A series of prompts flashed continuously, making Lin You’s eyes blur.

The things unlocked were nearly double those back when upgrading to Tier Seven, truly worthy of the title of a Tier Ten known as a Saint.

Moreover, it seemed that many things had changed due to the nature of the territory shifting.

However.

Before he could check, the space in front twisted, and a group of kings led by the Saint Radiance Emperor appeared in his territory.

"Great Emperor!"

Lin You hastily got up to salute.

"No need for formalities." The Saint Radiance Emperor smiled slightly, raised an arm, and an invisible force helped Lin You up. "I originally thought it would take you at least a few more months to reach Tier Ten, but you’ve exceeded my expectations by so much. Truly worthy of being a seed of my Holy Radiance Empire!"

A seed of the Holy Radiance Empire?

The surrounding kings exchanged odd glances, looking from the Saint Radiance Emperor to Lin You, as if speculating something.

Only Ji Xinghe remained unmoved, even wearing a look of already seeing through everything, his head slightly raised.

Foolish, aren’t they?

This newly ascended king is not a simple character.

Ji Xinghe wore a smug expression, feeling grateful for having built a good relationship with Lin You early on.

"Since you’ve now reached Tier Ten, I’ll assign that territory I obtained earlier to you. Just don’t manage it poorly."

The Saint Radiance Emperor ignored their reactions, called up an interface and tapped it repeatedly, assigning a piece of land under Lin You’s name.

[Congratulations, your land range has expanded. Please visit the ’Duchy Management’ interface to view.]

A prompt sounded in Lin You’s mind.

The surrounding kings were secretly shocked.

The emperor actually assigned to Lin You the land he had obtained from other empires?

It must be known that the land is vast, encompassing almost half of the southern region of the Holy Radiance Empire and bordering other kingdoms and duchies in the southern area.

Although not as large as within the Holy Radiance Empire, the land is very fertile and has enormous population movement.

The only issue to note is the turmoil caused by land reassignment.

As long as it’s properly suppressed, it would definitely be a golden land for trade and agricultural development.

"Thank you, Great Emperor!"

Hearing the prompt, Lin You was overjoyed and quickly expressed his gratitude.

The Saint Radiance Emperor waved him off, indicating no need for such formality.

After a moment of thought, he then asked, "By the way, have you decided on the name of your duchy?"

"Name?" Lin You looked puzzled.

"The Great Emperor means whether you have decided on the name of your duchy," Ji Xinghe explained in a timely manner from the side, "Just like our duchy, where the name is ’Great Wilderness’. Now that you are a lord of a nation, you naturally also need your own duchy name."

"I see." Lin You had a sudden realization.

"It seems like you haven’t decided yet. In that case, let me help you come up with one." The Saint Radiance Emperor raised an eyebrow, his lips slightly curved.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Saint Protection Duchy, how does that sound?"

Saint Protection Duchy?

The kings were once again surprised, appearing extremely shocked.

Generally speaking, a subordinate duchy cannot have the same word in its name as the empire or kingdom, as it is taboo; no emperor would like the national title to collide with a duchy’s name.

There is only one situation where the same word is used for a national title.

That is when the empire is founded by the emperor’s own descendants, and they are allowed to use it.

Indeed.

Ji Xinghe squinted, becoming even more certain of his suspicion.

If you say now that the Saint Radiance Emperor has nothing to do with Lin You, he absolutely will not believe it.

As for Lin You.

He wasn’t too clear about the intricacies involved.

The Great Emperor personally helping to name the duchy, he certainly would not refuse.

Moreover, the duchy’s name included the character ’You’ from his own name, which he very much liked.

"Thank you, Great Emperor, for the bestowed name."

He immediately expressed his gratitude.

"Alright, you’ve just upgraded to Tier Ten, and there are many things to adapt to, so we won’t disturb you any longer. Let’s go."

The Saint Radiance Emperor did not stay long, said a few words to the surrounding kings, and then directly disappeared from the space.

Seeing this, the other kings stepped forward one by one to congratulate Lin You, aiming to get to know him and planning to cooperate with the Saint Protection Duchy in the future.

Lin You naturally wouldn’t refuse.

After all, these experienced old kings could offer much more experience than him.

Moreover, establishing good relations with surrounding duchies would greatly benefit his future development and couldn’t be neglected.

It went on like this until the afternoon.

After the other kings left, only Ji Xinghe remained in the entire territory, still discussing land planning with Lin You.

"The location of Yellow Sand City is slightly southwest of the empire, separated by cities like Mo Yuan City and Shuangye City from your land."

"If you don’t mind, I can assign the intervening territory as well as half the wasteland and the mountain range to you, in exchange for an equivalent land on your southern border. What do you think?"

Ji Xinghe expanded the map of the Great Wilderness Kingdom through the duchy management interface, pointing to the area around Yellow Sand City.

"Alright." Lin You looked at the map and nodded silently.

