Chapter 1059: The Interests of the Citizens Must Receive Absolute Protection!

Who among the Immortal Gate is most likely to advance to Refining Void?

None other than Yuan, Divine Mechanism Canghai Tianjun, and Ten Thousand Mechanism Canghai Tianjun.

They have already lingered at the peak of Soul Transformation for far too long; their magic power and divine sense have been polished countless times over countless years. As the foremost Soul Transformation prodigies of the Nine Spirit Domain, they face no difficulty whatsoever in breaking through to the next realm and are certain to advance.

The only thing they lack is a Gong Fa!

The problem of a Refining Void Gong Fa has plagued them for who knows how many years; they cannot take a single step forward, remaining stuck at the Soul Transformation stage, becoming the Immortal Gate's ancient Soul Transformation cultivators.

Moreover, even under such circumstances where there was no path forward, they relied on their own talent, the many fellow cultivators of the Immortal Gate, and the Central Array Spirit Computer to successfully develop several possible Refining Void Gong Fa, repeatedly verifying them — they were not trapped for all eternity.

Now, the Immortal Gate has obtained several true Refining Void Gong Fa for reference, and nothing can hold them back any longer.

Before long, the Immortal Gate will inevitably give birth to a Refining Void cultivator!

Then, what are Extinguishing Sun Canghai Tianjun and the large group of Immortal Gate Canghai Tianjun, and the even more numerous Immortal Gate Master Dinghai Zhenjun, so nervous about?

What are they afraid of?

One must understand that Yuan, Divine Mechanism Canghai Tianjun, and Ten Thousand Mechanism Canghai Tianjun can be said to be the three with the highest political quality and ideological-moral quality scores in the Immortal Gate. Unless the first through seventh generation rulers of the Immortal Gate were resurrected, no one's ideological-moral score would be higher than theirs — even Jiang Ding, the Immortal Gate's ideological-moral top scholar, cannot compare.

The Immortal Gate was personally led and developed into greatness by these three predecessors!

The Immortal Gate was personally nurtured by them, developed bit by bit through scientific research alongside many juniors, and grown through countless bloody battles. In this process, the Immortal Gate was subconsciously built into the form most ideal to them.

One could say that the Dao heart of these three predecessors came first, and only then did the Immortal Gate's ideological-moral curriculum come into being.

Jiang Ding might score a full one hundred and fifty on ideological-moral — that is his limit.

Yuan, Divine Mechanism Canghai Tianjun, and Ten Thousand Mechanism Canghai Tianjun can also score one hundred and fifty, but that is the limit of the test paper, not theirs; their limits far exceed a single ideological-moral test paper!

These three old predecessors have terrifyingly high seniority, although usually the other Canghai Tianjun address them by name directly, with no hierarchy between them.

In reality, these three predecessors are the teachers and elders of all the Canghai Tianjun. All the Canghai Tianjun were taught and raised by these three predecessors when they were still little children — one could say it is a father-like affection.

Take Extinguishing Sun Canghai Tianjun, for example: when his grandfather was still wearing split-crotch pants, Divine Mechanism Canghai Tianjun was already a Canghai Tianjun.

These three old predecessors can be said to possess the utmost strength, seniority, and prestige within the Immortal Gate—simply no weaknesses.

On the battlefield, even if they issued a certain-death military order, the Immortal Gate Canghai Tianjun would obey without hesitation, leading their troops to charge toward the direction they indicated, even if the abyss of certain death lay ahead.

Then, what are Extinguishing Sun Canghai Tianjun and the other Immortal Gate Canghai Tianjun guarding against?

The Duke of Zhou feared the day of rumors; Wang Mang was humble before he usurped!

The past is the past; the present is the present.

Past merits are past merits — who knows what changes might occur in the mind of this Refining Void cultivator once the Immortal Gate gives birth to one?

A Refining Void cultivator already possesses battlefield-dominating strength, able to stand within the realm without relying on armies — who knows what he might think?

