Chapter 600: Great Victory in the Central Route
Plans cannot keep up with changes, and no one expected that the emperor and empress would suddenly form a central army. Once this happened, even the Luofu Sect changed its plans, and some immortals began to compete to serve on the warships of the central army.
Because there were no heavenly soldiers and generals chosen, this time all the forces of the immortal sects, Taoist clans, and other families had a strong desire and began to sign up in the hope of being selected. The only regret was the true immortal.
However, this is understandable. True Immortals are still too weak, and such a threshold has also greatly stimulated the True Immortals. They all want to practice hard and be promoted to Celestial Immortals as soon as possible, otherwise they will miss many opportunities.
There are also many foreign Golden Immortals who are very interested in the Central Army. For example, the Golden Immortals from the dimensional universe want to join the warships of the Central Army. On the one hand, they were born from the dimensional universe and are not yet familiar with this universe. On the other hand, they also want to explore the universe to broaden their horizons and accumulate merit points.
As long as one is a normal immortal, he or she knows the benefits of merit points, which are much stronger than vitality coins. The golden immortals in the dimensional universe have been trained long ago, and they are ordered by the Emperor to enter the Heavenly Court when they leave the dimensional universe and join the Eight Desolate Universe. Naturally, they have a high desire for merit points.
The Golden Immortals did not want to miss such a rare opportunity, but unfortunately, all the Heavenly Immortals and above in the Eight Desolate Universe wanted to join, but the number of places in the central army was really limited, and in order to prevent overload, they had to be carefully selected, and the Emperor and Empress also added many more conditions.
The first threshold is the cultivation level above that of a celestial being.
The second threshold is to prioritize those who are on the list on the battle network.
The third threshold is that priority is given to those who have completed 100% of the study hours.
The first threshold screened out the True Immortals, the second threshold screened out many Heavenly Immortals who were not strong enough, and the third threshold screened out some newly joined Golden Immortals. The Golden Immortals had just joined the Heavenly Court and could not complete the study tasks in a short period of time because in addition to studying, there were also exams.
There are three thresholds, and these are only the public ones. In order to prevent the power of immortal sects from becoming too powerful, the emperor and empress even secretly suppressed the proportion of celestial immortals and above from immortal sects. The golden immortals from the top immortal sects can't join easily.
Sects like Luotian Immortal Sect and Luofu Sect do have Golden Immortals who meet the three major thresholds, but they cannot be 100% sure that they will join the central army. There is something they can control, and that is the registration time.
The emperor and empress can do something about this, but for the sake of balance, the number of celestial beings from the top Taoist sects will be increased on the warships of the central army, while the golden immortals from weaker forces will be more likely to be selected.
All in all, don't underestimate the matter of forming a central army. There are many interests to be balanced and problems to be solved. Fortunately, the emperor and empress had already made plans, and there was no shortage of talented people, so it was actually very easy to arrange.
Xuanyoutian, the emperor's residence.
"I wasn't selected." Tian Feng came to Jiang Lin and complained, "I am at least a Golden Immortal-level genius, and I am only one step away from Taiyi. I have won first place in the Golden Immortal Gang, and I have completed the study hours and tasks on time. I fully meet the requirements."
"If the Empress doesn't allow you to go, you can't go. Besides, Master Mei is in charge of the Central Army. If too many of us go, the immortals will gossip about us." Jiang Lin smiled calmly, "You shouldn't have signed up, otherwise this wouldn't have happened."
"I still did something wrong." Tian Feng said depressedly.
"You really did it wrong," Chen Fuxiao said unhappily, "We already have Kong Guang leading the team, and several Taiyi gods and demons are following us. If Master Mei takes care of us too much, it will be difficult for her and the Heavenly Court as well."
"I know you want to be promoted to Taiyi, but don't be anxious." Jiang Lin comforted him, "It's not like we don't have a chance. After the first batch is over, you can follow the second batch. Not as a clone, but as your real body."
"Okay!" Tian Feng nodded.
He was indeed a little anxious. After all, among the geniuses of his generation, he was the only one who was a Golden Immortal, and the rest were Taiyi gods and demons. If he continued to fall behind, his mentality would be unbalanced. Fortunately, he had already reached the perfect Golden Immortal.
What he lacked was an opportunity for a breakthrough. He originally wanted to follow Kong Guang, but in the end, due to the changes in the Eight Desolate Universe and the fact that he had been in seclusion, he could only send a clone to go. Now it is not convenient for him to go there secretly.
