The Mage World was shaken to its core!

Hao Gongming, who had been assisting them in exploring worlds and looting, had betrayed them and joined forces with the Cultivators.

It was a massive blow to the Mage World.

In a secret room within the Mage World, Gray's clone appeared neutral, but his aura revealed his seething anger.

He spoke slowly, his voice filled with disappointment, "How could this happen? Is it true that you reduced her share?"

Mage Allout, who was melting like ice under heat, spoke slowly in response, "Master..."

"So it's true," Gray confirmed.

"This time you have truly disappointed me. What are a few resources compared to the importance of locating different worlds? And now, because of your actions, we have lost our greatest tool for discovering new realms," Gray stated coldly.

Allout immediately knelt down and pleaded, "Please forgive me, master. Please give me another opportunity."

Gray's voice remained devoid of emotion as he replied, "There is no other opportunity."

With a snap of his fingers, Allout, along with all his clones, including Emperor of Fate and Mage White Light, and all hidden clones, exploded into oblivion.

It was a complete annihilation.

Everyone in the room sat frozen, like sculptures, too afraid to utter even the slightest noise. Then Gray declared, "I appoint Unification Mage as the new commissioner."

Although Unification Mage held the rank of 15, and nobody dared to protest.

The Board was merely an advisory body for Gray, he could even appoint a mortal without anyone questioning his decision.

…

Meanwhile, Hao Gongming's clone looked around her new surroundings, which were incredibly luxurious and far superior to the Mage World.

Just then, a man entered the room—it was Cultivator Sky Sea.

Despite his kind smile gracing his face, his long beard and scars made him appear more intimidating than kind.

He spoke, expressing his long-held interest in meeting Hao Gongming after learning about her extraordinary abilities.

Hao Gongming, who was a clone, also smiled and replied, “My pleasure. May I ask what matter your honor desires to discuss with me?'"

"I'm extremely interested in your portal abilities. May we have a debate about it to learn from each other?" Cultivator Sky Sea expressed his curiosity.

Hao Gongming shrugged and responded, "I'm sorry, but my ability is more like a talent rather than a spell. It cannot be easily explained."

Cultivator Sky Sea looked disappointed but quickly recovered and suggested, "Then let's put it to the test and invade a world. I have a coordinate. Can you open a portal to that location?"

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Hao Gongming smiled, knowing that her portal skills were highly advanced. "No problem. But are we going alone?"

Sky Sea smiled confidently and said, "I alone am enough!"

Hao Gongming summoned a clone and swiftly opened the portal.

…

They stepped through and surveyed their surroundings. This particular world was peculiar, consisting of mountains upon mountains. There was no sea, clouds, or even a visible sun. The origin of the light remained a mystery.

Old man Sky Sea explained, "This is one of the cave worlds of mages. They store resources here."

With a wave of his hand, all the resources flowed toward him. Any resistance was futile, as no formation could withstand the might of the old man. Soon, The entire cave world became empty.

Formations have different grades.

First-grade formations can resist attacks from first-step cultivators, second-grade formations can withstand attacks from second-step cultivators, and so on.

In this particular cave world, the formations were of fourth grade, easily broken by Sky Sea.

It's not that mages didn't want to employ higher-grade formations to protect their resources, but maintaining such high-grade formations would require massive resources that were simply not worth it. Even maintaining a sixth-grade formation would require the world's source.

After looting the entire cave world and capturing everyone as slaves, Hao Gongming opened a portal, and they returned.

Old man Sky Sea sighed and remarked, "With your ability, it's so simple to attack other worlds. You see, I did know the location of the cave world, but entering it would have required going through a lot of trouble and consumed a considerable amount of time. It would have alerted the higher levels of the Mage World, and with their home-field advantage, they could have easily resisted. However, now it was an easy victory!"

Hao Gongming rolled her eyes, finding the old man's incessant chatter tiresome.

She couldn't help but think that it would be amusing to have him join her harem, hoping he could provide some entertainment.

Unaware of her thoughts, daoist Sky Sea said, "Next, let's move on to the next location!"

Hao Gongming had no complaints, as she had obtained a considerable amount of loot from their previous adventure.

...

After a year of relentless looting across all the locations in the Mage World, Gray personally appeared and threatened to attack the cultivation world if the cultivators didn't cease their activities.

Old man Sky Sea dared to challenge him, but leader Shang Lu called off the looting operation temporarily, not wanting to engage in further conflict.

Hao Gongming had developed a fondness for the old man by now and casually suggested, "Sky Sea, how about joining my harem?"

Old man Sky Sea suddenly shook, his long white beard fluttering in the wind. He replied, "Maybe later, Master Hongming."

He held a great deal of respect for Hao Gongming, despite not approving of her behavior.

Hao Gongming bid him farewell and headed to the Hao Harem Sect, where she called for Su. This time, Su wasn't serious and seemed genuinely happy. In the past year, they had acquired an abundance of resources that they couldn't even store. As a result, Su had reached the peak of the Imitating Realm in the second step, and many mages had advanced to the 8th grade.

Even without Hao Gongming's presence, the Hao Harem Sect had become a formidable force. This was just the beginning.

Only a fraction of the resources had been utilized, with much more remaining. It wouldn't be long before many new second-step members appear.

Su greeted Hao Gongming with a smile and said, "Gongming, you truly deserve to be the master of all the people here! Even with a billion members, you provide for them all. I really respect you!"

Hao Gongming felt humbled and replied, "Thank you, Su. This is the first time you've said such things to me. Now that the sect's situation is stable, I'll be leaving. There will be more resources in the future, and perhaps we can consider attacking the Abyss World with Old Man Sky Sea."

Su expressed disappointment, saying, "But please spend some time meeting the new second-step and 8th-grade mages. They are also eager to meet you."

Hao Gongming responded, "I will visit them later. For now, I have to go. Goodbye."

And just like that, she disappeared.

…

Instead of going to Kang, she had a clone there monitoring the situation. The artists in her harem were getting older, so Hao Gongming was now searching for a way to help them conceive children.

But she didn't find any suitable techniques, so she set that aside for now.

…

She teleported to the mountain of blood stones and observed.

It was slightly larger than before, but not significantly. The increase in size was due to the work of her clones, although progress was slow.

However, this time she was determined to consume as many essence stones as necessary to reach level 90!