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```Accompanied by the old witch's great purge, it had a chain reaction.
Kang Mazi and Yongzheng also took action.
Within their territories, they had armies at their command, top-tier combat power in abundance, and secret intelligence agencies providing information.
Those noble families plotting in secret, those aristocrats stirring up trouble, all of this intelligence had long been gathered in their hands.
It could be said that these people were like fattened pigs waiting for slaughter from the very beginning.
Previously, they refrained from acting against them simply to avoid causing bigger upheavals, which would hasten the collapse of the Wild Boar Skin Dynasty.
But now, rebels were everywhere within the dynasty, and many Grand Lords declared independence, no longer obeying the Wild Boar Skin Dynasty's rule.
There was nothing left to say, the butcher's knives had long been prepared, and the fat pigs ready for slaughter were also ready.
So, rewarding a little more with annihilation of nine clans for amusement, and slaughtering pigs for meat, was normal operation, wasn't it?
For the Great Qing's useless officials, especially those preparing to turn against their masters, they naturally couldn't be indulged any further.
Thus, the bloody butcher knives began to harvest one disloyal official after another.
The technique of nine clans separation erupted with terrifying effects at this critical time.
House raids and exterminations, reclaiming resources, and a continuous stream of materials flowed into Kang Mazi and Yongzheng's treasuries.
After this wave of great purges, they eliminated a full quarter of the officials, and nearly half of those in high positions of power were killed.
And these officials and nobles who had occupied the court for many years and held enormous power, the benefits they reaped could be piled into a mountain!
At this critical moment, Kang Mazi and Yongzheng obtained a huge amount of resources, which they immediately invested in conscripting armies and rapidly cultivating top-tier combat power.
In fact, seeing their own dynasty heading towards collapse, the two had long been making preparations.
The number of subordinates secretly cultivated was not small, but those who could truly reach the pinnacle required not only resources but also personal comprehension.
The rules of the Heavenly Dao of the Sea of Realms were set. To reach the fifth tier, Epic, and the sixth tier, Legendary, one must become a Lord, or they would be stuck at the fourth tier.
Why was Guangxu still at the fourth tier peak after a hundred years?
Was it because he did not want to advance?
Not at all, it was because his territory was destroyed by the old witch, and then he was imprisoned.
And to cultivate fifth tier, Epic, and sixth tier, Legendary, one must first become a Lord, which required the Heart of the Lord.
Don't be fooled by the Heart of the Lord just being Golden Lord Quality, but its drop rate was extremely low in the first layer of the Sea of Realms.
Besides opening treasure chests of golden or higher quality, there were three other ways to obtain it.
Conquering wild dungeons, conquering outdoor Secret Realms, and entering the Divine Demonic Tower!
Wild dungeons were one-time engagements, and conquering them could yield a source chest, which greatly increased the chance of obtaining the Heart of the Lord.
However, a single wild dungeon could produce at most one Heart of the Lord.
Outdoor Secret Realms were similar, but they could yield multiple Hearts of the Lord, and the drop rate was higher than wild dungeons.
The Divine Demonic Tower was different, it was a passage leading upwards, towards higher layers of the Sea of Realms.
The Blue Star Human Race didn't know how many levels they had ascended, but the oldest empire they currently have contact with was the Ancient Qin Empire located on the third layer of the Sea of Realms.
Once the Divine Demonic Tower's trials were passed, the Sea of Realms' Heavenly Dao would reward richly, including at least a hundred Hearts of the Lord.
Unfortunately, after the Wild Boar Skin Dynasty took control of the Divine Demonic Tower, they essentially controlled access to it and only released a few slots each year.
To obtain these slots, a considerable amount of resources had to be paid first.
Once passed, to ascend to the Upper Realm, they also had to hand over more than half of the rewards given by the Divine Demonic Tower.
They couldn't do anything through this, but they could choke the opposing family's power!
The rulers of the Wild Boar Skin Dynasty knew that if they dared to enter the second layer of the Sea of Realms, only death awaited them.
So, they remained in the first layer, flexing their power while blocking others' paths to advancement.
To ascend, one had to pay money and resources, treating it like a toll.
Most excessive of all, the yearly slots would never be given to Lone Wolf Lords, commoner Lords, or small family Lords.
This was just one of the reasons the Four Ancient Empires loathed the Wild Boar Skin Dynasty.
Those who ascended were geniuses, but the Noble Clans were well-known for being untrustworthy.
Such characters, the rulers of the Four Ancient Empires dared not use heavily.
As one can imagine, without a supplement of reserve talent and facing an even more severe situation, the Four Ancient Empires could only retreat step by step, being continually compressed in living space by the alien races of the Sea of Realms.
If it weren't for the Blue Star Human Race having four Great Emperors on the surface and several more hidden, the second and third layers of the Sea of Realms would likely have already been forcibly taken and destroyed by the alien races.
While others above struggled to sustain the situation, the Wild Boar Skin Dynasty not only dragged its feet but also stabbed in the back repeatedly. If not them, who else would be eradicated?
It could be said that within the first layer of the Sea of Realms, the Wild Boar Skin Dynasty had a vast area and an even greater population, with many geniuses, prodigies, and extraordinary talents.
But those Grand Lords, while outwardly submissive to the dynasty, secretly accumulated power, and whenever they discovered a genius, prodigy, or extraordinary talent, they hid and cultivated them in secret, absolutely refusing to hand them over to the Wild Boar Skin Dynasty.
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