Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Chapter 1372: Chapter 1340: The Great Sun Celestial Lord Ends 1,000-Year Tenure

“The Upper Realm… holds what I need.”

“Many things.”

Jiang Ding gazed into the distance, his eyes filled with longing: “Many criminals have escaped justice for too long; they need to be brought to retribution, and as it happens, I am an enthusiastic person who doesn’t care for rewards.”

“This is a win-win situation.”

As for escaping what kind of justice?

Naturally, it’s the laws of the Xianmen Sect, the laws of the citizens, nothing more needs to be said.

In the endless starry sky, there must exist many vicious criminals, without a doubt, amidst endless treasures.

Yes, at this moment, Jiang Ding had already made up his mind.

He must go to the Upper Realm!

Because there lies the key to his breakthrough, and the breakthrough of the Taiqing Flying Sword.

And the danger seems to be controllable.

Xianmen Sect is now in contact with the Ancient God Realm Domain Group, facing many unknown Immortal Tao civilizations, Xianmen Sect equally faces unknown dangers, one cannot say which is safer.

It is not said that staying in Xianmen Sect is absolutely safe.

Now, he is already one of the pillars of the Xianmen Sect, his safety cannot be wholly entrusted to the sect, because he himself is a part of the sect’s safety.

Naturally, it is not the time to go to the Upper Realm now.

At present, his duty binds him, he cannot step off the mother star.

“Another two hundred years or so of tenure, and then, the plan can be executed…”

Jiang Ding murmured to himself.

…

In a fleeting moment, two hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.

“Immortal Gate Banyan Tree TV Station reporting for you,”

“According to the report, on this day (January 1, year 16000), the founder of Xianmen’s economic policy, the only level seven licensed financial analyst of Xianmen, and the meritorious statesman Jin Liu Venerable returns to Xianmen’s Mother Planet, Vice Governor Da Ri Heavenly Monarch came to welcome, warmly embracing the hero who worked hard on the front line…”

“It is reported that in three hours, the Vice Governor Da Ri Heavenly Monarch will conclude his tenure as deputy governor of Xianmen since January 1, year 15000, and Jin Liu Venerable will take over as the next deputy governor of Xianmen.”

“Looking back on the tenure of Da Ri Heavenly Monarch, three major events worthy of being recorded in history occurred.”

“First, the population of Xianmen’s mother star increased from 30 billion to 1 trillion, solidifying Xianmen’s talent foundation, thoroughly possessing the population base of a Star Domain-level civilization, domain hegemony is no longer an unattainable dream.”

“Second, the Great Sun God Transformation Strategy was officially rolled out, marking Xianmen’s beginning to accept peerless elites from all heavens and myriad worlds as citizens, significantly boosting Xianmen’s Immortal Tao potential, making Xianmen a dreamland desired by countless elites in the surrounding domains…”

“Third, the construction and development of the Mars Immortal Tao Industry Zone, which has skyrocketed the mother planet’s industrial production capabilities by a hundredfold, providing employment opportunities for the trillion-strong industrial population and benefiting innumerable citizens, bestowing fortune upon countless generations of Xianmen citizens. History will surely remember the contributions of Da Ri Heavenly Monarch…”

“History shines bright with stars, mountains, and rivers, composing a glorious chapter…”

In the Xiandu Deputy Governor’s office, having completed the handover of Xianmen Deputy Governor authority and the oath-taking ceremony was Da Ri Heavenly Monarch and Jin Liu Venerable, were chatting while watching TV.

On the TV, the host was shamelessly offering flattery.

Indeed, there was a strong desire for progress.

“This,”

“Where did these little fellows learn such an exaggerated sycophantic style… Doing all this personal worship stuff.”

Jiang Ding looked on, utterly speechless.

Of course, mainly because Jin Liu Venerable was beside him, making him somewhat embarrassed.

“These things are the collective wisdom of Xianmen Sect, and they’ve all been credited to me.”

“This matter has made it clear that the Immortal Gate Banyan Tree TV Station needs to reform its atmosphere; such an incompetent level of propaganda cannot bear the mantle of the primary official TV station!”

