Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

Chen Jie was very surprised to hear the term "Incense Emperor" for the first time, so he looked at Shennong and asked.

Shennong looked at Chen Jiedao and said, "Since you have integrated with the laws of this world and entered the realm of terrestrial immortals, you should know that the power of the rules of this world is where your terrestrial immortals are powerful. And the Incense Emperor is to let you completely master the power of this world."

"To put it simply, you can think of the Lesser Thousand Worlds as an unparalleled magical treasure. You've read extensively, so you should know about the ancient Investiture of the Gods, right?"

Shennong looked at Chen Jie, who said, "I know some things from hearsay, but not everything I know is necessarily true."

Shennong said, "The books of later generations will certainly have discrepancies, and this event did not happen in this small world, but do you know anyone in it?"

Chen Jie looked at Shennong and asked, "May I ask who you are referring to, senior?"

"Zhao Gongming, the senior disciple of the outer sect of the Jie Sect?"

Shennong spoke, and Chen Jie nodded. Then Shennong said, "It's good that you know. Do you know what his magic weapon is?"

Chen Jie was taken aback and asked, "Twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls?"

Shennong said, "It is said that each bead can transform into a world. After Dipankara of the West seized this treasure, he used it to transform the twenty-four heavens of Buddhism and attained sainthood."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Shennong and said, "Senior, are you saying that this world is similar to those twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls?"

Shennong said, "No, no, this world is much more advanced than those twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls. This world evolved naturally, and its main body should be no weaker than any of those twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls. However, this world has evolved a powerful civilization, which has elevated this world to a higher level."

"It is already more powerful than any of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearls. It is precisely because of its power that those self-proclaimed immortals outside, although envious, cannot take action. Only those born in this world have the opportunity to completely control this world."

"The method is the Incense Emperor. When all the humans in this world go to the temple to worship you, the power of your incense will merge with the laws of the world. At that time, you can merge with the Heavenly Dao of this world and become the true ruler of this world."

"And at that time, you will be able to visit the vast immortal realm."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Shennong and said, "To become the true ruler of this world?"

Shennong said, "Yes, the true ruler, at that time you will be like the master of this world, and this world will be like a magic weapon in your hands."

"Using the world as a magic weapon?"

Chen Jie looked at Shennong in shock. Shennong looked at Chen Jie and said, "That's right. However, the power of the world is very strong. It may not be easy for you to completely master it. But even if you only master one-thousandth of its power, you can become a hegemon in the Upper Realm."

Chen Jie looked at Shennong in shock and said, "So strong?"

Shennong chuckled and said, "Hehe, never underestimate the power of a world. No matter how weak a world is, no one below the Great Luo Golden Immortal level can shake it."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Shennong and asked, "Senior, do you think this world is the legendary primordial continent?"

Shennong chuckled upon hearing this and said, "The Primordial Continent, hehe, why don't you ascend there and find out?"

"However, if you can truly become the Incense Emperor, you will be qualified to enter the Primordial World. Also, let me tell you, worlds can be upgraded. If you really become the Incense Emperor and ascend to the Upper Realm, you must also find a way to develop your world. The stronger the overall strength of your world, the stronger you will be. If you can develop your world into something like the Primordial Continent, you can become a figure like the Dao Ancestor."

"Daozu Hongjun?"

Chen Jie was shocked. Shennong smiled, waved his hand, and Chen Jie disappeared from this world. At this moment, Shennong said, "Young man, I hope we can meet again. By then, you should have grown into a peak existence among all realms."

Chen Jie was sent flying uncontrollably by Shennong's fan.

When Chen Jie opened his eyes again, he was already outside the Fire Cloud Cave, and the Fire Cloud Cave had disappeared. At this moment, inside the Fire Cloud Cave...

A mocking voice rang out: "Lieshan, you're really good at lying. Dao Ancestor? How difficult would it be for this kid to upgrade this Lesser Thousand World into the Primordial World? It's like an ant trying to swallow the sun."

Shennong then said, "Hehe, why not? The world is like a seed, and it has a chance to grow into whatever it wants. If this kid really proves himself, who can say for sure?"

"In short, where there is hope, there is opportunity."

Upon hearing this, a majestic voice rang out: "Alright, we don't have much energy left in this world, it's time to leave."

After these words were spoken, the Fire Cloud Cave fell completely silent.

