Chapter 681 The 50,000th Year
Immortals cannot escape lust either. They have companions, relatives, and disciples. The Heavenly Court does not forbid the expression of lust, nor does it force immortals to be emotionless and desireless. In fact, the Heavenly Court has marriage laws, a Heavenly Marriage Book, and even exclusive copies.
Ao Zhen is a Taiyi Golden Immortal, and there are still people who care about him and are willing to pay a huge price for him. At this moment, Zhao Qinghe vaguely realized something, his Taoism increased greatly, and his Taoism fruit was even further perfected. This was really beyond his expectations. He understood Ao Zhen's ideas more clearly and recognized them more.
"There has been a lot of news in Bahuangtian recently. In addition to the opening of the bank and the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce, the auction house is even more popular," Ao Zhen said while drinking. "The matter of reincarnation in the heaven is no longer a secret. You will know after drinking some wine. At first I thought it was a leak, but I didn't expect that you took the initiative to expose it."
"I don't know about this." Zhao Qinghe said with a smile.
The Heavenly Court intends to absorb more immortals to join it, including the universe, so it is normal to release some news about the Heavenly Court. However, Zhao Qinghe really has no idea about the specific content and methods. After all, he is not responsible for these. He can be sure that what Ao Zhen said is true, but he cannot say anything about him.
"Then tell me, was the Heavenly Palace established by the Lord of the Universe?" Ao Zhen asked.
"Isn't this something you can confirm?" Zhao Qinghe asked back.
"Sure enough," Ao Zhen said, "Then I will give Uncle Long's dragon soul to you. Can you help send him to the underworld of reincarnation? I hope he can be reincarnated."
"There are no purebred dragons in heaven. If you want it to reincarnate successfully, it may not become a dragon. It may be some kind of dragon or a descendant of dragon." Zhao Qinghe gave a preventive measure in advance.
"It doesn't matter," Ao Zhen said, "Let your clone come to me!"
"As you wish." Zhao Qinghe nodded and continued drinking with him.
One of his clones stayed in the Guanglong Universe. He could obtain the dragon soul from Ao Zhen, and it would not be difficult to send it to the underworld of reincarnation. He could directly find King Yama and ask him to help him reincarnate. Anyway, there was a connection with the ground network and it was even very convenient to teleport.
The Heavenly Court will not reject a dragon soul from entering the reincarnation. Although there are no pure-bred dragons, there are many dragon species and dragon descendants. Moreover, it is a very good thing that Ao Zhen can trust the Heavenly Court so much. If dragon zinc is added, there may be surprises after a little operation. It just requires patience.
In the 48,200 years of the Eight Desolations Calendar, an alien dragon soul entered the reincarnation underworld. After thousands of years of reincarnation, it was reborn as a dragon horse. In the 49,370 years of the Eight Desolations Calendar, it awakened its wisdom, began to practice consciously, and slowly tempered its own blood. However, it did not want to leave heaven, nor did it want to return to the dragon clan.
After reincarnation, the marks of the previous life are erased, and what is condensed is the imprint of this life. Even if the heart still cares about the past, it cannot escape from this life. After investigation, the Heavenly Court found that those immortals who cultivated to become immortals after reincarnation are more recognized of the Heavenly Court because they recognize themselves and recognize that they are people of the Eight Desolate Universe.
By the 49,370th year of the Eight Desolate Calendar, the number of star regions established by Heaven had reached 38, which had exceeded the goal set by the Emperor and Empress. The Qianyu Universe and the Mohen Universe were all taken in. The influence of the two Daluo Universes was so great that even the clone of Heaven felt exhausted.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, the innate qi turned into a long river of vitality, falling from the air and nourishing every star field. You can see the long river starting from the top of the Jade Emperor's Palace in Heaven, pouring into the Eight Desolate Star Fields, and then dividing into branches and flowing into other star fields. The long river of vitality is like clouds and mist, rushing forward with surging momentum.
Its appearance also marks that the Eight Desolate Universe has officially entered the star field era. Except for the thirty-six heavens and the nine mortal universes, the entire Eight Desolate Universe is a star field. Many other Golden Immortal-level universes and Taiyi Universes have been accommodated or even added to the star field to expand the scope of the star field.
It was not until the 49,500th year of the Eight Desolate Calendar that the Eight Desolate Universe continued to accommodate universes, allowing the number of star fields to reach 42 50,000 years ago in the Eight Desolate Calendar. After that, it did not continue to increase, but instead continuously sent Golden Immortals to sort out the situation, slowly exert management, and constantly control it in secret.
After hundreds of years of continuously accepting the Heavenly Dao Net from other universes, the Heavenly Dao clone of the Eight Desolate Universe has also become stronger. What's even more powerful is the Heavenly Dao Net of the Eight Desolate Universe. It becomes stronger as the Eight Desolate Universe becomes stronger. All immortals feel that the sky is becoming more and more vast, and the Heaven is becoming more and more distant, and more and more supreme.
