Chapter 1655: The Will of the Great Lie Yang Jianzi Spreads Across the World Clusters

Ming Chong Chong Guang Zi and the others bowed once more, then departed.

These Dao Merging Divine Monarchs would rush to the location of the opportunity to conduct an assessment and appraisal, in order to arrive at a result.

Apart from these matters, the Heavenly Craft Star Chain World Cluster was still methodically busy with various array formations, an undertaking expected to take between seven hundred and one thousand years to complete.

"That's not right—"

"Too slow."

Not long after, Jiang Ding did some calculations and frowned.

In his original calculations, it should have only taken about three hundred years to complete this matter; for the error to be this large was practically an insult to his career, indicating that his administrative ability had dropped significantly.

Jiang Ding's brow furrowed deeply as he extended his divine sense over intelligence reports from all sides, continuing to calculate for a while, and found the reason.

"Lack of political construction."

"These sword cultivators are far too poor at building organizations across the various worlds of the Heavenly Craft Star Chain World Cluster. Basically, it's just a Jin Dan or Soul Transformation cultivator going to a region to establish a sect, then collecting taxes and selecting disciples and the like, and that's it."

"One must realize that this is a world-cluster grand array, involving every mountain, every river, even every hillside. Without a tightly organized structure, one can only rely on cultivators handling things one location at a time. It's not that it can't be done, but the efficiency is far too slow."

"Many simple matters can be handled by mortals and low-level cultivation practitioners; having Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation cultivators do them is a complete waste."

Having identified the problem, Jiang Ding immediately set about handling it.

He searched through his Sea of Consciousness for a while, and finally locked onto the most powerful aura among the Tu Mountain maids—a peak Refinement Void cultivator.

Not long after, this female cultivator flew over from afar.

She was a female cultivator of outstanding bearing.

She came from the Blazing Sun World Cluster, named Yang Ji, possessing the extremely rare Yang Phoenix Body among female cultivators, and her sword arts talent was also quite good. She was a Tu Mountain maid personally discovered and cultivated by Gong Gong Caiyu.

Among the Tu Mountain maids, she was the strongest.

Ever since Gong Gong Caiyu came to the Upper Realm, every step of hers had been checked by powerful figures on all sides. This led her to set extremely high requirements for the loyalty of the Tu Mountain maids—she basically did not accept outside female cultivators joining the Tu Mountain maid ranks; all Tu Mountain maids were cultivated from childhood.

Because the time had been short, there were no Dao Merging Divine Monarchs among the Tu Mountain maids, so they were not a force that could be thrown onto a battlefield and immediately make a great difference.

"Yang Ji."

"I pay my respects to my lord."

Yang Ji bowed in greeting.

As a maid of the Great Lie Yang Jianzi, this was her first time seeing her sovereign. Standing before him, her body instinctively surfaced an intense sense of intimacy, and a great deal of blush could not help but appear on her little face.

"Go to the various places of the Heavenly Craft Star Chain World Cluster and establish sects, clans, and schools that conform to Tu Mountain Law."

"

How long will this matter take to complete?"

Jiang Ding asked.

In his conception, the Tu Mountain maids were close guards and political-work talents, and there were requirements for political ability.

The question was whether Gong Gong Caiyu had persisted in cultivating these abilities in her maids over the years.

"Two hundred years."

"My lord, if there is no obstruction from the many Dao Merging sword cultivators and Refinement Void sword cultivators, the Tu Mountain maids can complete the construction of the entire world cluster's organizational system within two hundred years."

Yang Ji bowed and said: "If we can obtain the active cooperation of the many Dao Merging and Refinement Void sword cultivators, this process can be shortened to one hundred years."

She gave the answer almost without any thought.

The Tu Mountain maid corps must have discussed this matter internally before, because this was exactly their specialty.

"Good."

"The sword cultivators within the bounds of this world cluster will cooperate with you actively."

Jiang Ding revealed a slight smile, tossed her a wisp of Materialist Lie Yang Jianzi Qi: "If there are no major variables, one hundred years from now, I hope to see the results of the Tu Mountain maid corps."

"I will certainly not disgrace my lord's command!"

