CHAPTER 596: CHAPTER 366 ANOTHER UNKNOWN PHENOMENON_2

Having an army composed of King-level experts made it difficult for Yan Xiaobao to determine who should serve as the commanders of a thousand, two thousand, and five thousand men. Ultimately, he also needed someone to command ten thousand men. Clearly, these positions would be offered to the highest-ranking experts, with most of these top-level orders assigned to Emperor-level experts. Generals would obviously be Saints.

Each Saint oversaw approximately ten thousand men, most of whom were Kings, with about one-third being Emperors. Yan Xiaobao couldn’t ascertain who was the best, so he sat down and wrote to each Saint. In one letter, he informed them he had decided who would participate in the war, and he instructed the Saints Team to select their five highest-ranking Emperors. These Emperors would become the commanders of the military camps.

As he thought through this structure, he slowly began to bring order to the new army. First, he wanted the soldiers to form teams of five. Among these five people, there would be a captain. Each five-person team would be part of a thousand-man unit, controlled by a commander known as the Thousand-man Commander.

Two groups of one thousand experts would be controlled by a Two-Thousand-man Commander, and eventually these two thousand-man groups, along with an additional thousand-man unit, would be commanded by a Five-Thousand-man Commander. The highest-ranking holy knight team in the army would be commanded by the Ten-Thousand-man Commander, who oversaw two five-thousand-man groups.

Thousand-man Commanders, Two-Thousand-man Commanders, and Five-Thousand-man Commanders each had two lieutenants. All commanders and lieutenants were Emperor-level experts, though it was left to the Saints who knew them best to decide who went where.

While drafting these documents, Yan Xiaobao was fully immersed in his writing, paying no attention to what was happening within his body. He knew many changes were occurring, but he still didn’t know the extent of those changes. So far, the only thing he had experienced was the increase in external power from the gemstone within his Dantian Cave, not to mention the renewal of all his cells caused by Wu Wei.

The entire night was spent writing. Yan Xiaobao was so busy that he didn’t even have time to cultivate. Yet even so, while he was busy writing, his body continued to absorb the pulses of red energy emitted by the red gemstone. The gemstone gradually grew smaller with each pulse of energy, shrinking from the size of a fist to the size of a thumbnail.

As Yan Xiaobao finally finished writing the message he planned to send to the Lords the next day, the moon had already risen high in the sky. These documents would outline which Lords would remain to join the war and request details about their Emperor Guards.

Realizing he could do no more, with several hours of bright moonlight still ahead, the young man opened the window and positioned himself so that the moonlight could be absorbed as he began cultivating.

This was his first time cultivating at night, and a new tingling sensation appeared in his heart. He felt a new energy, one he had never experienced before. As he examined it more closely, Yan Xiaobao could sense all the essence of heaven and earth, enveloped in a thin white mist surrounding him like a membrane. This membrane contained pure Yin Energy.

As the energy flowed through his meridians, the white energy slowly transferred from the raw essence of nature and earth into the upper Dantian, where it was refined into Qi. In the upper Dantian, it merged with a mist-like black energy similar to the white energy. The two intertwined, and their combined color turned into pure gold. Then the golden mist gradually entered the golden sphere at the center of the upper Dantian. The sphere now shone brighter than ever before, emitting golden light with increased intensity. Even so, Yan Xiaobao felt that although he had refined a significant amount of energy, he was still only at the early stage of King-level cultivation.

Noticing how the brief changes under the moonlight had profoundly affected him and his energy, Yan Xiaobao spent the rest of the night under the descending glow of the moonlight. He cultivated until dawn, when sunlight finally broke through the sky. Feeling satisfied, Yan Xiaobao stood up and stretched his body. Normally, he would sit on his bed to cultivate, but tonight he had been seated on the cold stone floor, leaving him sorer than usual.

His blue eyes were filled with a calmness he had never possessed before. Although he missed his friends back in the Capital, he knew he had to focus entirely on what was happening around him and could not allow himself to dwell on what he had left behind. Preparing for war was among these responsibilities. After the war was over, Yan Xiaobao would return to his friends. Until then, he would focus solely on securing victory for the beasts.

Grabbing the letters, each sealed with Qi, ensuring they wouldn’t be opened before reaching the Lords they were intended for, Yan Xiaobao immediately left the room. He set out to find a guard he could entrust with delivering the letters. He personally had other matters to attend to.

"Hey, you there!" Yan Xiaobao shouted as he spotted a guard in the distance. Pure luck quickly brought the guard within reach, and the young man smiled brightly. "I need you to deliver these letters to the Lords whose names are written on them. You are absolutely not allowed to open these letters. They are extremely important," he continued, though the guard, wishing he could refuse, knew doing so would only bring trouble upon himself. Hearing there were sixty-four letters, the guard sighed, wondering why his luck was so terrible. Though unhappy with his task, he promptly turned around and sought out the first Lord, Wan Qiao.