A dozen goddesses filed out instantly, one by one, leaving the great hall and guarding the entrance, keeping watch for Xiao Mo.
After the goddesses departed, Xiao Mo walked towards the location of the Kingdom's Heart.
The Kingdom's Heart was a golden heart, containing immense energy.
It was filled with the power of the earth, heavy and incomparably sacred, making one dare not underestimate it.
Xiao Mo arrived and stood before the Kingdom's Heart. He brilliantly took out the Dynasty's Heart.
He approached the golden, radiant Kingdom's Heart.
The system posed a question.
【Do you wish to merge the Kingdom's Heart with the Dynasty's Heart?】
【Yes!】【No!】
Xiao Mo immediately pressed "Yes."
Indeed, the Dynasty's Heart in his hand transformed into streaks of golden light, flowing into the Kingdom's Heart, and instantly vanished.
With every Dynasty's Heart the Kingdom's Heart absorbed, Xiao Mo could faintly sense.
The aura surrounding the Kingdom's Heart seemed to change. That sacred aura began to rise steadily.
At this moment, Xiao Mo actually sensed that the destiny of the Immortal Demon Kingdom was also changing.
No, at this point, it should be called the Immortal Demon Empire.
He felt the destiny of the Immortal Demon Empire becoming thicker and longer, as if about to give birth to life, full of vitality.
Destiny, a mysterious thing.
You cannot see it, nor can you touch it, yet it is extremely important for a nation.
The thickness of a nation's destiny often represents whether it can last longer.
Moreover, even when a country falls into hardship.
If your destiny is thick, you can use that destiny to mitigate tribulations.
However, this would only be a precarious existence, consuming destiny.
Therefore, no matter what, destiny must be well maintained.
Only then can your country become more prosperous and enduring.
The fusion of the Kingdom's Heart and the Dynasty's Heart would not be successful in a short time.
Xiao Mo idly picked at his fingernails, lazily waiting for the Kingdom's Heart to successfully merge with the Dynasty's Heart.
After an unknown period, he suddenly noticed that the Kingdom's Heart, which was still absorbing Dynasty's Hearts, began to change.
At this moment, the golden light on the Kingdom's Heart was so thick it seemed ready to drip.
By this time, the Kingdom's Heart had absorbed fifty-five Dynasty's Hearts.
Xiao Mo stared intently at the Kingdom's Heart.
After a moment, a brilliant golden light erupted from the Kingdom's Heart.
The entire palace was illuminated by it, as dazzling as the sun.
The blinding light made Xiao Mo, who was accustomed to sunlight, involuntarily close his eyes, avoiding the radiance.
After the light disappeared, the Kingdom's Heart had undergone a massive transformation.
In fact, it was no longer heart-shaped but had become a rectangular prism.
This prism was pure white throughout. Upon closer inspection, there seemed to be golden light moving within the pure white, as if it had come to life.
The prism was not large, only about Xiao Mo's waist height.
The original massive heart shape had become significantly smaller.
However, the sacred light emanating from the object was much more concentrated than before.
Xiao Mo frowned slightly. Had it evolved?
Or had it failed?
Why did it feel like it wasn't as good-looking as before?
And he didn't know that the Imperial Heart could also change shape.
It used to be heart-shaped, and now it was columnar.
In the future, as the Imperial Heart continued to upgrade, what would this columnar form eventually become?
Xiao Mo pushed aside his scattered thoughts and quickly opened the system interface. He found that the interface previously labeled "Kingdom's Heart" had now changed to "Imperial Heart."
Only then did he heave a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, it had successfully evolved.
Xiao Mo had obtained a total of eighty-five Dynasty's Hearts. Fifty-five had been used, leaving thirty.
Without hesitation, he poured all thirty remaining Dynasty's Hearts into the columnar Imperial Heart.
He was somewhat concerned that the already upgraded Imperial Heart would no longer absorb Kingdom's Hearts.
To his surprise, his worries were unfounded. As soon as he placed the Dynasty's Hearts into the Imperial Heart,
The Imperial Heart rapidly absorbed them.
At this time, Xiao Mo did not dare to speculate, knowing that the kingdom's destiny had begun to rise.
However, it was not as significant as the previous surge in destiny.
If I were to compare the previous surge in destiny to a swimming pool, then this current surge was like a cup of water.
There was almost no significant improvement.
Xiao Mo quickly understood. This was certainly because the Kingdom's Heart had been upgraded to the Imperial Heart.
Now, its energy requirements were not the same as before.
Having been promoted to the higher Imperial Heart, it would definitely require Kingdom's Hearts to advance further.
At this moment, the system sent another notification.
【Congratulations to the player for advancing from the Immortal Demon Kingdom to the Immortal Demon Empire, becoming one of the empires on the Primordial Continent.】
【Special Notice: Dear Sovereign of the Immortal Demon Empire, His Majesty Xiao Mo, you have been blacklisted by the Central Empire, Glorious Empire, with your hatred reaching its peak. Please prepare yourself.】
At this moment, Xiao Mo sensed the changes in destiny within the great hall.
Upon hearing this, a smile appeared on his lips.
"Is it finally coming, the Glorious Empire?"
The words "Glorious Empire" were spoken by Xiao Mo with an inexplicable hint of bloodlust.
A sense of chilling killing intent arose spontaneously.
He was already very interested in this Glorious Empire, which he had never met but had long heard of.
Xiao Mo believed that this most powerful empire from the Central Empire and the entire Primordial Continent would surely be one of his greatest adversaries.
And it would certainly bring him greater surprises.
He was now eagerly anticipating that day.
Currently, the Glorious Empire and the Immortal Demon Empire were very close to each other.
If one were to zoom out the map, it would be evident that the two empires were almost adjacent.
However, there was a buffer zone between them, a desolate land uninhabited by anyone.
It was called the Barren Zone, spanning only a hundred thousand kilometers.
For ordinary people, this hundred thousand kilometers was like an insurmountable chasm, impossible to cross.
But for gods and troops, this distance required no time, and they could cross it rapidly.
Moreover, even without crossing this uninhabited land, Xiao Mo, from his home, could unleash a casual palm strike.
He could break through the Barren Zone and strike within the territory of such an empire.
Therefore, for empires, this distance was very dangerous and unsettling.
Xiao Mo could understand why the Glorious Empire harbored such resentment towards him.
Because, once Xiao Mo became powerful, he would inevitably attack his neighboring countries first.
It would be either the Dark Elven Empire or the Glorious Empire.
And even more despairing and worrying was that the fuse that would ignite this war was in Xiao Mo's hands.
As long as Xiao Mo willed it, he could start a war at any moment.