A figure walked out of a mysterious gate in the Imperial Palace of Liuli City.

"Your Majesty......" Suddenly, the palace guards guarding here all knelt on one knee in front of the figure at this moment, and saluted respectfully.

Lu Yuan waved his hand, "No courtesy." ”

That's right, this is the same Lu Yuan who came back from Poseidon Island.

After he completed the second test ahead of schedule, he couldn't help Ning Rongrong and the others in the next test.

Therefore, Lu Yuan had no choice but to return to the Heavenly Shadow Empire in advance with the permission of Bo Saixi.

Although with the current rules and regulations of the Heavenly Shadow Empire, the entire empire has been put on the right path, even if Lu Yuan is not needed, there will be no big mess in the entire empire.

But the empire belongs to Lu Yuan after all, he can't be completely in charge, he still has to govern the country.

In particular, he has memories of his previous life, and he can learn from some statecraft in his previous life to lead the entire empire to become stronger.

Lu Yuan then returned directly to the palace, first said hello to his parents, and then went to meet Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.

This is all about talking to people close to him first, explaining the current situation, why he came back, but Ning Rongrong and they did not come back.

In the end, he summoned his ministers and nobles to inquire about the political affairs of the various provinces of the empire, as well as the situation outside the empire.

Lu Yuan spent the next ten days living such a diligent life of governing and sleeping at night, and he didn't even care about cultivation, relying on the meditation of the soul master, he only slept for three or four hours a day.

Such a schedule is that Brother Zheng and Zhu Baba in their previous lives will cry when they see it.

This is the advantage of cultivating a strong soul master as the emperor of a country, Lu Yuan, the emperor of the Title Douluo level, can not only personally lead the troops to fight, but also immerse himself in political affairs every day, without damaging his body because he has too little rest.

They don't have to worry about being assassinated at any time - after all, Lu Yuan, the emperor, is the most difficult target in their assassination process.

Under Lu Yuan's diligent administration, the Celestial Shadow Empire promoted several reforms, and the administrative efficiency of the empire was once again raised by some notches.

However, in the past ten days, some things have also been discovered that make Lu Yuan helpless.

For example, he patrolled the Royal Hunting Grounds of the Celestial Shadow Army - the original Royal Knights were merged into the Celestial Shadow Army, and the current Celestial Shadow Army is the Emperor's own army.

And Lu Yuan took this opportunity to hunt with the generals and soldiers to enhance their relationship......

Several beautiful women appeared in the hunting grounds, intending to approach him and tempt him.

Lu Yuan was very helpless at that time, these women were very good-looking, that is, second only to Ning Rongrong and Yan Zhuyin, and they had an elegant temperament, and they knew that their backgrounds were not low at a glance.

They happened to appear when Lu Yuan came to the royal hunting ground to inspect and hunt today, although their acting skills were good, they pretended to be innocent girls who accidentally broke in, and they looked very pitiful.

But Lu Yuan is not so easy to deceive, he has no feelings for these women, and he has not yet held a big wedding with Ning Rongrong, this most important negative distance contact and emotional entrustment will naturally be handed over to Ning Rongrong, the most important girl in his life.

And he is not a person who covets beauty, and he doesn't want to tarnish the relationship between him and Ning Rongrong because of his covetousness.

Therefore, of course, Lu Yuan was very smart and did not do anything to these women, and of course, he did not severely punish these women.

just sent someone to settle them, and then ordered someone to investigate their details, and sure enough, it was found out that they were the daughters or granddaughters of several small and medium-sized nobles in Liuli City.

Their purpose is self-evident, Lu Yuan did not have any politeness this time, to find out whether they were derelict in their duties.

Generally, this kind of people who like to take shortcuts will have some luck psychology and use them to take shortcuts.

Sure enough, a check really found out some clues, only one nobleman has always been conscientious and has not overstepped, and the others are abusing their power and seeking their own benefits.

Lu Yuan directly punished them in accordance with the laws of the Empire.

After that, Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Colored Glass Sect also knew about it, and they were immediately more relieved.

As for the other little nobles who originally wanted to be opportunistic, they didn't dare to think about it at the moment.

In this way, it seems that the empire is gradually getting on the right track.

However......

Accidents happen unexpectedly.

……

Above the main hall.

