I died young at the start, but I'm reincarnated with unlimited skill points!

The fifth year of the reign of Emperor Yuan of Han.

The fourth year after Su Yu ascended the throne.

The Great Li has changed.

It has become so unrecognizable that even the elderly who have lived most of their lives can hardly recognize it.

In these four years, Su Yu did three things.

The first thing to do was to divide the land.

After the demons were driven out, large tracts of unclaimed land were left vacant within the territory of Dali.

Those lands that were once occupied by the Black Iron Spire, the Blood Refining Workshop, and the Demon's Lair are now all desolate.

Su Yu issued an edict to distribute these lands equally among the people of Dali according to their population.

Families of martyrs who died in the suicide bombing will receive double the land allocation.

This decree caused a sensation in Dali.

It's important to understand that during the tens of thousands of years of demonic rule, the mortals of Dali had no concept of land whatsoever.

All the land belongs to the demons. Mortals merely cultivate the land of the demons, handing over most of their produce to the authorities, with the remainder barely enough to feed themselves.

Now, the emperor says this land is yours.

your.

It's not from the demons, it's not from the court, it's your own.

You only need to pay 10% of the grain you grow as tax; the rest is yours.

Many elderly farmers, upon receiving their land deeds, would hold that thin piece of paper, squat down on the edge of the field, and cry like children.

The second thing was to develop water conservancy projects.

In his previous life, Su Yu was the Prince of Zhennan of the Great Xia Dynasty, who governed the southern border for decades and was extremely familiar with agriculture and water conservancy.

Using his acquired knowledge of battle formations and his accumulated business experience, he developed a comprehensive water conservancy and road plan covering the entire region.

After the spiritual rain, the spiritual veins of Dali began to recover, and the groundwater became several times more abundant than before.

Su Yu ordered people to dig canals along the spiritual veins to draw water, and within just two years, the irrigated area of ​​farmland in Dali doubled.

Grain production subsequently surged.

From barely surviving to having enough to eat, and then to having surplus grain, the people of Dali only took three years.

The third thing was to open a market.

Su Yu rebuilt a new city on the original site of the ruins of the capital.

The new city's planning completely abandoned the gloomy layout of the Demon Age, which centered on the Black Iron Spire and had the Blood Refining Workshop as its hub.

In their place, commercial districts centered around market towns were established.

Su Yu understood the power of business all too well.

The reason why the Su family of the second generation was able to gain a foothold in the cultivation world was because of their commercial dark network that spanned dozens of cities.

Now that he is the emperor, he has amplified the same methods to the scale of the entire country.

They encouraged trade, reduced or exempted commercial taxes, built post roads, and standardized weights and measures.

Over the past four years, the trade routes of Dali have expanded from the capital to the twelve states, and the efficiency of the flow of goods in various regions has increased by more than ten times compared to the era of the demons.

When ordinary people had surplus grain, they exchanged it for silver. The silver flowed into markets and stimulated handicrafts, which in turn supported agriculture.

This is a positive cycle.

……

While governing the country, Su Yu's cultivation level was also rapidly increasing.

The effects of the Emperor's faith in the law were even more astonishing than he had anticipated.

The power of faith from the billions of people in Dali flowed into his veins like an inexhaustible river, ceaselessly day and night.

This power is completely different from the breathing techniques of the spiritual root.

It is not limited by the grade of spiritual roots, nor is it bound by the width of meridians.

Its upper limit depends on only one thing: how deep the people's faith in it is.

The changes Su Yu brought to Dali made this faith deeply ingrained in their very being.

Land was allocated, water conservancy projects were constructed, and markets were established.

Any one of these three things would be enough to make the people grateful to him.

With these three things combined, Su Yu's status in the hearts of the people of Dali was no longer just that of an emperor.

Rather, it is close to a belief, a belief akin to that of a deity!

Autumn of the third year of the Han Yuan era.

The second year after Su Yu ascended the throne.

The humanitarian fortune of hundreds of millions of people continuously flowed into his meridians. Combined with the dual cultivation of spiritual root breathing and the Emperor's Faith Method, Su Yu's cultivation level rose at an astonishing speed.

The ninth level of Qi Refining has reached its peak.

Fifteen.

It should be noted that even with his exceptional talent of a top-grade third-rank spiritual root in his third life, he didn't reach this point.

In this life, he only needed three years.

