Reaper of the Martial World

historical

Book 9: Chapter 114: Cycle (1)

“Look at you.” Dyon smiled brightly, holding up his puffy eyed daughter to the skies. “You’ve gotten so big! You’re growing up too fast, dad can barely hold you up.”

Little Alauna wiped her cheeks, giggling.

Knowing that his daughter’s third birthday was quickly approaching, Dyon sighed. He already felt that she was getting too old too quickly. Was this how all parents felt?

“Want to follow me around today?”

Her head bobbed up and down eagerly, causing a wave of warm laughter to fill Planet Ragnor before it quickly became somber once more. After all these months had passed, it seemed the citizens of Odin City had forgotten that this young man had come to conquer their lands. They almost felt that he was one of their own now, so they were filled with inexplicable feelings.

Little Alauna, though, completely oblivious to their complicated feelings, happily staying in her father’s arms.

“Momma!” Alauna called out seeing Amphorae and Luna descending from the skies to stand by Dyon’s side. Though she hadn’t seen Dyon in almost half a year, Luna visited her quite often. After all, even if she was worried about Dyon’s battle, she couldn’t possibly leave Little Alauna parentless for so long. This was why her daughter’s yearning for Dyon was so much stronger.

Seeing five beauties surrounding Dyon, the warriors of the Mortal Alliance could only smile bitterly. Even Emperor Pakal and Lord Odin who could have the pick of any woman of their empires they wanted paled in comparison. Even if they could pick any woman, just where would they find even one of such caliber, let alone five.

Dyon was still before the gates of Odin City and his prisoners were still kneeling to the ground, the only difference was that the magnificent lightning formation was gone and the hostility of the guards that stood on the tall walls had deflated.

Before Dyon could say another word, the city gates slowly opened, resulting in a deep sigh from Lord Odin.

Dyon hadn’t forgotten about all of the horrible things the Ragnor Clan had done. Even if he had already subdued him with his power, his conscious wouldn’t allow them off the hook so easily.

Odin City easily fell under Dyon’s control.

The upper echelon of the Ragnor Clan was soon collected, and Little Lyla was brought forward.

Dyon began to systematically question the nobles of the Ragnor Clan about the deeds they had committed in their lives, leaving not a single stone unturned.

He didn’t hide these proceedings from the eyes the common people either. Even if it meant losing much of the fighting strength the Ragnor Clan had to offer, Dyon refused to have vile weeds within his Kingdom. With more than 100 years still left to the descent of the Ancient Battlefield, Dyon believed that with his resources and the guidance of Chancellor Lind’s education system, the Mortal Alliance would be overflowing with talents soon enough.

In fact, it might be better this way. Those who had already entered the celestial realm practically had their futures already set in stone, no amount of resources and guidance could change much. It was better if Dyon focused on the younger generation, anyway.

If they didn’t have to enter the tower, most geniuses would be able to enter the celestial realm within 30 years, with only the very best being able to enter within 20. Those who succeeded within 30 years would need at least a hundred years more to become dao experts, but those who succeeded within 20 likely would only need about half that time.

Of course, these were under normal circumstances. These calculations were done with the top 20 quadrants in mind. However, did these top quadrants have a Star Lord like Dyon at their back?

In the outer powers, absolute geniuses reached the celestial realm while they were still teenagers, between 13 and 16 years old. Fringe geniuses succeeded within 20 years.

Lilith herself was a prime example of this. If it hadn’t been because she was waiting to buy a Sovereign Spark, she would have entered the celestial realm long before she met Dyon. And, one had to remember that she was only 16 years old when she met Dyon for the first time.

These very geniuses would obviously reach the dao realm far quicker. Those like Lilith would clear the celestial realm within 10 to 15 years, becoming dao experts at about 25 to 30 years old. Those on the lesser end would reach the dao realm at about 50 years old.

If these calculations were used, Dyon would be able to rebuild the lost strength of Celestial Quadrant in due time. In fact, he would be able to make them stronger than they ever had been before.

Although the universes of Celestial Quadrant couldn’t hope to match the outer powers in qi density, thus making cultivation slower here, Dyon planned to supplement them all with the support of a Star Lord. If they still lagged behind, it could only be said that they weren’t meant for cultivation.

Like this, Dyon began placed the nobles of the Ragnor Clan on trial. Soon, the Three Grades of Severity became the hammer of justice to these very nobles…

At the Zeroth Grade, the crimes were benign enough that they could be pardoned through the changing of the rulership. However, the true punishment reared its head when the First, Second, and Third Grade of Severity appeared…