Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence-Chapter 486 - 216: Emperor Xia’s Confidence_1
Chapter 486: Chapter 216: Emperor Xia’s Confidence_1
During the conversation, a flash of spatial fluctuation vanished from Xue Mingzhi’s hands, and with both hands, he slowly presented a cinnabar gold invitation to Shen Yuan.
The invitation was entirely crafted from fifth-grade spirit material, supreme mysterious gold, and adorned with flamboyantly extravagant dragon and phoenix patterns and cloud motif immortal symbols drawn by talismanic masters, wrapped in the thick royal destiny, evident even without opening it.
In the hands of an ordinary person, this invitation would prevent the approach of any common Ghost Objects.
Shen Yuan’s eyebrows arched slightly as he looked at the invitation before him, his expression carrying a hint of uncontrollable surprise.
Shen Yuan did not care about so-called invitations from Emperor Xia.
The re-establishment of All City Gods and the creation of the incense offering magic domain were inevitable, as dynasty after dynasty of the Human Emperor Dynasty used the City God system to supplement their control over their territories, which was not surprising.
What truly moved Shen Yuan was the phrase “Great Xia’s Imperial Court wishes to reclaim control over the grand situation of the world,” mentioned by Xue Mingzhi.
The weight of this phrase far surpassed the matters of re-establishing All City Gods and setting up the incense offering magic domain.
Since the beginning of the Age of Spirit Energy Tide, various Great Grotto Heavens Blessed Lands began to recover, and Great Xia’s Imperial Court still maintained its influence on the state level; however, control over the counties and prefectures beneath began to wane.
For the initial six months or more, the high-end combat forces within the major sects’ grotto heavens could not enter the fray.
Merely cultivating a new generation of sect disciples was insufficient to shake Great Xia’s Imperial Court’s modernized army of millions, which largely kept the situation under control and initially seized the majority of cultivation resources, clearly holding the upper hand.
However, as time passed, Great Xia’s Imperial Court’s period of dominance began to fade, the new generation of major sect disciples grew, and Transcendent level combat forces became the mainstream; the effectiveness of modernized firearms diminished in conflicts involving cultivators.
Once the leading disciples of the major sects reached the Refining Qi to Spirit Transmutation Stage, they could negate most modernized weapons aside from strategic ones, minimizing the impact of modernized weaponry.
Furthermore, during this period, the major sects spread the Daoist tradition among the people through various platforms to recruit disciples, attracting countless individuals.
The pursuit of immortal cultivation, which was once only present in myths and legends, could now be personally experienced – how many could remain unmoved?
Although Great Xia’s Imperial Court’s Imperial Astronomical Bureau was working hard to select and cultivate outstanding individuals from various states and counties, the talent drain was unavoidable.
After all, in terms of Daoist heritage and the level of powerful experts, Great Xia’s Imperial Court was still at an absolute disadvantage compared to major Grotto Heavens Blessed Lands.
This disadvantage was only growing over time.
Especially when the heavenly and earthly rules further recovered, supporting the entrance of Divinity Transformation Realm powerful experts into the world, the situation underwent a complete upheaval.
The average cultivator from the Human Clan did not have lifespans as long as members of the monster tribe, and only Spirit Refining True Beings within the major Grotto Heavens Blessed Lands possessed a lifespan of three thousand years; there were no transcendental powerful experts who had lived from the last Spirit Energy Tide era until now.
However, having experienced several Spirit Energy Tidal Surges, the major Grotto Heavens Blessed Lands had long since prepared, raising a number of long-lived Spirit Beasts three thousand years ago.
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These long-lived Spirit Beasts were not particularly strong among their peers but possessed assured Divinity Transformation combat capabilities; in today’s world, they could sweep aside adversaries and suppress countless cultivators.
In addition, the grotto heavens inevitably granted life-saving Divine Skills and precious spirit treasures, greatly limiting the role that strategic weapons could play.
The lack of high-end combat power made Great Xia’s Imperial Court’s current situation extremely awkward, with weakening control over the counties and prefectures.
Particularly in counties with the presence of powerful Grotto Heavens Blessed Lands, the local powerhouses and Imperial Court officers had been under the control of grotto heavens as early as the initial stage of the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge, practically making those places a domain dictated by the sects.
That’s not to say Great Xia’s Imperial Court had no countermeasures against these sects, but considering the broader situation of Great Xia, any small move had significant implications, and the Imperial Court could only watch the sects’ actions without certain assurance.
Once the heavenly and earthly rules progress further and the world can support the presence of Spirit Refining True Beings, those powerful experts who have survived the three thousand years of Spirit Energy depletion will return to the world.
At that time, if the grotto heavens are restored to their former glory, Great Xia’s Imperial Court will completely lose control over these regions.
Great Xia’s Imperial Court naturally did not want to witness such an outcome, but they were unable to stop it; they could only vie for a large amount of cultivation resources using the legitimate position of Great Xia’s Imperial Court and covertly support the competition among sects and those whose grotto heavens were collapsing.
These private contests intensified the conflict between Great Xia’s Imperial Court and the grotto heavens.
During the Netherworld disturbance three months prior, the grotto heavens stayed out of the trouble in Tai Province, a consensus reached by the grotto heavens to counterbalance Great Xia’s Imperial Court after heightened tensions.
No one expected that behind the Netherworld disturbance was the handiwork of the 10th Hall Yama; had Shen Yuan not intervened and suppressed everything with his own power, it would have surely bred disaster.
After the Netherworld disturbance, major Grotto Heavens Blessed Lands began to realize that the current Primal Chaos Realm was not as simple as they had imagined and quieted down significantly.
Yet unexpectedly, during this period, Great Xia’s Imperial Court suddenly rose up, openly uttering such words.
With a trace of curiosity in his eyes, Shen Yuan softly inquired,
“Great Xia’s Imperial Court is making such a bold move openly; could it be that they have some reliance?”
Upon hearing this, Xue Mingzhi spoke softly and explained,
“This decision was made jointly by Emperor Xia, the Imperial Astronomical Bureau’s Superintendent, and 3 Dukes and 9 Ministers. It involves levels too high for me to be fully aware of.”
