Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1018: Chapter 710: Spirit Source Land (Part 2)

If the Yang family had not risen, this chaos could have lasted for more than a decade.

Neither King Da Liang nor Chen Hengchang could completely annihilate the other without facing over a decade of warfare.

The downfall of Da Rong was inevitable, but the presence of the Yang family was a blessing for all the people.

At least, the Yang family ended this period of chaos earlier, sparing the people from ten more years of war.

And now, with the complete downfall of Chen Hengchang, the Da’an New Dynasty has firmly established itself in the realm.

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Divine Wood Island.

When Yang Zhenshan received the news of Chen Hengchang’s downfall, twenty days had already passed.

To this, Yang Zhenshan only gave a cursory glance at the battle report sent to him and no longer paid attention to the matter.

The establishment of the Da’an New Dynasty was an expected outcome, and Chen Hengchang’s downfall was only a matter of time.

Although the final battle was quite costly for Da’an’s soldiers, the new dynasty had unified the whole realm, bringing a state of peace with no further disturbances.

Compared to the Da’an New Dynasty, Yang Zhenshan was more concerned about the construction within the Spiritual Spring Space.

With over a thousand people migrating into the Spiritual Spring Space, the resources required were not insignificant, and Yang Zhenshan had to ensure the supply of materials within the space.

And since Yang Zhenshan was the only one capable of transferring materials into the space, he had been busy transporting various resources there during this period.

Besides transporting supplies, Yang Zhenshan was still selecting personnel to enter the space. The construction within the Spiritual Spring Space was a large-scale project; even a makeshift Clan Hall was quite an undertaking.

Not to mention, Yang Zhenshan also wanted to build a majestic Clan Hall and numerous other buildings under the Spiritual Spring waterfall. Even with ten thousand people, it would likely take a decade or more to complete.

The construction of the Spiritual Spring Space was not something that could be completed in a day. Yang Zhenshan was patiently building it while also taking the time to cultivate diligently himself.

Days passed by, seasons changed, and in the Spiritual Spring Space, Longevity Village expanded into a town.

In the spring of the twenty-second year of Divine Wood,

Yang Zhenshan officially renamed Longevity Village to Longevity City, marking it as the first city within the Spiritual Spring Space.

Simultaneously, Yang Zhenshan renamed the Spiritual Spring Space to Spirit Source Land, and from then on, the Yang family was also called the Spirit Source Yang clan, and Yang Zhenshan himself declared as the Head of the Yang clan. Everyone in the Spirit Source Land referred to him as the Family Head.

Previously, people addressed Yang Zhenshan in various ways, such as Sir, Old Marquis, Old Master, Master, Island Master, among others. None of these were wrong, but they led to some disagreements.

For instance, calling him Old Marquis was inappropriate now that Yang Chengye had become Emperor, and the title of Marquis of Jing’an naturally ceased to exist.

Similarly, the title Island Master was used on Star Moon Island and Divine Wood Island, which was unsuitable for the Spirit Source Land.

To unify the titles and establish the status of Family Head, Yang Zhenshan decided to change how people referred to him.

The Spirit Source Yang clan didn’t just refer to the Yang family; anyone living in the Spirit Source Land could claim to be a member of the Spirit Source Yang clan, whether they belonged to affiliated families or were ordinary citizens. Once they left the Spirit Source Land, namely the Spiritual Spring Space, they all had the same identity - members of the Spirit Source Yang clan.

Regarding the era name, Yang Zhenshan revised it from Divine Wood to Spirit Source, making this year the twenty-second year of Spirit Source.

The change in era name signified the Yang family’s shift of focus; moving from Star Moon to Divine Wood indicated the center shifted from Star Moon Island to Divine Wood Island. Changing Divine Wood to Spirit Source signified the focus shift from Divine Wood Island to the Spirit Source Land.

Unifying the title, changing the era name, establishing administrative institutions, these all marked the formation of a complete management system in the Spirit Source Land.

In April of the twenty-fifth year of Spirit Source, Ding Qiu and Yu Tonghai returned from the Da’an New Dynasty and entered the Spirit Source Land.

From that point on, the Spirit Source Yang clan officially established a subordinate relationship with the Da’an Dynasty.