“…… There is movement in the Star Dou Great Forest again? Lu Yuan looked at Ji Luo Bu below, frowned, and asked rhetorically.

Ji Luo Bu clasped his hands into fists and said, "Your Majesty, yes, our army scouts inspected the Star Dou Great Forest the day before yesterday and found that there were no more soul beasts in the outer areas, but they did not attack our soldiers either. ”

"So the subordinates can't guess what's going on inside the Star Dou Great Forest at the moment!"

At present, although there are no internal worries in the Heavenly Shadow Empire, at most, several kingdoms and principalities of the Heaven Dou Empire have now rebelled and switched to the Martial Spirit Palace.

But the external danger is not, the enemy outside the empire, the Star Luo Empire needless to say, a big war broke out not long ago.

And although the Wuhun Hall has not officially declared war with the Celestial Shadow Empire now, everyone also knows that the Wuhun Hall and the Celestial Shadow Empire do not deal with each other.

But Wuhun Hall is not the two empires after all, although they have many soul masters and Title Douluo, they don't have an army.

In the eyes of the world, the Martial Soul Hall can only be like the battle to annihilate the two major sects, sending an army of soul masters to sneak attack, as for the front and the army of the Heavenly Shadow Empire.

That's impossible.

Even Ning Fengzhi and the others thought so.

However, only Lu Yuan knew that it would not be long before the Martial Soul Hall would gather the combined forces of the kingdoms and principalities of the two empires, announce the establishment of the Martial Soul Empire, and then declare war with the two empires!

As we all know, in the case of a three-legged stand, either one side is too strong, and the other two weaker parties join forces to compete with it.

Either that, everyone is a counterbalance to each other, and at the same time they are all enemies.

And the Heavenly Shadow Empire, in addition to the two enemies of the Wuhun Hall and the Star Luo Empire, also has one enemy.

That is to repeatedly launch beast tides to attack the Star Dou Great Forest Soul Beasts of Heaven Dou City of the Heaven Dou Empire before.

It may be that the contradictions between Lu Yuan and the Martial Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire can still be reconciled, but there will definitely be no room for reconciliation with the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest!

After all, he killed Xiao Wu, and the two "Kings of the Star Dou Great Forest", who claimed to be Xiao Wu's protector, would never be able to live in peace with him.

However, the current strength of the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape will definitely not be Lu Yuan's opponents.

He is not afraid of these two so-called "King of the Star Dou Great Forest", and now he and Raaste have joined forces, even if they let Emperor Tian come out, it is hard to say.

However, Lu Yuan was not afraid of the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, but he also had to beware of the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, if they rioted again, they could calm the beast tide.

But if they act too late and fail to protect the people of the empire in time, it will also cause casualties.

This is what Lu Yuan is worried about, even if it is a casualty of a human life, it is also his people, and it is also the object he wants to protect.

Just because there are few casualties doesn't mean you can ignore these lives with peace of mind.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan took a deep breath, "Since that's the case...... Then it's time to finish up with them! It just so happens that I don't have a soul ring for the Hellblade yet! ”

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore!

He can't continue to tolerate disasters like the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, these two time bombs will stay by the side of the Celestial Shadow Empire at any time!

"Your Majesty, is this going to send a large army into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts?" Rob asked.

"No, the army is not conducive to jungle warfare, and there is no need for this, I just need Ning Shoufu and Bone Douluo to enter the Star Dou Great Forest with me." Lu Yuan said directly.

Ning Fengzhi's amplification could make Lu Yuan and Layaste's combat power stronger, while Bone Douluo could protect Ning Fengzhi.

Lu Yuan is full of confidence, but without Rayast, with his current terrifying power, neither the Azure Bull Python nor the Titan Giant Ape will be his opponents!

"Next, the empire will be guarded by six people in your cabinet, everything is conservative, and if there is any major matter, we will make a decision after me and Ning Shoufu come back!" Lu Yuan commanded simply.

Then he went to invite Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo to enter the Star Dou Great Forest with him, preparing to hunt the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo naturally accepted it gladly, while the Seven Treasure Colored Glass Sect and Colored Glass City were guarded by Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

……

The Star Dou Great Forest at this time.

Core Soul Beast Area, Star Lake.

The Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape still remained here, and the tall trees were so dense that even the sun could not penetrate them, so that in this large forest, even if it was daytime, it was like a deep moonlit night.

