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Facing the blazing sun and Xuan Qing's gaze, Wang Ping casually said, "I just sensed that many causes and effects in the starry sky have become chaotic. It must be that someone is stirring up trouble while we are in seclusion."

As he finished speaking, Tiangong sensed the situation below and transformed into a golden light, landing beside the three of them. He responded first: "The conflicts in various ecological zones have intensified. In some places, large-scale wars have even broken out, leading to the destruction of some small ecological zones, but also creating the development of some large ecological zones."

Lieyang didn't seem to care, saying dismissively, "Isn't this normal? This world is a dog-eat-dog world; if you're not as skilled, you should give up your place."

Tiangong, with an expression of being too lazy to talk to him, looked at Wang Ping and said, "These destroyed ecological zones were all awarded to the third realm of the unorthodox sects for their merits on the front lines. Their relationships are complicated. The destruction of the ecological zones caused quite a stir within the Dao Palace. Our disciples from the seven sects mediated, but instead of eliminating their hatred, it only intensified it."

"This led to even more intense fighting, and some of the unrest was even caused by our own disciples. After all, war means profit, and it's the most profitable method."

Lieyang remained unconcerned. Although Tiangong had spoken to Wang Ping, he quickly replied, "Which of us didn't advance in this way? These matters can be left to them to handle themselves, as long as they don't cause large-scale spiritual chaos."

Tiangong still ignored him and continued, "The demon race is most likely in contact with the extraterrestrial rebels again, and I suspect that these chaotic events are being instigated by the extraterrestrial rebels."

"That's something to be careful about. Extraterrestrial life forms are most adept at bewitching people."

Lieyang's expression was serious.

While Wang Ping was speaking to Tian Gong, he casually created a simple transfer channel with his right hand, connecting it to his puppets scattered throughout the starry sky to investigate the root cause of the chaos in the starry sky. With his left hand, he continuously deduced the meaning using the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman' and the 'Luck-Borrowing Talisman'.

After a short while, he met the gazes of the three and said, "There is indeed some chaos, especially since many disciples of our seven sects are deeply involved. Just as Fellow Daoist Lieyang said, they are using the power granted to them by the rules of the Dao Palace to plunder resources from some small ecological zones to help their cultivation. Among them, Ao Hong from Linshui Prefecture is the most outrageous."

A moment of silence fell over everyone; they really didn't know what to do about matters concerning Linshui Prefecture.

After a brief silence, Xuan Qing spoke up, "Let's first understand the situation in detail and then organize an expanded meeting to involve both the Demon Race and the Star God Alliance. We should also discuss the matter of awakening Fellow Daoist Diwen."

No one objected to the suggestion, and after exchanging pleasantries, the four of them went their separate ways.

Wang Ping naturally took Yu Lian back to Jiuxuan Mountain. As soon as they settled down, Yu Lian said, "I have absorbed enough spiritual energy in the past hundred years. Now I am only a little short of breaking through to the fourth realm. I need to sleep in the river at the foot of the mountain for a while."

"What do you need me to do?"

Wang Ping asked.

Yu Lian said, "No need. The spiritual energy of this planet is enough for my cultivation. Just don't let anyone disturb me."

Wang Ping: "I will protect you."

"No need. When I am asleep, my consciousness is in a state of chaos, and I will absorb all the spiritual energy in the world indiscriminately. The spiritual energy emanating from your body is too strong. It will not only not help me much, but will also bring a lot of trouble after I wake up."

"Ok!"

Wang Ping nodded, then conjured a clone and said, "I will have this clone protect you and help you refine the spiritual energy near the river."

His clone, created with the 'Clone Talisman,' now possesses the cultivation of the Fourth Realm Perfection, and in crucial moments, he can use the clone to instantly return to Yu Lian's side.

"That's fine, don't worry, I'm okay."

Yu Lian's last words were spoken to the calico cat. After speaking, she took the calico cat and flew up into the clouds towards the river near Jiu Xuan Mountain, where she had already set up a magic array.

Wang Ping's clone immediately followed.

Yu Lian chose a riverbed in the shady part of Jiu Xuan Mountain. When she flew to the top of the river, she had a brief conversation with the calico cat. The calico cat flew to a rock on the bank and sat down. Yu Lian glanced at her, then at the top of Jiu Xuan Mountain, and then decisively plunged into the river.

As a splash of water spread out, the magic array that had been set up in advance was activated at that moment. Amidst the flashing blue light, a chill swept over and froze the riverbank. The frost then expanded rapidly, but strangely stopped in the middle of the river.

The five-zhang-wide expanse of water flowing out from the middle of the river surged violently, with blue waves constantly crashing against the ice walls on both sides. Each crash left fine cracks on the ice surface, but they were instantly filled by newly formed frost.

