Chapter 2539 - 2504: Governance: Ding

Immortal Gate election!

This is a scene taking place in the current era, utterly like child’s play, a joke really—only a green-clothed youth here, without any sense of solemnity.

Yet in the eyes of the Military Soul Group Ancient Emperor and the destiny computer and Immortal Science Ancient Emperor, it is not so.

Their constitutional logic was activated.

Layer upon layer of determinations, layer upon layer of audits unfolded; the supreme authority of the Xianmen Sect was in upheaval, the highest-grade alert and security emerged here to ensure extreme fairness and openness for this matter.

"Immortal Gate election, officially begins..."

"Connecting to Immortal Sect Citizens... one person found, continuing scan... no second person found, expanding scan range... still no registered Immortal Sect Citizen found... continuing to expand scan range, searching for individuals with Immortal Sect Citizen characteristics but without registered household records..."

"Searching..."

"Searching..."

"No additional citizens found!"

The two versions of the Central Array Spirit Computer were clearly very agitated: "Citizen Jiang Ding, please immediately execute the citizen propagation program, expand the citizen population. Female citizens can be sought from the Great Sun Ancient Emperor Secret Realm, the Financial Order Ancient Emperor Secret Realm, etc. Please immediately begin propagating the citizen population..."

"Please immediately..."

The two mechanical voices urged frantically.

Like a forced marriage, they nagged on and on, showing no sign of stopping for a long time.

"Uh..."

Jiang Ding was somewhat speechless.

A Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor being urged to get married—no one would believe it if you said it out loud.

"With the authority of an Immortal Sect Citizen, commence the election."

Jiang Ding could only say so.

This constitutional-level procedure indeed immediately overrode the incessant nagging of the two versions of the Central Array Spirit Computer and directly entered the solemn Immortal Gate election process.

"Vote successful."

"Total of one voter, turnout one hundred percent, verifying election procedure... procedure lawful."

"Election successful."

"Congratulations, Lord Jiang Ding the Participating!"

"One moment... past electoral historical information detected, overlaying... congratulations, Lord Great Sun, welcome to once again serve as the Immortal Gate Participating."

The two versions of the Central Array Spirit Computer offered congratulations.

In an instant, as the election result appeared, the sole citizen authority of the Xianmen Sect in the Endless Starry Sky skyrocketed, leaping from ordinary citizen to Participating-level authority.

"Great Sun Participating..."

Jiang Ding’s expression shifted slightly.

At this moment, many things immediately became different.

The computation power of destiny calculation and Immortal Science Ancient Emperor instantly spread over to assist him in calculating and deducing the Heavenly Dao, raising his efficiency somewhat.

The Military Soul Group Ancient Emperor did likewise, enhancing the cohesion of his Immortal Soul, and seeming to provide considerable assistance in manipulating Army Formations, especially those formed by Immortal Sect Citizens.

Combined, the two appeared to have quite an impact even on Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor–level battlefields!

By this reasoning, these two foundations must have vital roles in the Golden Era!

These civilization heavy-weapons of the Xianmen Sect, after countless ages, still aided its citizens, at every moment—ever since Yuan, always so.

"The Xianmen Sect’s sages—these are existences far stronger than the Great Sun Ancestor Master."

Jiang Ding murmured.

A nameless emotion surfaced in his heart, making him think of many people: Yuan, Cong... Wu, Yuan Deng and other generations of brilliant Xianmen figures, who together accomplished him, and accomplished the Xianmen of later ages.

If in the future the Xianmen Sect gives birth to a True God, the source will inevitably be these Immortal Sect Citizens, these Immortal Gate Governors.

"In the name of Participating, elect a Governor."

"I choose myself to serve as the contemporary Immortal Gate Governor."

Jiang Ding took a deep breath and spoke.

This is the first time; such a thing has never happened before. The Great Sun Participating has always only been the Great Sun Participating, never serving as Immortal Gate Governor. Although with his prestige this was not an issue and many citizens had long hoped for it, it had always been avoided.

The Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor had worried that once he became Immortal Gate Governor, he would be unable to place the interests of the Xianmen Sect above all else, because he needed to consider the many cultivators and countless living beings in the Endless Starry Sky—this was the choice that maximized the interests of the Great Dao.

Thinking about it now, this was also the choice that maximized the interests of the Immortal Sect Citizens.

Narrow and extreme citizen-supremacy policies have already been declared failures in history.

"Election in progress..."

The two versions of the Central Array Spirit Computer immediately began operating.

"Election passed."

"Welcome, Governor. With a one hundred percent turnout you have become the Immortal Gate Governor of this era. According to Xianmen Sect tradition, your name shall be: Ding."

"Ding, welcome. Please take your oath and fulfill the duties of Immortal Gate Governor."

The two versions of the Central Array Spirit Computer spoke together.

Jiang Ding walked through every step of the oath-taking process, becoming the current Immortal Gate Governor, even though the Xianmen Sect had only him.

Immediately afterward, he obtained control authority over the two versions of the Central Array Spirit Computer and began directing them to draw on the Starry Sky’s origin, coordinating with the Great Sun Forbidden Area to achieve maximum efficiency.

At the same time, Jiang Ding looked toward the last Supreme Great Sun Daoist Ancient Emperor to descend and awaken.

"Fellow Daoist,"

"I’m not sure how I should address you?"

Jiang Ding spoke gently.

This was not neglect, leaving the person alone and unattended.

The Divine Soul Computational Power of a Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor is enormous; the many exchanges with the two versions of the Central Array Spirit Computer seemed lengthy, yet in truth were but a moment. Only then did this Ancient Emperor barely step into the Great Sun Forbidden Area.

This Ancient Emperor had the appearance of a down-and-out, shabby old man, deeply burdened, as though with too many memories he could no longer recall, extremely plain.

"Ancestor Master, please don’t address me as Fellow Daoist—I’m not used to it."

"Call me Ku Hai."

The Ancient Emperor Ku Hai let out a bitter smile and said, "The source of my lineage is the Da Ri Ming Guang Lineage, but I did not walk the Sword Dao; I took the path of Magic Cultivation. By my era, the Da Ri Ming Guang Lineage was already withered, its inheritance missing, thus a Magic-level Daoist lineage developed. Within the Dao-line we excel at a kind of flame, called Bitter Flame..."

A seemingly ordinary wisp of flame appeared in his hand.

Jiang Ding looked closely.

This flame did indeed resemble, in some ways, the sword-light of the Great Sun Bright Light Sword Emperor, yet was vastly different. It was a flame of living beings’ emotions, a flame of the Seven Emotions, condensing the bitterness of countless living beings in the Human World into a Bitter Sea, then evaporating that Bitter Sea again and again, compressing it, until myriad bitterness formed this single blossom of flame.

This is the crystallization of Immortal Wisdom that suppresses an era at its very peak—the Ancient Emperor’s Bitter Flame!

It is a flame of living beings, an extreme flame. Once it burns, it instantly ignites the souls of all beings under heaven, and is supremely dangerous even to Emperors, making one shudder.

"Marvelous!"

"On this path, you have completely surpassed Great Sun Bright Light, let alone that weakling Mingguang Zi."

Jiang Ding exclaimed, "To the point that, on this road of emotion-as-flame, I am far inferior to you, Fellow Daoist Ku Hai. In Daoist inheritance there is first and later; those who have attained are teachers. You need not constrain yourself with such things."

"Ancestor Master..."

The Ancient Emperor Ku Hai could only give a bitter smile.

Mingguang Zi, the Great Sun Bright Light Sword Emperor—this is the source of the Daoist lineage; how could he dare not revere them?