It was also the first time he got such a detailed geographical understanding of the surroundings.

Originally, between the Great Wilderness Duchy and the Holy Radiance Empire, there was a piece of land belonging to another empire.

Now that these lands became Lin You’s territory, it was indeed good news for Ji Xinghe.

After all, they all fall under the jurisdiction of the Holy Radiance Empire, which is way more convenient than negotiating with other empires.

And so.

The two discussed for more than an hour, transferring land and talking about some governance experiences.

Ji Xinghe finally bid farewell to Lin You and hurried back to the capital.

Then not long after.

The news of the establishment of a new duchy spread like a hurricane, instantly sweeping through the entire Holy Radiance Empire and neighboring countries, causing the lords to exclaim repeatedly.

"Wow! Really? They actually established a new duchy?"

"Who’s the new king? Why have we never heard a peep about this before?"

"Seems like it’s the lord of Yellow Sand City, formerly affiliated with the Great Wilderness Duchy."

"Haha, great, now our empire has eleven duchies."

"Anyone planning to develop in the new duchy?"

"Of course, I heard the resources over there are extremely abundant, just waiting for the founding to move directly over."

The lords were abuzz with discussion, messages flooding in like waves, making every channel lively and bustling.

Some lords on the battlefield received the news and also hurried back to their territories to inquire about the new duchy.

Some had even prepared to move at any moment, planning to be among the first to settle there, hoping to earn the title of a founding member.

Regarding these matters.

Lin You naturally had no inclination to bother.

After sending off all the kings, he hurried beneath the World Tree to check the various new functions.

First, there was the basic information of the territory after the upgrade.

[Name: World Tree (Territory)]

[Category: Plant Type]

[Level: Tier Ten]

[Durability: 100,000/100,000 (+5000)]

[Recruitment Number: 1,400/10,000 (+4000)]

[Upgrade Requirements: 50 billion Magic Energy, Divine Fragment (4/10)]

[Introduction: The cornerstone of the duchy, with various functions.]

[Duchy Management][Personal Information][Chat Channel][Rank][Skills][Buildings][Faith]...

As expected.

After reaching Tier Ten, many things increased tenfold.

Not only did the durability increase significantly, but even the magic energy required for upgrading reached a very astonishing level.

However, after Tier Ten, the shattering of the territory core doesn’t affect the lord, so this durability is somewhat irrelevant.

What surprised Lin You the most was the recruitment number, which rose directly from 1,000 to 10,000.

With the addition of four Divine Fragments, it even reached an astonishing 14,000, making it possible to create a species army without a problem.

As the prompt indicated, there was also an additional duchy management and personal information function integrated below.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Lin You noticed an issue.

A Tier Ten territory doesn’t require any Power of Faith?

Surprised, he quickly opened the faith interface below and found that the description had indeed changed.

[Faith: 11,203 (A product of the faith power of citizens within the duchy, can be used to condense Rule Fragments.)]

It can actually condense Rule Fragments!

So this was the true use of the Power of Faith?

Lin You was overjoyed, as this meant he finally had a source for Rule Fragments to upgrade species.

However, what he hadn’t expected was that when he opened the operation interface, intending to condense the fragment, he was prompted that it required 10,000 faith.

"Damn, so expensive!"

Lin You cursed.

10,000 faith was definitely a huge amount for him.

After hesitating for a while, he still couldn’t bring himself to use up the hard-earned faith.

Next.

He shifted his gaze to the two additional features, duchy management and personal information.

Duchy management was self-explanatory, presumably involving various territory citizens and resource building management, which he planned to study gradually later.

What intrigued him the most was this "Personal Information" feature.

Without hesitation, he tapped it with his finger, and a familiar yet unfamiliar interface appeared before him.

[Name: Lin You (Lord)]

[Race: Human]

[Level: Tier Ten (4/10)]

[Power: 50,000 (+20,000)]

[Constitution: 50,000 (+28,000)]

[Agility: 50,000 (+20,000)]

[Spirit: 50,000 (+20,000)]

[Basic Skills: Double Mutation, Power of Rule (Allows the use of existing species skills and enhances Divine Fragment power by x10%, excluding certain special skills.) Space Travel (Cross space, teleportation to a specified location, distance must not exceed the Origin Space range.) Rule Transformation (Enhance designated attributes by absorbing the Power of Rule contained in Rule Fragments.)]

[Divine Power: All attributes +40%]

[Racial Talent: Constitution +16%, Recovery Speed +16%]

[Introduction: Lord Attribute Interface, recording the lord’s specific strength and skills, unlockable at Tier Ten.]

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...

Lord Attribute Interface!

Lin You’s eyes widened suddenly, shocked as he looked at the interface and the name on it.

After reaching Tier Ten, the lord also unlocked his attribute interface?

Unbelievable!

But he quickly realized, and hurriedly looked at the skills information below, immediately stunned by the various skills.