Chapter 1160: Great Expansion of Citizen Living Space: Over One Hundred Minor Thousand Worlds

"Merge with the Dao!"

"Merge with the Dao!"

The mighty experts of the Shadow Demon Abyss went utterly mad, projecting their divine sense into the Great Array of the Jiao Demon Emperor Clan, whose power had dropped a notch, and gazing at that ten-thousand-zhang demonic body, they shouted harshly: "Jiao Jiao Mingyu!"

"You damned old thing!"

"Will you get out or not?"

"If you don't get out, then die here!"

From beginning to end, the primary goal of the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong experts was not to slay Jiao Jiao Mingyu, but to expel him and obtain the Jiao Mo Gao Jie, this crucial Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie.

Because slaying a Soul Transformation expert was far too difficult.

It was possible to suffer casualties of several people and perish together.

Layered Contradictions existed among the Jiudaxian Sect; although theoretically they could fight to the death for the Dao and dared to do so, when truly facing life and death, who could say what would happen.

"Youngster, you seek death..."

Jiao Jiao Mingyu's killing intent was icy cold.

The slaughter outside the Blood Battle Array did not affect the Minor Thousand Worlds.

After a brief cultivation session, Jiang Ding opened his eyes; the faint outline of the sword realm surrounding him slowly gathered and dissipated.

"Jiang Ding,"

An Siyan adjusted her black-rimmed glasses, just as she had over two thousand years ago, and said softly: "It has been two years now. Eight batches of the Jiao Demon Emperor Clan's armies have been wiped out, totaling about eighty million Jiao Demon Emperor Clan cultivators dead; this domain-dominating race is on the verge of extinction."

"Just now, among the cultivators brought over by the Yin-Yang Inversion Great Array of the King of Equalization in the Netherworld Hell, most were Qi Condensation cultivators, their strength having dropped to the freezing point, and we eliminated them very quickly."

"It is estimated that within a few more months, the ninth batch of the Jiao Demon Emperor Clan's army will descend, and we will complete the extermination of the Jiao Demon Emperor Clan."

She calmly stated the judgment of the Airborne Front Army's General Staff Department.

The corpses of countless Jiao Demon Emperor Clan cultivators seemed capable of covering the entire Minor Thousand World.

However, such a thing did not happen; as soon as corpses appeared, they were dealt with by Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong cultivators to prevent accidents like corpse reanimation, cutting off any possibility.

"Mm."

Jiang Ding nodded slightly.

He was unwilling to slay the weak, but that did not mean he would show feminine mercy in a racial blood war, placing the humans of the Nine Spirit Domain and the Jiao Ming Domain in danger for the sake of so-called goodness.

In the starry sky of the domains, there existed many cold things, many helpless things, which he himself could not change.

"A thousand years, and you have not queued for a Soul Transformation opportunity?"

Jiang Ding changed the slightly heavy topic and asked.

"No."

"Not just us; many elders have not either."

An Siyan shook her head slightly and said gently: "War is cruel; it has tied up immense manpower and material resources of the Immortal Gate and the Badaxian Sect."

"All development has almost come to a standstill; everything serves the war for survival. Many years ago, Soul Transformation opportunities ceased to appear; all Immortal Dao industrial production capacity and all heavenly treasures and earthly gems must be prioritized for the front lines."

"However, as long as the war is won, according to the treaty signed with the Badaxian Sect, the Immortal Gate is expected to obtain nearly one hundred of the four hundred and thirty-seven worlds in the Jiao Ming Domain, monopolizing a quarter of the domain territory, and even possibly possessing a quarter of a Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie."

"At that time, the birth rate of Soul Transformation opportunities for the Immortal Gate will accelerate by at least eight times; ten times is even possible."

"At that time, none of our needs will be a problem."

She said this with great anticipation.

"Only a quarter?"

Jiang Ding was stunned, killing intent overflowing.

After years of development, the Immortal Gate's strength, having produced a Void Refinement expert, can now be compared to the combined Badaxian Sect!

Therefore, surely it should be half?

"Any more, and the Badaxian Sect will turn hostile."

"If we do not want war to break out again shortly after the war ends, just like the battle before the Immortal Gate era, the spoils of war must be allocated within a reasonable range."

An Siyan rolled her eyes and explained: "The strength of the Badaxian Sect will change after they produce Soul Transformation cultivators; we cannot always underestimate them. If we take too much, the war might come too early, which is unfavorable for our development strategy."

"Furthermore, the total of over one hundred Minor Thousand Worlds is already about to exceed our governing capacity."

"The Immortal Gate citizens number only several tens of billions; deducting the large number of mortals unable to cultivate, the cultivators among them number only over three billion. This is already the result of immense material abundance in recent years; it will be difficult to increase further."

"Among these over three billion cultivators, most are still Qi Condensation cultivators, unable to be used to suppress the Otherworld."

"In the final calculation, the Immortal Gate has only several hundred million starry sky armies."

An Siyan said helplessly: "Among these several hundred million armies, a most elite portion of field army groups must be reserved to garrison the Immortal Gate's mother planet and the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, ensuring our core interests suffer no loss; the remaining mobile forces available for deployment are simply not many."

"Not to mention Immortal Gate cultivators cannot all serve in the military; a large number of citizens must be reserved for scientific research, education, Immortal Dao industrial production..."

"In short, even with the addition of drone and unmanned fleet groups, the Immortal Gate's rule has reached its limit; even most of the one hundred plus Minor Thousand Worlds cannot be fully under actual control, let alone more."

"Many elders have begun discussing political system reform for the Immortal Gate: either opening up citizen birth rates, or considering your Great Day Soul Transformation Strategy... more elders are wavering."

"Oh?"

"Which one does current Immortal Gate public opinion lean towards more?"

Jiang Ding felt a surge of joy in his heart.

"It is still too early!"

"After all, we are still in a state of war; the outcome is uncertain. These are just casual talks by Immortal Gate citizens during idle moments to boost morale; people always need goals to look forward to in order to fight tenaciously."

An Siyan rolled her eyes again.

"Then talk about it anyway."

Jiang Ding cared deeply about citizen public sentiment, especially after a thousand years; he had now lost the immense prestige and mobilizing power he once held among the vast citizenry.

"As for the leaning..."

An Siyan tilted her head, thought carefully for a moment, and said, "The vast majority of citizens like the current system and don't like change."

"If reform is unavoidable, they lean more toward your Great Sun Soul Transformation Strategy than toward loosening the citizen quota and raising the citizen population to hundreds of billions or even tens of trillions."

"Oh? Why?"

"Isn't the hostility of citizens toward foreign races and cultivators from beyond the realm, the xenophobia, always been very strong?"

Jiang Ding asked curiously.

"That is so."

"The immortal gate's citizens prefer citizens."

An Siyan nodded and said, "But compared to this preference, the immortal gate's citizens are even more unwilling to let the citizen population increase by tens or hundreds of times. That would greatly dilute the value of citizen rights and cause a massive drop in the average resources obtained by citizens—even if these additional citizens are also native-born citizens, it still won't do."

"For the vast majority of cultivators, resources are life itself, are the Dao path and lifespan."

"The immortal gate's citizens are no exception; they cannot ignore this critically important issue."

"Rather than that, it's better to absorb an extremely small number of prodigy cultivators who don't affect the immortal gate's total resources and can instead bring more gains to the gate, and then supplement this with a large number of subordinate civilizations friendly to the immortal gate to serve as additions to the gate's industry, scientific research, and military."

"In short, the interests of contemporary citizens cannot be reduced for any reason. That is what the majority of the immortal gate's citizens mean."