Chapter 609: Guarding the Human Emperor’s Hall
“Now is the time for us to enter the stage of comprehensive exploration of the myriad heavens and worlds.”
Inside the Human Sovereign Hall, Jiang Li gathered the six commanders to discuss important matters.
Commander Liu was the first to respond: “As I mentioned before, this matter should be marked with a ceremony to announce the coordinates of the myriad heavens and worlds to all of the Nine Provinces.”
“After these days of preparation, various arrangements are almost ready.”
“How are the defense talismans and summoning talismans coming along?” Jiang Li was most concerned about this.
Because he didn’t understand the other matters anyway.
“We have enough talismans to ensure every cultivator going to other worlds gets one defense talisman and one set of summoning talismans.”
“That’s good.”
“Previously, Hall Master, you said we would discuss the matter of you presiding over the Human Sovereign Hall after your return…”
Jiang Li looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back, his expression melancholy. He seemed to be pondering some extremely important and difficult problem but couldn’t find an answer, all his thoughts turning into a long sigh: “Commander Liu, it’s not that I don’t want to preside over the Human Sovereign Hall, but right now the common people of the myriad heavens and worlds are living in deep suffering. Whenever I think of this, I feel like sitting on pins and needles. Presiding over the Human Sovereign Hall is truly asking too much of me.”
Commander Liu said sincerely: “If sitting is inconvenient for you, standing inside the Human Sovereign Hall is also acceptable.”
Jiang Li’s face twitched slightly as he organized his words: “What I mean is…”
“You want to stand guard over the Human Sovereign Hall.” Commander Liu directly finished his sentence.
Jiang Li really missed the Commander Liu who used to be so easy to fool.
How easy it was to fool the old Human Sovereign and Commander Liu back then! How did they become so shrewd after just a few hundred years?
“Brother Jiang means he won’t preside over the Human Sovereign Hall until a new Human Sovereign is selected.” Zhang Konghu, understanding his intention, explained helpfully.
Commander Huang patted Zhang Konghu’s shoulder: “Konghu, it’s rare for you to be so understanding once, don’t waste it here.”
“Alright then.”
Seeing that the Hall Master was unwilling to preside over the Human Sovereign Hall, Commander Liu had no choice. What else could he do? Could he tie the Hall Master to a chair?
Besides, there wasn’t such a sturdy rope anyway.
“I plan to name the ceremony the Myriad Worlds Exploration Festival. What does Hall Master think of this?”
“You want to create a festival?”
“This matter deserves to be commemorated with a festival.”
“Good, I agree.”
“Please have Hall Master use the communication talismans to contact the major factions.”
Commander Liu then handed a stack of invitations to the five commanders.
“These are invitations. You five should deliver these invitations according to the list to the various major factions.”
Zhang Konghu didn’t understand: “Isn’t Hall Master going to contact the major factions? Why do we still need to deliver invitations?”
“It’s about ceremonial significance.”
Zhang Konghu still felt this was unnecessary, but he always followed Commander Liu’s orders—whatever he was told to do, he would do.
The five commanders transformed into streams of light and flew off in five different directions.
Jiang Li took out the communication talismans and connected everyone to one channel.
“After I returned from the Underworld…”
Jiang Li had only spoken half a sentence when a mournful voice came through.
“…So miserable… I’m really so miserable… It’s so dark here… Someone save me…”
Bai Hongtu’s ghost-like voice echoed through the communication talisman space, making Ji Zhi’s hair stand on end.
Jiang Li had pulled people in too suddenly—he hadn’t used his Double Pupils to see the future in advance. If he had known it would be haunted, he would have definitely had Ji Kongkong attend the meeting in his place.
Without hesitation, Jiang Li stood up and used a peach wood sword, thrusting it toward Bai Hongtu’s direction: “Hah, what evil spirit dares appear? Take this!”
Bai Hongtu let out a miserable scream as Jiang Li used his authority to kick him out.
“The evil spirit has been eliminated. Now let’s discuss serious matters.”
