Upon hearing this, Lanling was slightly taken aback and said, "Is this necessary?"

Bulo replied, "Of course, previously I had neither married nor had children. But now, having secularized, Your Majesty is no longer the supreme ruler of the Dragon Demon Temple, but rather the lord of the three races, so marrying Qingxuan does have certain significance, far better than having no purpose at all."

Lanling thought for a moment and nodded, "Very well then."

A moment later, Bulo summoned Qingxuan in and said, "By the benevolence of His Majesty, he will take you as his consort. Why don’t you kneel and express your gratitude?"

Qingxuan’s eyes showed a hint of struggle, but she obediently knelt down.

...

Lanling originally thought the wedding would be held at the Human Supreme Council, yet unexpectedly, it was at the Lunar Holy Palace.

He always believed the other party would not easily expose the core site of the Lunar Holy Palace to him, but to his surprise, Bulo led thirteen high priests and one hundred thirty-nine Moon Priests to greet Lanling at the Lunar Holy Palace on that very day.

Within lunar civilization, the Northern Hemisphere is for human civilization, and the Southern Hemisphere for the Demon Race, separated by a gigantic energy barrier, and the Lunar Holy Palace is located within this immense energy barrier, situated between the Demon Race and the Human World.

The ninth layer of the Human World, the location of the Supreme Council, is a scene of unmatched beauty, like paradise.

However, the site of the Lunar Holy Palace is magnificent and desolate!

There is no artificial sun, no day or night here, as if there is only eternal twilight.

There are no brilliant colors, only a desolate gold.

What is desolate gold? It is gold corroded by time, like fallen maple leaves on the ground.

But without a doubt, the Lunar Holy Palace is both spectacular and grand.

Within this solitary energy world stands a desolate golden hall, a color no longer golden but tending towards bronze.

Due to lack of time, choosing a day is not as good as facing the moment.

The enthronement ceremony of the Dragon Demon Emperor Lanling was held the day after Bulo appeared.

Over nine hundred members of the Human Supreme Council, over nine hundred members of the Demon Supreme Council, and nearly seven thousand Bloodline of the Void Carriers all donned their most splendid attire to attend the enthronement ceremony of the Dragon Demon Emperor.

Besides these individuals, there were also a thousand people who, for the first time, appeared at the Lunar Holy Palace.

They were the representatives of the Star Clan, the activated intelligent lifeforms. The entire world had five hundred million advanced intelligent lifeforms, of which a thousand were elected to form the Star Clan Supreme Council.

Even though there were over ten thousand people, the entire Lunar Holy Palace still felt incredibly vast!

With the aid of the former supreme ruler, Bulo, Lanling walked step by step up the stairs of the Lunar Holy Palace towards the grand throne at the hall’s peak.

With each step he took, his figure grew more imposing.

By the tenth step, he was several tens of meters high, and by the time he reached the grand throne at the top of the stairs, he was a thousand meters high, like a mountain peak.

He lightly sat beneath the great Golden Throne, overlooking the nearly ten thousand people in the great hall.

In the Flame Demon Empire, Lanling proclaimed himself emperor. In the Flame Dragon Empire, Lanling also proclaimed himself emperor.

And now, in lunar civilization, Lanling once again declared himself emperor, adding another title after being the Emperor of the Flame Demon Empire and the Emperor of the Flame Dragon Empire, now the Emperor of the Dragon Demon Empire.

Only this time, he felt less like an emperor and more like a Bodhisattva. Just like the Bodhisattva in the TV series "Journey to the West," shining with golden light, as high as a mountain peak, making Monk Tang and Sun Wukong feel especially small when entering, like a deity overlooking all beings.

The former master of Yao Xing, supreme ruler Bulo loudly announced, "Humans, kneel!"

Immediately, nearly one thousand Human Supreme Council members knelt in unison and said, "Allegiance to our Emperor!"

Bulo said, "Demon Race, kneel!"

Nearly one thousand Demon Supreme Council members knelt in unison and said, "Allegiance to our Emperor!"

Bulo said, "Star Clan, kneel!"

One thousand Star Clan Supreme Council members knelt in unison and said, "Allegiance to our Emperor!"

Bulo said, "Bloodline of the Ancestors, kneel!"

Nearly seven thousand Bloodline of the Void Carriers knelt in unison and said, "Allegiance to our Emperor."

Bulo said, "Moon Temple Priests, kneel!"

The first Supreme Priest Void Yan led one hundred fifty-two Moon Temple Priests to kneel in unison and said, "Allegiance to our Emperor!"

The ceremony concluded!

Lanling’s enthronement ceremony ended, officially becoming the supreme sovereign of lunar civilization.

...

The next day, Lanling married Lancome, becoming the Empress of the Dragon Demon Empire.

A day later, Lanling married Qingxuan, becoming the Imperial Noble Consort of the Dragon Demon Empire.

The next day, wearing a yellow robe, holding the Sword of Heavenly Punishment, and wearing a star crown, Lanling, along with his newlywed wife Lancome and Qingxuan, rode in the splendid Dragon Demon gold chariot, inspecting the entire lunar civilization.