The frost on both sides of the river continued to spread, freezing all the vegetation in its path, with the surface of the leaves covered with glistening ice crystals that refracted colorful light in the sunlight.

However, these plants did not die; their branches and trunks still retained vitality, and a faint blue aura could be seen slowly flowing beneath the ice.

Deep underwater, Yu Lian's body had transformed into a hundred-foot-tall form. Wisps of cold air seeped from between her scales, condensing into a dense network of ice crystals upon contact with the river water. These networks spread outward from her center, eventually connecting with the magic array on the shore to form a complete spiritual cycle.

In an instant, the entire river was transformed into a unique cultivation environment. Above the water was a chilling cold, while below it was warm as spring. Two completely different energies converged in the five-zhang-wide area of ​​flowing water, forming a perfect balance.

A calico cat sat on a rock on the shore, its fur shimmering with a pale blue light. Its location was a crucial node in the magic array, allowing it to both protect the sleeping Yulian and cultivate itself using the overflowing spiritual energy.

Wang Ping's clone hovered on auspicious clouds above the shore, sitting cross-legged on the clouds, his consciousness scanning the wandering spirits in this space to prevent the pollution they carried from disturbing Yu Lian.

Meanwhile, Wang Ping, in his true form on Mount Jiuxuan, observed Yu Lian for a long time, confirming that she was indeed alright. Only then did he activate the mirror array around the courtyard to carefully observe what had happened in the various ecological zones during his seclusion. He first observed the state of the Taiyan Sect. Currently, the Taiyan Sect has seven fourth-realm cultivators—Zi Luan, Li Miaolin, Que Cai, Miao Qing, Xuan Ling, Ke Yue, and Luo Feng—in charge, and the Star God Alliance as an ally. Under Zi Luan's leadership, it has developed rapidly in recent years.

First, the asteroids around Jupiter have been largely developed. There are over two thousand registered cultivators at the third level of the unorthodox sects, and tens of millions of Qi cultivators. They have built a vast network around Jupiter and are keen to worship Wang Ping, who lives on Jupiter.

Furthermore, regarding the unorthodox ecological zones surrounding Zhongzhou Star, Zi Luan's strategy was to win them over. These ecological zones would pay some energy crystals every ten years in exchange for the protection of the Taiyan Sect. Moreover, he never interfered in the internal affairs of those ecological zones, which resulted in a good reputation for both the Taiyan Sect and Wang Ping.

Moreover, Zi Luan did not expand blindly. When the number of protected ecological zones reached one hundred, he would only add one spot every twenty years, and he would conduct a rigorous assessment. The conditions for these assessments were mostly based on Wang Ping's preferences, such as not having the habit of live sacrifice or the habit of cultivating with flesh and blood, etc.

It must be said that Zi Luan is a smart person, and he has both ability and methods.

The real chaos was created by Linshui Prefecture, Zhenyang Sect, and Vajra Temple. It started when, relying on the ecological zone of Linshui Prefecture, they suddenly launched an attack on the surrounding ecological zones eighty years ago and quickly plundered a large amount of resources. This aroused dissatisfaction among many unorthodox cultivators, but the people at the second meeting of the Dao Palace could not reach a consensus.

This led to the situation escalating further, until the Zhenyang Sect and the Vajra Temple had no choice but to intervene, using force to stop the expansion of Linshui Prefecture and continuously supporting their own side sect ecological zones to counter it.

This directly led to mutual hostility among the three factions, and the war spread to the outer planet and its surrounding star ecosystem. Even the demon race was involved. If it weren't for the strict orders from the True Lords that large-scale battles were not to be carried out on Zhongzhou Star, Zhongzhou Star might have been affected.

"Just as they said, once we develop an ecological zone in outer space, all sorts of troubles will inevitably come rushing in." As Wang Ping spoke, he subconsciously looked to the side but did not see Yu Lian. Only then did he remember that Yu Lian had gone into seclusion and was asleep.

He felt lonely at that moment, but then cleared such emotions from his consciousness and lit the stove next to him to boil water and make tea. As the aroma of tea spread around the spirit tree, he took out the communication token from the Taiyan Sect and opened the Divine Kingdom Palace.

There were many messages on the communication token, but most of them were greetings from his disciples during the festival. Wang Ping read them one by one without getting tired. Among these messages was one from Zi Luan, who was asking to see him and bringing a newly promoted fourth-realm cultivator from the Underground Cave Sect to pay his respects.

This message made Wang Ping laugh out loud. He looked at where Yu Lian had been and shook his head regretfully, then readily agreed to Zhi Gong's request to see him.