“After returning from the Underworld, I obtained the coordinates of the myriad heavens and worlds from Houtu Huangqi, the ruler of the Underworld. I plan to make these coordinates public to the Nine Provinces. Everyone can go according to their preferences and luck.”
Everyone’s faces lit up with joy—could they finally go to other worlds to develop?
To be honest, the Nine Provinces were too competitive. Spirit Transformation stage cultivators didn’t even have the qualification to attend meetings at the Human Sovereign Hall.
If Spirit Transformation stage cultivators were placed in the starry worlds, they could at least live freely on a single star.
In ordinary cultivation worlds, establishing a thousand-year sect wouldn’t be too difficult.
As for these Unity stage cultivators, needless to say, they would directly be the strongest in other worlds.
“Ahem, attention please—this isn’t for you to travel to other worlds, nor is it for you to show off your power. Our most important task is still to unravel the schemes of the Outer Realm Demons.”
“All factions going to different worlds must write an analysis report about that world after returning to the Nine Provinces.”
Everyone’s joy remained undiminished. Compared to being able to go out and play—oh no, compared to being able to save the world—writing reports wasn’t that difficult.
“Through experimental exploration of several worlds including Ayla World, Forge Machinery World, and Ten Thousand Languages World, we’ve already proven the safety and feasibility of exploring the myriad heavens and worlds. Of course, not just any cultivator can go to different worlds.”
“After verification by me, Yu Yin, and Bai Hongtu, we believe it’s most appropriate to have at least Nascent Soul stage cultivators lead the teams. What do you all think?”
When mentioning Bai Hongtu, Jiang Li’s expression darkened.
Such a lively person—how could he just disappear without a trace, not even a shadow to be found?
“Wouldn’t the Nascent Soul stage standard be a bit too high? How about lowering it to the Core Formation stage?” Yong Huang hesitated. To ensure political stability, their imperial dynasty had suppressed civilian cultivators, resulting in not many Nascent Soul stage cultivators, though the number of Core Formation stage cultivators was still considerable.
“No, Core Formation stage cultivators’ full-power attacks can’t even shake a mountain. Their combat power is insufficient, and the possibility of encountering danger is too great.”
“Below Nascent Soul stage, neither knowledge nor cultivation level is sufficient to handle sudden changes. Nascent Soul stage cultivators are the most basic requirement.”
“I also recommend that Nascent Soul stage cultivators bring a spiritual treasure that resonates with their heart, as this can enhance combat power.”
As time passed, Nine Provinces cultivators had already achieved good coordination with spiritual treasures. Now in battles between cultivators, what’s compared isn’t just magical techniques, attack methods, and combat skills—compatibility with spiritual treasures is also an important factor.
“That’s a good idea.”
Everyone discussed for a long time and ultimately decided that to go to different worlds, there must be at least one veteran Nascent Soul stage cultivator leading the team.
“How should we travel to different worlds?”
“Brahma Tower will be responsible for teleporting everyone over.” Jiang Li pointed at Brahma Tower—this was an important means of transportation.
“Don’t worry, after my enhancement, my teleportation ability has greatly improved. I can simultaneously send several people to several different worlds.” Brahma Tower wanted to pat its chest to say no problem, but then realized it didn’t have hands. Buddha Lord Wuzhi considerately patted Brahma Tower instead.
“Speaking of Brahma Tower, there’s one more matter I need to ask of the Buddhist Sect.”
“Please speak.”
“While traveling in other worlds, I obtained a technique for establishing spatial passages. However, the spatial passages created by this technique aren’t stable enough. The Buddhist Sect is proficient in the spatial Dao, so I ask the Buddhist Sect to improve it so ordinary people can also travel through spatial passages.”
“Excellent.” Buddha Lord Wuzhi pressed his palms together.
“Since that’s settled, please send representatives in five days to come to the Human Sovereign Hall for the Myriad Worlds Exploration Festival.”
Jiang Li stood up and clapped his hands: “Meeting adjourned.”