As the saying goes, three mediocre strategists can match one Zhuge Liang.
(T/N: Zhuge Liang is one of the GOATed strategists in history from the Three Kingdoms era.)
In the past, Ye Wen had no choice but to explore the supreme realm of King of God Kings alone. But with the addition of Gu Yuena and Na'er, two peers of the same level, along with the new insights gained from this reincarnation, he discovered that he had already reached the limits of his law's potential.
At this moment, Ye Wen truly touched the pinnacle of the God King realm, needing only a catalyst to break through to the Divine Emperor realm, which he envisioned could transcend this world. However, without guidance from predecessors, Ye Wen could only awkwardly remain at this level, waiting for future opportunities.
After Ye Wen completed his breakthrough, the trio who had been away from Douluo Planet for over a century returned. A hundred years may be brief, but for mortals without eternal life, it was enough to span five generations. The once medieval-style, dilapidated Douluo Planet had long become history; now it had officially entered modern society.
From above, the three observed the sea of changes brought by time, something they were accustomed to. With just a glance, they directly headed back to the Blue Silver Forest.
Upon returning, Ye Wen carefully reviewed the situation and found that everything on Douluo Planet had fallen into place.
Leaving aside the four divine beasts of the heavens, the current highest powerhouses of Douluo Planet.
The former deity position shattered, transforming the divine dragon Di Tian into a soul beast, who had now regained his cultivation. Additionally, other exceptionally talented soul beasts such as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Snow Empress, and Ice Emperess had also broken through to the godly realm under Ye Wen's arrangements.
Ye Wen didn't show favoritism towards humans either. Besides Bo Saixi and Zhu Zhuqing, who had already reached the godly realm, the current human representative in the godly realm was Qian Renxue, who had completely shed her lovesick mindset. Her mother, having endured Bibi Dong's mental torment, also fully stepped out of her love obsession, dedicating herself to assisting Qian Renxue in managing the affairs of Douluo Planet.
As for the four divine beasts of the heavens, although all possessed King-level strength, under Ye Wen's constraints, they were merely the ultimate protectors of Douluo Planet and did not interfere directly in politics.
Currently, Douluo Planet adopted a federal system similar to Ye Wen's world, with Qian Renxue as the Supreme Speaker, supported by various soul beast races and humans, jointly maintaining this burgeoning multicultural civilization.
However, the main power core still rested with humans. There was no way around it—humans were simply too advantaged. Even with resource inclinations toward soul beasts, soul beasts needed ten thousand years of cultivation to possess the intelligence of a simple child. As for the rest, there was no need to say more.
Ye Wen wasn't surprised by human dominance. On the contrary, if humans, with their racial advantages, could still be suppressed by soul beasts in power struggles, then such a race wouldn't deserve to be the protagonist species of the Douluo Federation.
Ye Wen recognized Qian Renxue's work ability. In this short span of a hundred years, she had propelled Douluo Planet to the brink of interstellar travel. Now, she planned to capture the nearest life-bearing planet within ten years, officially initiating the reconstruction plan for Douluo Planet's god realm.
Seeing Douluo Planet's visibly bright future, Ye Wen exhaled in relief.
"Managing Douluo Planet like this, I feel I've repaid this world's kindness in aiding my reincarnation."
After reviewing the situation, Ye Wen decided not to bring this world's family back to his own. Despite a century of peace between good and evil in his world, this world's family members were still too weak. If they were dragged into any potential future battles, even the loss of one person would weigh heavily on Ye Wen. Therefore, it was better to stay here and cultivate peacefully.
However, upon returning home, Ye Wen raised an eyebrow in surprise.
Just stepping into the house in the Blue Silver Forest, Ye Wen detected an extremely dense aura of death tightly constrained in a corner.
Though the death law was well-contained, Ye Wen could immediately see through its terrifying essence. If unleashed, it would devastate not only the Blue Silver Forest but potentially render the entire continent devoid of life.
Looking at the mass of death energy, Ye Wen smiled with satisfaction. This restrained death aura was actually Ye Tianhun's deliberately contracted divine domain. Though seemingly small, it contained a microcosm.
As a master of the divine domain technique, Ye Wen could see through the field to gauge Ye Tianhun's cultivation.
