The proposal Ye Liuyun put forth to dominate the trade planet was naturally met with silent disapproval from the crowd, who dismissed it as sheer fantasy.

Yet none dared to voice their dissent openly. Instead, they kept quiet, waiting for their tribes to send someone to deal with him. But Ye Liuyun wasn’t actually seeking their opinions—he was making a statement. With ruthless efficiency, he seized every third-level Dominator present, forced them to relay his message back to their clans, and then branded them with slave marks.

Now, with an army of third-level Dominators under his command, he had undeniably become the most formidable force on the planet.

Only Barlo escaped unscathed. Ye Liuyun took the opportunity to outline his grand vision to him—ensuring trade security through sheer strength, banning all forms of combat on the planet or its vicinity, and even prohibiting raids in the surrounding space. He also detailed plans for stall arrangements and management fee collection.

Though Barlo had to admit the schemes sounded solid, he remained skeptical about Ye Liuyun’s ability to pull them off. Despite being an adversary—or perhaps because of it—he warned Ye Liuyun that the captured warriors alone wouldn’t be enough to subdue all the tribes.

Ye Liuyun merely chuckled. "Go back and discuss it with your people. As for whether I can make it happen—well, you’ll just have to wait and see."

Not just Barlo, but all the other martial artists and stall owners were sent packing with a simple directive: "Talk it over among yourselves. If you agree to my terms, come back, and I’ll reassign your stalls. Business can continue as usual."

Once the crowd dispersed, Ye Liuyun released the enslaved Dominators, bracing for the inevitable backlash. He knew some tribes—like the volatile Beastkin and Giant Demons—wouldn’t hesitate to strike. In fact, their notoriously short tempers were precisely why he’d targeted them first.

Next, he deployed Qiong Qi and his team of formation masters to set up traps and defensive arrays. Hawks were sent to patrol the perimeter, while twenty thousand armored soldiers—armed with war chariots and energy cannons—stood ready for battle.

With warriors like Xiaorao, Wan Gang, the Red Lion, Foxhunter, Iron Ox, three Giant Demons, and over thirty human martial artists—all third-level Dominators—handling any faction would be effortless. Add to that Ye Liuyun’s twenty-thousand-strong army and three thousand hawks, and even his skeptics began to wonder if he might actually pull off his takeover.

But only the Giant Demons knew the full extent of his power—within his spatial realm lay a demonic world, home to a hundred and fifty thousand well-equipped demon soldiers.

Though the Giant Demons had their own formidable fighters, their numbers were limited. If Ye Liuyun wished, he could wipe them out entirely.

So he had his enslaved Giant Demons relay his true strength back to their kin. Now, all that remained was to wait for their response.

Although the Trolls were hot-tempered, they weren’t fools. They were now waiting to see whether the humans could form an alliance to attack Ye Liuyun. If not, they would immediately surrender to him.

The Beastkin, on the other hand, were the most volatile of all. Their Beast King was a massive azure flood dragon.

Upon receiving the news, the Azure Flood Dragon summoned all the Beastkin’s Sovereign Realm powerhouses. Over five hundred ferocious beasts at the Sovereign Realm gathered and charged toward Ye Liuyun. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Among these five hundred beasts, more than four hundred were only at the first level of the Sovereign Realm, while only two remained at the third level—the Azure Flood Dragon himself and an ancient gray ape.

Ye Liuyun’s golden eyes spotted the approaching beast horde first. He then led his companions—Lei Ming, the Dragon Maiden, the Purple Kylin Snake, the Nine-Headed Fiend Dragon, and other spirit beasts—into the void to meet them head-on.

When it came to dealing with wild beasts, he had a better method than simply slaughtering them with traps or formations. The Sovereign Realm powerhouses formed a semicircle behind him, standing guard.

The moment the Azure Flood Dragon saw the sheer number of powerful figures on Ye Liuyun’s side, he immediately halted his advance. The reports he had received hadn’t mentioned such overwhelming strength—over forty third-level Sovereign Realm experts alone.

The ferocious beasts grew uneasy under the oppressive aura of these powerhouses. Only when the Azure Flood Dragon unleashed his power of bloodline did they feel a sliver of security.

Yet, one by one, the figures beside Ye Liuyun revealed their true forms before the crowd.

First was Lei Ming. Many had never seen a Thunder Dragon Beast before, but the wild beasts could sense the draconic power of bloodline within her—no weaker than the Azure Flood Dragon’s. The Trolls, meanwhile, were stunned by the demonic energy radiating from her.

Then came the Dragon Maiden, whose true form was that of a genuine dragon. The moment she transformed, her mighty roar instantly overshadowed even the Azure Flood Dragon’s presence.

Next, the Nine-Headed Fiend Dragon, the Purple Kylin Snake, the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger, the Vespera, the Stone Ape, and other spirit beasts successively unveiled their true forms, leaving every warrior and beast present utterly dumbfounded.

"Submit to me, and I will grant you the chance to take human form. Resist, and I will wipe your kind from existence," Ye Liuyun declared bluntly.

By now, the Azure Flood Dragon, suppressed by the bloodlines of Lei Ming, the Dragon Maiden, the Nine-Headed Fiend Dragon, the Vermilion Bird, and the White Tiger, had weakened to a state even below the first level of the Sovereign Realm. The other beasts lay flat on the ground, not daring to move. If they refused to surrender now, they would undoubtedly be slaughtered without the slightest chance to fight back.

"Go and persuade them," Ye Liuyun called out to the Crimson Lion, the Fox Hunter, and the Iron Ox behind him.

The three beasts immediately leaped forward, roaring in unison to urge the other ferocious creatures to surrender. While they couldn’t control the Azure Flood Dragon and the Gray Ape, the rest of the beasts were still within their influence.

Ye Liuyun’s spatial world teemed with countless savage beasts, many of which could even sense the aura of the dragon clan. Thus, the three beasts knew full well that the beast clans stood no chance against Ye Liuyun.

Even if Ye Liuyun didn’t deploy these monstrous beasts, the sheer number of powerful warriors at his disposal would inflict devastating losses on the beast clans. Once their strongest fighters were wiped out, their entire race would soon be overrun by humans, reduced to mere prey.

Under the three beasts’ call, some of the creatures couldn’t wait for the Azure Flood Dragon’s command and began inching forward on their bellies toward Ye Liuyun’s side.

Seeing this, the Azure Flood Dragon realized the tide had turned. Besides, the prospect of transformation held undeniable allure for these monstrous beings.

Without Ye Liuyun even lifting a finger, the entire beast clan defected en masse, surrendering to him. After branding them with slave seals, Ye Liuyun sent them back to their home planet to safeguard its resources.

True to his word, he promptly distributed shape-shifting elixirs among them and dispatched his own monstrous beasts to oversee critical resource sites.