Chapter 1285: Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun Concludes His Thousand-Year Term

"The Upper Realm... has what I need."

"Many things."

Jiang Ding gazed into the distance, his eyes filled with longing: "Many sinners have been at large for far too long. They need to face retribution, and I happen to be a warm-hearted person who doesn't care about payment."

"This is a matter that satisfies both sides."

As for which laws they are evading?

Naturally, the laws of the Immortal Gate, the laws of the citizens—no need to say more.

Among the endless starry skies, there must surely exist many fiendishly evil sinners; this is beyond doubt, and within them lie boundless treasures.

Yes, at this moment, Jiang Ding had already made a certain resolve.

He must go to the Upper Realm!

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

And the danger, it seems, is controllable.

The Immortal Gate is currently making contact with clusters of Ancient God Realms; facing many unknown Immortal Dao civilizations, the Immortal Gate likewise faces unknown dangers, so one cannot say which place is safer.

That is not to say staying in the Immortal Gate is absolutely safe.

He is now one of the pillars of the Immortal Gate; his own safety can no longer be entirely entrusted to the Immortal Gate, because he himself is part of the Immortal Gate's safety.

Naturally, he is not going to the Upper Realm now.

His duties keep him here now; he cannot leave the Mother Star by even a single step.

"There's still about two hundred years left in the term. When the time comes, I can carry out the plan…"

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

……

In the leisurely passage of time, a short two hundred years went by.

"This is the Immortal Gate Banyan Tree Television Station reporting,"

"This station reports: today (Year 1, Month 1, Day 1), the founder of the Immortal Gate's economic policies, the Immortal Gate's sole Level Seven Financial Chartered Analyst, and the battle-honored Participating Administrator Senior Jin Liu Zhen Zun has returned to the Immortal Gate Mother Star. The Immortal Gate's Vice Administrator Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun came to greet him, giving a warm welcome to the hero who has rendered outstanding service on the front lines…"

"It is reported that in three hours, Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun will conclude his term as Vice Administrator of the Immortal Gate, which began on Year 1, Month 1, Day 1. The next Vice Administrator of the Immortal Gate will be taken over by Senior Jin Liu Zhen Zun."

"Reviewing Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's term, three major events worthy of being recorded in glorious detail in the annals of history took place."

"First, the population of the Immortal Gate Mother Star grew from three hundred billion to one trillion, solidly establishing the Immortal Gate's talent foundation and giving it the population base of a star-domain-level civilization. Hegemony over realms is no longer a castle in the air."

"Second, the Master Canghai Soul Transformation Strategy was officially rolled out, marking the Immortal Gate's beginning to accept peerless prodigies from the myriad worlds as citizens. The Immortal Gate's Immortal Dao potential rose dramatically, and it became the dream destination desired by countless prodigies in nearby realms…"

"Third, the construction and development of the Mars Immortal Dao Industrial Zone caused the Mother Star's Immortal Dao industrial production capacity to surge over a hundredfold, effectively solving the employment needs of the Mother Star's trillion-strong Immortal Dao industrial population,"

"benefiting countless citizens, bringing fortune to generations of Immortal Gate citizens. History will surely remember Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's contributions…"

"The annals shine bright, the stars twinkle; Shanhe, the sun and moon, compose a glorious chapter…"

In the Vice Administrator's office in the Immortal Capital, Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun and Senior Jin Liu Zhen Zun, who had already completed the handover of Vice Administrator authority and the swearing-in ceremony, were chatting while watching television.

On the television station, that host was engaged in frenzied flattery.

He really wanted to get ahead.

"This,"

"where did these little fellows pick up this style of exaggerated flattery… doing nothing but this personality cult nonsense."

Jiang Ding watched, utterly speechless.

Of course, mainly because Senior Jin Liu Zhen Zun was beside him, he felt a bit embarrassed.

"All of these things are the collective wisdom of the Immortal Gate, yet they've been lumped entirely onto me."

"This is ridiculous. It seems the Immortal Gate Banyan Tree Television Station needs to reform its atmosphere. With such a lame level of propaganda, how can it live up to the position of the first official television station?"

Jiang Ding said, somewhat annoyed.

