Chapter 925

After the Battle of Beidu, the Northern Plains settled into stability.

The various armies of Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting dispersed in all directions, beginning to purge the remaining demonic beasts across the Northern Plains; any demonic beast that had eaten humans was executed without exception.

Conversely, if a demonic beast did not eat humans, it was lightly spared and recognized as a cultivator.

—There were still some.

For instance, many spiritual plant demonic beasts, many eccentric individuals among meat-eating races, and the impoverished; with such a large population base, all kinds of demons existed, thus surviving in this manner.

For these non-human-eating demonic beasts, the armies of Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting warned them to keep their heads down and obey the Master Tushan Laws.

Of course, regarding this policy of absorbing non-human-eating demonic beasts, many cultivators were confused and disgusted, but this did not hinder their execution of it.

Every cultivator carried a law-enforcement recording Fa Qi Fa Bao that supervised everything; the will of the top echelon could easily reach the lowest level, leaving little room for deception.

On this day, Jiang Ding left the Liu Dao Sect, concealed his form in the sky, and saw a group of four-tailed fox clans that had not eaten humans being spared by the Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting armies and settled in places approved by Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting.

"The ocean accepts hundreds of rivers; only by having capacity can one be great..."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

He saw that the clansmen of these four-tailed foxes were poor and destitute, their strength merely at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages; while they outwardly expressed gratitude to the Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting armies that spared them, deep hatred was strongly buried in their hearts.

This was normal; eating humans was entirely normal among the fox clan, and their parents, children, and brothers were implicated because of it, mercilessly slaughtered by the Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting armies, while resisters were executed on the spot.

Sparing non-human-eating demonic clans did not mean the human race was weak.

If they paid taxes diligently, farmed, and obeyed the Master Tushan Laws, that would be one thing; but if they violated even a shred of the rules, they would know how necessary today's bowing and scraping and feigned gratitude truly was.

These four-tailed fox clans, full of hatred, were almost impossible to pass the ideological and moral review, and thus could not hold any public office of Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting, including the position of Master Tushan handmaidens.

Perhaps their descendants of several generations could, adding more diversity to the power of Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting.

On almost all Master Tushan laws, these non-human-eating demonic beasts were equal to humans; they could join the army, hold office, and receive inheritances in alchemy and artifact forging.

But there was an insurmountable bottom line: the combined power of all demonic clans must not exceed one-fifth of that of the human race.

The role of the demonic clans was to add diversity to the human race, drawing on the strengths and wisdom of all races, not to reverse this and invert the primary and secondary.

This was not some unwritten rule, but was clearly written into the underlying logic of the Master Tushan Laws, openly and boldly.

If a demonic cultivator in the future dared to disobey, they could simply be suppressed and slaughtered with a flip of the palm.

Jiang Ding watched for a while, then departed.

Absorbing and accepting heroes from all under heaven to jointly forge the Immortal Dao was necessary, even if there were aftereffects and risks.

To accomplish great things in this world, risks were certain to exist.

Jiang Ding flew in the sky, wandering around the grasslands, occasionally arriving at a second or third-grade spiritual vein and driving in a jade nail covered in spatial runes.

This jade nail was as tall as a person, covered in various runes, and possessed great affinity for the earth and spiritual veins; often, upon touching a spiritual vein or earth vein, it would merge into it, becoming inseparable.

This object was named the Dragon-Binding Nail, produced by the Immortal Gates.

Its function was to, after being driven in, subtly alter the course of spiritual veins and earth veins.

Changing the course of a single spiritual vein and earth vein meant nothing, but if hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of first, second, third, and fourth-grade spiritual veins changed, it could affect the entire natural and human conditions of the Northern Plains.

A single spiritual vein or earth vein changing course is nothing, but if hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of first, second, third, or fourth-grade spiritual veins were to shift, it could affect the entire Northern Plains' natural and cultural conditions.

what Jiang Ding was doing now was exactly what the Tianjuns of the Northern Plains of past generations had done together: gathering the spiritual veins of the world into their own sect to nurture a fifth-grade spiritual vein!

Furthermore, his methods were more superior and more efficient, and the grade of the spiritual vein ultimately formed might exceed that of the Tianjuns of the Northern Plains of past generations.

Moreover, his methods were more brilliant, more efficient, and the final grade of the spiritual veins formed might surpass those of every previous Northern Plains Canghai Tianjun.