Once barely stepping into high-level God King, Ye Tianhun had touched the core essence of the death law after a near-death experience. Over this century, his cultivation skyrocketed, reaching 149 levels, on the verge of breaking through to Supreme God King. Compared to his siblings, he had truly come from behind to surpass them.
Nevertheless, Ye Wen still needed to reprimand Ye Tianhun.
Knowing how dangerous his law was, how dare he attempt a breakthrough in such an important place? A slight mishap during his ascent to Supreme God King could spell disaster for the entire region.
Thus, as a responsible father, Ye Wen naturally took responsibility for Ye Tianhun's recklessness, casually placing a golden hoop around him, confining him to prevent any harm to others.
After handling this, Ye Wen sighed in astonishment as he turned towards Bibi Dong's direction.
"Wow, you two are really in sync, choosing the same day to break through, and precisely on the day I return!?"
Indeed, Ye Wen sensed that Bibi Dong's room emanated the aura of her impending breakthrough to Supreme God King.
Although Bibi Dong's desire law wasn't as physically destructive as Ye Tianhun's death law, if attacked by her desire law, ordinary humans might experience extreme emotional swings, causing their sanity values to plummet drastically.
Ye Wen helplessly rubbed his forehead, "Really, everyone is so troublesome. After all these years, they haven't fixed this careless habit."
Despite his complaints, Ye Wen adeptly set up a spatial restraint to isolate Bibi Dong's influence on the outside world.
After finishing everything, Ye Wen went straight to Huo Yu'er and several other wives from his world.
Though a century had passed, with Ye Wen's help, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and the other women hadn't aged due to time. The power of gods kept them perpetually youthful.
Seeing Ye Wen, Dugu Yan and the others were happy, but they didn't emotionally collapse because Ye Wen occasionally sent avatars to check on them and guide their cultivation during those hundred years.
Due to the extravagant actions of good and evil, after that divine battle, Ye Wen didn't acquire any powerful god positions in this world to bestow upon everyone.
The spoils of war scavenged from the god realm were mainly collections of gods, but there was nothing valuable, not even a first-rank god position.
However, this posed no difficulty for Ye Wen. His Boundless Ocean God position was an ultimate god position integrating numerous divine insights from his world. Replicating suitable god positions for the women was a simple task.
Dugu Yan, whose martial soul transformed into something resembling the Azure Dragon, naturally embarked on the path of the Azure Dragon.
Xiao Wu, despite her martial soul possessing spiritual characteristics, preferred aggressive output and wasn't suited for the path of desire like Bibi Dong. After much deliberation, Ye Wen chose the speed god position for Xiao Wu.
Yes, the same god position Zhu Zhuqing held in the original story.
However, after years of development in Ye Wen's world, the speed god position had evolved into a high-end god king rank.
Xiao Wu: Speed is power. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?
Ning Rongrong was an auxiliary soul master, so Ye Wen didn't complicate matters, instead giving her the Nine-Colored Goddess position, evolved to god king level.
While it couldn't replicate the near 100% amplification effect of her mortal days, even for someone like Ye Wen, achieving god king level in the Nine-Colored Goddess could provide significant enhancement.
Unfortunately, few followed the path of assistance. If Ye Wen had such a Nine-Colored Goddess during his battle against Heavenly Demon Holy Ancestor, the fight wouldn't have been so arduous.
And Ning Rongrong, Ye Wen's daughter-in-law, was destined to reach that stage. Ye Wen believed that given Ning Rongrong's talent, with enough time, she could become a strong ally.
After all, apart from Tang San, Ning Rongrong was the most qualified genius in the Sea God Island arc.
There was little to say about Ye Lingling, who walked the extreme path of life. Ye Wen bestowed the Life Goddess position upon her, perfectly matching her attributes. Consequently, Ye Lingling's cultivation progressed the fastest among the women, reaching the limit of second-rank godhood after a century, soon to break through to first-rank.
Additionally, figures like Dugu Bo pursued the path of the Poison God, while Huo Rui walked the path of the Martial God. For the elders who had followed Ye Wen, he spared no expense, finding appropriate divine paths for each of them.
Long ago, Ye Wen realized that the Douluo Continent lacked not geniuses with the potential to become gods but rather methods and opportunities.
