My Bottle Cosmos-Chapter 418 - 404: The Prosperity of the Demon Path!
Demon Sacrifice Era, year 891.
The Demon Dynasty officially embarked on a stable course.
The population began to reproduce, and order was reestablished.
Although high-aptitude True Gods found low-aptitude Immortal Grass ineffective, it could still be used as an ordinary herb for cultivation.
The entire Demon Path civilization, every world started to turn into a medicinal garden.
True Gods herded the masses, diligently planting walking Ginseng Dolls.
Everyone became Spirit Plants, as if it were only natural.
However, it must be admitted that among all known systems, the Demonic Path System is the most extreme, most representative of an Extraordinary Civilization. It vividly embodies the hierarchical pyramid of the Extraordinary, individualistic slaughter, and the law of the jungle.
The entirety of the Demon Dynasty’s populace engaged in nurturing Gu.
Even those born with the weakest aptitude had no fear at levels 40 and 50, devouring and killing their way up, with even the possibility of reaching the summit.
Over these centuries, a few truly formidable figures emerged!
Born with an incredibly weak aptitude, they replaced and plundered their way upward, even overthrowing the True God shepherding their world, and taking their place at the top.
In other Extraordinary systems, this is an impossible miracle, yet it became commonplace here.
As a result, what seemed like an infinitely possible Demonic Path world, where everyone fought for their lives, appeared increasingly bloody in the eyes of the world.
"Heavenly Immortals, please save us."
"When will the old Immortal Dynasty return?"
Many began to reminisce about the Immortal Dao System, a relatively peaceful, friendly, and harmonious cultivation realm where everyone lived amicably, not competing with the world.
Not everyone is naturally violent and enjoys slaughter.
But those who existed were suppressed.
"The Immortals abandoned us, which turned us into Demons, yet you still wag your tails and beg?" Voices of reproach echoed.
No matter what, after that great extinction massacre, a new era of the Demonic Path had officially begun, just as the Ancient Gods predicted, grand and unstoppable.
Demon Sacrifice Era, year 998.
Demon Cultivators appeared increasingly fierce and ruthless.
The blood-soaked growth environment akin to nurturing Gu made every one of these cultivators cruel, cunning, and sinister Demon Cultivators, far surpassing the quality of cultivators from peaceful eras.
Almost every one of them was a weapon of slaughter.
In the same year, Immortal Emperor Jicao broke through to a new Realm, reaching a 4 second-level Harmonization understanding, confident he could soon catch up.
His aptitude was indeed astonishing.
"This is still not enough," Jicao shook his head, looked at his ministers, and asked, "Did you get the information?"
"Yes, in the South Intestine Realm, True Gods looking through the Crystal Wall saw the Thorn Crown moving north." A minister brought out a map.
Jicao frowned.
The worlds were still moving slowly.
Through the shifting labyrinth, a world’s Crystal Wall would always spot the trajectory and approximate location of the Six-pronged Thorn Crown.
And indeed, he had verified the direction several times but always missed the location, returning empty-handed after reaching a world.
"If it were a rare occurrence, it would be fine, but it happens every time. There must be a traitor entrenched in my dynasty." Jicao frowned.
Those "Ancient Gods" outside were no easy foes.
Jicao had long felt that those entities, not letting go of their race, were secretly recruiting his Demonic Path Cultivators and establishing Sects.
Countless internal spies must have re-infiltrated.
This was internal sabotage!
Indeed, they, too, had thoroughly studied history, knowing that the God of Light used this tactic, that external assaults never matched the effectiveness of internal disintegration.
Now, it seemed, those traitors deliberately misreported locations and concealed intelligence, merely to vex him.
"The trial has already begun... those Divine Upper beings are trying to stop me." Jicao sneered, having roughly identified a few particularly blatant traitors.
"No matter, this world will change once more."
Jicao let out a cold laugh, "From today, the Demon Dynasty will establish an official system, selecting officials not by aptitude but by examination to assess wisdom. Those traitors’ aptitudes are worthless, they can be given to others. Do they really think I can’t deal with them? Isn’t it easy to find people with two legs?"
On this day, terrifying news spread.
The native True Gods who guarded various worlds were forcibly slain, on charges of colluding with Outer Gods.
Simultaneously, their vacant positions began an "official system" using examinations to replace their aptitudes.
After these officials were killed, [Combat Talent] and [Research Aptitude] became inheritable positions, divided into civil and military officials.
These were all inheritable.
But what could not be inherited was [Wisdom and Strategy].
Thus, disregarding the strength of aptitude or talent, the examination tested only a person’s mind and loyalty.
A far-reaching examination across All Heavens began.
On this day, this Mythical Emperor in the Middle Celestial Realm proclaimed to the world:
"Our Demonic Path, distinct from others, allows aptitude for official positions to be hereditary! To be inherited! To be rewarded!"
"Divided into civil and military officials, further distinguished by the Four Imperial, Five Directions Five Elders, Six Directions Celestial Venerables, Seven-Star Celestial Monarchs..."
On this day, the dynasty’s system was firmly established.
This system began to bloom brilliantly, showcasing its unique strengths, hereditary aptitude, with merit-based occupation!
Numerous official positions, balancing and supervising each other, spread throughout all the realms, commanding the vast and mighty Great Thousand Mythical Dynasty.
Therefore, due to the examination system, every official who passed possessed wisdom above 95, each impressively intelligent, capable of being called perfect Renaissance Men.
This Demonic Civilization is a truly superlative pyramid!
All resources, aptitudes, talents, were forcibly concentrated at the top of the pyramid, with countless individuals at the apex of three major talents developing the entire era together.
The Demonic Civilization thus experienced a great explosion.
Moreover, because nearly everyone had research and creative aptitude above 95, it erupted like a geyser, with various Demonic Path systems, institutions, and new species emerging in each realm.
This is a Demonic Mythical Dynasty commanding All Heavens and Myriads of Realms.
Brilliant.
Prosperous.
And on this day, after thoroughly suppressing the traitors, Jicao discussed with everyone.
How should they pinpoint the location of that Six-pronged Thorn Crown?
And each minister and Celestial Court member, brainstorming together, even managed to create some clues.
"That one said that studying history could help, could it be that Eye of God?"
"Indeed, ancient records state that Herodotus utilized the Eye of God on the Crystal Wall, controlling redirection to see the Thorn Crown!"
History was indeed so.
Herodotus witnessed the camera above the glass window, then hacked into the camera, adjusting its angle to find the router’s location on the table.
Taking a cue from this...
Jicao immediately commanded, "Then, recreate history, build the Eye of God, and monitor where the Sixth Thorn Crown might pass by!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
How vast is national power?
Each one of them was a Renaissance Man with 3 A-levels, these Celestial Court officials were decisive in slaughter, researching new cameras together for over a hundred years.
They finally found some breakthroughs.
"Ha ha ha, finally completed, my Divine Dynasty’s Eye of God, crafted using Crystal Coins from the Crystal Ore Veins nurtured by the Crystal Wall, this Dharma Artifact can monitor the interior and exterior of worlds."
Thus, to find the router, cameras were hung on each window, and the entire mental hospital perfected a new mechanism.
Finally, cameras monitored the mental patients.