Chen Jie slowly opened his eyes outside. The Western King stood aside, not daring to disturb him in the slightest. After a long while, the Western King asked, "Have you seen the Human Emperor?"

Chen Jie nodded slightly and said, "I saw Shennong, the Human Emperor."

The Western King said, "You are indeed the chosen one. Does the Human Emperor have any instructions for our Immortal Clan?"

Chen Jie was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He thought to himself, "The Shennong Emperor was talking to me about such important things as turning the world into his magic weapon. How could they have time to care about the life and death of you so-called immortals? They might even have forgotten that such a group of people even exists."

However, this matter can be used to our advantage.

Chen Jie thought for a moment and said to the Western King, "Shennong, the Human Emperor, said that the Immortal Clan has made meritorious contributions in protecting the Human Clan and should be rewarded, but they do not care about worldly things, so they entrusted me to manage them on their behalf."

Upon hearing this, the Western King was taken aback and looked at Chen Jie. After a moment, the Western King slowly knelt on the ground and said, "The Emperor has decreed that we shall obey."

Chen Jie looked at the King of the West and said, "Why are you kneeling before me?"

The Western King said, "Since you have gained the approval of the Shennong Emperor, you are the new Emperor. We, the immortals, are the most loyal subordinates of the Emperor. We will resolutely carry out the Emperor's orders."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie nodded slightly and said, "Alright, since that's the case, then I won't stand on ceremony."

Chen Jie looked at the Western King and said, "The entire Immortal Clan obeys the command of the Human Emperor."

Chen Jie looked at the Western King and said, "Well, let Heng Qing come over too. He is a minor immortal of the Immortal Clan. Also, let's call Li Fang of the Jiuli Clan over so we can all discuss this matter together."

"Yes."

The Western King immediately agreed. Looking at the Western King's submissive appearance, Chen Jie wanted to say, "I still prefer your unruly self."

The Western King quickly summoned Heng Qing and Li Fang. Li Fang had clearly been crying; the death of the Great Elder Li Dao had been a great blow to him. Chen Jie patted him on the shoulder and said, "Please accept my condolences. The Great Elder died for the glory of the Jiuli tribe. It was an honor." Li Fang nodded.

At this moment, Chen Jie said, "The Western King has already told you, right? The Shennong Emperor has entrusted me with the responsibility of leading you, so I would like to hear your thoughts. What kind of help do you want, and what are your plans for the future?"

Upon hearing this, no one knew what to say. The Western King clasped his hands and said, "I will follow the Emperor's arrangements."

Chen Jie said, "You must have heard about the outside world. I have defeated the Great Qian and will soon establish a new country."

"Now I'm giving you two choices. The first is to continue guarding this fairyland, passing it down through generations. If you need any supplies, as long as they're not too excessive, I can provide them to you. After all, I've been entrusted by the Shennong Emperor, and I can't just stand by and watch you go."

"Secondly, if you want to try to integrate into a new world, I can give you an opportunity. I can establish a Dragon Guard Clan in the imperial court, and you can serve in the Dragon Guard Clan to protect my lineage of the Human Emperor. The treatment and benefits will definitely be the best."

"So you can choose for yourselves what you want."

After hearing Chen Jie's words, everyone fell silent. After a long while, Li Fang said, "I will go out and serve as your bodyguard."

"I'm going out too."

Heng Qing also said, and upon hearing this, the Western King said, "Your Majesty, how about this: we leave some people in the Immortal Realm to guard the Emperor's forbidden area, and send some others to follow the Emperor and protect him."

After listening to this, Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "That's also acceptable."

The Western King said, “Since that’s the case, then so be it. I will stay in the Immortal Realm, and Heng Qing and Li Fang will select one hundred clansmen at or above the Long Rainbow Realm to follow the Human Emperor and serve as the Dragon Guardian Clan, guarding the Imperial City for generations to come.”

After speaking, the Western King looked at Chen Jiedao and said, "Your Majesty, although our Immortal Clan members have the strength of the Core Formation Realm upon reaching adulthood, there are only so many elites in the Rainbow Realm. If we take them all away, every twenty years, if a new member of our clan enters the Rainbow Realm, I will send him to the Imperial City to replace an elder and continue to train him. Is that alright?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at the Western King and said, "Agreed."

