Longzang

Chapter 1024 Prosperity of All Realms
The night is deep.

Wei Yuan sat at his desk, countless orbs of light floating before him, each representing a piece of official business. His mind was divided, as he meticulously read each document.

All official documents are generated from everyday life, so they should be almost error-free. However, this batch of official documents concerns the lives of countless ordinary people, so Wei Yuan was still worried and read them carefully, word by word.

In fact, with the development of human affairs to this point, millions of mortals are online at all times, and their level of expertise has long surpassed that of most Dharma Realms. To this day, when the government in the Azure Netherworld makes judgments, human affairs are the first to adjudicate. If the presiding official has strong objections to the result, it will be sent to the State Council, where a review panel composed of seven people, including Yuan Qingyan, will make the final decision. If the review panel also finds it difficult to decide, it will be reported to Wei Yuan.

In practice, the "human touch" approach to adjudication far surpasses that of so-called upright officials. It disregards personal relationships, focusing solely on laws and regulations. While perhaps cold and impersonal, it is absolutely impartial. Only a very small number of its judgments require review.

Furthermore, using everyday life to resolve cases has another advantage: if one party in a lawsuit has power and influence, they won't know where to put money if they want to bribe someone.

But Wei Yuan always felt that everyday life couldn't be done in every way, so he always insisted on doing things personally in important matters. Another reason was that if he didn't do even this little thing, he would really have no presence.

His current official business involves a major decision: to recruit refugees from the Western Jin and Zhao states and transport them to the original mountainous regions of the Ji state for development. Wei Yuan's plan is to recruit ten million refugees in the first phase, all of whom will be airlifted by floating boats and airships to settle down and thrive in the area. The second and third phases will depend on the situation.

Originally, 2.7 million people had already been relocated from Hanchuan County, but Wei Yuan possessed numerous boundary stones. He had already planted a ring of five boundary stones around the exit of the secret realm, with the remaining stones extending towards Guantun County, forming one passage. Another passage stretched far into the depths of the mountain people's territory, preparing to outflank and encircle all the mountain people in this area.

Although the territory is oddly shaped like a hook, its actual area is already very large, and two million people are simply not enough to fill it.

The Qingming Kingdom now has 70 million people, but the industry is developing too rapidly, and it is not enough to meet the needs of the population. However, Wei Yuan still transferred 500,000 young and capable people, including various talents, and after giving them various preferential treatments, they were also transported to the Ji Kingdom to serve as the backbone of its expansion.

To change the world, you need both boundary stones and people. Without enough people, even the immortal stone Qingming will gradually be assimilated by heaven and earth.

Wei Yuan's grand migration plan this time was truly magnificent and unprecedented in history.

To ensure absolute success, Wei Yuan had secretly transported a full 100,000 heavily armed troops and nearly a thousand artillery pieces, including 10,000 elite young soldiers from the Xu family. Now, the number of troops was no longer the key factor; the number of artillery shells was. The five million shells in Guantun County were Wei Yuan's current source of confidence.

Since his ascension to the True Lord realm, the old Taoist priest's power and abilities have become extraordinary. In just a few months, he has bred guinea pigs suitable for survival in the mountain villages and cultivated a new variety of wheat that is drought-resistant, adaptable to large temperature differences, and requires little water, making it perfect for cultivation in the mountain villages. Moreover, one crop can be planted before winter and harvested in spring and summer.

After reviewing more than 3,300 official documents, Wei Yuan finally finalized all the details of the large-scale relocation, signed his name amidst the bustling crowds, and the plan was officially implemented.

As he signed his name, Wei Yuan suddenly felt a faint tremor in the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. This tremor was extremely weak, something he couldn't perceive when he was at the peak of his Dharma Aspect. Only now, with his perfected Dharma Aspect, could he detect it.

Perhaps this is a divine secret? Does the divine secret respond to extraordinary human deeds?

Wei Yuan withdrew his thoughts and scanned the human world with his divine sense. The weapon forging workshop and the floating boat workshop had already taken the lead in making moves. The first step of the great relocation plan was to start construction on fifty floating airships every month.

Each airship can transport thousands of people and necessary supplies. According to the plan, Qingming will have hundreds of floating airships in a few months, which can transport nearly a million people at a time.

At this time, the rebel army of Ji State gradually recovered its strength, and the government army began to suffer defeat after defeat. King Ji replaced seven generals and executed two of them, but the situation did not improve at all.

Finally, Prince Ji reluctantly adopted Sun Chaoen's plan, retreating to several passes and implementing a scorched-earth policy, which finally stopped the rebel army's advance. However, because Sun Chaoen was favored, Cai Miao had to suffer, returning to Sun's residence late every night.

Wei Yuan maintained a no-man's-land buffer zone. No matter if it was government troops or rebels, as long as they dared to enter this buffer zone, they would be completely wiped out, without exception.

Behind the isolation zone, out of sight, are numerous flying boats, like flocks of geese, continuously transporting people and various supplies from Qingming.

