When I become a demon king, I want to change my department to the Taoist sect.

Chapter 909 Firewood
If it weren't for the rapid development of the [Dust Tribulation Floating World] over the past century, Tang Yuan would not have had the idea of ​​eliminating the aristocratic families.

After all, this is a system that has been passed down since the Five-Colored Divine Court and has a vitality even stronger than that of a sect.

If the widespread dissemination of the three religions still relies on the supreme power of various great supernatural beings, then the continuation of aristocratic families is almost rooted in the instincts deep within the bloodline and soul of the living beings born after birth.

Human lifespan has an end, but the continuation of bloodlines can extend this finite life into a kind of "pseudo-eternity".

After reincarnation becomes controllable, this action is given a more tangible meaning—father begets son, son carries on the father's legacy, and so on, even allowing power to circulate among only a handful of people.

Over several eras, the idea of ​​"family perpetuity" has become an unshakeable part of people's minds. Even those immortal beings who have transcended the waning of lifespan may find it difficult to break free from this constraint.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that aristocratic families have been able to survive calamities. Therefore, to completely eradicate the lingering poison of aristocratic families is almost a pipe dream.

Even if only targeting powerful clans like the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Families, it would still trigger a huge chain reaction, potentially causing an avalanche that would sweep across the entire cultivation world.

This is because the power of a sect alone is insufficient to fill the ecological niche left by the vacancies created by aristocratic families.

Although most aristocratic families practice a closed manor economy based on self-production and self-sales, their sheer size still gives them an irreplaceable influence on both the production and consumption ends of the entire Immortal Realm.

Therefore, over the past thousand years, what Tang Yuan and the Daoist sect have done is to continuously bleed the aristocratic families dry, using their power to force them to open their estates, harvest their wealth, and promote its circulation.

On the one hand, the Ling Shu Dharma Realm cultivates a new class capable of undertaking its production and consumption functions.

It wasn't until the emergence of the [Dust Tribulation Floating World] that the Mohist School returned to the Earthly Immortal Realm, thus accelerating this process.

The significance of ink techniques to the Immortal Realm goes far beyond the art of mechanical puppets; it has infused this world with a brand-new, transformative skill that can be mastered by all people!
Elixirs, magical artifacts, talismans, supernatural powers, and even cultivation techniques... This transformative wave has impacted all aspects of the cultivation world.

Thanks to the knowledge of the Ink Dao acquired in the [Dust Tribulation Floating World], a large number of independent cultivators have mastered production capabilities for the first time, breaking the previous monopoly held by a few aristocratic families and sects.

It should be noted that, apart from those chosen ones whose fortunes are blessed with continuous success, ordinary rogue cultivators struggle to even maintain their own cultivation, let alone cultivate alchemy, talisman making, weapon forging, and array formation.

Only cultivators supported by noble families and sects have the leisure to devote themselves to such "heretical paths," which means that only a very small number of people can enjoy this convenience.

Not only are prices high, but there are often no buyers even when prices are available.

This is why the elixirs from the Three Immortal Islands were able to sweep across the Immortal Realm in the past. The reason is simple: compared to the ancient methods of alchemy where alchemists relied on inspiration and intuition, taking years or even decades to complete a single batch, the Three Immortal Islands' streamlined and standardized alchemy workshops were a true game-changer.

When the alchemy workshop was first established, even with Tang Yuan's abilities, he had to refine pills day and night just to barely meet the enormous demand that had been released.

Although in the cultivation world, great cultivators are the representatives of advanced productivity, the pills refined by Tang Yuan alone are equivalent to those refined by thousands or tens of thousands of ordinary alchemists.

However, such advanced productive forces are often not fully devoted to this. In fact, the vast majority of high-ranking monks do not engage in production at all.

It's hard to imagine that a primordial spirit immortal would not go into seclusion to comprehend the Dao in order to deal with the five signs of decay in the celestial beings, but instead spend sleepless nights refining low-level pills.

This is not only because of the existence of the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man and the Great Calamity and Struggle, which force great cultivators to concentrate their energy on improving their cultivation and combat abilities.

Furthermore, the path sought by high-level cultivators and the things they need are completely different from those of low-level cultivators. They cannot obtain any help in the process of production, and even if they gain something, it is not worth it.

This is the enormous chasm that separates great cultivators from ordinary cultivators.

A similar, immense divide exists between cultivators and mortals. This leads to situations where cultivators can move mountains and fill seas, and travel throughout countless worlds, while mortals only hear of immortal traces but never see them, remaining trapped in the ancient cycle of sustenance and stagnation.

Throughout all the heavens and myriad worlds, the vast majority of them are like stagnant water.

This is one of the core contradictions that has existed since the beginning of spiritual practice.

Top-down change is unrealistic and extremely difficult to achieve.

Then the only option is to seek bottom-up change, releasing the energy of the mortals and independent cultivators who make up the vast majority of the population.

The art of ink was one of the key variables driving this change.

Through this century of development, a large number of independent cultivators have become a new group with production and consumption capabilities through the [Spiritual Pivot Dharma Realm] and the [Dust Tribulation Floating World], which are today's Dharma Realm cultivators.

What needs to be done now is to inject spiritual energy and empower them, so that cultivators in the Dharma Realm can complete the fission at the fastest speed and sweep across the entire Earthly Immortal Realm and even all the myriad realms.

The Three Immortal Islands and various sects of Taoism have painstakingly and resourcefully built the stage of the [Spiritual Pivot Dharma Realm], where everyone in the Earthly Immortal Realm has their own role.

The aristocratic families were chosen by Tang Yuan and the Daoist sect as the source of their wealth, accumulated through numerous opportunities, which was perfect for driving this transformation.

This is the reason why powerful families are destined to perish.

……

The abyss of wine is thirty thousand feet deep.

Two points of deep blue light shone from the absolute darkness.

It was an eye—or rather, a cold light emanating from some kind of device.

A dragon-shaped suit of armor, cast entirely from a metal that was neither gold nor jade and gleamed with a dark luster, slowly stretched out its body, stirring up a silent undercurrent.

Its lines combine the elegance of dragons with the coldness of machinery.

[Mysterious Dragon Abyss Armor]!
It can be said to be the pinnacle of Mohist techniques in the current Immortal Realm.

Inside the Xuanming Dragon Abyss Armor, Ao Li's lips curled into a cold smile. The armor plates on the lower jaw of the mecha dragon head opened and closed slightly, emitting a mixed sound that, despite being mechanically reconstructed, still carried the echo of a dragon's roar:
"Aren't those two primordial spirits going to make a move? If it's just you two, don't blame me for showing no mercy."

Before the words were finished, the back armor of the Dragon Abyss Armor suddenly slid open, revealing three rows of thirty-six dark blue crystal conduits. Inside the conduits, highly compressed Xuanming True Water surged as if alive.

Compared to when he wasn't wearing armor, his power was increased by more than ten times!
"Mysterious Silence!"

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a deeper "silence" spreading out from Ao Li.

Wherever the domain extends, divine senses are infinitely slowed, fluctuations in spiritual energy tend to freeze, and all things fall into a state of eternal silence.

The sword formation emitted a sharp, resonant sound, shrinking to only three feet in size, struggling to resist the erosion of the Xuanji Domain and barely managing to protect the green-robed man and his companions.

With his body completely suppressing the Three Yang Gods, the Dragon Clan's formidable strength, enhanced by the Ink Technique, was on full display!
"You mere three Yang Gods dare to stop me? Who gave you the guts!"