Chapter 1267: Opening Heaven Assembly

According to historical records, when the Great Bean Dynasty was first established, although there were pillar-state ministers who caused chaos and disrupted court order, under the leadership of the wise and martial Bean Heavenly Emperor, everything flourished.

Common folk could freely converse with the Bean Heavenly Emperor, even participate in court assemblies and voice their opinions—something unheard of in all dynasties past.

After being persuaded by the Immortal Maiden, the Four Ancient Immortals fortunately joined the Great Bean Dynasty.

"Here, the chief said—these are your badges." Yun Mengmeng gave each of the Four Ancient Immortals a blank card, meaning "commoner," which she stuck on their chests.

"This is a little gift for you, welcome to our Great Bean Dynasty!" Yun Mengmeng also gave them each a small paper bag.

"Thank you, little friend, how thoughtful of you."

As Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi's close sister and the third leader of the Immortal Lineage, Yun Mengmeng calling them "little friend" is entirely appropriate.

The Four Ancient Immortals are somewhat strange—they actually prepared this thoroughly; could it be they had planned this all along?

When they opened it, they found a packet of melon seeds and candies.

Not just them—every attendee received a packet of melon seeds and candies, cracking seeds while chatting.

After Yun Mengmeng left, Zhu Tian finally found the chance to express his sincere feelings to Lu Yang. His words were heartfelt, and Lu Yang was moved upon hearing them: "Big Brother Lu, if you ever need anything I can help with, just say the word—even if you wanted the stars from heaven, I could pluck them down for you!"

"You can pluck stars?" Lu Yang's expression turned strange—after all, he's the Demon Emperor, and that tone is just grandiose.

Zhu Tian detected doubt in Lu Yang's tone—how could that be acceptable? "Of course it's true, not me boasting—we ancient cultivators plucking stars and embracing the moon is a common after-dinner pastime."

"Big Brother Lu, you don't believe me? After the meeting ends, I'll pluck you a star right now!"

"No, no, no—I'm not interested in plucking stars." Lu Yang hastily grabbed Zhu Tian, "Even the tiger clan doesn't have your tiger—if Zhu Tian really went to pluck stars and came back, that would be quite something."

"If Your Majesty Zhu has time, why not craft a set of wooden tea ware?"

"Tea ware?" Zhu Tian's mind flashed with various tea sets, and he readily agreed, "No problem."

He decided to start crafting them as soon as he returned.

"Then I won't disturb you further, Big Brother Lu—call me if you need anything." Zhu Tian waved enthusiastically in farewell. His relationship with Lu Yang isn't that close; brief contact builds camaraderie, but lingering too long would be counterproductive.

Soon Zhu Tian set his sights on the next target among the attendees.

"Jiang Sovereign, long time no see." Zhu Tian found Xia Di.

Zhu Tian actually had no particular business with Xia Di—among the attendees, comparing status and cultivation, Xia Di dared to call himself second-to-last, so Zhu Tian dared to call himself third-to-last; it's an ancient truth that the second and third from the bottom huddle together for warmth.

"Your Majesty, everyone has arrived—whom should you send up to organize the meeting?" Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi approached and asked.

Originally she had prepared to organize the meeting herself, but upon reflection, since she now counts as a member of the Great Bean Dynasty, she ought to have the Immortal Maiden make the decision.

"Of course it's Xiao Yangzi." The Immortal Maiden said without hesitation.

"Ah? Me?"

Lu Yang hadn't expected such a major matter to fall to him—he's only in the early Tribulation Transcendence stage, and though Xia Di's cultivation is lower than his, Lu Yang could attend this meeting purely through connections.

"You are this immortal's Pillar State Minister—of course you rank highest, so naturally it's you."

"Indeed, I also agree that my junior brother should preside over the meeting."

"His Majesty promotes the virtuous and capable, employs people based on merit—truly the act of a wise ruler." Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi echoed.

"That goes without saying—don't even check who this immortal is."

Lu Yang:

Since this was jointly decided by the Immortal Maiden and the Senior Sister, how could Lu Yang possibly change it? He had no choice but to steel himself, stand before the ancestral temple, clear his throat, and announce the meeting's start.

"You all surely know the purpose of this meeting: to unseal the ancient seal so that the world may see the true firmament."

"Therefore I name this meeting the Opening Heaven Assembly."

"Four hundred thousand years ago, Yao Sheng, whose words became law, assassinated the Immortal Maiden through deceitful means. The Four Ancient Immortals fought him for hundreds of rounds with no clear victor. Yao Sheng treated living beings as straw dogs, arbitrarily controlling life and death. If not resolved, it would inevitably bring great calamity."

"Thus the Four Ancient Immortals sealed the world, determined to deal with this wretch."

"Not long ago, Yao Sheng was executed, the harm eliminated—so there's no longer any need to maintain the seal."

"Therefore today we have gathered you all to discuss the many matters concerning unsealing the seal."

"After you return, you must ensure the implementation of this meeting's decisions."

Jiang Ping'an raised his hand and asked: "May I ask, Little Friend Lu, what is the world beyond like?"

"Outside, stars fill the sky, and living beings dwell among them—but only an extremely small number of stars host life; most living beings are unaware that other stars also harbor life."

"Only an extremely small fraction of beings develop rapidly, gaining the ability to traverse the universe and reach other stars, realizing they are not the sole existence in the cosmos."

"Then how is their cultivation?"

"Outside, there should be no such thing as cultivation—and as for the highest combat power, it would not exceed Tribulation Transcendence."

"Most beings on most planets lack even the means to resist a Body Union cultivator."

Jiang Ping'an froze—so weak?

No wonder they're holding a meeting—when he first learned that unsealing the seal must be done gradually, he thought it was to let cultivators and mortals know about this without getting too excited or causing trouble.

Now it seems it's not that at all.

In the Cultivation Realm, Body Union cultivators are numerous—if the seal were broken, those Body Union cultivators could fly to life-bearing stars and easily dominate them, a flick of the finger bringing apocalyptic disaster to living beings.

In the Cultivation Realm, above Body Union lies Tribulation Transcendence with immortals—but outside, it's different: truly, the sea is wide for fish to leap, the sky high for birds to fly. Body Union cultivators could do as they pleased, with no one to stop them—among them, there must be lawless scoundrels.

Having experienced the end of the Great Yu Dynasty, Jiang Ping'an knows what unrestrained cultivators would do—heinous acts beyond heaven's tolerance. In the final days of Great Yu, human calamity surpassed natural disaster.

He founded Great Xia, established laws, precisely so everyone would follow rules, to prevent cultivators from oppressing mortals.

"I propose we establish strict laws and severe punishments—when necessary, execute a hundred!"

Jiang Ping'an said this in a deep voice, and at the end, a faint killing intent seeped through.

"Without seeing blood, those restless cultivators won't be afraid."

"Buddhist Nation agrees with Daoist Friend Jiang's opinion."

"Eastern Sea agrees."

"Demon Realm agrees."

Lu Yang nodded—Jiang Ping'an's proposal was exactly what he wanted to say: "Then please, elders, after the meeting, discuss how to establish these laws."

As for publicity convenience, we can leave it to the Ask Dao Sect—our sect's living-person printing technique is low-cost,

highly efficient, and changing the 《Cultivation Weekly》 to the 《Cultivation Daily》 would be no problem at all.