At the same time Jiang Ding drove in the Dragon-Binding Nail, something within this third-grade spiritual vein shattered; he fished it out and held it in his hand to examine it carefully.

This was a dull iron nail, densely covered with golden thread runes.

"The methods of Canghai Tianjun Master Shuoyang back then..."

Jiang Ding analyzed it for a while, then stored it away.

Canghai Tianjun Master Shuoyang had almost applied and developed the Jin Zhi causality to every aspect, even though migrating spiritual veins was actually not applicable to Jin Zhi causality.

There was no way; the highest inheritance he possessed was exactly this.

After finishing here, Jiang Ding took out a map, marked a check on it, and continued rushing toward the next first-grade spiritual vein.

The map was densely populated with over a hundred thousand large and small first, second, third, and fourth-grade spiritual veins, as well as many micro-spiritual veins; all of these needed to be processed, and currently only a small portion had been done; it was a long-term project.

The map was densely covered with over a hundred thousand large and small first, second, third, and fourth-grade spiritual veins, along with many micro spiritual veins—all of which needed to be dealt with. Only a small portion had been handled so far; it was a long, drawn-out project.

At present, there was no fifth-grade array master, or at least no quasi-fifth-grade array master, within Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting; for the time being, no one could help him.

Jiang Ding was like a diligent little bee, concealing his form in the Northern Plains and continuously driving in Dragon-Binding Nails to gather and migrate spiritual veins and earth veins.

Moreover, it was highly targeted, aimed at the fifth-grade spiritual vein on the Guishan Iron Family; he continuously severed spiritual veins and earth veins around here, preventing the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy from flowing in this direction.

Moreover, it was extremely targeted—aimed squarely at the fifth-grade spiritual vein beneath the Tie family of Guishan. He kept severing spiritual veins and earth veins around it, preventing the world's spiritual energy from flowing toward that area.

"Damn it... Canghai Tianjun Master Shuoyang, you stole my thing; I have remembered you..."

Jiang Ding made a note of it in his heart.

While busy, the large amount of spirit stones he carried provided for his own cultivation.

It did not affect anything; the spiritual energy of a fourth-grade supreme spiritual vein level cost him very little.

Just like that, after spending three years, Jiang Ding drove in the final Dragon-Binding Nail on the last fourth-grade spiritual vein.

Just like that, after spending three years, Jiang Ding drove the final Dragon-Binding Nail into the last fourth-grade spiritual vein.

Jiang Ding closed his eyes, and his divine sense surged into this last fourth-grade spiritual vein; through this spiritual vein, he felt the pulse of the entire spiritual vein and earth vein network of the Northern Plains.

In the past, the center of the pulse of the spiritual vein and earth vein network of the entire Northern Plains was the Guishan Iron Family; countless spiritual energies and earth energies converged here, like breathing, bringing prosperity to the Guishan Iron Family.

This was the place of the fifth-grade spiritual vein; various heavenly treasures and earthly gems grew wildly, and the probability of geniuses being born was much higher here than in other places.

But now, the situation had changed.

The breathing and pulse of the spiritual vein and earth vein network of the entire Northern Plains began to shift, gathering toward the Liu Dao Sect, following the trajectory of tens of thousands of years ago, and returning to the original path.

The spiritual energy and earth energy of the Guishan Iron Family began to change, beginning to decline.

The spiritual energy and earth qi of the Gui Mountain Tie family began to change, starting to decline.

It was only a very slight change, one that even a Nascent Soul cultivator would not easily detect.

But if several years, several decades, or even several centuries passed, this place would fall to a fifth-tier spiritual vein, then a fourth-tier, a third-tier… declining all the way down to a first-tier spiritual vein.

In the end, even the micro spiritual veins would cease to exist, turning into a barren, absolutely spiritless land.

The Nascent Soul cultivators, Jin Dan cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators, and even Qi Refining cultivators of the Beiyuan clan huddled within would face an overwhelming catastrophe.

This was deliberate.

"The most important thing is that seal…"

Jiang Ding gazed into the distance: "Is Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun inside? What about Chong Chong Guang Zi? If they are, then this is perfect."

That seal gave him an uneasy feeling; he was unwilling to attack rashly, but if there were no external spiritual energy to supply it, then no matter how terrifying the thing inside, it would gradually wither and lose the foundation of its existence.

In the Cultivation World, almost no living being could escape the curse of absolute spiritlessness, unable to transcend it.

He very much looked forward to the changes that would befall the Gui Mountain Tie clan several centuries from now.

(End of Chapter)