Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Within the Sword Realm, the stagnated natural world once again unfolds in the place where the Great Sun slumbers, and many plants adapted to the luminance of the Great Sun Destroying Sword Intent begin to grow anew, as the Immortal Tao Ecosystem begins to circulate.

However, this time is different, the consciousness in the Heavenly Dao has not appeared.

It is still in a shallow sleep, not having truly integrated its consciousness into the world. This could take many years, several decades to centuries, and there even exists the terrifying risk of completely losing the ability to merge with the world.

Luckily, nearing the Fifth Realm of the Sword Dao, the powerful Sword Intent allowed for a high margin of error, preventing any such mistakes. After dutifully sleeping for decades, a ubiquitous consciousness emerged among the natural world, beginning to take over the world.

The world has begun to evolve again.

Under an indomitable will, the myriad plants of heaven and earth continuously grow and evolve, continuously cultivating something...

...

Fire Spirit Realm.

Fire Spirit Academy.

A green-clothed youth opens his eyes in a fiery red palace and looks toward his classroom.

It’s a simple classroom with nothing particularly special other than its size. There, hundreds of students are earnestly attending a lecture. They hail from various Minor Thousand Worlds of the Immortal Sect, all highly gifted and morally inclined towards the beliefs of the Immortal Sect.

If in the future the resource issues of the Immortal Sect are solved and talent alone can no longer maintain the force’s dominion, then these students might potentially become Immortal Sect Citizens after being assessed in three aspects: Battle Merits, moral character, and capability in scientific and creative endeavors.

Of course, that’s under an ideal scenario.

If the Immortal Sect’s war front turns unfavorable, and it becomes necessary to hold onto or even reduce existing territories, then all the efforts of these students would be in vain.

This is the relationship between greater trends and individual destinies.

”Teacher, will the Immortal Sect call us to the battlefield?”

Huo Baosan raises his hand to ask.

He is a naturally born Fire Spirit Body, having cultivated to the pinnacle of the Golden Core Realm in just over three hundred years. He’s immensely talented and his moral character scores are also commendable; he has accrued some battle merits during various public security cases and suppressing internal rebellions after many Immortal Sect Citizens joined the battlefield.

However, this is nearly the limit.

The battle merits that can be accumulated from public security events have a definite limit and cannot be accumulated indefinitely; the merits earned slow down after reaching a certain standard.

Merely relying on public security cases, it is impossible to fulfill the conditions for achieving the status of an Immortal Sect Citizen.

Thus, Huo Baosan desires to enter the battlefield to establish his merits, to make substantial contributions to the Immortal Sect, just like countless ancestors of the Immortal Sect Citizens, proving his qualifications to become an Immortal Sect Citizen.

”Not for the time being.”

Jiang Ding slightly shakes his head: ”All premises are based on the Immortal Sect achieving victories and having unprecedented territorial expansions; otherwise, the Immortal Sect would lose its ambitious and inclusive spirit.”

”Everything is founded on the most basic need for survival, with the interests of the Immortal Sect Citizens being the priority.”

He speaks directly, without any disguise, avoiding any false speeches of different divisions of work and equality for everyone, as that contradicts his initial intentions.

”Oh...”

Huo Baosan, Hua Teng, and other students show deep disappointment.

Some feel frustrated and angry inside, thinking it unfair, why should the citizens’ interests take priority?

Some people are extremely envious in their hearts, yet they believe it is only natural. Xianmen Sect was established by the ancestors of the Immortal Sect Citizens; should it not prioritize the interests of its citizens over those from the Outer Realm?

In their hearts, they instead long even more to become Immortal Sect Citizens, desiring it even more ardently.

Everyone has their own thoughts and perspectives.

All these are the freedoms of living beings.

The score for ideological and moral education naturally fluctuates accordingly; nothing can be concealed. There will always be eliminations, as Xianmen Sect, although inclusive, cannot incorporate all talents; it must seek companions who walk the same path.

”Historical trends affect everyone.”

”What we can do is only to study hard and strive to improve our own lives.”

Jiang Ding did not scold them for anything.

Everything is a personal choice; he actually does not have much patience for cultivators outside the Immortal Sect Citizens, often preferring selection over cultivation, unwilling to correct anything.

”Fellow students, if we cannot become citizens, the knowledge we acquire, and a higher ideological and moral score can still enable us to occupy higher positions in the various Minor Thousand Worlds, making our lives somewhat better, every effort is rewarded…”

Jiang Ding said gently.

For the past three hundred years, he has been nurturing the strong among the forces affiliated with Xianmen Sect.

Thanks to the education received in their youth, they often feel a sense of belonging to Xianmen Sect, and can understand the policies of Xianmen Sect more accurately. Many nearby turbulences, like the rebellion in Canghai Small World by Liyun Sect in the past, were often reported and extinguished by the combined efforts of the local powerful natives while still in their incipient stages, their initiative significantly heightened.

The native powerhouses often just need some hope.

During this period when most of the elite Immortal Sect Citizens are dispatched to the battlefield, the twenty-six Minor Thousand Worlds remain as stable as Mount Tai, no turmoils add to the management costs of the rear, various resource sites and primary processing factories of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures continue to provide a steady supply of various resources for Xianmen Sect.

All this is thanks to the accomplishments of the teaching efforts by Grand Sun Immortal over the past three hundred years.

The strength of the forces affiliated with Xianmen Sect, their execution efficiency, and productivity are all improving, enhancing the overall resources of Xianmen Sect by two to three percent over the centuries, yielding considerable benefits for Xianmen Sect.

These cultivators, once taught by Grand Sun Immortal, are dispersed across the Minor Thousand Worlds, each teaching their own children and disciples. Although the educational levels vary, all clearly understand the direction needed, knowing what the Domain Overlord force of Xianman Sect requires, all are striving to nurture their offspring in that direction.

The sense of belonging to Xianmen Sect of the forces affiliated with Xianmen Sect keeps increasing generation after generation.

All these are noticed by the Immortal Gate Government Department and the tax department, instinctively generating much goodwill.

Because this makes their work easier to carry out, merits easier to earn, and opportunities in various realms of cultivation more abundant, which naturally garners their support.

”This is,”

”Civilization and the wings of civilizations…”

Jiang Ding murmured inwardly.

In his vision, Xianmen Sect serves as the source of a civilization, while various affiliated forces act as the wings of Xianmen Sect, aiding in ruling the vast Star Domain.

Elites with excellent innate abilities, ideological and moral qualities, and scientific and creative talents within these affiliated civilizations can be absorbed as citizens, ensuring that Xianmen Sect always remains the center of talent, technology, and openness within the domain, consistently representing the most advanced productive forces in the domain.

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