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"Aren't there many Wild Gods with backgrounds?"

Zhou Yi's face showed confusion, considering that even the major sects with Immortal presences and dragon clans are not dared to be provoked by the Great Heng Imperial Court.

"Of course, those with backgrounds are enfeoffed by the Imperial Court, those without are expelled or executed."

Danxia Zi sighed, "Thankfully, the ancestors of our sect had the foresight to limit the Divine Enthronement to Nascent Souls. Over the past decade or so, amid all the overt and covert struggles, it has only recently become peaceful!"

The twelve major human sects, along with the Immortal Dynasties and races with Return to Void backgrounds, have carved up the Great Heng to the point of exhaustion.

Now, every officially enshrined deity of the Great Heng's mountains and rivers has a profound background, which can be said to be a gathering of major forces from the Dongsheng Divine Continent, like a powder keg about to explode.

Zhou Yi expressed his concern, "The Incense Flame Condensing Spirit and Divine Enthronement will inevitably lead to the rise and fall of the major sects. Can this cause a great calamity that might lead to the destruction of the Divine Continent?"

Having witnessed the destruction of the Nine Continents with his own eyes, Zhou Yi felt an instinctive repulsion towards the Incense Flame Condensing Spirit and Divine Enthronement techniques, seeing them as a source of ruin.

Wind starts from the tips of the tender grass, waves build from the smallest ripples.

Even if the Return to Void ancestors made an agreement to only allow the Nascent Soul juniors to compete in the Dharma, the relationship between master and disciple is akin to that of father and son. If there's a casualty, who would care about an agreement? Or if someone loses a Dharma battle, might they not tear off their masks in order to pursue their Dao?

These days, there are too many powers in Dongsheng Divine Continent with their fingers on the nuclear button, you never know who might press it!

"Junior brother, rest assured, our ancestors have already made arrangements for this matter," said Fufeng Zi.

He continued, "Our sect has given a temptation that no Return to Void Immortal could refuse, assuring that they will sit on the sidelines and will also restrain their Divinity Transformation disciples to ensure the Divine Enthronement proceeds smoothly."

The method of celestial ascension!

Zhou Yi immediately guessed, for Immortals, already at the pinnacle of the world, their cultivation and realm could advance no further, watching their lifespans slowly ebb away; only by ascending to the Immortal Realm could they move forward.

Faced with such a temptation, the rise and fall of a sect seem inconsequential!

Zhou Yi sighed, "Brother, our sect's sacrifice is too great!"

"What can be done? The Incense Flame Condensing Spirit and Divine Enthronement concern the futures of countless cultivators, a grand trend that even our mighty sect can't stop," said Fufeng Zi.

"Therefore, we can only guide the situation to our advantage, hoping that Divine Enthronement passes smoothly. Even if the sacrifice is great, we must maintain the peace of the common people, only this aligns with the fundamental doctrine of our sect!"

"The ancestor's righteousness is high; we swear to follow unto death!"

Zhou Yi bowed in the direction of Heavenly Mountain, which is also why he agreed with the Severing Heaven Sect, even if they are loudly accused of hypocrisy and sentimentalism, they genuinely protected billions of living beings.

His heart felt somewhat gleeful; it seemed the Divine Enthronement might proceed smoothly after all.

While he wouldn't claim to be the strongest amongst Nascent Souls, Zhou Yi was confident that no one could match him in Escape Techniques within the same realm!

Fufeng Zi praised, "If all those outside our doctrine were as loyally devoted as the junior brother, then our sect could suppress the world with its own power. Why then would there be a need to join hands with the Buddhists?"

The Severing Heaven Sect has over a hundred Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarchs; however, half are heterodox, bearing the sect's name without much sense of belonging.

They may follow the sect's orders on ordinary days but do not truly regard the sect as a subordinate, more akin to an alliance relationship with the Severing Heaven Sect's main branch as the Alliance Hierarch.

"That is not the case," said Danxia Zi with a teasing tone. "If they were all like him, wouldn't they all be avaricious and lascivious? Then our sect's nature would change, maybe becoming like the Heaven Severing Demons, preaching Xuanmen Orthodoxy with their mouths, but acting without any restraint!"

Fufeng Zi agreed, "Well said. Having one junior brother like that in the sect is quite enough."

"This is slander, pure slander!"
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Zhou Yi hastily defended himself, "That's just a superficial image; in reality, I'm a truthful and dependable young man..."

The two senior brothers immediately burst into laughter, filling the great hall with a joyous atmosphere.

...

Half a year later.

Zhou Yi left Qi Wu Mountain.

Although it's impossible to eliminate all sins with disciples of the Severing Heaven Sect managing the mountains and rivers, on a macro level, the lives of the people are much improved.

The weather is fine, and the crops are plentiful.

Mountain Gods and River Lords could easily make this happen, yet few in the world are willing to do so, even knowing that if they persist in goodness for a hundred years, they'd be amply rewarded.

Back in Daheng.

After touring Qingyun Mountain and consoling his subordinate deities, examining the accounts, he then attended a banquet in Yongning Prefecture.

It was time again to share the spoils. Ten years may seem long in the eyes of mortals, but it passes quickly for Nascent Soul Daoists in seclusion.

"The Wish Power Beads are thirty percent more than last time, nearly matching the number of the old days. The next profit-sharing will far exceed this. