The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

After the Wu Dynasty established itself as the legitimate ruler of the world and came to control the entire realm, it did not mean that the nine provinces were at peace.

On the contrary, the deeper turmoil intensified after Ji Chen ascended the throne.

"Your Majesty, the Duke Yansheng of Qi has repeatedly harbored rebellious troops and harbors treacherous intentions. I request that the Kong family be stripped of their first-class dukedom and their fiefdoms confiscated to observe their future conduct!"

Previously, Ji Chen issued a surrender order. After the previous Duke Yansheng died for his country and preserved his honor, the old Kong family quickly selected a new Duke Yansheng and surrendered.

That is why Ji Chen has not yet had a chance to obtain the title of nobility from the Kong family.

Similar large clans are not uncommon in such places.

Some were determined to resist to the death, while others remained ambiguous in their attitude.

However, after Ji Chen divided the Nine Provinces into Eighteen Provinces and seized the territory of the Secret Realm, the five major sects, thirty-six auxiliary sects, and one hundred and eight minor sects returned to their positions one after another, and the local situation changed drastically every day.

Moreover, in order to balance the power between sects and the imperial court, Ji Chen intentionally added two more major sects, which intensified the competition in the local areas.

When Confucianism was the dominant school of thought, powerful families relied on the accumulated fame and merit of their families to gradually seize the land and property of ordinary people. At the same time, in order to deal with the central government, powerful families in various places found ways to evade and avoid taxes.

Fan Zhongyan, a famous prime minister of the Song Dynasty, creatively established the clan land charity estate system, in which individuals handed over their personal land to their clan for management. The clan was responsible for their personal food, clothing and other necessities.

During the Ming Dynasty, in order to cope with the central government's investigations, powerful families handed over their clan farms and charitable estates to the local county government, turning them into charitable or public lands. Although it seemed like the land was being confiscated, taxes were directly waived. The only expense was to support the county school, which was a way of supporting their own family's scholars. Moreover, the actual managers of the lands were still the original members of the powerful families.

County magistrates come and go, but land managers remain constant.

Thus, we can understand why the local powerful clans launched a fierce and furious counterattack when Ji Chen replaced the scholar-officials with sectarian factions.

When the world becomes dominated by sectarian martial prowess, these powerful families lose the right to interpret the original system. Even if the family has its own trained martial arts masters, these "public lands" are very likely to be lost in their hands.

And as expected, the rise of the sect did not come as these powerful families had anticipated.

In just over a month, the "public land" has been transformed into a place where different people hold different positions.

Leveraging their official status, the sectarian forces began to aggressively seize the wealth they had long coveted from the powerful families.

The powerful families initially endured the situation, repeatedly petitioning and pleading for mercy, but the news couldn't even get out of the province or region before they finally realized the error of their ways.

This was a gluttonous feast devoured by sectarian factions against powerful families, a tacitly approved siege by all the new ruling classes.

A new broom sweeps clean, but without standing on the corpses of the former ruling class, how can sectarian authority gain widespread acceptance?

Therefore, the Zhang family of Longhu Mountain, who had been a prominent family before, and the Shaolin Temple, which had been flirting with other prominent families, all fell silent at this time, turning a blind eye and pretending not to see anything.

Dressed in a royal robe, Ji Chen straightened his posture, the twelve tassels casting dappled light and shadow.

He was fully aware of everything that happened in the area, from the initial causes to the development process.

Nothing in this world can be hidden from him.

The sect leader, who was presenting his report before the steps, felt a chill run down his spine under his gaze. It was as if he were no longer in the Wenhua Hall, but in a perilous place, being watched by a divine dragon. Such a bizarre scene almost made him feel guilty and confess his sins.

But Ji Chen spoke first:

"The Duke Yansheng's indecisiveness and lack of integrity are approved!"

Even if powerful families are wronged and rebel, so what? Haven't these powerful families done this kind of thing before?

Meat-eaters will eventually be eaten!

As if receiving some kind of signal, His Highness and his ministers all submitted memorials, all denouncing former leaders of powerful local clans.

Prime Minister Chen Xianli hesitated for a long time but remained silent.

When he proposed dividing the nine provinces into eighteen provinces with the meritorious clique, he had already offended the factional groups to the death. At this point, if he were to obstruct them from reaping the benefits they were already entitled to, it would be very damaging to the dignity of officialdom.