Of course, the ideological-moral quality of Yuan, Ten Thousand Mechanism Canghai Tianjun, and Divine Mechanism Canghai Tianjun is terrifyingly high, so the probability of such a thing happening is still extremely small.

However!

Lasting peace must be built upon thorough war preparations!

Only when one is strong oneself, and war preparations are sufficiently thorough, will there be true peace.

Not by entrusting the Immortal Gate's hundreds of billions of citizens, the ideals of countless people, the lives of countless people to the moral quality of a single Refining Void cultivator!

Humans are complex, ever-changing beings, different at every moment, uncertain, and cannot be fully trusted.

The Immortal Gate belongs to everyone.

Even Yuan and the others, among the founders who once made incomparably brilliant contributions, cannot be allowed to destroy it!

"Predecessors, I know you have made many preparations."

"That is very good."

Jiang Ding said in a low voice: "If Senior Yuan and the others knew, they would be even more gratified and would not blame anything. This means that what they swore to defend, what countless old friends sacrificed to build, has truly taken root in the Immortal Gate."

"The Immortal Gate's path is not built upon a few prodigies, but upon the consensus of its citizens."

"This means that the Immortal Gate's error-correction system and defense system are flawless!"

Jiang Ding looked into Extinguishing Sun Canghai Tianjun's eyes and said sincerely: "The Immortal Gate is not that fragile. The prodigies of the myriad races are strong, but the prodigies of the citizens are not weak either, and with the absolute support of countless citizens, we can truly transform some of the prodigies of the myriad races and the prodigies of the outworld human race."

"If in the future some alien prodigy wishes to overthrow the Immortal Gate, we have the ability to suppress them!"

"We have the ability to absorb the outworld prodigies and gain the tremendous benefit of their wisdom while discarding all the drawbacks."

"This is a matter of a hundred benefits and negligible harms!"

"Jiang Ding,"

"This is merely your wishful thinking, assuming all circumstances go smoothly."

Extinguishing Sun Canghai Tianjun no longer displayed anger and said coldly: "Since its founding, how many dangers has the Immortal Gate endured? At the most perilous moment, the entire mother star was lost, and hundreds of billions of citizens perished. Yet we remained united and forged ahead with determination under the leadership of Yuan and others through hardship, never giving up."

"Can these outworld human and alien prodigies do the same?"

Is this it?

"They cannot."

"Not only can they not unite in desperate circumstances, they will also kick the Immortal Gate when it is down during times of danger and turmoil. And danger, Jiang Ding — I tell you, the Immortal Gate's future will inevitably experience all manner of dangers. There are too many Immortal Dao civilizations within the realm; the Immortal Gate is far from the strongest."

"Once the Immortal Gate falls into danger, those outworld human and alien prodigies will become a calamity."

"Even now, your teacher Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Zhang Zhang Junsheng, Lu Ling Master Dinghai Zhenjun, and many other old cultivators are in slumber, due to the lack of Soul Transformation resources…"

"Predecessor."

Jiang Ding interrupted him: "The implementation of the Great Sun Soul Transformation Strategy must necessarily occur only after the Immortal Gate's resources are greatly enriched—for example, after we have already captured dozens of Minor Thousand Worlds in Jiao Jiao Mingyu, all the slumbering cultivators have awakened, and the Immortal Gate's resources have already exceeded the reserve of talent,"

"Only then will it be implemented."

What the Immortal Gate's foundation is, he had never forgotten. The interests of these citizens must be satisfied first, and only then can one look toward the future.

"Is that so?"

Extinguishing Sun Canghai Tianjun's expression softened somewhat.

Many of the slumbering cultivators were his old friends, or deeply bonded juniors — that was why he reacted so extremely; his fundamental interests had been touched.

Loyalty and righteousness have always been his life creed.

Undoubtedly, the Great Sun Sword Disciple had the power to infringe upon the fundamental interests of these people.

Within the Immortal Sect, there were also many cultivators with a longing to become immortals, as well as fervent young cultivators, his old subordinates from numerous past wars, old classmates, and the sword cultivators of the Immortal Sect... All of these people could be strongly influenced by the Great Sun Sword Disciple.