"Do we need to send people out to explore?" Sun Shangxiang asked.
The others also looked at Zhou Yan, eager to venture out.
"There's nothing out there. It was desolate before. I walked all the way here from afar and only then discovered that I could summon a territory, which led to the current changes..."
Although Zhou Yan said so, they still wanted to go out and see. Zhou Yan indulged them.
They all flew out. Their current cultivation had reached the seventy-first heaven, and many possessed flying mounts. Over a dozen of them looked outwards.
It was now possible to fly in this world. This should be because the world had been changed by him, or because he had taken away the Celestial Tablet.
All of this was due to the disappearance of that Celestial Tablet.
Who had placed the Celestial Tablet here?
The Celestial Tablet was now within the scroll formed by his Lord's Heart, no different from other buildings, just existing in a separate space.
Zhou Yan convened a meeting, primarily to assess everyone's strength levels during this period.
Zhou Yan then realized that he had indeed spent nearly a month walking around here. During his absence, the people in the territory had been diligently cultivating.
With the buffs from the cultivation buildings, most of the soldiers in the territory now had a cultivation level above the sixtieth heaven, with many surpassing the seventieth heaven.
Zhou Yan was now certain that he could summon his territory to the Canglan Continent. Although he hadn't tried it outside, Zhou Yan felt that the restrictions of the Canglan Continent on him had completely disappeared.
This was a feeling, and the specifics would only be clear when he left this place.
Zhou Yan had no intention of leaving this place for now.
There were too many people outside who wished him harm. What he needed to do now was to lie low, cultivate diligently, and gather more strong individuals for his territory. He absolutely did not want to experience being chased again.
Therefore, Zhou Yan ordered the generals of his territory to enter closed-door cultivation once more, striving to reach above the ninetieth heaven as soon as possible.
Zhou Yan looked at the "Cultivation Secret Realm" building, which had been evolved again.
The level of this building had reached 80. After its recent evolution, the time ratio with the outside world had become 32:1.
It was previously 16:1, and now it had doubled. This indicated that the functions of each building in the territory had been significantly enhanced.
This was undoubtedly a good thing for Zhou Yan. Cultivating for a month inside meant only a day had passed outside.
Zhou Yan concealed all his communication abilities, making it seem as if he had truly vanished from this world.
Zhou Yan also wanted the outside world to believe he was dead, to make them think he had completely disappeared from this world.
When he reappeared, it would herald a reshuffling of other worlds.
Zhou Yan then entered the "Cultivation Secret Realm" with Diao Chan and others to embark on their monster-slaying journey.
The generals of the territory also entered the "Cultivation Secret Realm" to cultivate.
The various instances within the territory were also proceeding in an orderly fashion.
After more than a month had passed in the outside world, Zhou Yan's affairs quickly faded from everyone's sight. They were soon captivated by other new events.
This was how the world worked. No one could be remembered forever; they could only influence for a time.
When the heat subsided, they would be forgotten.
When people mentioned "Number One Under Heaven," they would only sigh a few times, after all, the dead were ultimately dead.
Zhou Yan stayed in the colorful world for ten days.
In the "Cultivation Secret Realm," this was equivalent to 320 days.
After approximately a year, Zhou Yan's cultivation finally broke through to the eightieth heaven of Martial Arts.
Upon reaching the eightieth heaven of Martial Arts, Zhou Yan emerged and came outside, then summoned his territory to leave this place.
Zhou Yan realized he could return here anytime because he had established a special connection with this place, as if it were a part of him.
This world had also become a part of the scroll within his Lord's Heart.
Zhou Yan then teleported back to the Lord Continent. This time, he teleported to a place he had long wanted to go.
The Myriad Realms Lord Continent was filled with various high-level materials and also contained lords other than those on the Canglan Continent. It was a true ocean of powerhouses.
From the moment Qian Shun told him about it, Zhou Yan had wanted to visit that place. Now that the time had come, Zhou Yan immediately teleported to the Myriad Realms Lord Continent, ready to fight for the rise of his territory.
Through the "Heaven and Earth Library," Zhou Yan easily obtained information on how to teleport to the Myriad Realms Lord Continent and knew where to find the abundant resources he needed.
After acquiring this knowledge, Zhou Yan began teleporting towards a place containing Nine-Star Timber.
Zhou Yan's battle with the lords of the Myriad Realms commenced.
The entire territory emitted colorful light and then teleported through a void passage.
This teleportation took about ten minutes to complete.
"Boom!"
The territory landed safely within the target zone. With a thought, Zhou Yan appeared on the city wall, looking outwards. Thousands of intelligent reconnaissance drones flew out.
There were no monster attacks on the territory, so the territory's army began to assemble. For this initial sortie, Shang Yang arranged for Yue Fei's Third Legion to depart.
However, within ten minutes, Shang Yang transmitted a message to Zhou Yan: "My Lord, we have detected enemies approaching our territory."
"Transmit the image to me," Zhou Yan said.
"Yes."
Zhou Yan opened his communicator and saw a group of soldiers shrouded in darkness. Their numbers were considerable, at least five to six hundred thousand troops from a distance.
These enemies were not human. Zhou Yan was not yet clear about their specific race. Encountering enemies so soon after arriving suggested that the situation here was far more complicated than he had imagined.
"Since the enemy wants to attack our territory, let them come," Zhou Yan said.
"Yes." Shang Yang thought the same, but still advised, "My Lord, should we assemble three legions? The situation here is very peculiar. The number of enemies in each territory is substantial, making them seem difficult to deal with."
"Assemble two legions. Let Sun Wu's army also begin to assemble. This is our first time here, and we need to clarify many things," Zhou Yan said.
"Understood." Shang Yang immediately notified Sun Wu.
Upon receiving the order, Sun Wu contacted his subordinate generals, who in turn contacted their subordinates.
Sun Wu's Second Legion also began to assemble quickly.