Chapter 2115: Former Immortal Sect Companions Ascend to Zhi Zun, the True Immortal Princess

"In addition to institutional reforms, there are also ceremonial reforms."

"Ritual is the core of humanity."

The Fusu Holy Maiden continued: "From now on, the title 'Your Majesty' shall be fully abolished; old associates may address him as Dayan Jianzi, and in formal settings, as Jianzhu. We will weaken hierarchical consciousness, establish the Supreme Great Sun Dao Court as the central authority, and appoint three hundred and sixty Supreme Great Sun Dao Court Swordbearers, with combat merit and achievements in Xian Dao research as the sole two evaluation criteria, to assist in governance."

"By the way, Your Majesty,"

"As for titles, I am an exception, correct?"

The Fusu Holy Maiden suddenly remembered something and asked.

"Soft peach,"

"You are certainly an exception."

Jiang Ding said quietly.

This was a bond from many years ago, a promise from long ago; as a major original shareholder, it naturally would not be forgotten.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"I wish you success in becoming an Immortal in the future."

The Fusu Holy Maiden smiled and moved on to the next point: "According to tradition, our governing center should be called Supreme Great Sun Imperial Heaven. Your opinion is to change it to Supreme Great Sun Dao Court—this will weaken our appeal to the prodigies of the endless starry skies. Are you certain you wish to change it?"

She, along with many other Zhi Zun, opposed this, seeing the danger.

This inherently places us one step below the True Immortal Princess in title, just as the gap between a king and an Emperor is, and at least in propaganda, it is harmful.

"Some Heaven..."

"What kind of title is this?"

Jiang Ding asked.

"It is 'Immortal.'"

"The term for the dwelling of an Immortal."

The Fusu Holy Maiden hesitated, then said: "This is indeed an overreach, but throughout history, many generations of Imperial Sovereigns have used this title, and only 'Imperial Heaven,' not 'Heaven'—this has been proven harmless in history."

Imperial Sovereigns also have vanity.

Naming one's dwelling 'Imperial Heaven' is an expression of such vanity.

No one knows which generation of Imperial Sovereign first adopted this title, but subsequent ones silently followed suit, and throughout history, no harm has ever been reported.

Later, it was further extended—even the True Immortal Princesses began calling themselves Imperial Heaven.

"That is unnecessary."

"My reverence for the Immortals is boundless; I pay attention to even the smallest ritual, even if the True Immortals have never cast their gaze upon the endless starry skies, even if we are but ants in their eyes."

Jiang Ding said with a touch of melancholy: "Even so, I will not overstep."

"I understand, Your Majesty."

The Fusu Holy Maiden ceased her persuasion.

Within the palace, silence returned.

The Fusu Holy Maiden disliked this silence; she preferred wielding authority over the star domains, representing the True Immortal Princess to soothe the emotions of local Zhi Zun, inspecting the people's conditions on her behalf, and using the ruling destiny technique to detect hidden dangers across the star domains, attempting to resolve them.

The Supreme Great Sun Dao Court across the star domains gained flexibility precisely because of her.

Because of her, this organization operated with greatly increased efficiency, reduced internal friction, and more effective personnel deployment—this was something she had been learning and something she loved.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Great Sun Sword Immortal Princess cared only for cultivation and Xian Dao technological research, showing no interest in these matters.

Unconsciously, over a thousand years passed.

After the previous generation of Eight-Lei Gao Jie Zhi Zun all passed away, the Seven Star Domains began reforms, centralizing power; the authority of countless Xian Zong was entirely stripped and fully transferred to the Supreme Great Sun Dao Court, unifying the star domains.

This triggered widespread chaos.

In many small regions, rulers of Minor Thousand Worlds and Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie had held power for tens of thousands of years—their foundations were deeply entrenched, their minds extremely rigid, resisting this total transformation, feigning compliance while secretly opposing, even resorting to violent assassinations of officials, refusing to recognize any authority.

The Xian Zong fleet and the Supreme Great Sun Sword Dao troops descended one by one to cleanse them all.

Causality spells, time-reversal spells, tracking spells, soul-searching spells... the Supreme Great Sun Dao Court possessed them all; no living being could hide or take advantage of the chaos.

In an instant, blood rain and stench spread across the world, corpses piled in the millions.

Those who resisted reform—die!

No matter how great the justification, how many obstacles, no matter the tradition or ancestral law—all shattered beneath the True Immortal Princess's will.

Whether the obstacle was a person, a mountain, or the rules of the world—all must yield!

All must execute the True Immortal Princess's will!

This is the Realm of Immortal Cultivation—the will of the supreme power is everything.

Public sentiment, tradition, rules... before the will of the supreme power, they were lighter than willow fluff, utterly insignificant.

On this day, Jiang Ding stepped out of the Supreme Great Sun Heavenly Palace and returned to Jiuling Domain, to the mother star of the Solar System, observing with his true form the thunderous Lei Gao Jie raging in the sky.

"Jiang Ding,"

"They will surely succeed."

Yuan watched the sky anxiously, palms sweating, more nervous than if he himself were undergoing Tribulation Crossing.

Those undergoing Tribulation Crossing were naturally Senior Wanji Tianren, Zhenjun Shenji Tianren, Mier Tianren, and others.

Their talent and potential were top-tier for their time, but still fell short of the very pinnacle of this era's Xian Zong prodigies; originally, their chance of successfully opening a path and ascending to Zhi Zun was at most one to ten percent.

But the favor of an endless starry sky overlord compensated for everything.

"They will."

"Elder Yuan."

Jiang Ding gave a slight nod.

He had already provided every opportunity, aided their path-opening—now it was up to these old companions' fate.

The two waited patiently for a long time, watching intently; after an unknown span, the dark clouds and Lei Ting in the sky gradually dispersed one after another, revealing the five beings undergoing Tribulation Crossing.

Each of them radiated immense power, with an oppressive pressure emanating from their bodies, manifesting the supreme authority of the branches of the Dao's rules.

This is the pressure of a Supreme!

Jiang Ding and Yuan Lian's faces broke into smiles.

"Hahaha..."

"Today, finally ascending to Supreme..."

The Supreme of Extinction laughed heartily and let out a long sigh: "Indeed, effort cannot compare to fate. I never imagined Laozi would ever have a day of ascending to Supreme; in the past, I wouldn't have dared to even dream of it."

"Damn it, I should be able to live another seven hundred thousand years."

"Seven hundred thousand years!"

"It's worth it, it's worth it!"

The Supreme of Extinction's laughter shook the four wildernesses; his joy overflowed outward, affecting the surrounding rules and space.

"Haha!"

"That's true."

Beside them, Teacher Gu Lin the Supreme, Wan Ji the Supreme, and others likewise displayed smiles.

As for the Seven Tribulation Supremes, the True Immortal had explicitly told them that relying on so much external aid, with even the path being cleared by others, left them with no hope in this life; she had told them to prepare themselves mentally, informing them before granting various opportunities so they wouldn't harbor resentment later.

Although the True Immortal did not care about others' resentment.

Everything was left to their own choice.

No one gave up such an opportunity; ascending to Supreme was a great opportunity and great luck, and the Seven Tribulation Supremes were originally beyond their reach to even hope for.

"Let's go, let's go,"

"Let's lecture the juniors on the Dao; after lecturing, we'll go drink!"

Yuan Lian's face bloomed like a chrysanthemum; he took the hands of these old brothers and, leading Jiang Ding, walked together toward the lecture platform over there.

(End of this chapter)