Next, because the little kitten suddenly disappeared, Xiao Xue Ning was sad for several days.
Jiang Chen did not dare to let his daughter know his identity, fearing that she would be forced to frequently turn into a little kitten in the future.
In the end, with no other choice, he had to go out and buy a similar-looking kitten to bring back.
As a result, it was pinched a few times by his little princess and died.
Jiang Chen had no choice but to take over the heavy responsibility of teaching his daughter from Hu Liena and began training her to control the power of her body.
Meanwhile, Qian Renxue also became busy, preparing for the enthronement ceremony.
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Half a month passed, and Qian Renxue finally legitimately became the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
The many powers previously controlled by Emperor Xue Ye naturally fell into her hands and were grasped by her.
Next, she needed to infiltrate the powers she controlled. Those who were absolutely loyal to the Heaven Dou Empire would be removed and replaced with elites from the Spirit Hall.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, the previous emperor's sleeping palace was demolished and rebuilt. Qian Renxue still temporarily resided in the Eastern Palace.
On the second day after taking over, a minister submitted a memorial requesting the Emperor to issue an imperial decree to select an empress and concubines, in order to continue the imperial family's bloodline.
Qian Renxue directly rejected it and proposed the plan to reclaim imperial authority.
Many ministers opposed it, but more still supported it. The efforts Qian Renxue had put in over the years were not in vain.
Thus, four imperial decrees were sent to the kings of the four major kingdoms and one small duchy.
The content of the decrees was nothing more than ordering the kingdoms and duchy to revert to provinces of the Heaven Dou Empire, concentrate national strength, and resist the wolfish ambitions of the Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire.
These kingdoms and duchy, which had long been accustomed to acting as local emperors, were unwilling to hand over their power, which enraged the new emperor, who then led troops on a personal expedition.
Many ministers opposed this, believing it would cause enormous depletion of the Heaven Dou Empire's national strength and allow the Spirit Hall and Star Luo Empire to take advantage.
However, the military power controlled by the imperial family had already fallen into Qian Renxue's hands. All obstacles had been purged, and no one could stop her.
Imperial Preceptor Ning Fengzhi personally went to the imperial palace to try to stop Qian Renxue's plan, but ultimately failed to persuade her. He left angrily, flicking his sleeves.
Before leaving, he gave Qian Renxue a piece of advice: If she insisted on having her own way, she would surely destroy the Heaven Dou Empire.
Jiang Chen sneered in his heart, thinking that if Qian Renxue could take down the four major kingdoms with extremely minimal military force, he wondered what expression Ning Fengzhi would have.
Jiang Chen arranged for Hu Liena and his daughter to stay with Xiao Ying, and he followed Qian Renxue on the expedition.
His three disciples, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, had already graduated from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and joined the army.
War was an excellent form of training, and it could also allow Yu Tianheng to accumulate military merits in preparation for taking control of the Heaven Dou Empire's military power in the future.
Faced with the new emperor's aggressive pressure, the four major kingdoms and one duchy were extremely furious.
A newly ascended emperor was not someone they would take seriously. Moreover, they knew the imperial family's military strength very clearly. Although it was stronger than each of the four kingdoms individually, conquering these kingdoms would absolutely require enormous consumption.
They did not believe that Xue Qinghe could bear such losses and would ultimately slink back to Heaven Dou City in defeat.
This so-called expedition was nothing but a joke.
Secretly, the four major kingdoms even began contacting each other, planning to form an alliance and firmly oppose Xue Qinghe's plan to reclaim power.
The first kingdom to be conquered was the most powerful Barak Kingdom. Qian Renxue led the army to the border of the Barak Kingdom and gave the king of the Barak Kingdom one last chance to choose.
Inside the Barak Kingdom, the common people were in a state of panic, but the royal family showed no sign of tension. This was because the four major kingdoms had successfully formed an alliance. As long as Xue Qinghe dared to attack one side, it would absolutely trigger a joint attack from the other three.
As for the small duchy located farthest to the east, it was too far away to play any role and had already been abandoned by the four major kingdoms.
Although the Heaven Dou imperial family controlled heavy troops, taking down the four major kingdoms would not be easy.