"The Heavenly Court is very sensible and didn't ask us to send out Golden Immortals, but we have a lot of Celestial Immortals," Jiang Lin said. "We will distribute quotas to each peak according to demand, but we can't put our previous plans on hold, so we just need to reduce the number."
Whether it was the military, the personnel, or the commerce department, all of them had to pay a price to arrange people. Fortunately, the emperor and empress issued orders just as they began to prepare. Although the plan was affected, it was more perfect.
After all, walking on two legs is always more stable than walking on one leg. It is also very tempting to join the expeditionary force and gain merit. Therefore, Jiang Lin did not change the arrangement, but only reduced the number so as not to make it so exaggerated.
As a result, even the branch sects that had surrendered to the universe had their immortals transferred away. Almost all the immortals in the sect had found a place to go. For a while, the Luofu Sect seemed a little empty. Fortunately, the true immortals were all stimulated.
After this wave, not only did he practice hard, he also completed the tasks on time and even achieved the study hour goals. Jiang Lin felt that this spirit could be maintained until the end of the first expedition, and perhaps even for a long time.
When the expedition returns triumphantly, it will probably be exciting for a while. In this way, many true immortals will be promoted to celestial immortals in the future. If this is true, Jiang Lin will wake up laughing in his dreams. Anyway, all this is not a bad thing, it is all a good thing!
After 25,500 years in the Eight Desolations, the Heavenly Court successfully formed a central army. Instead of the originally planned 250 warships, 320 warships were directly provided. A total of 32 billion celestial immortals and golden immortals directly filled the entire central army.
After the central battleship army was formed, under the command of Mei Xianren, the entire battleship team was arranged into a triangular offensive formation and moved forward. The left and right sides could support the left and right armies at any time, and the triangular arrow in the front was the command battleship. With the Fairy from the Other Shore here, it was undoubtedly the safest.
After the triangular offensive formation was formed, the battleship in the middle soon had its first target of attack. In fact, over a long period of time, many Golden Immortal-level universes appeared along the way, and they were all conquered by Mei Xianren easily.
The Taiyi-class universe in front of them is the real target of the first mid-lane battleship. Despite this, Mei Xianren did not take it very seriously. He chose to let a Taiyi god and demon follow the frigate and patrol ship.
The result was as expected. There were no Taiyi gods and demons in the target Taiyi universe, only six Golden Immortals. They fought to the death in order to be promoted to Taiyi gods and demons. The stalemate lasted for a long time, but the balance was broken by the Heavenly Court warships and they were captured in one fell swoop.
This time it was a good start for the central army. Mei Xianren's side was okay, and felt that the performance was just average, but the 32 billion immortals in the heavenly court were screaming. Some felt it was a pity that they didn't get to appear, while others felt it was very exciting.
Most of these immortals had never been to the universe, so this was their first time. Therefore, they were extremely excited to see the Taiyi gods and demons take action, not to mention directly capturing the planet and taking down the other side's six immortals.
According to convention, after taking over the target universe, the Heavenly Net will be dropped first. After the Heavenly Net is opened to a certain extent, it will communicate directly with the Heavenly Court, and the nine departments of the Heavenly Court will send immortal officials to do the work.
After years of research and adjustment, the Heavenly Court had long since prepared effective fixed rules of conduct. For example, to accept the allegiance of the universe, it would first dispatch garrisoned heavenly soldiers and generals, and supervisory heavenly officials would also be in place. Then, representatives of the nine departments would first sort out the property and register it, compile a catalog, and then distribute the corresponding benefits.
When a Taiyi-level universe surrenders, one quarter of it will fall into the hands of the emperor and empress, one quarter will fall into the hands of other forces, one quarter will be taken away by the Ministry of Commerce, and the remaining one quarter will belong to the nine departments of the Heavenly Court.
How it is distributed specifically depends on the specific resources. The standard is this: the emperor and empress will never lose out, and the heavenly court will never lose out. As long as the rest of the people participate, they will definitely be rewarded.
It is precisely because of this that people are so excited. A universe! The resources of a Taiyi universe can definitely cultivate Taiyi, and there may even be more than one, as long as extreme mining is carried out.
This is also the reason why the competition is so fierce. The benefits for any immortal sect or Taoist sect to participate are too great, so the initiative must be in the hands of Heaven, otherwise, something bad may easily happen.
After the central army won the initial battle, the emperor and empress seemed to think that the incentive was not enough, and directly announced the rewards on the Skynet. Even a fairy on the patrol ship who did nothing received good resources.
This really made the True Immortals drool. With such a good resource, they even dared to become Heavenly Immortals. Unfortunately, the Five Deteriorations of Heavenly Immortals are not so easy to overcome. They could only drool and could not do anything else.