"We do this...... Can it really awaken that legendary being? The Titan Ape took a deep breath, and there was some uneasiness in his tone.

The huge bull's eyes of the Azure Bull Python flickered humanely, obviously he wasn't sure about it, but he still said, "Yes...... We'll wake him up. ”

Not far from them, countless 10,000-year-old soul beasts gathered, among them were huge ants with sturdy bodies, dark demon dragons with slender bodies, and giant bears that seemed to be indestructible......

They gather here, as if they are preparing something.

And on the other side of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The giant lion with three golden heads looked at the Star Lake not far away at this moment and sighed.

Not far from his feet, a small lion with a crystal body and a delicate appearance was looking at him curiously.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion didn't understand why he suddenly sighed.

"Da Ming, Er Ming, you, you, why are you so stubborn?" The Red King said, "The situation is stronger than people, and the current human race is not something that our soul beasts can resist. ”

He doesn't really like humans, after all, they have hunted his species.

Powerful soul beasts like the three-headed Red Demon Dog are often coveted by humans in the outside world for their soul rings.

His own race was hunted by humans, and the Red King must have no good feelings for humans.

But there is no way, the current strength of human beings is stronger than that of soul beasts, and in the case of hard encounters, soul beasts are not the opponents of human beings.

It can even be said that as long as the soul masters of the Douluo Continent unite, even if they collect all the 100,000-year soul beasts on the current Douluo Continent, the soul beast side will be defeated.

The main reason is that on the side of the soul beast, there is no existence comparable to the peerless Douluo among human beings.

And human beings have the Wuhun Palace, in a sense, the Wuhun Hall is indeed the light of mankind.

The adjudication elders of each generation of them are stable peerless Douluo, which makes the soul beasts unable to fight back even if they want to.

You must know that the lifespan of Extreme Douluo and even demigods is only three hundred years, and in Douluo I, Extreme Douluo is called Peerless Douluo.

And the lifespan of soul beasts is innumerable, even after the 100,000-year realm, it will take a thousand years to go through the heavenly tribulation, which is equivalent to the lifespan of the three peerless Douluo combined.

In the past countless years, there have been many 100,000-year-old soul beasts who want to make a move against humans, if it weren't for the ruling elders of the Wuhun Hall to make a move, plus the human gods on the other side of the god realm have a war with the dragon clan and soul beasts, which has greatly suppressed the soul beast power.

Humans have long since become enslaved by soul beasts.

Now among the soul beasts, there is only one main backbone missing.

At the very least, it has to be the kind of extremely strong soul beast that can compete with a ninety-ninth level peerless Douluo!

And that kind of soul beast must be at least a soul beast that has been cultivated for more than 700,000 years, that is, a soul beast that has gone through at least six heavenly tribulations and has not yet come to the seventh heavenly tribulation.

However, the improvement of soul beast cultivation is not so easy, although the environment and its own talent can make up for some time gaps, but in general, it still has to stay up.

Therefore, for the current 100,000-year-old soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest such as the Red King, the best way is to ...... Careless!

In the original plot, they are all like this, they don't care about anything, and try to hide their tracks.

It's that Qianxun and Bibi Dong led people to the Star Lake one after another, plotted to kill Xiao Wu's mother, and even plotted to snatch the soul ring soul bones of Xiao Wu, Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape in the follow-up, they didn't care.

At this time, exposing your traces at will is to find a fight for yourself.

If it weren't for the Azure Bull Python forcing a few of them out with absolute strength, they probably wouldn't have run out before.

Like Zi Ji, it is obvious that she has no intention of coming out to go against humans at all.

The Red King actually understood the thoughts of the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, after all, Xiao Wu's mother and Xiao Wu were their closest soul beasts, and Xiao Wu's mother first became a 100,000-year-old soul beast, and she lived in the Star Lake at the beginning.

At that time, she took good care of the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape who were still in their infancy, and Da Ming Erming grew up with Xiao Wu.

Such a deep affection caused Xiao Wu to suffer very much after she died at the hands of humans.

It is possible to understand their emotions, but understanding is understanding, and it is really not very wise to do so.

"Da Ming Erming, how good it would be if you listened to my advice, with this little guy here, soon, our soul beasts will attract the real world!" The Red King looked at the three-eyed golden lion in front of him and said inwardly.