The nine-layer world of human civilization, and the nine-layer world of the Demon Race civilization.

Everywhere they passed, billions of people knelt on the ground, chanting long live.

The lunar civilization’s enormous screens stopped all programs and played the coronation hall of Great Emperor Lanling, the wedding hall, and the grand inspection ceremony.

For a full twenty-nine days!

Lanling rode the Dragon Demon gold chariot, leading the Dragon Demon Imperial Guard, inspecting every world of the entire lunar civilization.

For a full twenty-nine days, the lunar civilization used all means to brainwash everyone. To let everyone in every corner know, whether they be Demon Race, human, or Star Clan, one thing, that is the lunar civilization now has an emperor.

Of course, this emperor’s name cannot be mentioned.

This emperor only has one name, which is the Dragon Demon Emperor. He holds the Sword of Heavenly Punishment, wears a star crown, and has two peerless beauties by his side.

This is the greatest impression of the Dragon Demon Emperor among the billions of people of the lunar civilization.

...

After the grand inspection ceremony, the entire Lunar Holy Palace openly displayed the most core secrets of the civilization to Lanling.

That is the ninth-grade energy civilization of the moon!

The entire command center is within the Lunar Holy Palace!

"Your Majesty, this is a miniaturized version of the moon, and our goal is to transform every inch of matter of the entire moon, to make it an incredibly powerful yet controllable intelligent life," said Void Yan, the First Master Priest.

Lanling was completely shocked upon hearing this!

This idea is truly bizarre and stunning!

Previously in conversations with Shi Yiyue, Lanling knew that the lunar civilization wanted to transform the entire moon into a universe battleship, to leap out of this dark star region.

Then Lanling thought it was nothing more than creating a few giant engines on the moon.

But unexpectedly, this group intended to completely transform the entire moon, turning it into an intelligent life energy body!

In other words, by then the entire moon would be alive. It could absorb the energy of the cosmic starry sky, self-navigate, and self-combat.

It must be said, this concept is truly... extraordinary.

"Your Majesty, our initial concept was to manufacture a few anti-matter engines on the moon, to propel the entire moon to leap out of this dark star region. We found out this was completely impossible. The moon is too gigantic, while mere propulsion might be possible, the surrounding star regions are all occupied by the Void Master, and every star system within dozens of light-years is the territory of the Void Master. We absolutely cannot fly out. The only way is spatial jumping. However, to carry this entire enormous moon through spatial jumping, it is not something that a few engines could solve. Every inch, every energy molecule on the moon must become an independent engine to support such a leap."

Qingxuan said, "So, transforming the entire moon became the only feasible way! Therefore, tens of thousands of years ago, we underwent a separation from the moon’s body."

Lanling had visited the moon’s body, where there was nothing but stone.

No wonder Jing Wubian once said that the other moon was not real, but a reflection of the moon. Of course, this statement is somewhat incorrect; it should correctly be said to be an energy reflection.

Qingxuan continued, "That was the sixth time of energy civilization, when we successfully completely extracted energy from the moon’s shell, turning it into an independent pure energy world. So that moon shell was almost out of energy. Subsequently, we made breakthroughs through the seventh and eighth energy civilizations, all the way until today’s achievements."

Void Yan said, "And the core of the ninth layer energy civilization is to transform every inch of moon energy. Inject numerous intelligent souls into every inch of the moon energy crust and then activate them. Finally, create a virtual moon to function as the control terminal for the entire moon’s intelligent life form. This is an extremely difficult task, not overly complex, but very tedious. Our population of over a billion, plus five hundred million intelligent lives, have worked for tens of thousands of years, and now we are just one step away from the final success!"

Staring at the miniature virtual moon before him, Lanling asked, "Is this the virtual moon, the control terminal of the entire moon’s intelligent life form?"

"Yes, my Majesty!" Void Yan said: "Though we are still a millionth of a step from complete, you can already sense its marvel, you are the master of Yao Xing, possessing the most powerful and developed brain domain in the world, with your guidance, our progress can be rapid."

Lanling closed his eyes, reached out to touch the virtual moon before him.

In an instant...

He entered an incomparably mysterious world!

Inside the entire moon, there existed countless intelligent soul lives, not tens of thousands, not tens of millions, nor even billions, but tens of billions, hundreds of billions, thousands of billions of intelligent lives.

Countless energy bodies, countless intelligent soul lives, converged to form the moon.

Only, there was still a little corner left incomplete, that area was still dark, not yet spread with intelligent life programs.

Once the entire transformation is complete, the final moment it is activated!

The entire moon will become a living entity, a controllable intelligent life form.

This plan is truly jaw-dropping, hard to believe, yet incredibly stunning.

...

Within the sleeping chamber of the Lunar Holy Palace!

Suddenly, Zhi Yan appeared before Lanling, saying, "Lanling, or Your Majesty, I wish to talk to you." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

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