the province that they destroyed, Zhang and the beauties now have the entire fortress in the sky for their use.
A large variety of plans were to be executed not too long after the celebrations concluded in order to use the Sky Fortress to its full potential. Besides plans for the Sky Fortress, Zhang also had many plans in regards to managing the empire that would be implemented once things settled.
So for a while it wouldn’t be much of an understatement to say that Zhang and the beauties will be heads over heels in work and responsibilities.
But of course, there was nothing that our heroes could not tackle if they put their minds to it as shown by the unbelievable feat of uniting the Warring States Region and in Zhang’s case becoming a saint before reaching the age of twenty-five.