Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

Song Xuan: "Oh, how many did you eat?"

Victoria Song: "Not a single one, I can only stand aside and watch from a distance.

This was the second Peach Festival after the establishment of the New Heavenly Court. All the great gods of the prehistoric world were invited, and all high-ranking immortal officials of the Heavenly Court were eligible to attend. In addition, most of the Thirty-Three Heavens also sent people to attend the banquet.

Grandpa Yue Lao was barely qualified to be seated at the table, but I, Lord Song Luotian, could only be a servant serving tea and water, and in the end, I didn’t even get a cup of tea!

Alas, when I was eighteen that year, I stood like an ant at the Peach Festival... Brother, I have decided that I will attend the next Peach Festival!

I swear, next time, no one else can sit at the table until I get to it!"

Song Xuan: "Well, so ambitious Song Xiaoqian, shouldn't you work hard on your cultivation?"

Victoria Song: "Practice, you must practice! After playing for two years, I will start to retreat!"

It can be seen that Song Qian really has no interest in cultivation. If she had devoted even a fraction of her attention from alchemy or painting to cultivation, she would probably have gone through her third calamity by now.

But she didn't want to, and Song Xuan didn't force her. The progress of the Heavenly Dao Spirit's cultivation was determined by God, and it was not something he could decide.

Victoria Song: "By the way, brother, at this Peach Festival, besides eating, drinking and having fun, the immortals also discussed something."

"Oh? What did you discuss?"

Song Xuan's heart tightened. Could it be that they were discussing the matter of deification so soon?

Victoria Song: "It is said that the Emperor of Heaven wants to set up a special organization outside the existing Heavenly Court system. This organization is similar to our original Xuanyi Guard. Let me put it this way, brother, do you understand?"

Song Xuan's eyes lit up, "The Heavenly Court is going to set up an independent spy agency?"

Victoria Song: "It is said that this is the intention. It has been more than 100,000 years since the end of the Lich Tribulation. In today's prehistoric world, the human race continues to multiply, and the number of prehistoric races is gradually recovering. According to the Emperor of Heaven, the current system of immortal officials in the Heavenly Court has difficulty in controlling the prehistoric world.

Brother, you also know that the basic immortal official in heaven is the land god. Most of the first-hand information about the disturbances in the ancient times comes from the reports of the land god.

The land god usually reports to the city god, who then classifies and organizes the information and reports it to heaven and the underworld.

Not to mention the underworld, the information reported to the Heavenly Court will be gathered to the Second-Rank Forgiving Earth Official of Zhongyuan, that is, the office of Emperor Qingxu. After Emperor Qingxu handles it, if he cannot make up his mind, he will report it to the First-Rank Blessing Heaven Official of Shangyuan, the Zhongtian Beiji Ziwei Emperor!

Generally speaking, when things reach Emperor Ziwei, they are basically over. The prehistoric world is relatively peaceful now, and there are no major incidents. There is no need for the Emperor of Heaven to come forward to resolve the affairs of the prehistoric world!

Oh, and I'd like to add that the Emperor Ziwei is not from the Jade Emperor Heaven, but from the Taixuan Heaven. Brother, do you understand what I mean?"

"I see!"

Song Xuan nodded in understanding. It was obvious that there were constant power struggles within the Heavenly Court. Although the Jade Emperor had built the framework of the Heavenly Court, many high-ranking immortal officials within the Heavenly Court came from other heavens, and there was a conflict between their authority and that of the Emperor of Heaven.

The Heavenly Court is not just the Heavenly Court of the Emperor of Heaven, but also the Heavenly Court jointly recognized by the thirty-three heavens. The existing system framework of immortal officials obviously has a great restraint on the power of the Emperor of Heaven.

With his power limited, it is understandable that the Emperor of Heaven wanted to find another way and establish a new department under his independent control.

