Chapter 2025: Chapter 2025
Jiang Ding processed years of accumulated governmental affairs.
Suddenly, he saw a brief report submitted to him, and his eyes paused slightly.
It was a brief war report, simply describing an event where Sword Cultivators encountered the Seven-step Divine Son. The commander of the Tushan Maiden Corps engaged in battle, was defeated, and perished. That battle-hardened Tushan Maiden group was completely annihilated, every member killed.
Very brief, and very ordinary.
War is inherently dangerous and accompanied by death. Sword Cultivators are an especially high-risk occupation, and the Sword Cultivators of the Dari Swordsman even more so. Death is inherently a very common occurrence.
This fallen Sword Cultivator’s name was Yun Ji.
This did not affect the growth of the Tushan Maiden Corps. The Chief Maiden had arranged everything before her departure. After her death, the first in line of the Tushan Maidens inherited her title of Yun Ji, carrying on all her experience and continuing the battle.
It is now the second generation of Yun Ji.
"May your journey be peaceful."
"You lived a Sword Dao life without regret."
Jiang Ding sighed softly and offered his blessing.
He took a brief interest in the Divine Son who killed the first generation Yun Ji.
This Divine Son was named Soul Flame Divine Son, under the command of the Sun Divine Son, seemingly a member of the Sun Divine Court being prepared. After the defeat of the living beings in the Golden Crow Star Domain, he fled to the Heavenly Fire Star Domain near the Vermilion Bird Star Realm.
Indeed, over a thousand years, under the battle of numerous Sword Cultivators and Tushan Maidens, the entire Vermilion Bird Star Realm had been completely purged. They began to spontaneously expand outward, thus encountering more and stronger opponents, and perhaps this was what they hoped for.
"This Endless Starry Sky is a fertile land, you may fight to your heart’s content."
"Under the Tushan Law."
Jiang Ding said faintly.
He put down the briefing in his hand and continued to handle various governmental affairs.
He would not take action against Soul Flame Divine Son; this Divine Son had no such qualifications.
Huang Huo Sword Son, Wuji Sword Son, Heaven Burial Sword Son, and others were like sharks smelling blood. They were now excitedly and frantically pursuing Soul Flame Divine Son, turning that Star Domain upside down, having chased for hundreds of years, and seemed lately to be closing in on Soul Flame Divine Son’s tail.
To seize their opponent now would violate the ethics of a Sword Cultivator.
Jiang Ding swiftly finished handling these millennia-old accumulated governmental affairs, once again fully regaining control over the present Vermilion Bird Star Realm.
Overall, the Immortal Dao Industrial System across various regions and the Great Thousand Worlds had already been established. The Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures, Treasures, and Elixirs produced at every moment were astonishing, hundreds of times greater than the entire Perishing Immortal Realm. An entire Star Domain’s output dazzled him, a Sword Cultivator from the countryside.
The only regret was that even with the use of the Xianmen system, the output of the Vermilion Bird Star Realm was only a little over three times what it had been previously.
This increased productivity was not due to the Immortal Science and Technology of the Xianmen, but rather the disappearance of numerous entrenched issues within the organizational system of the Xianmen and the Vermilion Bird Star Realm.
The accumulated Immortal Dao Technology of the Xianmen had no advantage in front of the Immortal Dao production techniques of the Vermilion Bird Star Realm. Objectively speaking, it was backward technology, with production efficiency far inferior to the various Treasure, Alchemy, and planting technologies of the Vermilion Bird Star Realm.
The disparity within is astonishing.
For example, the planting of First-order Spirit Rice, with the seeds, rain induction, pest control, fertilization, harvesting magic techniques of the Vermilion Bird Star Realm, completely surpasses those of the Xianmen. The best version of the Small Spirit Rain Technique circulating in the Vermilion Bird Star Realm is several times better than that of the Xianmen.
Under these assorted discrepancies, the production efficiency of First-order Spirit Rice by the Xianmen is estimated to be only one fifth of that in the Vermilion Bird Star Realm.
