Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Jiang Ding’s Formation Method, especially the entire Great Sun World Defining Array, was under surveillance, suppressing the Guishan Tie Family.

There, Jiang Ding had visited once over three hundred years ago.

At that time, he had vaguely seen a colossal, decaying, mutant corpse deep within the Guishan Tie Family, which made him uneasy, and thus he abandoned the idea of attack.

Instead, Jiang Ding set up a sealing spell that eliminated the foundation, acting on the fundamental Spiritual Energy of Immortal Path Living Beings. He isolated the Spiritual Energy and drew on the existing energy, intending to sever the lifeline of the Guishan Tie Family.

Now, more than three hundred years have passed.

No matter what kind of Immortal Path Living Beings or strange entities were inside, they would have been greatly weakened after losing Spiritual Energy.

From the current view, the Guishan Tie Family, with that cubic metal mountain peak, has already shown extensive signs of rust, with pitch-black blood flowing out, mixed with horrifying curses. Within ten thousand li, all beings have perished, transformed into insignificant wisps of Spiritual Energy and blood, absorbed by the mountain.

Yes, insignificant.

Within ten thousand li of the Guishan Tie Family, all creatures and plants were mundane under the spirit-deprivation environment, and the Spiritual Energy gained through these means may not exceed the energy that was consumed.

The beings within the Guishan Tie Family, as time passed, continue to weaken in a spiritless environment.

”When will you break the seal and emerge on your own?”

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

He was not in a hurry, nor did he entertain the thought of initiating an attack.

He controlled all the Spiritual Veins and earth veins of the entire world and had even established a Great Sun World Defining Array to arrange the ecological cycle of Immortal Path beings in this world. Owning a tremendous home-field advantage, why rush when he was getting stronger every moment?

”Tushan Central Court here,”

”Three hundred years have indeed added some filth.”

Jiang Ding looked over various official affairs and slightly shook his head.

Herein, there was embezzlement, nepotism, corruption, involving Tushan Maids, old Nascent Souls, rising Nascent Souls, the Great Sun Longsword Metropolis, Primordial Magic Heavenly Metropolis, Agricultural Sect, Implements Sect...

Every part had lawbreakers, various provocations and challenges to the rules.

There were distinctions; the old Nascent Souls were more cautious, committing minor or lesser law-infraction crimes to extract the greatest benefit, or take a big gamble at life’s end, regardless of the world in turmoil thereafter.

In contrast, the up-and-coming Nascent Soul cultivators were more daring, blatantly acting recklessly, often in collusion, flagrantly trampling upon the Tushan Law.

The ideology of strength being supreme and viewing the law as nothing revived rapidly within a short three hundred years and began to spread within the Tushan Central Court.

Many up-and-coming Nascent Soul cultivators lacked sufficient reverence for Tushan Law.

They hadn’t been through many things; even with historical records, they were just records in books--hard to feel genuinely, hence always a bit hopeful of escaping unscathed.

Trepidation the first time, unease the second, until it becomes the norm the third time, gradually expanding.

The Inspection Hall of Tushan Central Court found it increasingly difficult to function.

Those of the Inspection Hall were also human; over three hundred years, many had died. New cultivators joined the Inspection Hall; with newcomers frequently rotating, corruption was inevitable.

The only slight comfort was that Gong Caiyu was still persevering, striking extensively against behaviors that violated Tushan Law, significantly slowing the decline of Tushan Central Court.

However, she could not stop the systematic slow decay.

Generation after generation of cultivators died, and new generations grew. Even the most stringent laws were futile.

”Let’s talk about it after some time.”

Jiang Ding sighed softly.

At this time, when he was about to reunite with old friends, he did not want to rashly instigate slaughter and purging, damaging relationships.

Nonetheless, he certainly could not forgive.

Tushan Law must be as it should be, not swayed by his personal feelings.

If there were dissatisfactions with the law, they could be discussed. As long as valid reasons were given, he would inspect on the ground. If indeed inappropriate, the law could be amended.

All of these matters are negotiable, and certain compromises can be made with the local cultivators’ customs and habits while still adhering to the spirit of Xianmen Sect’s legislation.

Tushan Law is not some immutable sacred edict that remains unchanged for all eternity, capable of adapting to every situation.

