Chapter 2166: A New Atmosphere Across the Zhu Que Star Domains

Time slipped quietly by.

The Zhu Que star domains were changing.

Many human cultivators from the Fallen Immortal Realm brought vast numbers of mortal migrants to every great thousand-world community, arranging the development of Xiandao industries across the lands.

Countless cultivators of the myriad races cooperated respectfully, not daring to look down on these administrative cultivators from the Fallen Immortal Realm just because they were weak.

In truth, they had no right to look down on them either.

Even though the Supreme Solar Sword Immortal Lady had entered seclusion, both Gong Gong Caiyu the quasi-Emperor and the Fusang Empress could sweep the world aside, crushing every resistance from the myriad-race cultivators.

The reason these myriad-race cultivators were still alive was not because they were strong, but simply because they were useful — nothing more.

The reproductive speed of mortal humans, in the eyes of Xiandao great powers, was extremely fast.

They reached sexual maturity in their teens, could bear one child a year, and in just a hundred mortal years — what seemed like the blink of an eye — vast numbers of mortals had already flourished across the great thousand-world communities, their populations multiplied by tens or hundreds of thousands of times, easily, without the slightest difficulty.

In the many worlds that originally belonged to the myriad races, humans had been scarce, existing only in a handful of places.

But in just a hundred years, great numbers of mortal kingdoms had sprung up in those very places, with mortals multiplying and thriving in abundance.

Among these enormously vast mortal populations, one human prodigy after another was constantly being born. These prodigies grew along the mature Xiandao educational system, becoming the backbone of various Xiandao industrial branch systems, contributing their strength and wisdom, and receiving the rewards they needed in return.

Everything was developing at breakneck speed.

Within the Zhu Que star domains, the traces belonging to the Phoenix Immortal Clan and the Phoenix True Immortal Lady were steadily fading away.

A glorious era belonging to the human race was about to dawn.

……

In the leisurely flow of time, ten thousand years had already passed.

Jiang Ding slowly opened his eyes.

Over these ten thousand years, he had not been wounded; he had simply been stationed in the Zhu Que Heavenly Palace, cultivating, refining his flying sword, deducing the Supreme Solar Primordial Ancient Talisman, and deducing the star-domain coordinates around the Zhu Que star domains and the Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou star domains — that was all.

As his exploration of the immortal scriptures deepened and his strength grew, his ability to deduce and lock onto unfamiliar star domains increased in tandem. Nowadays, the Dao Court could obtain several more star-domain coordinates every year, and now, ten thousand years on, the number of star domains under the Dao Court's actual control was rapidly approaching three thousand.

Time — a magnificent power.

Ten thousand years ago, the Zhu Que star domains lay in ruins, awaiting revival.

Now, things ought to be different.

Otherwise, many administrative cultivators would have to answer for it.

Jiang Ding rose.

"Your Majesty,"

"Are you about to begin your inspection tour of the Zhu Que star domains?"

The Fusang Holy Maiden — no, the Fusang Empress, who had been accompanying the Sword Immortal Lady all along, asked in a gentle voice.

"Mm."

"Many things need to be seen in person on the ground; otherwise there will always be small discrepancies."

Jiang Ding said with a smile.

Gong Gong Caiyu, with little presence, quietly stood guard nearby.

"Your Majesty!"

"Wait for me! Wait for me!"

The Zhu Que Holy Maiden, panting, flew in from afar — she was usually very busy and not in the imperial palace.

The surrounding heavens and earth shifted, the sun and moon wheeled on, and as if in a single instant, the four of them had crossed the vast starry distance and appeared at the border of the Zhu Que star domains, in a place called the Suan Tian star domain.

The four casually chose a great thousand-world.

Jiang Ding's gaze fell upon this great thousand-world, his divine sense sweeping through every corner of it, every sect, clan, and Xiandao factory, conducting an overall assessment of the world.

