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The main army's commanding officers were appeased, the morale stabilized, and everything settled down. Then, Wang Xiaoqiang held a meeting with the generals in the army. Since all the commanding officers under the former main commander had died, only a few lower-ranking officers were left. Li Zhiyuan directly promoted them and entrusted them with significant responsibilities.

These lower-ranking officers originally had little power, and now suddenly being promoted filled them with immense joy. They were grateful to Wang Xiaoqiang for recognizing their talents, and as a result, they placed great trust and loyalty in him. These officers had some prestige within the army and could command the soldiers below them. Promoting them ensured the stability of the army's morale.

During the meeting, Wang Xiaoqiang appointed a well-respected general from the Vanguard Army as the commander-in-chief of the entire army. This commander was named Hu Zhengguang,

The reason Wang Xiaoqiang appointed Hu Zhengguang was that he discovered Hu Zhengguang held a dismissive attitude towards the previous commander Tangg Xiongshan's methods of commanding and had a significant prejudice against Tangg Xiongshan personally. After further inquiry, he learned that Tangg Xiongshan had once competed with him for the commander's position, leading to enmity between the two.

Those who hold a grudge against Tangg Xiongshan are better than those who are loyal to him, at least they won't plot rebellion.

As a seasoned general, Hu Zhengguang still commanded respect and capability. Firstly, Wang Xiaoqiang's promotion of him earned the respect and agreement of the other officers, with no dissent. Then Hu Zhengguang shared his philosophy on military command, stating that one cannot "talk strategy on paper" and must remain adaptable. He emphasized that the strategy for commanding during wartime is different from that during peacetime; each requires its own set of rules for command.

Hu Zhengguang stated: Now that we have just seized the Snow Wolf Empire, the situation is unstable, and we cannot cease operations. On the contrary, the entire army must actively prepare for battle, ready to suppress the Snow Wolf Kingdom's insurgents and invading foreign forces at any moment.

Wang Xiaoqiang found this reasoning sensible, and being uninterested in managing these affairs, he directly delegated the responsibility to Hu Zhengguang. Hu Zhengguang devoted himself entirely to the task, unaware of Wang Xiaoqiang's deeper intentions. When he saw that Wang Xiaoqiang planned to establish a government in the Snow Wolf Empire and showed no intention of returning to the court, Hu Zhengguang was somewhat surprised and boldly inquired.

Wang Xiaoqiang vaguely replied, "Actually, before we set out, the Divine King secretly instructed me that after conquering the Snow Wolf Empire, I should establish a government here. As for why, I don't know either, you can ask him when the Divine King arrives..."

Wang Xiaoqiang wanted to break free from the Divine King's control, but the timing was not yet ripe to say it openly. Otherwise, Hu Zhengguang would not support him, nor would the whole army, as they were originally soldiers of the Divine King, deeply loyal to him and unlikely to betray easily.

Wang Xiaoqiang knew that if one day he opposed the Divine King, these soldiers might not side with him, and he needed to devise an alternative plan.

Therefore, he did not focus on troop command and training, realizing that training someone else's soldiers was futile. Instead, he would be crafting a wedding dress for someone else.

Wang Xiaoqiang decided to concentrate his efforts on cultivation. In this world, power is paramount, and in the face of powerful strength, everything else is illusion. As long as one's strength is formidable enough, what is the need for military forces?

A lone man with a sword could conquer the world!

However, before starting his cultivation, he needed to settle his family. First, he emptied the Snow Wolf Empire's Imperial Palace and released his family from the oversized Storage Ring, arranging them according to age and seniority in the royal courtyard's residences. He then demoted the princes, princesses, and imperial descendants of the Snow Wolf Empire to servants to serve his family.

Upon first seeing the Imperial Palace, Wang Xiaoqiang's family was filled with a sense of novelty, wonder, and excitement. Xia Sanwa, in particular, darted around the palace like a curious child, exploring every hall and nook until he finally settled down after visiting each one.

"Little Qiang, are you an emperor now?" Xia Sanwa asked, his face alight with excitement.