The Western King said, "Furthermore, the Human Emperor should take the three divine artifacts. These artifacts can only be used to their fullest potential when they are in the hands of the Human Emperor."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "I will take the Xuanyuan Sword and Shennong Staff with me, and leave the Tiger Soul Blade for the Western King to use. After all, the Immortal Realm needs sufficient power to protect it."

Upon hearing this, the Western King immediately said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chen Jie said, "In addition, I have one more small request."

The Western King looked at Chen Jie, who said, "Could you erect a statue of me in the fairyland so that future generations can admire it?"

The Western King was taken aback, then seemed to remember something and said, "Of course, of course. I will immediately order people to make a statue of the deity and place it in our square. From today onwards, on the first and fifteenth of each month, and on holidays, I will lead people to offer incense for you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "There's no need to offer incense. Just erect an image so that everyone in the immortal race knows me."

Beyond incense offerings, the most important aspect of religious practices is the inner reverence. As long as one is respected by the majority, the power of faith from the masses becomes the best nourishment for Chen Jie.

At this moment, Chen Jie had a passage of scripture in his mind, which had entered his mind when Shennong fanned him as he left.

It is called the "Great Path of Incense Offering".

It mainly discusses how to erect idols and absorb the power of faith.

Chen Jie felt that this should be combined with public opinion and textbook education, just like what is taught in schools, so that everyone knows that they can live a good life today because of themselves. Only in this way can everyone truly respect them.

Only then can one truly worship oneself as a god.

After giving the Western King some more instructions, Chen Jie stayed in this fairyland for three days before taking Heng Qing and Li Fang to Dadu.

Chen Jie planned to establish a capital city based in Dadu.

Chen Jie returned to Dadu, and all the civil and military officials immediately sought him out to report on the progress of the capital's construction.

After numerous discussions among the court officials, Chen Jie finally made the final decision to rebuild the capital on the basis of Qian Dadu, which was then called Shangjing.

At the same time, Huangzhou Prefecture was expanded and built into a secondary capital. Chen Jie even renamed the secondary capital Wuhan, meaning "Great Han"!
This is the dual-capital system established by Chen Jie. In addition, Chen Jie made modifications to the political system, changing the previous Three Departments and Six Ministries system into the Cabinet Central System.

The cabinet consisted of officials selected by Chen Jie, whose main tasks were to advise the emperor and draft administrative orders.

It was essentially Chen Jie's private secretariat, responsible for helping the emperor handle complex official documents.

In addition, the imperial court set up more than a dozen departments.

This included the Ministry of Personnel, which was in charge of the internal assessment of officials throughout the country. Its head was a second-rank official.

In addition to the Ministry of Personnel, there was also the Ministry of Revenue: the Ministry of Revenue was in charge of collecting taxes and grain throughout the country, as well as managing the banking system that Chen Jie was preparing to implement. The Minister of Revenue was a second-rank official who also served as the head of tax collection and the head of the bank.

The Ministry of Rites was responsible for national sacrifices and managing the national imperial examinations. Chen Jie entrusted this important position with great responsibility. Chen Jie had to find a trustworthy person whose main task was to promote Chen Jie's idol plan and carry out national political propaganda.

In addition, there is the Ministry of War, which can be said to be the most important department in the country. In theory, it is responsible for managing all the troops in the country. However, Chen Jie established this department mainly to manage the logistics of the national army. As for the troops, Chen Jie has other management plans.

Then there was the Ministry of Justice, which Chen Jie divided into two parts: the Ministry of Public Security, responsible for maintaining order throughout the country, and the Court of Judicial Review, responsible for handling and sentencing cases. Therefore, two ministerial positions were established.

Then there was the Ministry of Works, which was in charge of national engineering construction and water conservancy projects.

In addition to these, Chen Jie also added the Ministry of Commerce, which would be in charge of trade worldwide.

The Ministry of Supervision, the Academy of Sciences, the Medical Department, and many other departments suddenly had a large number of ministerial positions, which made all the civil and military officials in the court very envious.

In order to find out the final destination of these positions, a group of people inquired about the news every day. When Chen Jie found out, he immediately summoned all the civil and military officials to prepare for a meeting and began to arrange these positions for the first time.

After all, once the world was under their control, the next step would be to reward those who had contributed, and a group of people eagerly awaited the outcome.

On this day, everyone received news that the reward ceremony would be held in the imperial court's main conference room. The entire court was filled with excitement; wasn't this the day they had been waiting for? (End of Chapter)