Chapter 756 - 379: Immortal Official System Conception (2)

Chapter 756: Chapter 379: Immortal Official System Conception (2)

Li Yihuo believed that not all Demons in the world were evil; some were good. Thus, once these benevolent Demons had accumulated enough merit, they could be granted titles, which would enhance their shapeshifting Abilities and other such things.

To put it another way, granting a title was like giving them official identification, signifying they were recognized by the Immortal Realm. In the future, they could even move into the various Immortal Cities to live. This would also encourage Demons and Spirit Monsters to develop in a benevolent direction.

This proposal made Cheng Zongyang’s eyes light up. He hadn’t considered this angle before and couldn’t help but ask the Ring Spirit, "Ring Spirit, with your current Abilities, can you handle the process of granting titles? This will involve your followers."

"I can," the Ring Spirit replied.

"Good. We’ll adopt this suggestion, then. You can flesh out the details," Cheng Zongyang said immediately.

"Yes."

Cheng Zongyang continued reading.

The next section detailed the timing and methods for worship, which Cheng Zongyang found similar to many folk customs from the southern regions of his homeland in his past life. These included worshiping deities on the first and fifteenth of every lunar month, as well as during various festivals and on the deities’ birthdays, which involved divine processions and grand triennial ceremonies like the Ullambana Festival.

Cheng Zongyang thought this approach was excellent as well. Integrating worship into daily life to make it a universal practice was highly appropriate.

Finally, there was a suggestion regarding the position of Immortal Official. Li Yihuo believed that power and control must be centralized in Cheng Zongyang’s hands and not be delegated carelessly. Otherwise, there would inevitably be a lack of oversight, leading to Immortal Officials abusing their public authority for personal gain.

Even if power were to be delegated, there had to be systems of checks and balances. This would guarantee the ruling status and authority of the Lord of the Immortal Realm, the master of the Realm of Ten Thousand Races!

As for the position of Immortal Official, they could reference the bureaucratic model of the Royal Family in the Martial Arts Realm, granting them corresponding Abilities rather than actual authority.

For example, Mountain Gods, River Gods, and Water Gods would be granted the Ability to manage, not the power to rule over a territory.

The extermination of Demons was the duty of Immortal Officials, to be carried out in coordination with warnings and requests for aid issued by the Divine Statues.

Another example would be the Ability to summon clouds and create rain, not the right to govern the populace or the Immortal Capital. Likewise, Abilities like inflicting lightning punishment, moving mountains, filling seas, and causing snowfall would be granted, but not administrative authority.

Through these various measures, power would be concentrated in Cheng Zongyang’s hands...

After reading through all of Li Yihuo’s proposals, Cheng Zongyang was deeply impressed. ’This man’s abilities are truly outstanding.’

It was safe to say that these suggestions solved most of the problems facing the Immortal Realm, and by extension, the entire Realm of Ten Thousand Races.

The Immortal Realm occupied only a small part of the entire Realm of Ten Thousand Races. The lands beyond it were vast and practically limitless. Therefore, granting titles like Mountain God and Water God to benevolent Demons and Spirit Monsters that had accumulated merit was an excellent idea.

As he mulled it over, Cheng Zongyang began to expand on the ideas in Li Yihuo’s manual, coming up with even more concepts and refining the details.

’It feels like I’m not just building the Immortal Realm,’ he thought, ’but a Celestial Court for the entire Realm of Ten Thousand Races.’

As for an Underworld, one didn’t exist here.

When anyone died, their Soul would be absorbed by the Ring Spirit. It served as nourishment to restore the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power and Spiritual Qi, and to strengthen the Ring Spirit itself.

As for where the Souls of newborns came from, the Ring Spirit explained that it was related to the workings of this world’s Heavenly Dao Rules. It was a process they could not interfere with, and Reincarnation did not exist.

Under this world’s Heavenly Dao Rules, death was final. Once a Divine Soul completely dissipated, that person was truly gone. There was no such thing as being reborn or transmigrating.

Cheng Zongyang didn’t bother dwelling on this point. In any case, tens of thousands of infants had been born in the Realm of Ten Thousand Races this past year, far outnumbering the deaths.

If things stabilized in the future and Souls were no longer needed as fuel, he could even create a Six Paths of Reincarnation for his own world.

It was a virtuous cycle.

Several hours later, Cheng Zongyang had finished refining Li Yihuo’s proposals and had also drafted new rules and regulations.

After reviewing everything repeatedly to ensure there were no issues, Cheng Zongyang integrated the new system of rules with his full concentration. He also added a map of the Immortal Realm and posted a crucial notice in the announcements section:

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The Realm of Ten Thousand Races is about to establish the Immortal Realm, at which point its connection to the outside world will be severed. All residents will be transferred to the Immortal Realm to continue their development. After a thirty-day countdown, outsiders will no longer be able to enter, and residents of the Realm of Ten Thousand Races will no longer be able to leave. Please make the necessary preparations.

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After pinning this notice to the top of the announcement section on the Spiritual Ability interface, Cheng Zongyang began drafting the rules for population distribution.

All unattached Loose Cultivators at the Qi Refining Realm would be directed to Lingfan City. There, they would also be granted ownership of a certain number of Spirit Fields.

In the future, they would not be prevented from moving to the larger cities, the Main Cities, or even the Immortal Capital. They were even free to build their own houses and villages in the outlying areas.

Next came the distribution of Cultivators at higher Realms, such as Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul.

When these individuals first entered the Realm of Ten Thousand Races, most had registered themselves as part of a group or faction. This was equivalent to creating a "household," "gang," "family," or "Sect."

For example, if the founder of a certain-surnamed, X-star faction from a particular city and county invited members to join, those members’ identities would be marked with their group’s affiliation.

Those with a group affiliation would be automatically funneled into the appropriate larger cities or Main Cities. Those without a group would be assigned to one of the various Immortal Cities below the Immortal Capital, based on their Cultivation level.

These affiliation markers, established at the very beginning, now greatly simplified the process of population distribution.

The specific city assignments would be random, but this system ensured there would be no conflicts over territory.

If these factions preferred not to live within an Immortal City, they were free to establish their own headquarters on a mountain outside the city; Cheng Zongyang would not stop them. The city space he allocated to these factions consisted of large compounds, with sizes varying based on the faction’s population, though none were excessively large.