After taking a sip of tea, he took out the communication token for the temporary gathering of Quan Xing and Zhi Shui. There were several messages from Quan Xing, all asking if he was free and wanting to come to the Jiu Xuan Mountain Dojo to pay his respects.

This was clearly just polite talk. Wang Ping wouldn't let him come to pay his respects, nor would he just appear on Jupiter so openly. His purpose was to invite Wang Ping to a temporary gathering, which seemed to indicate that they had something to discuss.

Wang Ping did not agree immediately, but first did some deduction before replying to Quan Xing. Unexpectedly, Quan Xing replied in less than ten breaths, saying that there would be a temporary gathering at noon ten days later, and mentioned that Zhi Xin would also participate.

Wang Ping immediately became curious, knowing that Zhi Xin was currently at the border of the outer realm, a place where even his puppets couldn't infiltrate. So he agreed to the gathering.

The other communication tokens were all inactive, and Wang Ping didn't check them. Instead, he turned his gaze to the sky above the divine kingdom. His abundant faith transformed the spiritual energy gathered in his divine kingdom into tangible divine crystals. He reached out and gently touched them, and two crystals immediately fell into his hand.

Then, his gaze fell upon the two seats at the very front of the divine generals under the throne of the God King. These were the two divine generals he had first appointed, namely the two nine-tailed foxes, Caiyan and Chimei, whom Xingmeng had recommended to him, and he bestowed upon them two divine magic crystals.

Then he looked at the seats of the seventy-two Earthly Demons and Rakshasa arranged behind him. Six of the seats already had their consciousness sealed. They were all believers appointed by Wang Ping and were responsible for managing the divine magic messengers of the divine kingdom.

Wang Ping bestowed upon them a pure divine spiritual radiance to nourish their physical bodies and primordial spirits.

Over the past thousand years, Wang Ping has conferred titles upon nearly a hundred of these Earthly Demons and Rakshasas, but only six of them were able to withstand the impact of faith on their divine positions. The rest were burned to ashes by the divine fire of faith.

They are equivalent to the fourth realm of divine magic envoys. The process of being conferred a title is also a promotion. Therefore, they need to first cultivate to the point of perfecting the three-pattern envoy, fill all the meridians in their bodies with divine magic light, and use the divine magic light to cultivate the prototype of their primordial spirit. Then, during the conferment, they receive the baptism of divine magic light and successfully plant the seed of divine fire in their bodies, which is considered to be a promotion to the fourth realm.

This is a set of cultivation secrets deduced by Wang Ping based on his cultivation of the "Taiyan Talisman". Yulian will select suitable people from among millions of believers to cultivate. These people's consciousness and faith must be connected with the divine kingdom, otherwise they will die from absorbing the light of the divine art at the beginning.

After observing the condition of the six Rakshasa for a while and confirming that they were alright, Wang Ping dismantled the Divine Palace. Then he sensed the aura of Zi Luan on the Ascension Platform outside Jupiter, with Zhi Gong and his puppet Wang Qian by his side.

Wang Ping was not in the mood to see them at the moment, so he ignored them. After drinking a cup of tea and calming himself down, he sent his puppet to pick up the people.

Perhaps because they had been waiting for a long time, Zi Luan, Zhi Gong, and the puppet king Qian were all particularly careful. Zi Luan led the person to the table, bowed, and then took his leave with a humble expression.

"Not bad, the Underground Sect has finally gained a fourth-realm cultivator."

Wang Ping's gaze swept over Wang Qian, and finally looked at Zhi Gong, saying, "You did very well. Your Earth Cave Sect still has one fourth-realm spot. What do you plan to do with it?"

This means he acknowledges Wang Qian's legitimacy.

Zhi Gong visibly breathed a sigh of relief, then bowed his head and reported, "Reporting to True Lord, our Earth Cave Sect plans to use the earth spirit within Liu Yun's body to cultivate another fourth-realm cultivator."

Wang Ping nodded calmly, "Very good, do it your way. Also, your speed in establishing ecological zones in outer space is too slow. As cultivators of the Underground Gate, this should not be happening."

Upon hearing this, Zhi Gong looked troubled. Since Di Wen Zhenjun had not yet awakened, she dared not overexploit the asteroids around Saturn. She could only barely maintain an asteroid ecosystem with tens of millions of people as the headquarters of the Earth Cave Gate.

Wang Ping understood Zhi Gong's predicament and thought for a moment before saying, "The development of the starry sky around Zhongzhou Star is currently only a drop in the ocean. You take the disciples of the Earth Cave Sect to designate a star field to build an ecological zone. If there are any problems, you can contact Zi Luan directly, and he will help you solve them."

Upon hearing this, Zhi Gong's expression brightened with joy, and he immediately clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, saying, "Thank you, True Lord." (End of Chapter)