Longzang

Chapter 1027 Imperial View Three Realms Immortal Path Bandits

Helping King Zhao ascend the imperial throne was not a whim of Wei Yuan, but a crucial step in a series of plans.

Zhang Sheng's calamity originated in the State of Ji, and the immortals of Ji's scheme was quite clear: to reduce the number of people. Although this scheme may not be directly related to Zhang Sheng's calamity, it is most likely orchestrated by the same group of immortals.

Wei Yuan didn't know why these immortals were planning to reduce the number of people and go to the land. He couldn't get any answers from Yan Shi and Bai Kai Shui, but since he knew that they wanted to reduce the number of people, Wei Yuan had to plan ahead and try to add more people.

Now, only a year has passed, and although the changes in the eight southern prefectures of the Western Jin Dynasty have only just begun, the karmic burden that the mastermind behind the scenes would bear if they tried to do the same thing again in the Western Jin Dynasty, has multiplied.

Wei Yuan's trip to the State of Zhao was intended to demonstrate to the world through the King of Zhao that Jia Ren was capable of breaking through Yu Jing's defenses.

Facts have proven that even someone as seemingly incompetent as the King of Jin in the Western Jin Dynasty was not truly useless. The kings of the nine kingdoms lived their lives amidst storms; how could they be truly useless? Let alone useless, even those with slightly less luck would have long since been reborn as Inoue, Watanabe, Tanaka, or Yamashita.

Seeing the precedent set by the King of Zhao, Wei Yuan believed that the rulers of other states would be tempted. However, there were two key factors. First, the immense human fortune would erode one's destiny. This wasn't just the 30% that the Immortal Zhao Li ultimately possessed, but rather the entire 100% that would pass through the King of Zhao. Such terrifying human fortune, merely through its erosion, could alter one's innate constitution and destiny. Just as the earth would be transformed after a great flood.

This alone would require immense resources from Qingming; without them, none of the nine kingdoms, except for Southern Qi, could accomplish this.

Secondly, King Zhao's own talent was actually exceptionally high, enough to ascend to immortality. With the tacit approval of Immortal Zhao Li, Wei Yuan repeatedly used the secret methods of the Taichu Palace to examine King Zhao's destiny and feng shui, finally confirming this. In terms of cultivation talent, King Zhao had no shortcomings whatsoever; his natural talent was on par with Ji Liuli and True Lord Xuan Yue. He was simply held back by his position as the Human King.

Looking across the land, only the King of Southern Qi met both conditions. While Southern Qi's national strength could support high welfare in the short term, the cost was exorbitant. Southern Qi's production was still at the same level as the other nine kingdoms, so basic necessities, including processed foods, were several times more expensive than in Qingming.

For example, the price of the same barrel of processed cured meat military rations produced in the Southern Qi Dynasty was at least four times that of the Qingming Dynasty.

Wei Yuan didn't intend for all the rulers of the nine kingdoms to break through to the Imperial Realm, as that would inevitably plunge the world into chaos. He only wanted the rulers of the nine kingdoms to see the benefits of adding more people, to give them something to look forward to, and that was enough.

At this moment, all realms have achieved prosperity, but the overall evolution of human life is far from complete. The six great grotto heavens are growing at the same time, but none of them are growing fast enough.

Furthermore, because the Heavenly Demon still exists, the Heavenly Demon Tribulation cannot end. Wei Yuan is currently in a mysterious state between the Dharma Form and the Imperial Realm. He can be the Dharma Form if he wants to be the Dharma Form, and he can be the Imperial Realm if he wants to be the Imperial Realm. What he is, depends entirely on the needs at the time.

This state also has an unspeakable benefit: it blocks the path of all Dharma Aspect cultivators in the world who aspire to cultivate the Invincible Heart.

If everyone wants their path to enlightenment to be smooth, they need to ask Wei Yuan to switch to Yu Jing's side and restrain Zhang Sheng from coming to cause trouble. Only now are some prescient cultivators vaguely realizing that Zhang Sheng and Wei Yuan, this master-disciple and husband-and-wife pair, are truly rogues on the immortal path and bullies on the path of cultivation, and should not be provoked.

Wei Yuan, in particular, had already killed many Imperial Realm experts and even immortals, yet he had a Heavenly Demon wrapped around his waist and refused to leave the Dharma Image with one foot inside.

The Heavenly Demon repeatedly pleaded with Wei Yuan to act like a decent human being, but to no avail.

With Zhao's plans complete, Wei Yuan plunged into Ji, activating the boundary stones one by one to accelerate the transformation of the land's energy and enhance its fertility.

It is now the transition from spring to summer, the most important grain-producing season in the mountain people's territory. Therefore, Wei Yuan attaches great importance to it, spending almost every day in the fields, eating and sleeping with the True Lord of the Farming.

The vast majority of more than ten million people were mobilized to cultivate the land. Wei Yuan even set the land rent at only half the average of the nine kingdoms and provided the immortal fertilizer at an extremely low price.

The cultivators of the Myriad Flower Golden Core and Myriad Life systems were all brought to Ji Kingdom by Wei Yuan from the rear. They were then dispersed to newly established territories to adjust the local energy, search for minerals, or refine ores. Those without any special skills were assigned to provide spiritual energy at energy supply stations.

Besides these cultivators, Wei Yuan also transferred over half of the Xu family's youths, totaling approximately 50,000. Because there are slight differences in physical strength between men and women during the Body Forging stage, Wei Yuan primarily transferred males, leaving 35,000 women behind in Qingming. Ji Kingdom is a newly established land, with extremely heavy karma and abundant fortune. On one hand, Wei Yuan continuously accumulated human fortune here; on the other hand, he allowed those he was focusing on to come and share in this fortune. This fortune-building process is different from ordinary fortune; it offers a glimmer of hope for altering one's destiny and paving the way for a brighter future.