With ample resources, top-tier talents might not all achieve the God King level, but breaking through to second or first-rank gods remained relatively straightforward.
Since Tang San's era, apart from the Tang family, few Douluo people managed to ascend beyond demigod status. Primarily, the higher-ups in the god realm monopolized the pathways, unwilling to share the faith resources belonging to Douluo with newcomers.
Therefore, Ye Wen always looked down on the gods of Douluo's god realm, considering them parasites clinging to power.
They were greedy, effortlessly amassing vast resources. What concern did they have for the laments of lower beings or the duties of deities? They were merely strong individuals cloaked in divine garb!
They were fearful, terrified of later arrivals seizing their authority and dethroning them, knowing full well they were neither irreplaceable nor invincible.
Such a god realm was doomed without a future. Even though the Destruction God King remained radical, aiming to restore greatness to the god realm.
This was another reason why Ye Wen overturned the god realms of multiple Douluo worlds.
Ye Wen admitted he coveted the source resources of other Douluo worlds, using them to strengthen his own world and delve deeper into profound laws.
But Ye Wen understood he wasn't merely a plunderer. He used the costs paid by other Douluo worlds to give their chosen ones the possibility of forging a future.
Though the women's reactions weren't overly intense, Ye Wen's return in his true form indeed stirred their enthusiasm. The family subsequently enjoyed a lively meal together.
However, looking at the table laden with oysters, bull penis, and various aphrodisiac ingredients, Ye Wen's cheek twitched involuntarily.
And you ladies! Can you tone down those lustful stares! It's not like my previous avatars didn't satisfy you!
But in the end, Ye Wen relented.
Though inwardly grumbling, Ye Wen was very willing to meet his family's normal needs and affection.
After seven days of relentless exertion, Ye Wen grew weary and walked into the courtyard, sitting quietly to gaze at the bright moon.
Though differences between worlds caused minor variations in this world's moon, Ye Wen paid no mind, calmly saying,
"Entering unannounced late at night isn't what a competent leader should do."
The next moment, a radiant golden light appeared beside Ye Wen.
Qian Renxue knelt immediately upon materializing, bowing her head and addressing Ye Wen, "Apologies, Lord Ye Wen, for the intrusion."
Though over the years, Qian Renxue learned indirectly that she was one of Ye Wen's wives in his world, she refrained from becoming overly familiar, sensing Ye Wen held no romantic interest in her.
Under normal circumstances, Qian Renxue, though prone to lovesickness, wasn't the type to lose her composure over any man. Having ascended to godhood and bearing the future of Douluo's billions, she had entirely dismissed such thoughts, fully transforming into a powerhouse of authority.
Ye Wen calmly regarded Qian Renxue, skipping formalities and directly asking, "What urgent matter brings you to seek me? If I can help, I will."
Though Douluo Planet now ran smoothly, Ye Wen knew the pressures faced by a wise leader, so he was willing to assist Qian Renxue with her problems.
To Ye Wen's surprise, Qian Renxue didn't immediately state her request but hesitantly asked after a brief silence.
"Lord Ye Wen, I have a doubt in my heart, hoping you can resolve it for me."
"Oh? Tell me, what trouble plagues our great Archangel?" Ye Wen teased lightly.
Though Ye Wen hadn't spread cultural influences, due to Qian Renxue's Angel God position and her long tenure as Speaker, the nickname Archangel naturally emerged.
Embarrassed by Ye Wen's teasing, Qian Renxue's face reddened, though not from romantic feelings but from excitement in facing her idol.
After another period of silence, Qian Renxue spoke.
"Lord Ye Wen, do you think I am a competent leader?"
Ye Wen: ?
"Why do you have such doubts?" Ye Wen asked curiously.
Ye Wen held no gender bias, and the flourishing Douluo Planet wasn't evidence enough of Qian Renxue's success?
A bitter smile crossed Qian Renxue's face, "Lord Ye Wen, Douluo Federation harbors many internal conflicts. Though outwardly peaceful, I lack confidence in managing them as well as you do.
So, I question whether I am a qualified leader. I wanted to ask you the moment you returned, but…"
Here, both Qian Renxue and Ye Wen blushed. Clearly, his recent indulgence had been discovered by this admirer.
It was quite embarrassing～
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