Shi Feiyang had Bai Lingzi create a registry for each member of the Demon Clan under his command, recording their names, original forms, cultivation levels, and more.

Since paper can't be used underwater, they used merfolk silk instead.

The merfolk are capable of spinning threads and excel at weaving, so Shi Feiyang found a small basin and had the Merfolk King settle his people there: "From now on, this place shall be called Divine Merfolk Valley."

He also had the demons gather large rocks and colorful shells to help the merfolk build houses, using a few days of effort to construct a simple palace.

Underwater architecture has completely different considerations than surface construction, with the main concern on land being against gravity, while in water buoyancy is present. The foundations and pillars' primary function is to prevent the palace from being washed away by the sea rather than to support and prevent it from falling.

The interior of the palace was spacious, with each dimension spanning over a dozen yards. The base and walls were piled up with rocks, while the roof and windows were bonded with shells. The merfolk then spun threads and wove nets, placing three layers of merfolk net within, thus ensuring perfect security.

He had the merfolk assist Bai Lingzi with the registry task, first weaving scrolls with merfolk silk, then embroidering the text on them. Bai Lingzi was in charge of directing, while they handled the physical labor.

Shi Feiyang only required the lowest quality merfolk silk, and since all of the merfolk had some mana, the production of the registry scrolls was quite fast; in less than a month, five scrolls were completed, listing a total of 4,651 members of the Water Clan.

During this period, Shi Feiyang learned a lot more about the group of demons and classified them, establishing five major departments: the fish and snake types were assigned to the Jinlin Department, the shell and snail types to the Rainbow Pearl Department, the crab and turtle types to the Golden Armor Department, the merfolk were placed into the Heavenly Craft Department, and the remaining types like Bai Guanhong's were put into the Hundred Rivers Department.

He designated areas for each of the five departments, instructing them to build nests within these areas, move their homes there, and issued many prohibitions, such as forbidding private duels and so on.

As the Leader of the Water Clan personally appointed by Geng Kun and with his own strength so mighty, it was natural that whatever Shi Feiyang said was obeyed by the demons, with none daring to disobey.

Shi Feiyang also chose a prime feng shui location for himself, digging a cave on the seabed rocks, similar to what he had done on Wuding Island. He went three hundred yards down into the earth, setting up nine layers of stone gates, shaped the interior into a sphere, and then arranged layers of prohibitions, providing a suitable place to cultivate.

Firstly, the opening of the Jade Box and specifically its middle and lower layers associated with the Golden Seal was of great importance, so he had to keep trying to unlock it.

Secondly, the Cave Spirit Zither needed to be cultivated, as this magical treasure had more marvelous uses yet to be discovered.

After the spherical Underground Palace was completed, he tried playing the Cave Spirit Zither, and this time no anomalies occurred. After all, he was too far from Wuding Island for the Earth Cold Bell to resonate, and Geng Kun did not possess similar magical treasures here. He quietly breathed a sigh of relief; this was for the best as he wanted to quietly delve into his spiritual practice to enhance his strength.

As a reward for this campaign, Geng Kun taught him the method of refining the Nine Heavens Cold Soul Pearl.

Within the Shushan World, there were several magical treasures comparable to nuclear weapons in severity, which once activated, would set up a forbidden circle over thousands of miles, causing mountains to collapse, the earth to split, and all living beings to perish.

Geng Kun's Nine Heavens Cold Soul Pearl belonged to this type of magical treasure.

This item also originated from the Chi You Three Disks Scripture and once refined, would be about the size of a teacup's mouth. Once activated, it could cause landslides and earth subsidence in a hundred-mile radius, bringing forth a severe cold aura that devastated everything within its scope. All creatures, whether flying or hidden, plants, and animals, would be either blown to dust or frozen into ice.

That was just its initial power. With continual sacrificial refinement, the treasure bead would continue to grow in size, and its power would multiply. Moreover, after detonation, a spell could be cast to gather the cold aura back into the bead, reforming it with only a loss of some energy, saving the need to start the refinement process anew.

"Indeed, it is a good treasure. With this magical treasure in hand, those from the Evil Path would certainly not dare to provoke me lightly, and those from the Righteous Path would be reluctant to force me into a corner for fear of damaging it."