The harvest season for last year's winter crops is just around the corner, and Wei Yuan plans to bring all the cultivators from the Taichu Palace over to help with the harvest. Most mortals are simple and honest, and seeing the immortals on the immortal path working as diligently as they are, many will feel grateful and contribute their fortune.

With the help of others, one's luck will at least be a little better.

On this newly opened land of Ji, Wei Yuan has many ideas that are waiting to be implemented one by one. This region is not exactly wealthy, but it has enough room for development and is on the front line of conflict with the immortals. It is the best place to implement Wei Yuan's idea of ​​"gathering the power of the masses to defy the heavens".

The True Lord of the Farming Cultivation has cultivated 50 million mu of land in this region. This number seems to be a hidden barrier; after completing it, the True Lord of the Farming Cultivation's mental world miraculously stabilized and began to nurture a true spirit.

The cultivation of Yujing is also divided into three stages.

In the early stages of Yujing, the main task was to stabilize and improve the mental world, with the pure rising and the turbid descending, just as the ancient gods opened up chaos and a new world was created, which was called: the initial stabilization of the mental world.

Since the creation of heaven and earth, it is time to build a spiritual abode and cultivate a bit of the true spirit of heaven and earth. These true spirits correspond to the characteristics of the entire world, each unique, and are also a rudimentary reflection of some of the great principles of heaven and earth.
The True Spirit is the path a cultivator will follow, and it is also the vessel that carries them across the sea to ascend to the Immortal Realm. After ascending to Immortality, the True Spirit becomes the foundation for wielding power over Heaven and Earth. What power one can cultivate can only be chosen from the available powers within the scope of the True Spirit.

For example, the true spirit of the Old Daoist Chuhe is "the growth and development of all things," which is very simple and easy to understand. It is one of the easiest true spirits to cultivate, and although its power is not obvious, its applications are very wide. Major families, sects, and even the nine kingdoms of the Great Tang Dynasty all need to specially train one or two cultivators who possess this true spirit.

This true spirit is the best candidate for a celestial healer, and every power must have one. The highest level of true spirit for a celestial healer is the 'Void Creation,' but this true spirit is extremely difficult to cultivate, and there are only a handful in the world today. Even if someone cultivates it, they would not become a celestial healer, since this true spirit is almost the Dao and can directly lead to the attainment of Buddhahood.

While the growth and development of all things is common, it is extremely rare to find someone like the Old Taoist who uses the hoe to cultivate the land.

The mid-stage of the Imperial Realm primarily involves building the Spiritual Abode and nurturing a spark of true spirit; hence, it is called the "Initial Opening of the Spiritual Abode," also known as the Spiritual Abode Realm. The old Taoist priest, who cultivated fields, planted grains, raised chickens, and raised people, leaped to the mid-stage of the Imperial Realm in just one year—truly a stroke of divine favor, astonishing the world.

In the later stages of the Imperial Realm, cultivators gradually comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and their True Spirit becomes more and more complete. Until they have fully comprehended the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and their True Spirit is perfected, they enter the Perfection of the Imperial Realm.

At this stage, cultivators must use their true spirit as the pivot to transform and assimilate the world of their mind and the various realms and grotto-heavens. Ultimately, all realms will be unified and conceptualized, allowing them to ascend to the celestial realm in one fell swoop, fully unfolding their potential, transforming from the illusory to the real, and thus becoming the master of a realm, which is called immortality.

The later stages of the Imperial Realm, up to its peak, are collectively known as the Spiritual Imperial Realm, also called the Imperial Heaven Realm.

Wei Yuan's mental world is named Prosperous Worlds, complete with the six celestial caves, the sun and moon, forming its own cycle of reincarnation, and even subject to heavenly tribulations and lightning punishments—truly unparalleled in this era. However, the difficulty of leaping through such a world is also unprecedented. Back then, when Wei Yuan ascended from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Dharma Aspect stage, the accumulation required was a hundred times that of ordinary cultivators; now, it is even greater.

Relying solely on the normal absorption and release of energy from the Six Heavenly Caves, even if the world were to end, he would not be able to advance to the next level. Since the normal path was blocked, Wei Yuan had no choice but to take the unconventional route. So, in his spare time, Wei Yuan began to peruse historical records, hoping to find inspiration.

The ancient emperors and immortals, some of whom possessed mental worlds that were almost as exaggerated as Wei Yuan's, how did they cultivate and advance in rank? There are very few discussions on this topic, and those that exist are all embellished with subtle and euphemistic writing, but Wei Yuan believes that as long as he reads more, he will eventually be able to find some clues.

Suddenly, a small situation arose: the Xu family youths who remained in Qingming entered breeding mode again, and all the mature girls became pregnant overnight. What was unusual at this time was that the boys and girls born in the first batch of years ago had fully matured both physically and mentally. Although their behavior and manners were still immature, they were already capable of pregnancy.

Based on this reasoning, even without considering the possibility of merging and devouring each other, this generation of Xu family descendants would only need a few years to reach adulthood.

Wei Yuan instinctively sensed that this was an extremely important topic, so he specially opened up a mission area in the bustling world of the myriad realms to begin related research. Now, the Xu family descendants numbered in the hundreds of thousands, providing enough data to study whether it was better for the human race to mature faster or slower.

(End of this chapter)