Chapter 1575: The Eight Great Immortal Sects of the Immortal Sect's Vassal Civilizations

The blue-robed youth from the Boundless Radiance Solar Fleet had arrived here.

A delicate girl with snow-white skin and ink-black hair, leading a group of sect cultivators, came forward to welcome him, a faint smile on her little face, greeting him like a neighbor's elder brother.

The two locked eyes for a single instant.

A single instant — for Void Refinement and Soul Transformation cultivators, an exceedingly long instant.

The same youthful appearance, the same eternally girlish appearance.

'They…'

This scene made many of the sect's Void Refinement and Soul Transformation cultivators unable to resist secretly transmitting messages, especially the many female cultivators, whose hearts blazed with the fire of gossip, looking just like children whispering to each other in class.

'Senior Da Ri and the Qingmuxian Sect's Old Ancestor seem to be from the same era, even the same age…'

'Did something happen back then?'

'Oh heavens, the East Pole Demon Sect's Dao Child and the Qingmuxian Sect's Fairy overcoming layer upon layer of obstacles, a tragic and beautiful love that transcended the mundane world…'

A female cultivator at the early stage of Void Refinement could not help but speak, her imagination running wild.

A large group of surrounding Void Refinement cultivators' eyes lit up.

Although they were old antiques in the eyes of many cultivators, they certainly did not think of themselves as old antiques, chattering away, their divine souls 'secretly transmitting' nonstop.

'Ahem, ahem, ahem,'

'It shouldn't be, right? I heard Senior Da Ri's confidantes should be Senior Si Yan and Senior Ling Feng, right…'

A male Void Refinement cultivator could not help but join in, objecting.

This was the Sword Master of Da Ri!

Among the world clusters, he killed without blinking an eye, slaughtered without end, a sovereign of world clusters, and moreover the most ancient participant in sect governance — truly too curious-making.

……

The instant of their locked gaze.

Jiang Ding gazed at the girl before him, his heart a tangled and unfathomable knot.

That batch of Dao Children from back then had now thoroughly grown up, inheriting the sect's supreme Dao title — the new generation's Taiyi Qingmu Fairy, the future Taiyi Qingmu Divine Monarch.

Time, ah, truly an unimaginable great power.

The previous generation's Taiyi Qingmu Divine Monarch, a great power of the Qingmuxian Sect, tens of thousands of years ago must likewise have had a girlish, innocent past, experienced many things, and only in the end become the deep and solemn great power of today.

This generation's Taiyi Qingmu Fairy, in the eyes of others, would she be a solemn Tiangui Tiangui Laoguai?

But in this monarch's heart, she remained a young female cultivator seen since his youth, her present impression still lingering in those days, without any great change.

She had not changed at all…

In this monarch's memory.

Jiang Ding's heart was filled with an inexplicable surge of sorrowful thoughts.

After endless ages, were there still beings in this world anchored to the times of the past?

It was Jiang Ding's first time stepping out from the Dayang Dayang Tianchi.

He restrained his naturally radiating might and solar radiance, descending from the Dayang Dayang Tianchi, step by step arriving before Ji Liuyue.

"Fellow Daoist Ji, you are too courteous."

"You have held the fort over the Taiyi Qingmu Domain for the sect, your merits are immense — I cannot express enough gratitude."

Jiang Ding personally helped the girl to her feet, completing a political courtesy befitting the statuses of the sect and the Qingmuxian Sect, after which the fleets and Qingmuxian Sect cultivators behind the two gradually dispersed, continuing the itinerary of this visit.

The two walked through the starry sky of the domain, passing one Minor Thousand World after another, one star after another.

"Fellow Daoist Ji, how have these years been for you?"

Jiang Ding said casually.

Stripped of political identity, one could see his attitude was very casual — neither cold nor warm, not at all like the warm and courteous manner of formal occasions.

"Sigh,"

"Just cultivating normally, what else could it be?"