Victoria Song: "The new department that the Emperor of Heaven intends to establish is called the Palace of Justice. It will have the power to enforce the law independently and make decisions without prior approval. It will only be accountable to the Emperor of Heaven and will not be subject to the control of any other department in Heaven!"

Song Xuan was silent for a moment, then asked, "Can the powerful men of the Thirty-Three Heavens agree to this extremely powerful spy agency?"

Victoria Song: "I definitely don't agree. Who wants to have multiple people monitoring them at any time?

But I guess that the Emperor of Heaven is, after all, the nominal supreme authority in the Thirty-three Heavens, the Primordial World, and the Underworld. Now that he has spoken, all forces must treat it with caution.

The rest is nothing more than negotiation and compromise, with the Emperor of Heaven appropriately giving up some of his interests so that the Hall of Justice can be successfully established.

As for when we need to discuss this, I can’t estimate for sure, but I think the establishment of the Palace of Justice is only a matter of time!"

Song Xuan nodded, pondering in his heart, thinking about what impact this heavenly secret service agency similar to the Xuanyiwei of the Great Zhou Dynasty would have on him after its establishment.

After a rough calculation, he felt that the impact was quite significant.

First of all, it would be difficult to be as free as I am now.

Ever since he took the position of Land God, the immortal officials above him have been letting him do what he wants. As long as you, Song Xuan, are still the Land God in Lingxi County, just don't leave this position vacant. It doesn't matter whether you are lazy or diligent in your job.

For so long, not even a fairy official from Heaven came to ask about his work situation. This shows how relaxed the working atmosphere is in Heaven nowadays.

Everyone is here to live a comfortable life and collect some salary and benefits from heaven. Is it necessary to risk one's life for work?

However, after the establishment of the Palace of Justice, in order to strengthen his control over the prehistoric world and enhance his own authority as the Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of Heaven must conduct large-scale supervision of the immortal officials in the Heavenly Court, especially the grassroots immortal officials on the prehistoric continent.

For example, how much incense has been collected, how many monsters that harm the world have been eliminated, and whether there are any omissions in the statistics of living beings in the jurisdiction...all of these fall within the scope of supervision.

It would probably be difficult for Song Xuan, the land lord, to continue to live a leisurely life in seclusion as a king.

"Ugh..."

Lord Song sighed. This time the Peach Festival was held at the wrong time. If he was given another 100,000 years, he could live peacefully for another 100,000 years. After the five signs of decay of the celestial beings were over, there would be no place in the vast world where he could not go.

But unfortunately, he also knew that one hundred thousand years was unlikely. He was not sure when the Conferred God Tribulation would begin, but it would definitely not give him one hundred thousand years of peaceful cultivation!

Victoria Song: "Brother, do you have any ideas?"

Song Xuan: "What do you want to say?"

Victoria Song: "What I mean is, a secret service agency like the Palace of Justice is our main business. While it's still in its early stages, do you want to get a position there?

I know you want a stable life, but after the establishment of the Palace of Justice, I guess all the immortal officials in the Heavenly Court can no longer live a stable life.

Instead of being monitored and controlled by others, why not become the spies who monitor and control us ourselves?

Moreover, with the power of the Palace of Justice, even if you are just an ordinary God of Justice, you will probably be rich.

I think, instead of letting others take this profit, we might as well take it ourselves and use it to expand our inner world!

Am I right? "

Chapter 986 No, this is Lingxi Land God Temple?

Song Xuan did not give a direct response to Song Qian's opinion, but asked her to pay more attention to the affairs of the Hall of Justice.

Victoria Song: "A privileged institution like the Judicial Hall, which is superior to the existing structure of the Heavenly Court, is not so easy to establish. The subsequent negotiations and division of interests will probably take a long time.

Maybe by the time the Palace of Justice is established, we will have survived the third disaster.

Wouldn't it be great to just get a management position then?"

Song Xuan also laughed. What's more, with Song Qian's training speed, as long as she is serious, she might be able to survive the third calamity before the establishment of the Hall of Justice.