When the fifth grand court assembly was about to be held, the total number of immortals in Heaven exceeded one hundred trillion. The forty-two star fields brought many immortals, and this was the result after being screened by disasters. Many immortals died in the Five Desolations of Heaven and Man and the Golden Immortal after entering the Eight Desolate Universe.
It is worth mentioning that each of the forty-two star fields is guarded by a Daluo, either a Daluo Immortal or a Daluo combat force. They usually do not care about things, but their deterrent power is very strong. No immortal dares to do anything out of line in the star field, and once they take action, they will inevitably incur the wrath of thunder, and the consequences will not be very good.
After 50,000 years of the Eight Wastelands, the fifth grand court meeting was held.
On this day, the Nine Dragon Immortal Bell rang, summoning all the immortal officials.
The Heavenly Queen and the Immortal Queen descended upon the Jade Emperor's Palace, followed closely by dozens of Daluo, thousands of Taiyi Golden Immortals, and tens of thousands of Golden Immortals. After the Heavenly Immortals and True Immortals appeared in the star field, they slowly faded away, and either left directly or became immortal officials. Without the cultivation of a Golden Immortal, one could not even be a ninth-rank official.
Empress Su Qinghuang instantly appeared on the phoenix chair, and many immortals bowed and kowtowed to her. The luck of the heavenly court manifested, and nine nine-clawed golden dragons emerged. All the immortals present heard the sound of dragons roaring, followed by the clear and crisp cry of phoenixes, and the aura of the immortals was fully displayed.
"Please stand up, everyone!"
The Empress said, "The Emperor is in seclusion and is striving to reach the Saint Realm. You should do your own things and not bring shame to the Heavenly Court."
Everyone kowtowed again. Although they had known for a long time that the Emperor was trying to reach the Saint Realm, they could not help but feel happy after hearing it from the Empress and verifying it. Once the Emperor became a Saint, the Eight Desolate Universe would be a Saint Universe, which was much better than the forces in other universes.
Next, a new round of court meetings will begin according to the established procedures.
Because the small court meeting is held once every thousand years, the process is very familiar and there won't be any problems or accidents. Everyone stopped communicating, concentrated and held their breath, and began to participate in the big court meeting according to the process. This time, the meeting started with rewards again, to reward the immortals who had made great contributions to the Heavenly Court.
The rewards this time include the Extremely Evil Daluo, the Red Luan Immortal, the Blue Lotus Immortal, the Mo Hen Immortal, the Qianyu Immortal, and many other immortals who protect the Heavenly Court, as well as some sacrificial immortals, heavenly soldiers and generals, the Taiyi Golden Immortal and the Golden Immortal, etc. No one was missed, and all those who deserved the reward were rewarded.
The list of rewards alone was a thick pile, and the rewards included merits, innate energy, fairy treasures, materials, etc. Half a year had passed after all of this was announced. Apart from the dry announcement, the emperor and empress would always give some encouragement, and it was impossible for them to talk about the rewards in a hurry.
For example, the achievements of the Immortal Master Hongluan must always be clearly stated.
The contributions of Hongluan Immortal Venerable before breaking through to Daluo, as well as the contributions after breaking through to Daluo, etc., all need to be boasted about. The emperor and empress are also happy to talk about this matter, not only to prove it for Hongluan Immortal Venerable, but also to let everyone know that nothing was done in vain.
In fact, these things are all circulated on the Internet. Even if people don't believe in the Red Luan Immortal Venerable, they still have to believe in the Emperor and Empress. The Emperor and Empress want to show off and be proud, and no one is disappointed but instead supports them. This is the mutual benefit between the monarch and his subjects.
It was rare that the Emperor and Empress were in such a good mood that they directly named and praised these heroes for more than ten years. During these ten years, the Emperor and Empress even asked Skynet to broadcast the images of these heroes, so that everyone could feel their hard work and contributions more intuitively. For example, Ji'e Daluo was very proud and complacent.
After boasting, the emperor and empress's attitude changed. In the 50,20th year of the Eight Desolate Calendar, they began to announce the punishment list. This time the emperor and empress did not speak a word, and the civil and military masters did it for them. This time was the most punishments in the history of Heaven. From severe to light, a total of 10,421 immortals were punished.
There are cases involving Taoist sects, aristocratic families, immortals in immortal cities, immortals who have surrendered to the universe, etc. The more severe punishments are being bombarded by heavenly thunder, or being strangled by a flying sword through the heart, or having their cultivation sealed and forced to do hard labor, or being imprisoned in a heavenly prison, and the lighter punishment is verbal criticism.
The Heavenly Court immediately put the list up on the Skynet. Just click on a name on the list to see the events corresponding to the name, all the crimes or mistakes committed. Because there are so many people and all aspects are covered, even the immortals who have been on the Skynet for many years are amazed.
The prelude ended after 50,045 years of the Eight Wastelands calendar.
Next came the reports from various ministries, starting with the Ministry of Rites. The nine ministries of Heaven reported their work one by one. This was destined to be a long and complicated task, but the emperor and empress did not find it boring at all. Instead, they were very engrossed in it and would occasionally ask questions, which would be bad if the emperor could not answer them.