Without Chen Xianli's obstruction, a series of decisions to suppress local powerful clans were quickly passed in the palace.

However, just as the representatives of the various factions in the court were satisfied and preparing to leave the court, Ji Chen, who was sitting on the dragon throne like a wooden figure, finally spoke.

"To show that our dynasty is different from previous dynasties, I intend to modify the ceremonial robes of court officials and reward the various sects with rare stones for their contributions."

The courtiers were shocked, wondering what new tricks the martial emperor, known as the "Emperor Who Remains in Arrogance," had up his sleeve today.

Ji Chen began by speaking, then fell silent again, leaving the imperial edict to be announced by a junior eunuch.

Soon, a group of guards at the second stage of Qi and Blood Transformation carried numerous Yuan Qi crystal creations and stood steadily in front of the steps.

These creations, often weighing several tons, shimmered with a clear, luminous light and were sculpted into symbolic images of various sects.

Then, someone brought over the mountain gate plaques specially made from the Yuanqi crystals, and arranged them according to the sect's status.

At the same time, the attendant eunuchs, holding "ivory tablets" made of primordial energy crystals, orderly distributed them to the officials in the hall.

The people in the hall, even at the very least, were martial artists whose qi and blood had undergone a transformation, so their senses were naturally sharp.

Although they were initially captivated by the exquisite beauty of the crystal, which resembled glass, as time passed, the vibrant aura emanating from it stirred their hearts. It was as if something within them had been ignited, and a strong desire, stemming from their very life force, surged forth.

Looking at this crystal-like creation and sensing the aura of its raw materials, a thought arose with unparalleled clarity in everyone's minds—

This item is absolutely a peerless treasure that can help them leap in strength!

"Your Majesty, this..."

Some couldn't help but step forward, eager to know why these things aroused their desire and why they had never heard of them before.

"Its material is primordial stone, and the aura it exudes is primordial energy, which has the function of strengthening the foundation and cultivating the source, and enhancing martial arts..."

"I have decided that from now on, all officials of the third rank and above in the court will receive thirty yuanshi as their monthly salary."

"Alright, I am tired. All officials, take these artifacts made of Yuan Stone and leave."

His Highness and his ministers were still full of doubts, but considering the miracles and horrors created by the martial emperor above, they had no choice but to suppress their doubts and simply assume that the new dynasty was a blessing from heaven or that a new mine had appeared.

Feeling the warmth emanating from the elephant in their arms, and the thirst in their body cells like parched land meeting dark clouds, they walked with even greater vigor as they hurried to share the spoils with the local powerful clans.

After Ji Chen returned to the harem, he used his body, which had been trained to have the ability to process information about the body, to gently care for the concubines who had been feeling empty for a long time, showering them with affection and nourishing their long-awaited emptiness.

After a fierce storm, with thunder and lightning, tornadoes and torrential rain ravaging the parking lot, Ji Chen, embracing a soft body that was full of curves on all three sides, reluctantly began a new journey.

The technology of activating and integrating information with biological applications by the Goddess of Dawn is certainly useful, but its drawbacks are equally obvious. That is, it can only activate the part of the information that is detached from the body, and Ji Chen's powerful body is not affected. He still has not found a way to satisfy both parties.

Ji Chen felt that in this situation, he should either study the Mechanic system as well, using his own biological cells and mechanical power as a foundation to build a biological computing matrix within his body, transforming himself into a biological computer, and then cultivate himself into a stream of active information, so that he could control it freely.

According to his understanding, once a certain school of mechanics reaches the seventh star, it becomes this kind of abnormal thing, transforming into a high-dimensional information flow, using information to block the world, and arbitrarily tampering with information in the information field, just like a GM in a game world, controlling values ​​and deleting data with a single thought.

These are a bit far off. Ji Chen doesn't currently have the idea of ​​becoming a science and engineering student. He prefers to create a martial arts technique that can solve this kind of predicament.

Ji Chen plans to use his wisdom to benefit himself while also opening the door to a new world for superhumans in the Federation, excluding mechanics.

but......

[...Dimensional fluctuation detected, coordinate calibration in progress...]

[An alternate dimension has been discovered. Detecting the interaction forces between timelines... Detection complete. Target status: (Entry possible)]

[...Connecting to the dimensional timeline......Connection complete!]

[This has been entered into the dimensional world archives... Please name world number 002]

Exploring new worlds is more important.