The terrifying aspects of the Emperor's Faith Law were beginning to emerge at this moment.

But Su Yu was not in a hurry to establish his foundation.

Because the path he is to take is completely different from that of his third incarnation.

In his third life, he possessed maximum potential but zero comprehension.

He could only build his foundation through the underground tunnels, which required no comprehension and relied solely on resources and the capacity of his meridians.

That path is simple, brutal, and reliable, but the ceiling is also there.

In this life, however, his comprehension is extraordinary.

What he is going to do is to establish the foundation of the Heavenly Dao.

The highest rank recognized in the cultivation world.

Those who build a foundation in the Heavenly Dao possess terrifying combat power among their peers. As long as they do not perish midway, they are almost certain to form a Golden Core, and may even have the potential to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

However, the requirements for establishing a foundation in the Heavenly Dao are extremely demanding.

It requires a genuine perception and resonance with the great principles of heaven and earth, and the ability to capture that fleeting moment of connection between humanity and nature.

In the third generation of the Cangxuan Sect, peerless geniuses like Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er pursued the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

They fought in the realm of life and death and experienced trials in the mortal world, spending several years before finally touching that sliver of opportunity.

But Su Yu is different.

His comprehension is extraordinary.

More importantly, he has something that Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er could never have.

He can directly perceive the Heavenly Dao of this world.

The Heavenly Dao, ravaged by evil spirits for tens of thousands of years, on the verge of death, yet still retaining its last wisp of will.

Su Yu sensed its presence from the moment he ascended the throne.

That faint pulse, that weak breath, those almost nonexistent fragments of the law.

An "opportunity" that others have to search for desperately.

For Su Yu, it was right beneath his feet, right above his head, and in every single day he governed Dali.

Every time he heals a field, the pulse of Heaven strengthens.

When he appeases the people, the rhythm of Heaven's will become more even.

He allowed one more spiritual vein in Dali to be revived, and the laws of Heaven were repaired one more time.

Governing a country is a form of self-cultivation.

Cultivating oneself is the same as governing a country.

In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, in the spring.

Su Yu secluded himself in the Imperial Study.

The humanistic fortune of hundreds of millions of people is transformed into cultivation resources, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth after the spiritual veins are restored fills the meridians.

His accumulated insights into the Dao over the past two years were like a key, which was inserted into that tightly closed door at this moment.

He sat cross-legged, and the true essence within his body, which was at the great perfection of the ninth level of Qi Refining, began to surge violently.

The gaseous true essence circulates rapidly in the meridians, like a boiling torrent.

Then, the heavens and humanity converged.

In that instant, Su Yu's divine sense captured that faint, mysterious opportunity of the laws of heaven and earth.

The insights he had accumulated over the past two years exploded in his mind like dry tinder meeting a spark.

The underlying laws governing the operation of all things in the universe became crystal clear at that moment.

Sunrise and sunset, the changing of the seasons, the withering and flourishing of plants, the cycle of life and death.

These seemingly ordinary natural principles, under the deconstruction of extraordinary insight, are transformed into clear patterns of laws.

Su Yu didn't need to desperately pursue that elusive opportunity.

Because his comprehension was so high that the laws of heaven and earth were almost transparent to him.

"Buzz—"

Under the catalysis of that wisp of law power, the true essence within the body began to undergo a fundamental transformation.

The gaseous true essence was frantically compressed, condensed, and liquefied.

This process, in the underground foundation building stage, requires top-grade foundation building pills and exceptional earth vein energy to forcefully break through.

However, in the process of building a foundation for the Heavenly Dao, it occurs naturally.

Like water flowing into a channel, like a melon ripening and falling from its stem.

The liquid true essence gathered in the dantian into a deep pool, clear, pure, and containing a faint trace of the laws of heaven and earth.

Su Yu opened his eyes.

A glimmer of golden light flashed briefly in the depths of his eyes.

The foundation for the Heavenly Dao has been laid, and it's complete!

The Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, something I wouldn't even dare to dream of in my third life.

Now, things have fallen into place naturally!

But Su Yu did not bask in the joy of his breakthrough.

Because Dali is only a corner of this world, the sky beyond its borders remains gray and hazy.

Su Yu stood by the window of the Imperial Study, his gaze passing over the rooftops of the new city and looking towards the horizon.

"Soon."

Su Yu said in a low voice.

He knew the seeds had already been sown.