Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Chapter 2340 - 2307: The Time River and the Awakening Ancient Monsters

Ziwei Star Domain · Supreme Great Sun Celestial Pivot.

The Human Emperor’s palace was set high within the Nine Heavens, the hub of the Ten Thousand Domains,

Innately standing at a loftier height, from which one could overlook all under heaven, calculate destiny, and deduce the Great Dao with immense advantage. Throughout the ages, the Imperial Cities of the Overlord Human Clan that ruled the Endless Starry Sky liked to cultivate in seclusion here; this generation was no exception.

Jiang Ding sat upon the Dubhe Divine Throne of crystal, with the River Map and Luo Book spread before him, deducing something.

The Fusang Empress accompanied him at his side.

Gong Caiyu and her Tushan Maiden Corps guarded the interior and exterior of his palace, and in passing monitored the Endless Starry Sky, ensuring the Human Emperor’s will could always be conveyed unobstructed.

At present, the Taoist Court possessed two supervisory systems: one was subordinate to the Taoist Court and took orders from the Fusang Empress; the other belonged only to the Human Emperor and reported directly to him.

Of course, this was merely institutional inertia; the most reliable method of supervision was naturally the Human Emperor’s gaze that pierced the Great Dao, Time, and destiny.

This was why quite a few of the Human Emperors of past generations were too lazy to construct tightly knit organizational systems; by their mere existence, it became difficult for cultivators to deceive their superiors or conceal the truth.

This generation’s Human Emperor, owing to habit, placed great emphasis on institutional construction, which could be regarded as increasing the margin for error.

"Your Majesty, has the Starry Sky started to loosen after all?"

After handling the backlog of Immortal Dynasty government affairs accumulated over this period, the Fusang Empress spoke softly.

Now the Immortal Dynasty encompassed more than a hundred thousand Star Domains, with living beings in the capital numbering in the megayards, covering different races, different political forces, different lineages, as well as various Immortal Tao Industry chains, Immortal Tao Industry parks... and so on—factors so complex that even a True Immortal of Government Affairs would find handling such matters extremely difficult.

Letting things rot was certainly easy, and the Immortal Dynasty’s operational efficiency would not be too slow either—at least sixty to seventy percent efficiency could still be maintained.

But if one wanted the Immortal Dynasty to operate even more efficiently and orderly, to raise organizational efficiency to a hundred and twenty percent or even higher, to give birth to more Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure and Immortal Wisdom, then one needed to keep a constant eye on it.

Organization, politics, large-scale collective collaboration—these things were likewise science, a part of the social sciences.

These things followed clear scientific laws; it was not that you could just kill a batch of people, suppress a batch of people, or coerce them with death, or exterminate three generations of a clan because some research could not be produced... such methods were useless.

To organize so many people and make them operate with extremely high efficiency was not easy; even a Human Emperor found it hard to accomplish, and even if it could be done, it often required an enormous expenditure of mental energy.

The Fusang Holy Land’s Empress, the True Immortal of Government Affairs, existed precisely to fulfill such a role.

Among the Empresses of the Human Emperors throughout the ages, a Holy Daughter of the Fusang Holy Land would appear from time to time; this absolutely did not stem merely from factors such as emotion and love, but contained extremely deep political and interest considerations.

"Yes."

"The ’weight’ of history and time is lightening."

Jiang Ding fixed his gaze on the River Map and Luo Book without moving his eyes away.

"To call it weight doesn’t seem quite accurate,"

Seeing the two women’s puzzled expressions, Jiang Ding explained in detail: "Certain old monsters have sealed themselves within past history and time; for them, the time and history of the present world possess weight, an incomparably terrifying weight, such that if they are even slightly careless, they will be crushed into powder."

"The time of the present world is like a chaotic current, without pattern, surging in all directions. The slightest collision, and those beings self-sealed in history will be reduced to dust."

"That is what the Time River looks like most of the time."

"Without being a True God, one cannot withstand the might of time."