Ji Liuyue did not put on airs either, for the two had contended for tens of thousands of years and were already very familiar. She sighed and said: "Jiang Ding Zi, you look much better now than before — if only you had been like this back then."

"That is because you are very weak right now."

Jiang Ding said flatly.

"Hmph."

Ji Liuyue gave a light snort and said nothing more.

The two strolled through the domain, and before long, a verdant and lush Minor Thousand World appeared before them, named the Green Lin Hai Realm, its plants flourishing, all manner of flowers in bloom, turning this Minor Thousand World into a forest paradise.

Most of the domains where the Qingmuxian Sect resided were like this — bursting with life.

The solar radiance shone down, scourging all the demonic and evil beings in the world; ancient god worms crumbled into ash, and the infiltration efforts of countless years became bubbles, no longer able to affect anything.

These were merely routine.

Jiang Ding's gaze rested more upon the center of the Minor Thousand World — an industrial apparatus constructed of countless ancient trees and flowers, and upon the production in the vast Immortal Dao industrial zone.

These industrial apparatuses, manufactured from flowers, ancient trees, and vines, were operated by Qingmuxian Sect cultivators, processing piece after piece of Ban Cheng Pin wood-attribute spirit metal, spirit medicines, spirit wood, and the like.

This was the Qingmuxian Sect's industrial zone.

Its Immortal Dao industrial chain was deeply embedded into the sect's industrial system; the many wood-attribute Ban Cheng Pin it produced were important raw materials for many of the sect's industrial products, including even the Dead Star-grade warship — a civilization's highest-clearance war heavy-armament, whose refining owed a contribution to the Qingmuxian Sect.

"East Pole Demon Sect, your Immortal Dao industrial system is indeed extraordinary."

Ji Liuyue sighed: "The sect has only a single domain, yet simply because it joined your Immortal Dao industrial system and contract-manufactured some mid-to-high-end wood-attribute products, the Qingmuxian Sect has gained over three times its former harvest of heavenly materials and earthly treasures."

"If one counts in the lower-priced, better-quality pills, magic treasures, and talismans that can now be purchased, one could even say the current Taiyi Qingmu Domain possesses five times its former output."

"My cultivation over these years has not slowed much — this is part of the reason."

The Jiudaxian Sect had never been so undivided as today.

Qingmuxian Sect cultivators could now very easily purchase any premium pills from the Dandingxian Sect, purchase magic treasures from the Shangqing Lingbao Sect, purchase spirit beast cubs from the Wan Shouxianzong… this convenience even far surpassed that of the past alliance of the Badaxian Sect.

Even if the Badaxian Sect forms an alliance, they are still eight separate sects, and many of their secret pills and magic treasures are not for sale.

But now, not only are they selling them, they're selling them very cheaply. On top of that, the East Extreme Demon Sect's even more terrifying immortal-path productivity has brought forth a dazzling array of pills and magic treasures, with cultural, entertainment, and immortal-path technologies flourishing — far surpassing the old sect era.

It can be said that the cultivators of the Qingmuxian Sect in the post-East Extreme Demon Sect era have reaped enormous benefits.

"The name 'East Extreme Demon Sect'…"

Jiang Ding raised an eyebrow: "Do you have any moral-conduct points left to spare?"

The immortal sects' control over their subordinate civilizations is not just talk — it is extremely strict.

If the moral-conduct score drops to a certain level, one must resign and be transferred elsewhere, allowing a new Taiyi Qingmu fairy to take over as Supreme Elder of the Qingmuxian Sect.

And the moral-conduct scores of subordinate-civilization cultivators are highly correlated with their words and deeds — especially for political figures. Even if you're faking it, you must put on the appearance of being devoted to the immortal sect, so as not to affect the moral-conduct scores of the many cultivators across the entire civilization. Political stances must be made.

"Plenty to spare."

"You don't need to worry about that."

Ji Liuyue rolled her eyes.

The two strolled between realms, passing one Minor Thousand World after another, chatting as they conducted a complete assessment of the Taiyi Qingmu Domain's immortal-path industrial zone.