Jiang Ding said angrily.

This wasn’t modesty on his part; it was a fact.

Take for example the increase of the mother planet’s population to a trillion, which was the joint idea of Yuan, Divine Machine True Venerable, Wan Ji, and others, who spent immense time pushing it through, persuading many citizens who felt discontented with it.

Because many citizens have a strong sense of personal protectionism and cannot see things too far away as their lifespan isn’t that long.

No matter how much propaganda was done, no matter how the overall situation was taken into account, in fact, the significant growth of the Xianmen citizen population severely damaged their interests.

This naturally led to substantial opposition.

That it was implemented so quietly, without any ripples, passing this policy through, owed much to the significant efforts of many Refining Void True Venerables and older generation Heavenly Monarchs in Spirit Transformation, not just a simple matter of policy proposal, passage, execution, and done.

The Mars Immortal Industrial Zone, on the other hand, had little to do with Jiang Ding himself; it was proposed by the Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch, supported by Yuan, and then implemented.

The Great Sun God Transformation Strategy was something he pushed hard for, but if it weren’t for the support of many Refining Void True Venerables and Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarchs, it wouldn’t have succeeded.

In terms of official propaganda by the Banyan Tree TV station, attributing all this credit to him is extremely inaccurate.

“Haha, it’s normal.”

“The people have a hero complex, and at the same time, cannot see things too far away, only being able to rely on idols, making it easy to deify the deputy governor and governors, personalizing achievements; it’s been like this since ancient times.”

Jin Liu Venerable laughed heartily.

“This is precisely the reason for the millennial rotation policy implementation for Xianmen’s executive and deputy governors, to prevent a cultivator from staying in such a critical position for too long, otherwise, it would not be conducive to the implementation of citizen politics.”

“The only pity is that Yuan cannot be replaced at the moment, for rotation…”

He felt a bit regretful.

Although Jin Liu Venerable is an old battlefield comrade, life-and-death brother of Yuan, it does not stop him from always wanting to pull Yuan down, into the normal rotation procedure.

This poses a huge threat.

Yuan has been in the position of governance for too long, his prestige is too high, presenting an unstable factor.

Unfortunately… there is simply no one to replace him.

Xianmen is now facing the threat of the Eight Great Immortal Sects, facing the threat of the Ancient God Realm Immortal Path World Group, the readiness level cannot be lowered at all, the military formation power of the citizen fleet without Yuan presiding is totally different, the disparity is vast.

Do not think that Jin Liu Venerable and others are of Refining Nothingness Cultivators and consider it’s all the same, anyone can do it.

In reality, it’s completely different.

“Once you advance to Refining Void, you should be able to rotate governance.”

“Even if it’s a thousand-year or three-thousand-year rotation between two persons, it’s beneficial, the political situation of the citizens would be more stable.”

Jin Liu Venerable expectedly said.

“That’s too far off.”

“And besides, I completely cannot compare with Senior Yuan in strategic vision and military formation command capacity.”

Jiang Ding slightly shook his head, fully aware of his abilities.

“No worries, your individual combat strength can completely make up for that shortfall.”

Jin Liu Venerable was unconcerned.

Clearly, he was determined to promote this matter and unwilling to see Yuan consistently serving as Xianmen’s governor, whether it be Yuan or anyone else.

“We’ll see.”

“Senior Jin Liu, your rotation to governance this time, are you aiming to reform Xianmen’s financial system?”

Jiang Ding curiously asked.

The current economic system of Xianmen is no longer compatible with the vast domain, myriad Minor Thousand Worlds, precisely at a point in need of transformation, this was the reason for Jin Liu Venerable assuming the deputy governance of Xianmen.

“Yes, Xianmen is considering developing an export-oriented economy, strengthening trade with the Eight Great Immortal Sects, Tianyuan Domain, and even farther domains, acquiring necessary Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and cultivation methods for Xianmen through means other than war, which would be much safer, smoothing things over subtly…”

Jin Liu Celestial Monarch explained his economic policy in detail.