Tushan Law can be changed and should be adapted to local conditions, changing with the external environment, rather than being rigid and obsolete.

However, once Tushan Law is established, it must be followed!

Even the Tushan Heavenly Monarch himself must abide by it!

In other words, even if it’s an old friend of many years, if you violate Tushan Law, imprisonment and death are inevitable when called for. There is nothing more to be said.

”I don’t want to think about this.”

”Somewhat heavy-hearted. Under Tushan Law, it is their own choice; the price of seeking shortcuts should elicit no sympathy, right?”

Jiang Ding smiled and gazed at his treasure vault.

This treasury, built on the Yin Yang Primordial Magnetism Extinct Spirit Mountain of the Liudao Sect, was magnificient beyond compare, even surpassing his residence in the Dark Demon Palace. Its space was expanded time and again, with more importance placed on it than on the Formation Method itself.

Clearly, he had anticipated today’s situation a long time ago, foreseeing that he might not come to the Northern Plains for an extended period and had prepared accordingly.

Now, after more than three hundred years of accumulation, all sorts of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure piled up like mountains, with treasures gleaming in all directions. Even Fifth Order Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure formed a small mound, with the First to Fourth Order ones numbering in the billions, an incredibly staggering amount.

”Let me calculate.”

”Using a conservative estimate, the total value of all these items together is... sixteen trillion Low-grade Spirit Stones, one hundred sixty thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones?”

Jiang Ding felt somewhat disappointed.

Is that a lot?

Certainly, very much so, surpassing the wealth of several Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Merely three hundred years.

This is the wealth of a Domain Overlord, accumulating wealth every day without lifting a finger, far exceeding that of an ordinary Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarch.

Yet, compared to the wealth he collected from the Horned Demon Emperor Clan Royal Family in the Horned Ming Realm, these gains seemed a little lacking. Three hundred years of accumulation wasn’t even comparable to the wealth amassed in a single destruction of a Horned Demon Emperor Clan Royal Family.

Now, counting the wealth in the Northern Plains Treasury, Jiang Ding possessed a total of seventy-six thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones!

Converted into more impressive numbers, that’s seventy-six trillion Low-grade Spirit Stones!

These Spirit Stones, a Qi Practitioner might not be able to amass such wealth even if they worked non-stop for millions of years without rest. It was indeed quite astounding.

The higher the level of cultivators, the more extraordinary they become, with a gap so vast it scarcely seems like they are of the same species.

”Not bad, this will do.”

”The loan for the Super Warship Great Sun Air-Space Mothership can be repaid now, otherwise the annual interest is no small matter.”

Jiang Ding revealed an exhilarated expression: ”Additionally, I’ll donate sixty trillion Low-grade Spirit Stones to the Banyan Tree Scholarship Fund, to nourish the bodies of children with excellent Xianmen Sect moral character. After all, they are citizens of the Domain Overlord, and life shouldn’t be too harsh as in the years of arduous preparations for war.”

”However, they also need to be tempered, to understand the hard-earned nature of Spirit Stones.”

”Don’t think just because I have some money. In reality, it was all fought for, never letting my guard down. Once I relax, once I become complacent, my enemies’ blades won’t become complacent with me.”

”Citizens of Xianmen should not act like those young masters and mistresses of bloodline families, full of aristocratic habits, aloof and disdainful of hardships, indulging in pleasures... This won’t do.”

”If a citizen becomes corrupt, lacking in talent and genius, without a family to willingly bear their burdens forward, then they should honestly live a peaceful and happy life as mortals, rather than prematurely forcing growth.”

The life of contemporary Immortal Sect Citizens is much better than in Jiang Ding’s time.

Jiang Ding’s current thoughts also resonate with many High-Level Cultivators.

They worry about the decay and corruption of citizens, and whether, after this generation of Immortal Sect Citizens who have grown up through countless wars passes away, Xianmen will become decadent like those bloodline families and be destroyed by others.

This is also part of the reason why the God Transformation Strategy has received support from some of the elite in the Xianmen educational sphere.

They hope to introduce competition, infuse new blood from outside, allowing Immortal Sect Citizens to naturally be aware of the situation of the Ten Thousand Clans, and not to confine their worldviews within narrow confines, to enhance the quality of citizens at the genetic level, to prevent citizens from willingly falling into decadence, leading the entire Immortal Sect to downfall.