The five declines of celestial beings, the first three declines correspond to the physical body, magic power and the soul respectively. For a perfect celestial being with perfect essence, energy and spirit, these first three declines are not too difficult to overcome as long as they are fully prepared.

What is really difficult is the subsequent decline of lifespan and the final decline of spiritual heart.

According to the records of the Xuantian Creation Sutra, when the catastrophe of life decline comes, a long river of time may appear, washing away the life span of the person who is going through the catastrophe. One breath of time is one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred years, and a person can be turned into ashes in a matter of minutes.

After pondering for a while, Song Xuan decided that once the Heavenly Court Judicial Hall was established, he would have to find a way to join it.

From the Xuanyi Guard of the Great Zhou Dynasty to the Daosong Imperial City Division later, Song Xuan can be said to have grown up in the secret service agency. As the head of the secret service, he knew too well the importance of this privileged agency.

To put it simply, the most indispensable thing on the path of cultivation is resources, and what privileged institutions have the most, or what is easiest to obtain, is resources!

With Song Xuan's current financial situation, it shouldn't be a problem for him to survive the third calamity of the gods and men.

However, if they want to prepare for the fourth decline in their lifespan, the immortal stones obtained from selling elixirs from Lingxi Sect will not be enough.

Because according to the records of Xuantian Creation Sutra, in order to survive the decline of lifespan, one needs to evolve the inner world into a complete universe, and use the lifespan of the universe to hedge against the long river of time!

Otherwise, it would be impossible to successfully overcome the tribulation!

The resources needed to build and perfect a complete universe are simply unimaginable.

You must know that Song Xuan’s inner world today can only be regarded as a larger galaxy, and the complete universe contains countless galaxies.

Without massive resources invested in nourishing the inner world, relying solely on seclusion to absorb the immortal energy in the immortal stone to practice would take too long.

Song Xuan has only lived for 200 years since he started practicing cultivation. However, he has to stay in seclusion for at least 10,000 years just to avoid a catastrophe that shortens his lifespan. This is too low a cost-effectiveness.

For him, who clearly knew that there would be a catastrophe of the Conferred Gods in the future, he would not allow himself to waste time like this!

Opening his eyes, Song Xuan quietly looked at Lian Xing who was consolidating her own realm.

"Brother-in-law, what's wrong?"

Song Xuan smiled slightly, "Nothing, just some emotion. The road to the great Dao, after all, is still inevitable to fight!"

Resources don’t come for free. If you don’t fight for them, will they come to you automatically?

Lian Xing felt the same way and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, if I hadn't fought for it, how could I have the position of Second Madam now?"

Song Xuan clicked his tongue and casually hugged her in his arms, "Come, let me check you out. You've made a breakthrough in strength. Can you withstand several of my attacks?"

Lian Xing: "Brother-in-law, don't..."

...

Thirty years later, Song Xuan opened his eyes from seclusion.

After passing the second calamity of decline of the gods, when practicing, simply absorbing the immortal energy of the ancient world is far from enough, and a large amount of immortal stones are needed to absorb it.

He has almost used up all the immortal stones that Lingxi Sect has offered to him over the years, and it has only reduced the area of ​​his inner world from a larger galaxy to a medium-sized star field.

Theoretically speaking, once the inner world evolves into a star field, we can try to survive the third catastrophe.

Behind the primordial spirit is an inner world of the star domain as its support, as well as the innate body of a god or demon as its physical foundation to continuously provide divine power. It is very likely that the primordial spirit will survive the catastrophe of decline.

But Song Xuan has always been cautious, especially when it comes to the decline of disasters. Unless he is more than 90% sure, he would rather wait a little longer.

Taking out the communication jade talisman, he carefully looked at the messages that Victoria Song had sent him in the past two years.

It is basically certain that the Emperor of Heaven has almost finished the talks with all parties involved, and the establishment of the Palace of Justice is a foregone conclusion.

