Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu-Chapter 458 - 264 chapters Nanli Prince Wen, the nation thrived for 3600 years

Quantai City.

The outskirts of Quantai City are in the midst of tense construction, with Yan Xingchen in front of a pill furnace outside the city, refining black building bricks for city wall construction.

Yan Xingchen glanced towards Dragon City in the distance, understanding the intention—Nanli is planning to use the previous Dragon City as the inner city and to build another outer city around it.

Moreover, it seems that this outer city is being constructed without a ceiling, much like the cities of the mortal realm.

This signifies that the Death Realm no longer possesses any forces capable of contending with Chen Qing. Chen Qing’s city construction only needs to consider whether it is magnificent and aesthetically pleasing, without the need to worry about assaults.

But of course, now in the Death Realm, apart from nearly eight hundred people of the Wugen Sect, a few hundred from the Immortal Court and the Heavenly Master Mansion, no other cultivators remain to challenge Chen Qing.

Resistance, with such numbers, they likely can’t even beat fifty Dragon Cavalry troops.

Yan Xingchen spat in contempt, feeling reduced to a laborer.

Well, it’s better than being executed.

Meanwhile, in the grand hall of the inner city, Su Yi was reporting new developments to Chen Qing while commenting on the grand hall of Dragon City.

"Right, Lord Wen, that Li Yu from the Immortal Court has arrived and already surrendered his submission letter."

"Should we allocate them to dig channels, or to construct the city walls?"

Chen Qing said, "Let them dig channels. It’s a major project that requires many cultivators working over many years to complete."

Chen Qing and Su Yi plan to divert the waters of the Death Sea to flow below the Naihe Bridge, encircling Quantai City. This way, aside from the Dragon Cavalry who can come and go freely, no one else would be able to threaten Quantai City’s safety.

This is a colossal project, but Chen Qing is not in a hurry, as he has ample time.

Simultaneously, Quantai City will also be connected with the foundations of six major external cities. If anyone tries to undermine Quantai City from beneath, they will first alert one of the other six cities.

Quantai City would then be able to detect it early and react, so it wouldn’t fall into the Death Sea from being hollowed out beneath like Heavenly Official City.

Of course, even falling into the Death Sea wouldn’t shake the foundation of Chen Qing’s rule, because his dominion over the Death Realm is rooted in the Undying Dragon Cavalry.

They are not afraid of the Death Sea at all.

In a true crisis, the awaken Undying Dragon Cavalry alone can nullify any assault and resistance.

Three days later, Ji Ru finally arrived in Quantai City, representing Da Yan to submit a letter of surrender.

This didn’t have much impact on her; after all, she was only a princess. Moreover, she had just arrived in the Death Realm when the war had already ended, which was completely unrelated to her.

And so, she was tasked with joining Yan Xingchen in refining black building bricks.

Such is the consequence of defeat.

Because of this, the Royalist Faction in Da Yan strongly criticized the ancient families for their misguided choices, for trusting Ji Dang.

This led to a knowledgeable princess enduring such humiliation.

In Da Yan, the initially obscure princess Ji Ru suddenly began to command some respect.

Another three days passed, and the Buddhist Sect from the West Desert, including all the Buddhist disciples of the Death Realm, came to Chen Qing. After being accepted by Chen Qing, they too were sent to dig channels.

The monks did not mind too much. They were open-minded, and as fence-sitters, they hadn’t paid much of a price—just the loss of a Buddhist son gained them enough benefits. Being ordered around now was much better than being seen by an angry Chen Qing as rebels and wiped out entirely.

Upon learning that their work wasn’t as grueling as that of the disciples from Da Yan, the Immortal Court, and the Heavenly Master Mansion, they found it even more acceptable.

Three days later, the Peacock King sent congratulatory letters, praising Chen Qing for his actions in the Death Realm.

He also spoke highly of the cooperation between Hu Yao and Chen Qing in pacifying the Death Realm, commending the establishment of the Dragon Cavalry as a significant step towards harmony and coexistence between the Demon Clan and humanity.

He hoped that this collaboration would continue, strengthening the alliance and looking forward to the day when academies would open in the West Desert.

He also recognized Hu Yao’s capabilities, stating she could represent all demons in the Death Realm, clarifying her stance.

Chen Qing approved of the letter’s content and simultaneously decreed from the human realm to dispatch three hundred academy teachers to the West Desert to establish academies.

When the news of the Peacock King’s letter spread, a great power from the Sword Travel Palace emerged, admiring Chen Qing’s launch of an armed crusade against rebels, putting an end to the cruel strife of the Death Realm, and stabilizing the region for a future of peace spanning thousands of years.

This achievement, it was proposed, should be recorded in the annals of history, and it was suggested that Chen Qing be granted a royal title to highlight the grandeur of his accomplishment.

Three more days passed, and a great beast from the Northern Wolf Clan in the Sky-reaching Realm entered Dao Origin Land, wishing to become a disciple there.

After another three days, Chi Yuxian of the South Sea suggested, "Jiguang Sect’s assistance to Chen Qing in quelling the disorder in the Death Realm ended the precarious situation of cultivators facing life-and-death in the Death Realm. Great功,功Ji Sect should no longer be regarded as a heretical cult, but as a rightful doctrine!"

A series of maneuvers swiftly made it clear to the world that this ruler of the Death Realm was nothing like the one from three hundred years ago.

This ruler has many allies and is not like the one from three hundred years ago, who only had the support of the Jiguang Sect behind him.

After a series of events, Chen Qing, as the Lord of the Dead World, issued his first decree to be proclaimed in the mortal world:

By decree:

Now that the Death Realm is newly secured, malevolent white-bone skeletons have manifested, vast as mountains and seas, posing a threat to the world, and must be eradicated.