He saw that within the Xiandao industrial parks, large numbers of human Foundation Establishment, Jin Dan, and Nascent Soul cultivators were bustling about — producing, researching, each at different tasks. Void-Treading cultivators and those below were almost entirely human, with very few from the myriad races.

The introduction of every single myriad-race cultivator required strict approval procedures, requiring a detailed explanation in the approval report of the necessity and indispensability of bringing in that cultivator, as well as an explanation of why a human cultivator could not serve as a substitute.

In the higher-end Xiandao industrial parks and research institutes, however, myriad-race cultivators existed in large numbers.

Among those at the Dao Merging realm and the Heaven-Human realm, almost all were myriad-race cultivators, from illustrious clans such as the Dragon-Phoenix Immortal Clan, the Qingluan Immortal Clan, and the Golden Crow Immortal Clan.

These myriad-race cultivators bustled about in the various organs of the Dao Court, and all seemed fairly diligent.

Judging by the current situation, in the great thousand-worlds, human living beings occupied at least seventy percent of the territory and population, with the remainder being myriad-race beings.

"Where have all the myriad-race cultivators that once filled the great thousand-worlds gone?"

Jiang Ding asked softly.

"Their lifespans ran out."

"No great massacre was carried out, Your Majesty."

The Fusang Empress twirled a strand of hair in her hand and said, "Every immortal clan and demon clan was relocated to designated protected zones, with certain limits placed on their numbers. As time passed, those enormous myriad-race beings all exhausted their lifespans one by one and disappeared. The surface peace between the myriad races and the human race still stands."

"Your policy of human primacy and harmonious coexistence with the myriad races remains in effect."

"Everything follows the provisions of the Master Tushan Code."

She looked frail and helpless, innocent and kind, every inch of her exuding an air of weakness — back when she first met the Sword Immortal Lady, she had been the softest, most easily bullied-looking persimmon among a whole group of Candidate Daozi.

Of course, now, in the hearts of myriad-race cultivators and many human powerhouses alike, she was equally the very embodiment of benevolence and kindness.

The Zhu Que Holy Maiden, on the other hand, was secretly referred to by the outside world as the Zhu Que Demon Lord.

"How wonderful."

"The Master Tushan Code is being followed — that is excellent. The Master Tushan Code is the law guiding stellar production and development; it can be amended through Dao Court meetings in ordinary times, but once settled it must be obeyed, and personal feelings must be strictly restrained."

Jiang Ding said with a smile.

He looked toward Gong Gong Caiyu.

Gong Gong Caiyu offered no rebuttal to the Fusang Empress's words; the supervisory department had issued no warning.

"Suan Tian Xianzong…"

"And there are all these clans and sects — they look somewhat familiar?"

Jiang Ding looked at the various human factions within the Great Thousand Worlds, somewhat astonished.

These sects seemed to have existed in the era of the Wanfa Immortal Dynasty as well?

"Your Majesty,"

"the Fusang Sacred Land holds some prestige and foundation among the starry skies."

The Fusang Empress explained, "Before the Great Calamity occurred, many sects chose to leave their sect inheritances and seeds within the Fusang Sacred Land. Once peace was restored between the star domains, the Fusang Sacred Land would release all these inheritance seeds."

"The inheritances of these ancient human immortal sects each differ, their paths each unique, and many of these inheritances are extremely valuable."

"Do you feel this needs to be changed?"

she asked.

These ancient human immortal sects were very useful, yet from many perspectives they also seemed to pose a threat.

"There's no need."

"This is fine as it is. These human immortal sects have all rendered meritorious service throughout history — how could I possibly cut off their inheritances?"

Jiang Ding gave a slight shake of his head.

The four passed through one cluster of Great Thousand Worlds after another, one star domain after another, conducting a thorough examination of the immortal Dao ecology of each region, the development of its peoples, the efficiency of its immortal Dao research institutions, and so on.