As a concession or compromise, the Thirty-three Heavens and all the forces in the prehistoric world can send people to participate in the selection of the Hall of Justice. What position they can eventually get depends entirely on their own abilities!

As an orthodox immortal official in heaven, the land god Song Xuan is also eligible to register.

In fact, as early as last month, he had already registered for the selection and assessment of the Heavenly Court's Judicial Hall through the Jade Slip of the God of Land.

Next, he just needs to wait for the assessment to begin.

Seven days later, fairy light descended over the Lingxi Land God Temple. In the light, a heavenly soldier in silver armor pressed down the clouds with some surprise, staring at the palace complex below in amazement.

"No, this is Lingxi Land God Temple?"

He was a ninth-rank heavenly soldier who was ordered to take the Lingxi land god to participate in the assessment of the Justice Hall, but as soon as he arrived, he felt that he might have taken the wrong path and was accidentally teleported to the Taoist temple of a powerful person?

Breaking into the temple of a powerful person without permission is no small matter. If the other party pursues the matter, he is just a mere ninth-rank heavenly soldier and they may not give him face.

Just as he was wondering, the sky above the palace complex suddenly became windy and cloudy. Thunderclouds began to gather in the sky, and in the clouds, a pair of eyes formed by thunder slowly opened.

The terrifying power of thunder and lightning was ready to be unleashed. The silver-armored heavenly soldier stood still and dared not move. The power of heaven was too terrifying, and it was simply beyond the ability of a heavenly soldier like him who practiced the way of ghost immortals to resist!

After a brief moment of surprise, he decisively bowed and said respectfully, "Excuse me, Senior. I'm here on the orders of Taibai Jinxing to escort the assessors from the Hall of Justice. If there are any misunderstandings, I hope you can forgive me!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the rolling thunderclouds between heaven and earth began to gradually dissipate, and the majestic eyes gathered by thunder slowly closed and disappeared into the clouds.

Under the astonished and doubtful gaze of the silver-armored heavenly soldier, a black-clothed figure walked out leisurely from the clouds, stepped into the air, and came to him in just a few steps.

The man in black glanced at him and said calmly, "Let's go!"

The silver-armored soldier was startled. "Senior, are you the Lingxi Land God here? The applicant for the assessment at the Hall of Justice?"

Song Xuan hummed, "Why, it doesn't look like that to me?"

The silver-armored celestial soldier laughed awkwardly. It was inappropriate to say they looked alike, and it was even more inappropriate to say they didn't look alike. He was extremely conflicted.

Are you sick? A being who is at least at the level of a true immortal comes here to act as a land god. It's such a waste of such powerful cultivation!

Chapter 987 The Power of Daluo!

The silver-armored heavenly soldier crushed the teleportation token in his hand, and the teleportation light enveloped him and Song Xuan.

When the light faded, Song Xuan looked around and found that the surrounding environment had completely changed.

This is a large hall. Above the hall is the sky full of stars. In the hall, at this moment, figures of people appear one after another from the teleporting light.

Obviously, these people all came to take part in the assessment of the Hall of Justice.

"Song Xuan!"

Not far away, a surprised and slightly delighted voice sounded. Song Xuan turned his head and saw a tall woman wearing a Taoist robe and her hair in a Taoist bun, walking towards him quickly with a smile on her face.

Song Xuan blinked, feeling a little surprised. He didn't expect to meet Lu Hongyi again here.

When he first ascended to the prehistoric world, at the ascenders' residence, this fellow Daoist Lu introduced him to a lot of information about the prehistoric world. He was considered his first friend in the prehistoric world.

"Are you here to take the test too?"

Lu Hongyi was pleasantly surprised. "Didn't you go to be the land god? What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Song Xuan blinked. In fact, he wanted to say that he was very comfortable being the God of Land. If there wasn't a Palace of Justice above his head in the future, he would even want to sit on the position of God of Land forever!