In the 50,121st year of the Eight Desolations Calendar, the nine ministries reported on their work and each organization reported on its work. After that, it was the time for Heaven to make plans for the future. Each ministry had to come up with its own plan, and these plans had to conform to the goals and plans of Heaven. For example, the Emperor and Empress said that in the next ten thousand years, the number of star fields would exceed 500.
This is certainly doable, but it requires cooperation from all departments. Most importantly, each department must have enough staff. Otherwise, even if the star field is arranged but there are not enough people to help manage it, it will be chaos. Therefore, the Immortal Officials Department requested permission from the Emperor and Empress to begin recruiting enough people in the affiliated universe or major star fields.
Not only the Ministry of Personnel, but the Ministry of Military Affairs also requested to recruit personnel.
The total number of immortals in the military at this time has just exceeded 500 trillion. This number of immortals will become more and more burdensome as the number of star fields increases. After all, teleportation star gates have been opened between star fields, and the star fields still need heavenly soldiers and generals to garrison. With more star fields, there will be more things to do, and the number of heavenly soldiers and generals must also increase.
The emperor and empress thought about it for a moment and then agreed to everything.
Expanding the workforce will inevitably lead to huge expenses, but the Heavenly Court has the innate ancient money tree in hand. This innate spiritual root has become more and more divine after the Eight Desolate Universe was promoted to Daluo. Now, with the appearance of a long river of vitality transformed from the innate energy, more and more coins are condensed on the tree.
These coins alone are enough to pay the immortal salaries, not to mention taking down the Yueshan Alliance, the Dragon Clan, the Chi Ming Dao Palace, and the two saintly universes. Over the past thousands of years, the Heavenly Court has not only increased its star fields, but also its resources and wealth have skyrocketed. It is indeed time to expand.
Although the Emperor and Empress agreed to the expansion, it was not an explosive unlimited expansion. The requirement for immortal officials was to be at least a mid-stage True Immortal, and the heavenly soldiers and generals had to be at least a celestial immortal. In addition, this expansion was mainly for immortals who had surrendered to the universe and the universe domain, and the Eight Desolate Star Domain in the Eight Desolate Universe did not participate.
In addition to these, there are many other conditions, including restrictions on quantity.
Each star field can be garrisoned with a maximum of one trillion heavenly soldiers and generals. There is no point in having more than that. After all, the garrison commander also has his own guards. In addition, some heavenly soldiers and generals have to leave the Eight Desolate Universe and enter the Universe Domain. Just like the Universe Wandering Team before, they will look for the Golden Immortal-level universe that the expeditionary force has skipped and cast down the Heavenly Dao Net.
Up to now, there is still a large part of the Golden Immortal-level universe that does not have the Heavenly Dao Net. This is because the expeditionary force has not done it in its pursuit of the Taiyi Universe and the Daluo Universe. It is not appropriate to let the Universe Wandering Team do this, and it is not worthwhile to let the expeditionary force start again. It can only be done by the heavenly soldiers and generals.
The heavenly soldiers and generals in heaven all have warships, so traveling on a warship is undoubtedly the most appropriate thing to do.
When each ministry saw that the Emperor and the Empress agreed to recruit more staff, they were overjoyed and began to put forward their own requests. The Ministry of Industry needed more materials and more masters, the Ministry of Commerce wanted to establish an online bank based on Skynet, to unify the currency, and so on. Every department had its own requirements, and even the Supervisory Officials were no exception.
The Empress waved her hand and told them to go back and prepare the plan, as long as they could convince her.
The Emperor and Empress once again emphasized that the premise of everything is the better operation of the Eight Desolate Universe. If this premise is violated, then no matter how good the plan is or how brilliant the speech is, it will be of no avail. All the immortal officials are well aware of this and will naturally not disobey the Emperor and Empress's requirements.
After 4300 years of the Eight Wastelands, the fifth grand court meeting ended.
The Eight Desolate Universe has successfully passed 50,000 years. Although it is a pity that the Emperor has not come out of seclusion and the Eight Desolate Universe does not seem to have been promoted to a Saint Universe, but after this court meeting, all the immortals and forces are full of confidence in the future. Moreover, with the Long River of Vitality, the emperors also have the intention to impact the Daluo Golden Immortal.
That long river of vital energy was transformed from the innate energy. The innate energy was transformed into the acquired source energy, which not only nourished the star field, but also nourished the immortals. After all, if the environment was not up to standard, the immortals would not be able to practice. The Eight Desolate Universe continuously accommodated various universes, and naturally shared the concentration of vital energy.
Now with the long river of vital energy transformed from the innate qi, all major star regions are not short of vital energy. The concentration of vital energy is slowly increasing, and even the quality of vital energy is very high. Of course, vital energy is only one of the necessary conditions for cultivation. If you want to be promoted from Taiyi to Daluo, vital energy is not a prerequisite, but Tao is.