Chapter 2697: Many Seven-Character Ancient Emperors Ascend, Tai Shang Da Ri Ancient Emperor

Time flowed slowly.

Unnoticed, hundreds of thousands of years passed.

During these hundreds of thousands of years, four Eight-Character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperors successively ascended to Seven-Character, namely the Undying Ancient Emperor, the Solar Ancient Emperor, the Wasteland Rock Dragon Emperor, and the Green Ox Ancient Emperor.

Many powerful beings tensed their nerves, thinking the Boundless Starry Sky would erupt in a brutal bloodbath, just as it had every time before.

In fact, it did not.

The four ascended Seven-Character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperors, together with the ever-arrogant Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor and the Primordial Great Emperor, made no major moves; the order and structure of the Boundless Starry Sky remained largely unchanged, except for the trade pattern.

After their ascension, the six Seven-Character Immortal-level Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors, including the Undying Ancient Emperor, saw their immortal dynasties and their trade conglomerates suddenly gain a technological leap in development, product competitiveness surging severalfold, entering a period of technological breakthrough; the competitiveness and cost-performance ratio of their conglomerate products instantly maxed out, rapidly seizing the market and squeezing the market shares of many Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors.

For a time, the conglomerates founded by the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor, the Undying Ancient Emperor, and others seized over eighty percent of the market share outside the Tai Shang Da Ri Immortal Dynasty, with massive daily product sales, stock prices soaring, large amounts of idle capital—including funds from the Tai Shang Da Ri domain immortal dynasties—pouring in, quickly filling the coffers of these Seven-Character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperors, then transforming into vast quantities of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, celestial and terrestrial spiritual energy, solar and lunar essences, numerous immortal arts and techniques, and profound Dao insights, which they absorbed, enriching the foundation of immortal Dao.

It is worth noting that the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor, the Undying Ancient Emperor, and others began encroaching upon and seizing many market shares of the Tai Shang Da Ri domain.

Previously, the Tai Shang Da Ri domain and all immortal dynasties in the Boundless Starry Sky had a technological gap akin to a disconnection.

Aside from the core advantageous industries of the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor, the Undying Ancient Emperor, the Wasteland Rock Dragon Emperor, and other Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors, nearly all basic livelihood products and secondary processed goods were produced in the Tai Shang Da Ri domain, possessing undeniable cost and quality advantages.

One could say this is the industrial hegemony of the Tai Shang Da Ri domain! Within this industrial hegemony, aside from one or two key core Dao-advantage industries—such as the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor's soul products, the Undying Ancient Emperor's dream-enlightenment Dao products, and the Wasteland Rock Dragon Emperor's earth-traversal products—the Tai Shang Da Ri domain positioned the Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors merely as producers and suppliers of immortal Dao industrial agricultural raw materials; high-precision, high-profit industries had nothing to do with them.

Immortal Dao industrial hegemony, immortal Dao military hegemony, and Tai Shang currency financial hegemony—these three constitute the Boundless Starry Sky dominion hegemony of the Tai Shang Da Ri domain.

Now, its immortal Dao industrial hegemony has begun to waver.

Moreover, this aligns with the current Boundless Starry Sky pattern: if the Tai Shang Da Ri domain resorts to off-board tactics to suppress the immortal Dao conglomerates of the Forbidden Zone Emperors, it would further inflict a devastating blow on the current starry sky order, which the Forbidden Zone Emperors would find worth anticipating.

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Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu.

A financial and economic conference is underway, attended by the Time Ancient Emperor, the Dao-Destroying Ancient Emperor, the Weak Water Ancient Emperor, and dozens of other Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors, plus some who have prestige among the nearly thousand ordinary Ancient Emperors and have been elected as representatives.

These Ancient Emperors are deeply concerned about the current market changes in the Boundless Starry Sky, as they are directly tied to their Daoist interests.

In the Tai Shang Da Ri domain, every Ancient Emperor is not merely a enforcer, but also a controlling shareholder of a large conglomerate, occupying a monopolistic role in a specific subfield of the three thousand Daos, an invisible champion on the industrial chain.

Each such market invisible champion together forms the vast and terrifying Tai Shang Da Ri domain Immortal Dao Super-Complex Industrial System.

They are an essential component of the Tai Shang Da Ri domain Immortal Dao industrial hegemony.

Without them, even the Tai Shang Da Ri Ancient Emperor alone could not form today's thorough Immortal Dao industrial hegemony. Now, however, this industrial hegemony has begun to waver.

"Sword Lord, my diamond mining industry has recently lost one-tenth of its market share; this is still due to new products not yet trusted by the market, but if nothing unexpected happens, I will completely lose this market within at most five hundred thousand years."

"Because the Diamond Buddha Mining Industry launched by the Wasteland Rock Dragon Emperor overlaps too much with mine, nearly able to replace my diamond mining at ninety percent, and its cost is at least three times lower than mine, plus its Seven-Character Immortal Scripture Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperor badge, I will be unable to compete with it in the future."

A blue-rock giant with metallic meridians covering his body spoke in a muffled, resonant voice.

This is the Diamond Ancient Emperor, controlling shareholder of the Diamond Mining Conglomerate, unicorn of the metallic mineral industry, Diamond Mining sold throughout the Boundless Starry Sky, deeply embedded in the industrial chains of many Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors including the Tai Shang Da Ri Ancient Emperor, because the price and quality of its diamond mining are exceptionally good, repeatedly ordered by many Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors.

For the past several million years, the Diamond Mining industry has been the monopolist of this sub-industry, with no comparable competitors, reaping substantial profits.

Relying on this small sub-industry leader in the Boundless Starry Sky, the Diamond Ancient Emperor has progressed from the Sixty-Character Immortal Scripture deduction to the current Twelve-Character Immortal Scripture over millions of years, with hopes of becoming a Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperor, and has sustained many cultivators of the Diamond Rock Giant clan.

Moreover, most of the Diamond Rock Giant clan works in the Diamond Mining industry; these positions relate to this clan's Daoist path and future.

If the Diamond Mining industry loses its market, the entire Diamond Rock Giant clan and the Diamond Ancient Emperor will face extermination.

This is the terror of Boundless Starry Sky-level competition: for Seven-Character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperors and the Tai Shang Da Ri Ancient Emperor, it is merely a local market contest; for ordinary Ancient Emperors, it is a matter of their own and their clan's survival.

This is why this financial conference was convened—some Ancient Emperors truly face great danger, their foundational Dao affected.

"Sword Lord, my Qingxi Group is also under attack……" "Sword Lord, my Shizhonghuo Group……"

"Sword Lord……"

One Ancient Emperor after another, Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors, spoke, detailing their difficulties, seeking solutions from the Tai Shang Da Ri Ancient Emperor; over these years they have accumulated sufficient trust, so these Ancient Emperors do not worry that the Tai Shang Da Ri Ancient Emperor will ignore them.

Jiang Ding listened to each Ancient Emperor's opinion in turn, and took out paper and pen to record them seriously.

This is a gesture of respect, offering the Ancient Emperors some spiritual comfort, indicating he takes this matter very seriously.

"Fellow Daoists,"

"Your difficulties I have already fully understood, and I have found possible solutions."

After the many Ancient Emperors had finished speaking, Jiang Ding said: "Because I am already able to ascend to the Six-Character Immortal Scripture, the entire Tai Shang Da Ri domain will soon usher in a great leap and breakthrough in Immortal Dao technology, then spread throughout the Boundless Starry Sky, driving the progress of Immortal Dao across the Boundless Starry Sky."

"Please rest assured, fellow Daoists."

"At least between six million and ten million years, the starry sky's pattern will remain stable."