He found his luck to be exceptionally good. He also spotted a Lightning Spirit Dragon's nest with only two young dragons, and these two were even smaller than the previous three, appearing to have just opened their eyes and learned to walk.
Upon seeing Zhou Yan enter their territory, they attempted to drive him away. However, with one hand on each, Zhou Yan tossed them into the transparent tank above him and moved on to the next target.
After capturing from over a dozen nests, Zhou Yan encountered a nest with a mother Lightning Spirit Dragon incubating eggs. Without hesitation, he took both the mother and her offspring.
Half an hour later, adult Lightning Spirit Dragons began returning to their nests with food. They paused in stunned silence upon seeing their empty nests, then erupted in roars.
Hearing these cries, Zhou Yan chuckled. He took out a megaphone and placed it on the giant glass bottle above his head. Instantly, a cascade of distressed calls spread out.
"&%￥%￥#@（*&%）……"
Translation: "Daddy, Mommy, come save me! A bad guy caught us! Hurry, we're going to be eaten. Help! Someone save me..."
Seeing countless Lightning Spirit Dragons charging towards him, Zhou Yan laughed and led them towards the ambush site.
Gusts of wind and bolts of lightning continuously struck at Zhou Yan from behind. However, they dissipated due to the distance before reaching him.
Zhou Yan glanced back and then retracted the container holding the young Lightning Spirit Dragons. This further enraged the pursuing dragons, who accelerated their pursuit.
Only these Lightning Spirit Dragons knew the depth of fury that came with the theft of their young.
After luring the dragons to the soldiers' ambush point, Zhou Yan stopped. His spiritual energy formed a protective barrier, deflecting all the attacks directed at him.
Then, Zhou Yan unleashed a powerful surge of mana from his hands, employing a gravity spell. The Lightning Spirit Dragons, suddenly subjected to this potent force, lost their balance and plummeted from the sky.
As they neared the ground, Zhou Yan used a levitation spell, suspending them in mid-air. Finally, he used his formidable mental power to knock them all unconscious. The rest was left to his soldiers.
Zhou Yan continued this operation repeatedly. By this time, most of the adult Lightning Spirit Dragons had returned to their nests. He simply entered the nests and snatched the young ones, drawing the adult dragons into pursuit.
Each time he lured a sufficient number of targets, Zhou Yan would lead them to the soldiers' ambush, and then resume his capture operations.
Sometimes, he would attract hundreds, and at other times, over a hundred.
After about a dozen rounds, all the Lightning Spirit Dragons on one mountain were captured, leaving not a single young dragon or even an egg.
Zhou Yan then moved on to the next mountain, systematically capturing them. His immense power, diverse skills, incredible speed, and strong defenses allowed him to charge into nests, snatch the young dragons, and escape.
These Lightning Spirit Dragons were no match for Zhou Yan and could only chase after him, eventually becoming mounts for his territory.
As for the young Lightning Spirit Dragons, Zhou Yan also released them into his territory, where they would naturally seek out their mothers once they recovered.
He paid no mind to the eggs; they would eventually hatch and become mounts for his territory.
Three days later, Zhou Yan discovered that Li Chungang and Zhao Xuansu had both completed their job advancements and significantly improved their strength.
Since they were now in his territory, they had tasks to perform. Zhou Yan's first assignment for them was to capture mounts in his stead.
Li Chungang, upon seeing these mounts, was greatly astonished, never having imagined such peculiar creatures existing in the immortal realm.
However, when the two heard that Zhou Yan expected them, powerful cultivators at the Earthly Immortal realm, to capture these monsters, they were left speechless.
But given the significant benefits Zhou Yan offered, they pondered it and decided capturing them wouldn't be too difficult.
"How many do you want us to capture?" Li Chungang asked.
"As many as you can find. Capture all the flying sub-dragons you see," Zhou Yan replied.
The two were dumbfounded.
"What are you planning to do?" they asked.
"I intend to assemble a powerful dragon army. Although your current strength has reached the peak of this world, there are still many powerful entities beyond your comprehension, entities even you cannot resist."
"This world is far more dangerous than the one you know. My territory has tens of thousands of people. I must make my territory stronger, and my own power stronger. If the territory is destroyed, tens of thousands of people can never be resurrected; they will vanish forever."
"Therefore, everything I do is to become stronger and to make the territory stronger. So, as members of this territory, I hope you will help me, and by extension, help your own home."
"Because the entire territory is not just my personal domain, but the territory of everyone. I am striving to build it into a powerful, free, just, and harmonious territory."
"In the future, I will lead the entire territory to explore more mysterious places. Along the way, we will encounter many enemies, strange and unpredictable, possessing powerful, extraordinary abilities."
"But I must do this, not just to become stronger myself, but to lead the entire territory to ascend to the immortal realm, to have everyone become immortals, and ultimately transcend mortality, achieving eternal existence!"
Zhou Yan shared his grand vision. This was what he had always been doing and striving for, and what every lord pursued throughout their lives.
However, achieving eternity was by no means easy, and it was impossible for a lord to accomplish it alone.
But Zhou Yan had an excellent foundation. Those he summoned were one hundred percent loyal, every building was powerful, and there were countless mysterious and extraordinary structures.
Similarly, the more powerful a building, the more materials, and the rarer they were, required to reach its maximum level. This necessitated Zhou Yan to work even harder to acquire these items.