All the court officials in the hall were silent, as were the Saint Domains.
“Everyone, do think of something!”
Flit the 66th started to bellow furiously. “Am I really supposed to abdicate the throne and move to that godforsaken Lost Continent?!”
All the officials were as quiet as a mouse.
At last, President Fred stepped forward and said with a wry smile, “Your Majesty, we cannot overcome this situation at the moment. A head-on collision definitely won’t work.
“However, Meng Lei is someone that bears old friendships in mind and cherishes relationships. You can tackle it from this angle instead.”
“Bears old friendships in mind? Cherishes relationships?”
...
As a half-deity, Thaniel’s speed was no joke. In just a short half an hour, he’d flown back to the Dragon God Empire Imperial City.
The current Imperial City was already showing initial signs of impending chaos. Large numbers of eunuchs and palace maidservants fled from the palace while the members of royalty, the nobles, and the officials behaved as if a great enemy was looming over them. This caused fear and unease among the general public that didn’t know what was going on...
Meng Lei and the other two stood above the Imperial City and personally witnessed everything.
A frowning Meng Lei asked, “What do you make of this, Puhaman?”
“It’s better that it’s a little chaotic. Otherwise, how would a new administration come about? If chaos doesn’t break out, it’ll be hard to change their faith.”
Puhaman gave him a sinister smile and said, “If Master trusts me, why don’t you leave this matter to me? A month later, I’ll hand a stable Imperial City back to Master!”
“Alright, I’ll leave this to you.”
Meng Lei nodded slightly as he then said, “Thaniel can act as your deputy. The two of you can handle this together.”
“Master, I’d better just follow you instead!”
At the sound of that, Thaniel immediately shook his head vehemently. He didn’t want to go too near to that evil ancient fiend. It was too dangerous.
“You’re a half-deity of the Dragons. You’re the most suited to taking charge of handling these trivial matters.”
Meng Lei brooked no dispute and waved him off.
“Yes, Master,” replied Thaniel with a woebegone expression.
“Elder Thaniel, I believe that we’ll be able to form a very pleasant working relationship!”
Puhaman gave him a sinister smile, causing goosebumps to rise all over Thaniel. How he wished he could flee right away.
“The two of you may go.”
After dismissing the pair, Meng Lei found a hall in the imperial palace grounds and went into seclusion with peace of mind.
Things like taking control of the court were beyond him. Neither could he be bothered to waste any energy on it. Thus, he decided to might as well just leave it to the professionals.
Being an absentee manager was pretty good, too!
After all... Everything was within his control!
...
“Now that the Dragon half-deities are dead, the native Dragons on Heaven’s Vault Continent won’t really be able to cause much trouble. The upcoming threats will highly likely come from two areas—the Dragon God and the other three major empires.”
Meng Lei rested on his side on the imperial couch meant for the emperor’s use and mused over the current situation.
“The importance of the power of faith to deities is obvious on its own. The Dragon God will never give up the Dragon God Empire, his power of faith domain, that easily. It boils down to how he intends to move.
“The three major empires, too! They likely won’t pass up such a good opportunity and watch as I gain complete control over Dragon God Empire.
“Therefore, the enemies I’ll have to face next will be even stronger, and the situation even graver.
“Power! I still need to boost my power further. Only with power will I not need to fear anything!”
Meng Lei looked at his stats interface—his Wealth, which amounted to as much as 13.57 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, was the biggest reward he had reaped from his trip to Dragon Island this time.
“I can’t buy credit for my divine body and my divine spirit anymore, whereas the power of divinity and comprehension of fusion laws of nature are too expensive.
“Let’s just continue with the Limitless Pickups, then! If 100 times doesn’t work, then I’ll do it 1,000 times. I simply don’t believe that I can’t get anything good!”
Meng Lei ordered, “System, 100 Limitless Pickups!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained 10 Dragon Blood Potions!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained an earth-elemental magic scroll!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful...”
The 100 Limitless Pickup attempts ended in the blink of an eye, yet it didn’t manage to pick up anything satisfactory.
“System, another 100 times!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful...”
“I don’t believe this! Again!”
“...”
“Trash! They are all trash! You lousy system, can you be any more of a scam than this? Damn it, another 1,000 times!”
This time, Meng Lei went all out. 1,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals? Piece of cake!
At once, system notifications started to ring out constantly!
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the flat sculpting-style stone statue, ‘Waking Up’!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained Babe the Gods-Slaying Rat’s straw hat!”
“What the f*ck! I was all worked up for nothing! It’s just a lousy straw hat!”
“...”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Tree of Vitality sapling!”
“A Tree of Vitality sapling?”
With a thought, a small one-meter-tall tree sapling immediately appeared on his palm.
Crystal clear and lush, it gave off a rich sense of life and vitality all over.
“Not bad!”
Then, Meng Lei planted the Tree of Vitality sapling on the Tower of Time’s 95th level.
At the same time, he also set up a magical energy-gathering magic circle to collect the Wood Elements in the surroundings before