However, this treasure is extremely difficult to refine. It requires its bearer to go to the sea surface night after night to gather the Moon Essence Cold Essence. It is a slow and painstaking process, and even Geng Kun spent hundreds of years to refine just three beads.

Shi Feiyang, of course, was not willing to spend hundreds of years refining these beads, so he thought of having these demons work on his behalf.

Geng Kun was quite strict with these Demon Clan members. He only passed on the cultivation method for the physical body and ceased to teach any other spells. Instead, before going out to duel, he would summon the required demon individually and instruct it in the specific spell needed for the fight.

Shi Feiyang was accustomed to offering benefits before employing others. He visited each department and built a palace for every one of them. Then, inside the main hall, he would chat with them. For those who had joined later and had not yet learned the cultivation method, he would publicly teach it. He not only checked for gaps and filled them, but also refined and sublimated the technique, speaking at length about extended parts.

He also gave private guidance to demons he found agreeable, teaching them how to cultivate their inner core more rapidly and even how to refine magical treasures.

Soon, all the demons became sincerely loyal and deeply respectful towards him. Even the merfolk felt this Dragon King was very amiable and different from other demons.

When the time was right, he picked out around six hundred astute and capable demons and taught them the method to condense the Moon Essence Cold Essence, instructing them to cast spells under the moonlight every night to draw in the moonlight.

He found six hundred tea-cup-sized pearls and, after a series of sacrificial refinements, distributed them. The moonlight gathered by the demons was sealed inside the pearls. They would deliver it to him twice a month, and he would gather everyone's moonlight into a large pearl.

As the saying goes, many hands make light work. Within just a few months, he had collected a large amount of moonlight, and with each addition of radiance, the large pearl's brightness increased a degree.

He then refined and purified the moonlight further, extracting the purest essence of the Moon Essence Cold Essence and sealing it within a crystal bottle.

These six hundred demons, working for three months, amounted to him exerting himself for a hundred and fifty years. Even though these demons had meager mana and were incredibly inefficient—only one percent as efficient as if Shi Feiyang were doing it himself—that still equated to a year and a half of effort for Shi Feiyang.

Besides helping him gather moonlight, Shi Feiyang also instructed the five Water Clan departments to produce other items. Shellfish and spiral shells, whose mana was weak, used to be bullied and slaughtered at will, with not many of them remaining. Shi Feiyang separated them into their own department, specially transmitted spells to the department head as preferential treatment, and taught them how to produce various luminous beads, not just pearls but also higher-grade treasure beads such as Fire-Repelling Pearls, Water-Repelling Pearls, and Dust-Repelling Beads.

It was just unfortunate that there were no ancient clams like Wu Qingyang's, which were several thousand years old; these were only new clams and new spiral shells that could produce only black and white pearls.

Shi Feiyang instructed that from now on, any clam or spiral shell that showed potential should not only be left unharmed but also protected. Anyone who dared to disobey would be executed.

Clam spirits produced pearls, merfolk wove silk, and he had turtles and crabs search the seabed for ores such as Cold Iron and the essence of the Five Metals, to be collected and initially forged.

The nature of the Demon Clan is animalistic, adhering to the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak. Since Shi Feiyang was the strongest, with fury could wipe them all out, naturally, every word he said was treated as a decree. They did not dare to disobey even slightly. Humans have to consider their dignity, but these demons do not even understand the concept of dignity. They did whatever they were told, and since Shi Feiyang had given them many benefits, they were also willing to obey his commands.

When Geng Kun annihilated Merfolk Island, besides the Green Spirit Saber and Green Blood Divine Net Shi Feiyang gave him, he also obtained many other treasures. Afterward, he went into seclusion for cultivation and didn't emerge until a year later, having increased his effort considerably and even refining a new magical treasure while enhancing the Green Spirit Saber's control to be as responsive as his heart desired and fully restoring the Green Blood Divine Net.

Upon coming out from seclusion to accept the congratulations, he found the Water Clan well-managed by Shi Feiyang and was gifted a Crystal Bottle of Moon Essence Cold Essence. He was shocked and delighted, "Good! Good! Good! From now on, the power of life and death over all Water Clan members is entirely in your hands!"

Pleased, he then taught Shi Feiyang a spell and decreed that he should present him with a bottle every year.

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