The hundreds of thousands of troops led by Qian Renxue stationed at the border of the Barak Kingdom and remained motionless, which puzzled the several major kingdoms.
The eyes of all forces across the Douluo Continent were focused near the Barak Kingdom, speculating whether a war would really break out.
Shortly after the army had just stationed itself, a contingent from the Star Luo Empire quickly arrived from the Star Luo Empire's border, requesting an audience with Emperor Qinghe.
To Jiang Chen's surprise, the leader of this contingent was actually Dai Mubai, who had already become the Crown Prince of the Star Luo Empire.
Dai Mubai's purpose in seeking an audience with the Heaven Dou Emperor was to prevent the outbreak of war.
Originally, the two great empires had been preparing to secretly form an alliance to resist the Spirit Hall.
If the Heaven Dou Empire suddenly erupted into internal chaos, the only beneficiary would be the Spirit Hall.
Under Jiang Chen's indication, Qian Renxue ordered Dai Mubai to be driven back.
Dai Mubai trembled with anger. This was the first task his father emperor had given him after he became crown prince, yet he had been humiliatingly driven out, losing all face.
Secretly, the Spirit Hall's decapitation operation had already begun.
In every kingdom, there was a Title Douluo skilled in concealment and assassination leading a team to carry out the decapitation operation.
The pieces that had long been planted in the various kingdoms finally played their role, providing the decapitation lists.
The lists consisted of powerful figures; the death of each one would shake the kingdom to its core.
Dealing with these several kingdoms, Qian Renxue no longer had any scruples and directly employed thunderous methods.
Jiang Chen was in the team responsible for the Barak Kingdom's decapitation operation, becoming the leading figure in the team.
On the second day after the army arrived, a wave of wailing erupted from within the Barak royal palace. Barak Kingdom's King Kundra died mysteriously and turned into a dried corpse.
Subsequently, some important ministers of the Barak Kingdom were also found dead miserably in their homes.
Even the generals in the Barak Kingdom's army who had once rejected recruitment by the Spirit Hall all died silently.
Whether Soul Douluo-level great generals or Soul Saint-level vice generals, all turned into dried corpses.
Not long after the bad news from the Barak Kingdom spread, in the following one or two days, the other three major kingdoms also received bad news, with situations similar to the Barak Kingdom.
Kings were assassinated, and generals were turned into dried corpses.
Those dried corpses were naturally Jiang Chen's handiwork; otherwise, those generals stationed within large armies would have been difficult for even a Title Douluo to assassinate silently.
Of course, many important figures who had already pledged allegiance to the Spirit Hall survived and quickly began seizing power.
In the end, war still broke out.
The newly succeeded kings held onto a fluke and resolutely launched war, attempting to force the Heaven Dou imperial family to retreat.
However, armies that had lost their excellent generals had no way to withstand the elite forces of the Heaven Dou imperial family. After several clashes, they collapsed completely.
Less than ten days after Qian Renxue led the army to the Barak Kingdom, the Barak Kingdom announced its surrender of power and voluntarily restored its status as a province.
The other major kingdoms no longer dared to harbor any illusions and successively handed over their military power.
Surrendering would still allow them to become the governor of a province, while resisting to the end meant only a dead end. Naturally, no one would choose the second path.
The small duchy in the east, upon receiving the news, chose to surrender at the first opportunity.
With this, the Heaven Dou Emperor's expedition ended. In just ten days, the four major kingdoms and one duchy submitted.
Those forces that had been watching the spectacle all closed their mouths. When had the Heaven Dou imperial family become so powerful?
Judging from the successive deaths of important figures in the four major kingdoms, the Heaven Dou Empire had definitely grasped a group of terrifying top-tier powerhouses.
The great generals of the four major kingdoms were all Soul Douluo-level figures. Being able to be silently slain indicated that the Heaven Dou imperial family's operation this time very likely had the support of Title Douluos.
Many forces could not help but associate this with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School, which had always supported the Heaven Dou imperial family. That sect had two top-tier Title Doulros.
Yet Ning Fengzhi was puzzled.
Where did his disciple Xue Qinghe get Title Douluo support from?
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