Jiang Ding looked toward the depths of the Starry Sky, and further, toward the Time River: "However, in the history of the Endless Starry Sky, there are times when the Time River flows in an orderly fashion. At those times, the Time River is relatively ordered; as long as those beings self-sealed in history are careful to avoid it, they will often not be touched by the present Time River and will be much safer."

He stopped speaking at this point.

In the instant these words fell, faintly, annihilating thunder appeared in the void, Hell of sinking perdition, hoarse and shrill wails, and other indescribably bizarre forces, sending a slight chill into the heart.

These words were taboo, containing extremely terrifying power.

If cultivators below the Imperial Realm heard such words without the protection of the Human Emperor, they would surely die—a horrifying prospect, as though an iron law set down by generations of taboo beings.

"At those times..."

"Your Majesty, you mean,"

The Fusang Empress drew a deep breath: "You mean the era when the Time River is relatively ordered is the era when an Emperor is born, is our present era. Is that right?"

"The present?"

Gong Caiyu likewise raised her head to look over, her beautiful eyes tinged with horror.

Even Emperor Realm Cultivators felt unease at this moment, for any being qualified to self-seal in history was without exception an incomparably terrifying old monster.

Emperor Realm Cultivators,

in front of such old monsters, truly did not dare to call themselves Emperors.

"Indeed."

"The Emperor’s Seal is a single reordering of Heaven and Earth Rules, Spiritual Energy, Destiny, Cause and Effect, and so forth. Precisely because of this reordering and the harmonizing of Yin Yang into the sole existence of the myriad heavens, the Human Emperor is so formidable, innately the center of the Endless Starry Sky."

Jiang Ding said softly, "Only in ages when an Emperor is alive do these Evil Spirits have the possibility to come out and move about, because at such times the Time River, due to the orderliness of much matter in the Endless Starry Sky, itself becomes ordered, and its danger is greatly reduced."

"With my Becoming Emperor, the Time River has gradually grown ordered; by now it has reached a dangerous critical point."

"If I am not mistaken,"

Jiang Ding gazed into the depths of the Endless Starry Sky: "Very soon, there should be beings coming to pay us a visit. Some rotten things; in history, the Ten Thousand Laws Ancient Emperor should also have encountered such courtesy before arms are raised..."

...

The years in the Endless Starry Sky flowed by calmly and peacefully.

Many Emperor Realm Cultivators of the Taoist Court, numerous Elite Quasi-Emperor Venerables, and a vast number of Immortal Dao Research teams gathered around the Human Emperor, borrowing the power of the Great Dream Sword Realm and Dubhe to deduce the Great Dao, driving breakthroughs and progress in Immortal Dao Technology. Across the Starry Sky, new Magic, new Cultivation Methods, and new technologies were emerging by the day.

With the birth of various Immortal Dao Technologies, the computational precision of the Immortal Dao Universe Constant Experience Formula grew ever higher.

The Sun Immortal Scripture of Elimination Method was now at thirteen characters and was drawing closer to twelve characters. Everything was proceeding methodically and step by step in an orderly advance, constantly progressing, with no bottlenecks whatsoever.

It was estimated that in at most a hundred thousand years, the Sun Immortal Scripture of Elimination Method would complete its twelve characters.

Such was the efficiency of the present Human Emperor and the Immortal Dao System he had established—enough to make many Emperors in history both shocked and envious.

At the center of the Supreme Great Sun Celestial Pivot.

Jiang Ding sat upon the crystal imperial throne, and in the void before him, layer upon layer of Nine Heavens True Sun Fire burned, smelting the Great Sun Heavenly Pond within until it became crystal clear, beginning to emanate an immortal Aura of Transcendence, while the Dao Essence of an Artifact Refining technique and an Immortal Scripture diffused outward.

The transmitted Supreme Treasure of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, the Great Sun Heavenly Pond, under the Human Emperor’s will, began its ascent to become an Emperor’s Artifact.