As Li Yuanzhu and the others left, the empress sat in a chair and stroked the bulge at her belly.

Zi Donglai stood quietly and didn’t say a word.

“Have all the troops been withdrawn?” the empress asked faintly as she looked at the ground.

“They have all been withdrawn, but after the news was spread, the Yun Nation people didn’t seem too happy.” He downplayed the situation.

In fact, they weren’t just unhappy, they were like a volcanic eruption.

Their nation had just been broken and the people had just been persuaded to start a new life under a steel saber. All of a sudden, the millions of people of the Yun Nation were to be killed just for one man?

Although the order was canceled after only one day, who knew if it was really canceled? Would it come back again after some time?

What did the aboriginals take them as? Pigs, dogs, and livestock?

Under these circumstances, the reactions of the people of the Yun Nation was easy to imagine.

However, in Zi Donglai’s words, he merely mentioned that the people weren’t very happy about it.

After thinking for some time, the empress said, “Appease them.”

She knew what the Yun Nation meant.

She then added, “If there are people who create a lot of trouble, kill one of them as an example to the others! When I get back, I’ll get the Rearguard Commandery to assist you.”

“Yes!”

At this point, the value of the Rearguard Commandery in the Yun Nation wasn’t low anymore. Especially for some situations between the civilians of the Yun Nation and the society, the Rearguard Commandery could achieve many things that the military couldn’t.

At this point, one could already see the significance behind Ren Baqian establishing the Rearguard Commandery.

“You are dismissed! Let me be by myself!” The empress waved her hand.

After Zi Donglai left, she touched her belly, thought about Ren Baqian, and wondered where he was right now.

With his weak physique… anybody could crush him to death.

The empress definitely couldn’t allow him to travel too far in the future.

She was craving some calcium milk…

Was there any hope for Ren Baqian’s hair? Forget it, this didn’t matter.

After thinking about it, a smile appeared on the empress’s face.

However, shortly after, she frowned again. Where exactly was he? Which part of Great Xia?!

…

Currently, Ren Baqian was on a planet in his sea of knowledge.

He didn’t expect the other party to attack him all of a sudden.

He didn’t expect that thing to appear in his sea of knowledge after fainting for who knows how long. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to wake his body up.

The Temple of Heaven must have done something to Ren Baqian.

What were they planning to do?

Regardless of what they intended to do, he was just going to ignore it.

Ren Baqian had given them a chance, but since they wanted to scheme against him, it would be best to send them all to hell.

In the box that he brought back when he returned from Earth, there was a 400 kiloton equivalent nuclear warhead in addition to the radio, and its detonation could be delayed.

The original discussion wasn’t that bad, so he had thought that the overall situation was already set. This nuclear warhead was just a precaution, and he didn’t expect it to actually have a use.

Unfortunately, Ren Baqian had already wasted so much time talking with the Temple of Heaven.

He still felt a little regretful.

In the end, he still had to go down this path.

There were a lot of experts in the Temple of Heaven. If Ren Baqian were to choose carefully, there would still be people that he had a use for.

Sadly, there was no time and no opportunity for that.

Compared to them, he was still too weak. Just like what had happened, he had zero resistance against them.

He might as well send them to hell.

After a while, Ren Baqian started to study the cities below him.

This new city was the core of Dayao and would become the center of the entire human race, so it needed to be as perfect as possible.

In the endless starry darkness, a silkworm-like worm was flying into the distance. At an unknown distance away from it, there was a colorful area that seemed larger than those few balls it had seen in the past. The worm thought that Ren Baqian’s pearl of knowledge was very likely to be hidden here.

However, Ren Baqian’s sea of knowledge was too vast. The colorful area obviously didn’t look too far away, but it hadn’t gotten close even after flying for so long.

Naturally, Ren Baqian was unaware that there was a bug flying around in his sea of knowledge. Furthermore, he didn’t know what this so-called pearl of knowledge was.

Initially, he put everything into the singularity that finally evolved into such a huge universe.

Ren Baqian had no idea how long he had stayed in his sea of knowledge. He felt suction from some point in his sea of knowledge and knew that he could finally wake up.

As the sky warped, he finally felt the presence of his body.

He had to say that his awareness in his sea of knowledge was convenient. He could simply yell out something and he would have it.

However, without his physical body, this always made him feel empty.

When Ren Baqian opened his eyes, he was laying on a couch in a room that was pretty delicate and filled with antiquity. Brown solid wood was dominant in the room, and a faint aroma circled in front of his nose, making him feel like swallowing it into his belly.

Apart from himself, there was an old man in the room sitting in a chair while slowly sipping on a cup of tea.

He had a gentle appearance and a faint smile in his eyes. He was wearing a blue robe and was sitting upright.

“Mister Ren, I lacked manners earlier.”

Ren Baqian sat up, touched his body, and felt that nothing was wrong.

“Who are you?” he looked up and asked after touching his body. It was too dark in the hall back then. The faces of the people were almost indistinguishable, and Ren Baqian could hardly recognize the person in front of him.

“My name is Zong Shang. I’m one of the deputy chiefs of the Temple of Heaven.”

Ren Baqian nodded. It turned out that this man was Zong Shang.

“Chief Zong! How long has it been?” Ren Baqian asked.

“Four days.”

It was enough time.

Ren Baqian turned his attention to the furnishings in the room and looked a little regretful.

“Mister Ren, don’t you have anything to ask?” Zong Shang smiled.

“What do I need to ask?” Ren Baqian asked faintly. “You have been given the opportunity to choose.”

“Mister Ren, we can’t hand over Xu Wuming. He represents the Temple of Heaven.” Zong Shang’s gaze dimmed.

“I have also given you the chance to disband from this point forward,” Ren Baqian said crudely, “but it seems that you think I’m joking with you now!”

“Keeping you was the decision of the chief,” Zong Shang replied. “To me, dissolving the Temple of Heaven isn’t necessarily a good thing. We have too many responsibilities to shoulder, and it has been too long.”

Ren Baqian sneered, turned his head, and continued to look at the decorations.

“In fact, there have always been two voices in the Temple of Heaven. One voice represents the current deeds of the organization while the other is an expression of dislike for some of them.”

“You mean that the temple chief is the former, whereas the rest of you are the latter?” Ren Baqian asked faintly with his back facing Zong Shang.

“That’s right! However, we are too few in numbers, and our collective strength isn’t enough to change the situation in the Temple of Heaven.” Zong Shang nodded with a smile and continued, “As such, I have come to see you in hopes of working with you.”

“In what position are you asking for cooperation?” Ren Baqian finally felt a little interested, but his words sounded pretty dull and crude.

“For so many years, the Temple of Heaven has been operating underground and watching the changes in the world. We have a strong grasp of quite a number of things. I think that we can be useful to Mister Ren in some aspects.”

Ren Baqian’s heart twitched. Zong Shang had actually set his own position quite low this time.

“Tell me about this!”

The smile on Zong Shang’s face slowly faded as he said earnestly, “Kill the chief of the Temple of Heaven—she’s not human!”