This was not his modesty, but the truth.

For example, the Mother Star population increasing to one trillion—this was Yuan's, Zhenjun Shenji Zhen Zun's, Senior Wanji Zhen Zun's, and others' shared vision. It consumed enormous time to push forward, persuading many citizens who were dissatisfied with it. Because many citizens had a strong sense of personal protectionism and could not see things too far in the future, since their lifespans were not that long.

No matter how it was publicized, no matter how the overall situation was considered, in fact, the massive increase in the Immortal Gate citizen population greatly harmed their interests.

This naturally drew enormous opposition.

The reason it was implemented so quietly, as calmly as still water, without any ripples, and this policy was passed, was that many Void Refinement Zhen Zuns and older-generation Soul Transformation Tianjuns of the Immortal Gate put in tremendous effort. It wasn't as simple as the policy being introduced, passed, and executed—that was that. It wasn't that simple.

As for the Mars Immortal Dao Industrial Zone, that had even less to do with Jiang Ding himself. It was proposed by Mieri Canghai Tianjun, received support from Yuan and others, and then pushed forward.

The Master Canghai Soul Transformation Strategy was indeed something he himself vigorously promoted, but without the support of the many Void Refinement Zhen Zuns and Soul Transformation Tianjuns, it likewise could not have been done.

On the official propaganda of the Banyan Tree Television Station, lumping all these merits onto him was extremely unfair.

"Haha, that's normal."

"The masses have a hero complex and cannot see too far ahead; they can only place their hopes in idols, easily deifying administrators and deputy administrators while personalizing political achievements. This has been the case since ancient times."

Senior Jin Liu Zhen Zun laughed heartily.

"This is precisely why the Immortal Gate implements the thousand-year rotation policy for vice administrators. One cannot let a cultivator stay in such a key position for too long, otherwise it is detrimental to the implementation of citizen politics."

"The only pity is"

"?? Yuan cannot be replaced for now, the rotation…"

He felt some regret.

Although Senior Jin Liu Zhen Zun was Yuan's old comrade-in-arms, old brothers who entrusted their lives to each other on the battlefield, this did not affect his constant desire to pull Yuan down and enter the normal rotation procedure.

This is a huge threat.

Yuan has been in the administrator position for too long, his prestige is too great; this is an unstable factor.

But alas… there simply is no one to replace him.

The Immortal Gate now faces the threat of the Badaxian Sect, faces the threat of the Ancient God Domain Immortal Dao world clusters; the war readiness level cannot be lowered at all. Whether or not Yuan presides over the citizen fleet's military formations makes a completely different level of strength—the difference is very great.

Don't look at Senior Jin Liu Zhen Zun and the others and Yuan all being Void Refinement cultivators and assume they're about the same, that anyone would do.

In fact, they are completely different.

"When you advance to the Void Refinement stage, you should be eligible to take over governance."

"Even if two people alternate every thousand or three thousand years would be better—it would make the citizen political situation more stable."

Senior Jin Liu expressed his hope.

"That's too far off."

"Moreover, I cannot possibly match Elder Yuan's strategic vision or command of military formations."

Jiang Ding shook his head slightly; he knew his own limits.

"It's fine—your personal combat strength can fully compensate for this weakness."

Senior Jin Liu dismissed it lightly.

It was clear he was determined to push this through and refused to let Yuan remain as the Immortal Sect's governor, whether it was Yuan or anyone else.

"Let's talk about it later."

"Senior Jin Liu, will your term as governor involve reforming the Immortal Sect's financial system?"

Jiang Ding asked curiously.

The Immortal Sect's current economic system no longer matched its vast domain and numerous Minor Thousand Worlds—it was precisely the time for reform, which was precisely why Senior Jin Liu had been appointed as the Immortal Sect's deputy governor.

"Yes, the Immortal Sect is considering developing an outward-oriented export economy, strengthening trade with the Badaxian Sect, Tian Yuan Domain, and even more distant realms, acquiring the various heavenly treasures and Gong Fa lineages the Immortal Sect needs through means other than war—this will be safer, more subtle, like nourishing things silently…"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun detailed his economic policies.

(End of Chapter)