"You could say that," Wang Xiaoqiang replied with a faint smile, thinking to himself that he had long been an emperor. In other planes, he had already become an emperor, having indulged in the pleasures of imperial power, and even had become a Plane Ruler more powerful than an emperor. He truly looked down on the position of emperor.

Hearing this, Xia Sanwa became even more excited and curious, adding, "Since we're living in the Imperial Palace, aren't we now imperial nobility?"

"Of course, we are, haha," Wang Xiaoqiang laughed.

Xia Sanwa also laughed, feeling proud and joyful. He had never thought he would one day become part of the imperial family.

"By the way, if we're talking seniority, I should be the royal father-in-law, right?" Xia Sanwa asked again.

"Yes, you are the royal father-in-law, and your treatment will be according to that status from now on," Wang Xiaoqiang replied.

Xia Sanwa was thrilled, laughing happily, and asked, "So, what does the royal father-in-law manage?"

Wang Xiaoqiang said, "You can manage anything you want; I can assign a duty to you,"

Knowing Xia Sanwa as unreliable, Wang Xiaoqiang, of course, couldn't entrust him with significant responsibilities. He also didn't want his father-in-law getting involved in power struggles, so he deflected the matter.

Living in the royal courtyard was undoubtedly better than on the Hanging Mountain. The courtyard offered rich sustenance and luxurious living conditions. However, Xia Sanwa still preferred the fun of the Hanging Mountain, with its own unique charms. Naturally, Wang Xiaoqiang was aware that although the Snow Wolf Empire also had Hanging Mountains with even better environments, living there wasn't as safe as in the palace courtyard.

In the following days, Wang Xiaoqiang began his cultivation. The treasury of the Snow Wolf Empire contained a large number of pills, among which Qi-Condensing Pills were not few. These pills were used to gather Gang Qi, primarily for Celestial God-Level beings, expensive and rare, often unreachable in the marketplace, yet the treasury had many of them. With a large supply of Qi-Condensing Pills, Wang Xiaoqiang could quickly advance his cultivation.

One day, Wang Xiaoqiang sat cross-legged in a training room in the Imperial Palace, cultivating, surrounded by a pile of Qi-Condensing Pills, a heap numbering in the thousands. If the Celestial Gods discovered these thousands of Qi-Condensing Pills, they would certainly cause a scramble.

Wang Xiaoqiang closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and with a thought, billions of Five Elements Spirit Springs surged within him. The dense array of Spirit Springs clung to the Qi-Condensing Pills, greedily absorbing them...

Meanwhile, in a cave abode at the back mountain of the Imperial Palace, a woman sat cross-legged on a luxurious brocade rug. The cave was as opulent as the palace itself. The woman's beauty was striking; her hair was tied back with long lengths cascading over her shoulders, her features were exquisite, and her appearance could rival—or even surpass—that of the Divine Kingdom Princess, Rouge. At the entrance of the cave stood a massive snow wolf that almost blocked the entrance. Upon close inspection, one would find the woman and the snow wolf strikingly similar to the Snow Wolf Empire's totem, almost as if they were its living embodiment.

The woman sat, seemingly in cultivation or deep thought, and suddenly opened her eyes. Her face showed a touch of sadness, and her gaze turned towards the direction of the palace courtyard, with determinacy and a murderous intent flickering in her eyes.

Then she beckoned, and a sheepskin scroll flashed into her hand. One could not discern what secret scripture it contained, but it emitted a dark glow, covered with images of a pack of wolves and characters that appeared ancient, profound, and mysterious. Lifelike and vivid.

Upon receiving the sheepskin scroll, the woman used a long fingernail to pierce her fingertip, letting blood drip onto the scroll, where it spread, dyeing the wolves and characters blood red...

Then the woman closed her eyes and began chanting incantations. As the incantations sounded, all the wolves on the sheepskin scroll opened their eyes,

At the same time, howls of wolves resonated throughout the territories of the Snow Wolf Empire, echoing like a tidal wave. The howls emerged from the ground, causing the earth to tremble as if an earthquake were imminent. The sound woke everyone in the Snow Wolf Empire from sleep, filling them with panic, putting their hearts in turmoil, and making their hairs stand on end...

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