Yang Ji accepted the sword qi and said spiritedly.

How many years it had been.

The Tu Mountain maids had finally once again taken up the authority of the Sword Lord's close guards, issuing commands that none under heaven dared disobey, and sword cultivators across the world all listened with reverence.

This feeling was truly intoxicating.

Yang Ji accepted her orders and departed.

Jiang Ding closed his eyes and continued to contemplate the sword dao classics.

He was not the type to do things personally—whether in the Immortal Gate or in another world, it was the same. Not only did this leave him free, but in his experience the efficiency was also the highest, far better than personally handling every single matter.

Two more moves were placed on this world cluster.

Many things were in the process of changing; countless things were being altered under the influence of that single will, and the entire world cluster was different every year from the year before.

The immortal dao agricultural systems, industrial systems, and organizational systems across the world produced heaven materials and earthly treasures, and everything took on a completely new look.

……

Unconsciously, several decades slipped by in a flash.

The Heavenly Craft Star Chain World Cluster underwent earth-shaking changes. The sect system became dozens of times tighter, the output of heaven materials and earthly treasures in various places increased several times over, and as a result the efficiency of the local arrays was also rapidly rising.

Naturally, this also drew the resentment of many vested interests.

The conquered Heavenly Craft Star Chain World Cluster, according to convention, should have had certain worlds enfeoffed to certain powerful figures. Within a fief, apart from paying taxes upward, it was almost equivalent to the powerful figure's personal territory.

Now all of this was gone—how could it not invite hatred?

Although the Great Lie Yang Jianzi had not violated the Yin Yang Sword Law, the rewards that should have been given—such as the output of a certain place—were given to the corresponding powerful figure according to the average output of other world

clusters, and the compensation was not lacking.

But in the end, this was still not as good as having a fief.

However, no matter how much resentment there was, no one dared fail to carry out the Tu Mountain maids' governmental decrees. Not to mention outward compliance with inward defiance, there was not even a single person who carried them out passively.

They were, after all, sword cultivators; their awe of stronger sword cultivators was etched into their very bones.

As long as the Great Sun Sword Child is here, they will remain respectful for a day.

If the Great Sun Sword Child is not here, not personally holding down the fort, then that is another matter entirely.

……

Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm.

In the Moon Pool shrouded by the light of yin and yang, the Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang sat cross-legged — whether it was their true bodies or avatars was unclear — and nearby their disciples sat cross-legged as well, having just finished a period of healing, watching the jade slips being presented one after another.

The number of these jade slips had reached a peak over the past several decades.

The contents were more or less the same — all of them were Dao Merging and Refining Void cultivators filing complaints against the Great Sun Sword Child, even though the work he did for them was both excellent and swift.

"Master, look!"

"The Great Sun is actually this capable at handling governance! It's simply too hard to believe!"

The Sun Sword Child clicked his tongue in wonder: "In just several decades, the tax output of mid- and low-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures from the Heavenly Craft Star Chain World Cluster has far surpassed that of ordinary world clusters — more than three times over, in fact."

"I had always thought that cultivators who slaughter so madly and recognize no kin were all sword madmen, knowing nothing but sword practice."

"No wonder his array dao skill is so good. Master, Mistress, let me tell you…"

"And then there was that day, when he…"

The Sun Sword Child chattered on endlessly about his impressions.

"That is true."

"If he hadn't discovered a Dao Child or a strong one he could beat to death, that would actually be quite normal."

The Supreme Yin Sword Child said, puzzled.

The sect atmosphere of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm seemed to be far better than that of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion.

In the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, successive Great Sun Sword Children and Great Sun Sword Masters were almost always like mortal enemies, each wishing the other dead.

Even the birth of a Great Sun Sword Child had to occur in the Great Sun Sword Master's twilight years; otherwise the two would surely fight to the death, and only one could survive — there was simply no warmth whatsoever within the sect.

The weak had to die, so that the crowns of Sword Child and Sword Master could be handed to the stronger.

Here in the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, there was far more warmth!

These four people together were simply like a family blessed with both sons and daughters — a model family at that — and it didn't quite match the coldness of the sword dao.