This is an ancient and glorious Immortal Dao Civilization, compared to which the various aspects of the Xianmen appear far too immature.
The Perishing Immortal Realm is the same.
Jiang Ding is currently employing the local adapted Xianmen organizational system and then fully adopting the Immortal Dao Techniques of the Vermilion Bird Star Realm, integrating them to form a complete Immortal Dao Industrial System.
The productivity unleashed by this system is eye-catching, at least exceeding that under the other Taoist disciples’ domains considerably, laying the most basic advantage of Immortal Dao production.
This continuously developing Vermilion Bird Immortal Dao System is now recorded within his Sea of Consciousness. Various knowledge pieces, after multiple compressions, deposit at the bottom of the Sea of Consciousness; they should significantly promote the Xianmen Immortal Dao Industry in the future, surpassing the current limits of nearly all aspects of Immortal Dao Techniques.
"Xianmen has fallen behind."
"Will Xianmen be able to prove itself capable of leading the apex of Immortal Dao Technology in the Endless Starry Sky in the future?"
Jiang Ding said with a bit of confusion.
The Divine Soul Computational Power of the Dari Swordsman was exceptionally strong, allowing him to see farther and more.
Where does the pride of Xianmen come from?
From beginning to end, Xianmen always had the strongest Immortal Dao development and production capability among the surrounding domains, and consistently progressed, instilling all citizens, including the Dari Swordsman, with the belief that while Xianmen might be weak now, it is destined to become the strongest because Xianmen represents the most advanced production relations.
And now, this pride is being questioned.
The Heavenly Pride of the Endless Starry Sky, as common as weeds, constantly died and constantly emerged, driving the advancement of Immortal Dao Science and Technology generation after generation.
What can the Xianmen, with only a mere trillion population, do?
Completely open up citizenship rights?
Would that even be Xianmen anymore?
Then would it be about expanding the number of citizens, raising the populace to tens of trillions, hundreds of trillions, and so on?
The Soulless Universe has such expansive space. Xianmen possesses the technology to transform planets into habitable ones, not previously pursued due to a lack of need and the citizens’ worry of overcrowding choking their average resources.
But isn’t this the road to colonizing the Immortal Dao Endless Starry Sky?
Would the ancient Immortal Sects agree to this?
Colonizing the Immortal Dao Endless Starry Sky would mean being in opposition to the fearfully numerous glorious Heavenly Pride of the Endless Starry Sky, inherently standing against them, unable to absorb the power of the renown figures in the Endless Starry Sky, pushing them towards the side of their rivals.
What is the intelligence like of the Endless Starry Sky’s Heavenly Pride and renown figures?
Even the Dari Swordsman knows all too well as they have benefitted themselves from its immense potential, capable of even creating True Immortals. On what grounds does Xianmen boast of its capability to colonize?
This is the dilemma Xianmen faces now, a dilemma seen by the Dari Swordsman but unsolvable, causing bewilderment.
"Leave it to Yuan and the others to resolve."
"The system of Xianmen started with Yuan, Cong, Wu, and this process of establishment and improvement should be their obligation. I am but a junior, lacking political acumen."
"Regardless, Xianmen will not perish and, whichever path it takes, is bound to be glorious."
Jiang Ding sighed lowly.
At this moment, without the need for testing by the Central Array Spirit Computer, the Dari Swordsman already knew his score on moral and philosophical thoughts had decreased, at least by one point.
This single point is merely a beginning.
A tiny crack has appeared on the once intact egg.
Within the Xianmen’s Dao Heart moral-philosophical system, the Great Dao’s interest and emotion are its twin pillars. All Xianmen cultivators never avoid discussing interests plainly, unshielded by anything.
Now, the emotional pillar remains, even becoming more robust, deepening feelings. The longer the cultivators endure, the fonder they grow of their homeland.
Whereas the pillar of the cultivators’ Great Dao interest begins showing small yet visibly clear cracks.