The land of Ji Kingdom gradually prospered, with fertile fields appearing from nothing. Around the exit of the secret realm, numerous workshops and blast furnaces were built. Every day, more than five thousand cultivators honed their Dao foundations in the power supply arrays, with another thousand on standby, ready to fill in for anyone who wanted to quit.

Every month, the production of materials at the Ji Kingdom base increases to a new level. Currently, the local daily output is ten million catties of crude iron, several million catties of cement, and countless other minerals.

In just this summer and autumn season alone, the True Lord of the Farmers cultivated 20 million mu of land. The Ji Kingdom can harvest three crops a year, half as many as Qingming, but 20 million mu is still enough to feed 30 million people. The old Taoist hurriedly and managed to plant all the winter wheat before the end of autumn. If it is so, by the beginning of next summer, the Ji Kingdom will be self-sufficient in food.

Time flies, and winter arrived in the blink of an eye. As snowflakes fell, Wei Yuan finally relocated all the millions of refugees to the State of Ji. At this time, the world was still completely unaware that behind the towering pillars, a vibrant and fertile land had been created.

At the start of the New Year, twenty-two powerful shamans from the Wild Ancestor Tribe completed their studies at the Azure Nether Military Academy and returned to the Wild Ancestor Tribe with enough equipment to arm tens of thousands of shaman warriors.

Upon their return, the Great Wilderness Sun immediately organized several exercises and competitions within the tribe. While the individual combat strength of these Dharma Aspect Power Shamans improved only to a limited extent, their large numbers naturally led to coordinated attacks. The twenty-odd individuals employed a variety of tactics, employing flanking maneuvers and infiltrations, utterly defeating the hundred Dharma Aspect troops simulated by the three Wilderness Shaman Elders.

Shocked by the day of the Great Wilderness, he was overjoyed and thus drastically reformed the entire tribe's army, establishing a new army modeled after Qingming.

In the first month of the fourth year of the Hongjing reign, the palace of Emperor Tang was filled with joy as one of Emperor Jing's concubines gave birth to a son, who became the eldest prince. At this time, the empress was still not pregnant.

Emperor Jing was somewhat pleased, but when alone, he would occasionally feel lost. He wasn't even twenty years old yet, so how could he suddenly have a child? Moreover, the appearance of the eldest prince kept him tossing and turning, unable to sleep at night.

On the same day, Wei Yuan finally received the imperial edict of investiture from the Tang Dynasty. The edict was personally delivered by Wei Boyang, and the two also took the opportunity to catch up.

Time sometimes flies by. Wei Boyang still remembers the scene when he first arrived in Qingming and met Wei Yuan for the first time. At that time, Wei Boyang was still a high-ranking Yujing Great Power. He had to go to the outer heavens to fight. This world could no longer tolerate him.

Little did anyone know that in just over a decade, Wei Yuan had grown to the point where he could stand shoulder to shoulder with Wei Boyang. However, Wei Boyang always felt that something was amiss with Wei Yuan's perfect Dharma form, but Wei Yuan's karma was too heavy and his heavenly secrets were shrouded in a layer of mist, which filled Wei Boyang with fear, and he dared not make any calculations.

Wei Yuan noticed that Wei Boyang looked much more weathered than when they first met, and the youthful vigor he once possessed was almost entirely gone. So Wei Yuan subtly inquired about matters of the court. Wei Boyang remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "With the Regent holding absolute power, how can things not be chaotic?"

"Isn't the Regent known for his great talent and strategic vision?"

Wei Boyang smiled bitterly: "That was a few years ago, but now... he doesn't hide many things from people anymore. The entire court knows a little bit about it, but no one says anything."

The two didn't have much to say to each other, and Wei Yuan couldn't possibly show him the development of the vast region beyond Ji State. Therefore, even after receiving the imperial decree, he wasn't allowed to enter Guantun County, but was instead greeted in the uninhabited area. After exchanging a few words, Wei Boyang returned to the capital.

Wei Yuan opened the imperial edict and read it again. The content was as Wei Yuan had wished: he was appointed Military Governor of Xianghan in Yizhou. However, Wei Yuan's last memorial was submitted in the spring of the third year of the Hongjing reign (1294), and Emperor Jing's reply was also in the same month, but the actual edict arrived in late autumn, reaching Wei Yuan in January of the following year. This delay is quite intriguing.

It seems someone is unhappy and deliberately dragging their feet, hoping to make Wei Yuan unhappy as well. Such petty people are numerous.

However, Wei Yuan paid no attention to the affairs of the Great Tang court, focusing instead on the development of the Ji Kingdom. The entire region now had a population of thirteen million, and thanks to ample supplies, over three hundred thousand babies were born by the start of winter, with the number expected to increase further in the spring.

The past has proven that as long as mortals are fed and clothed, and given a clear and definite hope for the future, they will work diligently and strive for success. Without a future, simply being fed and clothed is not enough.

Wei Yuan could feel the joy of the entire land, and naturally he could also feel the surging malice from the depths of the mountain people's territory.