Not only the true immortals were upset, but also those immortals who were eliminated. Among them were celestial immortals and golden immortals from the dimensional universe. They actually wanted to participate, but lost their qualifications because they failed to negotiate the conditions.
The Golden Immortals are easy to deal with, as that was intentional suppression by the Emperor and Empress. However, the Celestial Immortals in the dimensional universe simply did not meet the conditions set by the Emperor and Empress. However, with a little effort, it would not be difficult for them to be affiliated with other immortal sects.
Unfortunately, there are very few celestial beings who can think of this. Only some celestial beings accepted by the Luotian Immortal Sect can participate in it. The rest of the celestial beings have no chance at all as they still don’t know much about the Eight Desolate Universe.
After the first great victory of the central army, the Heavenly Court temporarily put its mind at ease and focused on its business, while the immortals in the Eight Desolate Universe also began to enter a relatively stable state, and actual combat on the battle platform and learning about Skynet occupied their time.
Because of the threshold set by the Emperor and Empress to enter the central army warships, now not only the True Immortals are practicing madly, but the Heavenly Immortals are also desperately improving themselves, and the Golden Immortals are fighting in battles. Especially with the increase of foreign Golden Immortals, it is even more incredible.
Since the great victory in the center, the left and right armies have gradually conquered their targets, and three universes have surrendered to them at once. For the Heavenly Court, this naturally increases efficiency, but for the dimensional universe, it is the arrival of the origin of the universe.
The dimensional universe is about to welcome Golden Immortals again, but compared with the Golden Immortals in the dimensional universe, the increase in the number of Golden Immortals returning to the universe is very obvious. It can even be said that the increase in the number of Golden Immortals returning to the universe is too terrifying.
The first Taiyi Universe encountered by the central army had no Taiyi gods and demons, but had six Golden Immortals. After learning about the power of Heaven, they decisively chose to join Heaven. After obtaining the Skynet, they were teleported to the Eight Desolate Heavens.
In short, when the Heavenly Court warships capture the Golden Immortal Universe, there must be a Golden Immortal. And when the Taiyi Universe is captured, there may not be Taiyi gods and demons, but there must be a group of Golden Immortals. This has gradually become commonplace.
However, the increase in the number of Golden Immortals who had surrendered to the universe triggered a catfish effect, which gradually appeared in all walks of life. The most unbearable were the immortal officials in heaven, who began to roll inward one by one, especially the Golden Immortal-level immortal officials, who were really afraid of being replaced. They no longer used their clones, but their original bodies to do things.
During the 26,000 years of the Eight Wastelands, the three armies of Heavenly Palace warships marched forward. In the Eight Wastelands universe, all the immortals worked together to support the three armies' expedition. Those immortals who were not selected to participate in the expedition were not discouraged, because they joined Heaven and became immortal officials of Heaven, and received the mission to take over the returned universe. Such missions were issued every year.
During this year, more than two thousand universes surrendered to the Heavenly Court, and two thousand Golden Immortals of the dimensional universe escaped from the Eight Desolate Universe. In addition, during this time, only Tian Feng in the Eight Desolate Universe broke through to the Taiyi God and Demon.
Apart from the dimensional universe, there are only a single-digit number of people who have broken through to the Golden Immortal level in the Eight Desolate Universe. There are also many immortals with no background who could have broken through before but lacked the innate energy. This time they obtained the innate energy with the help of the expeditionary force.
The Heavenly Court Expedition has become relatively stable by this year, and the immortals no longer make a fuss about the expeditionary force's live broadcast. Everyone has learned to appreciate silently, to encourage silently, and to work and struggle silently.
The novelty and excitement of the immortals began to dissipate, and they had a new understanding of the expeditionary force. They began to actively think about the significance of the expedition to the Heavenly Court and to the immortals. Everyone would discuss it on the Tianwang, and even curse each other when it was intense, and invite each other to fight on the battle platform. It was very lively.
It is worth mentioning that the Starry Sky Arena has become popular again, but the protagonists are not demons or immortals, but some other cosmic creatures from the expeditionary force after it was conquered. These cosmic creatures are very strange.
There were even some immortal species that he had seen with his own eyes, but unfortunately, with their means, they were still a little inferior to the super-powerful expeditionary force. As a result, they were directly judged by the Heavenly Court and thrown into the starry sky arena.
The immortals have been living a very depressed life these years. The long-term struggle has made them feel physically and mentally exhausted. The effective way to relax has gradually been guided to the Starry Sky Arena. Therefore, the resurgence of the Arena also made the emperor and empress very happy.