The Da’an Dynasty, Divine Wood Island, and the Dajing Dynasty were all subordinate forces to the Spirit Source Yang clan.

In the same year, in August, Song Dashan brought the Song family members to Divine Wood Island, entering the Spirit Source Land. The Song family was listed as the twenty-seventh family in the Clan Council.

The four rooms of the Yang family were four families, and the six branches of the Yang clan were six families, with sixteen affiliated families.

The Song family became the seventeenth affiliated family, making it the twenty-seventh family in the Clan Council.

The arrival of the Song family was merely the beginning.

The following year, Zhou Lan brought more than a dozen members of the Zhou family to join the Spirit Source Land. Qu Changkong directly relinquished his title in Da’an, moving the entire Qu family into the Spirit Source Land, followed by An Yuxing and the An family, Liang Shengze and the Liang family, and others.

At an uncertain point, a wave of migration to Divine Wood Island rose on the Da’an Dynasty’s side.

Many powerful families were considering moving their families to Divine Wood Island.

Of course, most of these powerful families didn’t know the true situation of the Spirit Source Land; they merely thought they were moving to Divine Wood Island.

For this reason, Yang Zhenshan had to issue an order forbidding outsiders to settle on Divine Wood Island.

Without this restriction, the island might have become overcrowded in just a few years.

Yang Zhenshan could allow Zhou Lan, Qu Changkong, An Yuxing, and Liang Shengze to bring their families into the Spirit Source Land, but he would not allow those nobles of Da’an into the Spirit Source Land.

The Spirit Source Land required a large population, but it couldn’t accept just anyone.

Those who could enter the Spirit Source Land needed to either have close ties with the Yang family or be utterly loyal to them.

It would be better to let the common people from Divine Wood Island enter the Spirit Source Land than those high-ranking officials.

The people on Divine Wood Island were originally relocated from Star Moon Island, and they harbored a strong sense of belonging and obedience to the Yang family.

With the inclusion of the Zhou, Qu, An, and Liang families, the Clan Council of the Spirit Source Land expanded to thirty-one families.

Originally, Yang Zhenshan didn’t intend to further expand the number of families in the Clan Council, but he truly couldn’t refuse when these families came knocking on his door, so he had to accept them. After this, however, he planned to tighten the entrance to the Clan Council, ensuring it wouldn’t be so easy for others to join in the future.

The inclusion of Zhou Tianci and An Yuxing also increased the number of elders in the Elder Council.

Up to now, there were already five Enlightenment-level Martial Artists in the Spirit Source Land.

These were Yang Zhenshan, Yu Qingyi, Ding Qiu, Zhou Tianci, and An Yuxing.

Enlightenment was truly not an easy accomplishment; after seven or eight years, the Yang family had not produced a single Enlightenment-level martial artist despite having many Innate Martial Artists.

Like Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi, Yang Minghao, Wu Zhan, and Wu Zheng, even though they took many Soul-attaching Pills, they still hadn’t reached the Enlightenment level.

In this regard, Yang Zhenshan felt quite helpless.

The difficulty of attaining Enlightenment was greater than imagined; it could not be achieved just by resources but also required personal insight.

Take Ding Qiu, for instance; he stepped into the threshold of Enlightenment only ten years after reaching the Innate Realm.

Yang Mingcheng, on the other hand, had been an Innate Martial Artist for nearly twenty years yet couldn’t achieve Enlightenment.

Of course, this didn’t mean resources were useless; rather, the resources possessed by the Yang family could not yet play a decisive role in achieving Enlightenment.

Not exactly, though, as Yang Zhenshan still had the Tiaoist Intent Sacred Lotus seeds, which could lead someone to the threshold of Enlightenment. But both Yang Zhenshan and Yu Qingyi needed the lotus seeds themselves, so they couldn’t give them to others at the moment.

And besides, Yang Mingcheng and others were still young and didn’t need to rush into Enlightenment. If they didn’t achieve Enlightenment after another twenty or thirty years of cultivation, then it wouldn’t be too late to give them the sacred lotus seeds by then.

As for others, well, apologies, but it was likely that for a long time in the future, Yang Zhenshan wouldn’t give the Tiaoist Intent Sacred Lotus to outsiders.