In February of the fourth year of Hongjing, Qingming's long-accumulated nurturing finally reached a critical point, breaking through once again and entering its final form. From this moment on, Qingming officially began its journey to the Wanli region.

The entire realm erupted with energy, filling mortals with joy. Wei Yuan, sensing this, had already announced a new round of birth subsidies three months prior. For each child a mortal bore, they would receive one Qingyuan per year. A Body Forging Perfection cultivator would receive ten Qingyuan per child, and a Dao Foundation cultivator one hundred children.

As for the Dharma form, the Dharma form is not lacking in that aspect.

This subsidy was unprecedented, and the exchange rate between Qingyuan and Xianyin remained stable at 1:1.5, showing no signs of decreasing. Therefore, when the Qingming Earth Qi erupted, countless people naturally entered a reproductive mode, and within a month, millions of people in Qingming became pregnant. These families naturally contributed their fortune.

In February of the fourth year of Hongjing, Wei Yuan's accumulated fortune once again exceeded 30 million. At this time, the jade ball in the sky with the life force of the Heavenly Pillar as its core had already absorbed the primordial energy of heaven and earth and the surrounding matter, transforming into a huge stone ball.

The temperature inside the stone sphere was already extremely high. Finally, one afternoon, the stone sphere suddenly absorbed all of Wei Yuan's luck, and a point inside collapsed, then burst out with extreme light and heat!
The entire stone sphere began to burn fiercely, and the sun finally shone brightly amidst the smoke and fire of human life, thus completing the initial restoration of the sphere, with both sun and moon present.

At this moment, the small temple in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss has been expanded by one level, the lotus pond has grown slightly larger, and there are initial signs of a sea of ​​blood. Several blue lotus flowers are blooming in the pond.

The True Calamity Sword was still transforming back into the Beginning Sword, but several small floating islands had appeared around it, revolving around the giant sword. Some of these islands were adorned with thatched huts, while others featured landscapes and gardens. Xihe and Yin Yang would often linger here, discussing the Dao and playing chess, far removed from the mortal world.

The two would argue as soon as they started playing chess.

Xihe always leaves room for maneuver and constantly wants to take back her moves; Yinyang, on the other hand, is determined to capture all of Xihe's pieces on the board, only feeling satisfied when not a single one is left. Thus, every time the two play chess, they inevitably fight. In the mundane world, mortals have long been accustomed to the scene of sword energy soaring into the sky and two dragons crisscrossing.

The Central Earth Cave Heaven remained unchanged, completely filled with mirage demons. Wei Yuan had almost forgotten the names of the three Imperial Realm Lords, and the three Imperial Realm Lords had almost forgotten what Wei Yuan looked like. However, although the Earth Cave Heaven expanded rapidly, it could not keep up with the increase in mirage demons, and it remained completely covered, making it difficult to reveal its true form.

The Yellow Springs Cave was bustling with activity, teeming with all sorts of wandering spirits, many of whom Wei Yuan didn't even recognize, wondering which world they had been drawn from. Moreover, as human life developed, the spirits drawn from the Yellow Springs Cave became increasingly spiritual, many even retaining a trace of their past attachments.

Thus, conflict arose in the Yellow Springs Cave, allowing Wei Yuan to witness the extraordinary spectacle of ghosts fighting in his lifetime, which can be considered an eye-opener.

To ensure the ghosts could be safely exorcised and reincarnated, Wei Yuan had to build a grand hall here, intending to station powerful cultivators to guard the area and handle ghost-related disputes. Moreover, judging by the speed of development, one hall probably wouldn't be enough; several more would need to be built in the future.

But finding the right person for this position was difficult; who would want to stay in a hellish place like the Yellow Springs Cave? After much deliberation, Wei Yuan went to a remote island overseas.

On this island, the Heavenly Demon has been facing the sea for many years, watching the spring flowers bloom.

"I have a job for you," Wei Yuan said. This was the first thing Tianmo had heard in a long time.

Overjoyed, it rushed forward and hugged Wei Yuan's leg, sobbing uncontrollably. Wei Yuan looked at Xiao Yu, who was crying while clinging to his leg. Although he knew it was fake, his Dao heart was exceptionally clear, so he let it cry for a while longer.

As Wei Yuan left the island, he looked up at the sky, where a red sun illuminated the heavens.

And the moon, the moon is still there.

With the birth of the great sun, this world is no longer the same; it has its own breath, and all the celestial realms, including the vast rivers and mountains, are striving to grow. All sentient beings are filled with joy and anticipation for tomorrow.

From this moment on, the mundane world is etched with a new true name in the great Dao of Heaven and Earth: Prosperity of All Realms.

Wei Yuan, however, felt that he was still that young man with perfect Dharma form. He was even still that ignorant and arrogant little Dao Foundation cultivator who had buried Qingming and made boastful remarks back then.

In February of the fourth year of the Hongjing era, a palace maid in the palace of Emperor Tang accidentally fell into the water and drowned along with the emperor's eldest son, who had just turned one month old.

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(End of this chapter)