Read The Almighty Dominance Novel (Alexander Leonhart and Sophia Lancaster) by Sunshine Updated 2025 -26 - The Almighty Dominance Chapter 628

The Almighty Dominance Chapter 628

Alex stood in the center of the magistrate courtyard while the six disgraced officials knelt before him, chests heaving, faces wet with sweat and humiliation. Around them, servants and guards stared in stunned silence, too terrified to even whisper.

The transparent Gaia bands gleamed faintly against the elders’ necks like invisible shackles.

Zhuge Liang looked at the kneeling men, then at Alex. For the first time since they had met, unease truly entered his eyes.

The city lord before him no longer resembled the reckless young heir who once stumbled through politics and drunken feasts.

This Bai Xiaochun radiated absolute certainty.

And that certainty was terrifying.

Alex swept his gaze across the officials. “Good. Since all of you can still kneel, it means your brains haven’t exploded yet. That’s encouraging.”

The lead magistrate trembled violently. Rage still burned in his eyes, but fear had finally smothered his pride.

“W-what do you want from us?” he rasped.

Alex smiled faintly. “Simple. Obedience.”

He began pacing slowly in front of them, hands clasped behind his back.

“For too long this city has rotted from the inside. Corrupt judges. Fat merchants. Noble clans squeezing peasants dry while pretending to uphold order.” His voice remained calm, almost conversational. “That ends today.”

One elder clenched his fists. “You cannot rule through fear forever—”

Alex snapped his fingers.

The man’s body instantly jerked upright. Before anyone could react, the elder spun gracefully onto one foot and began twirling in frantic circles like a stage performer, tears streaming down his face.

The others paled further.

Alex didn’t even look at him. “You were saying?”

“N-Nothing!” the elder screamed while spinning helplessly. “Absolutely nothing!”

Alex nodded once. “Much better.”

He turned toward Zhuge Liang. “Starting tomorrow, I want every district reorganized. Food distribution. Employment records. Trade routes. Tax collection. Everything.”

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly. “That scale of reform would normally take years.”

“Then it’s fortunate we won’t be doing it normally.”

Alex tapped the side of his own neck where his Gaia strip rested invisibly beneath the skin.

“Mother Gaia is already mapping the city. Every street. Every household. Every business. Within days we’ll know exactly where resources are wasted and where labor is needed.”

The strategist’s expression shifted again, shock battling calculation behind his eyes.

“You intend to run the entire city through the system?”

“The city?” Alex gave a low chuckle. “No. Eventually I intend to run the entire Murim Alliance this way.”

The courtyard fell silent.

Even the dancing elder stopped spinning for half a second before the Gaia strip forced him back into motion.

Zhuge Liang stared at Alex carefully, as though trying to decide whether he stood before a visionary or a madman.

Perhaps both.

Alex continued, “The people think I’m cruel because they only see the whip.”

His gaze drifted toward the sprawling city beyond the estate walls.

“They don’t yet understand what’s coming.”

Factories.

Medicine.

Jobs.

Food.

Cultivation methods available to commoners instead of hoarded by sects and noble bloodlines.

A world where strength could be mass-produced.

The old Murim powers would never allow that peacefully.

Which was why fear came first.

A distant boom suddenly echoed across the sky.

Everyone looked upward instinctively.

Far above the clouds, tiny streaks of light crossed the heavens—new satellites piercing the upper atmosphere one after another.

Alex watched them rise with quiet satisfaction.

The network was expanding.

Soon Mother Gaia’s reach would cover all of Qingshui City.

Then neighboring regions.

Then the entire kingdom.

The magistrates followed his gaze, dread slowly creeping across their faces.

For the first time, they realized this was not merely a political struggle anymore.

Something far larger had begun.

Alex lowered his eyes back to them.

“Now,” he said softly, “shall we continue discussing obedience?”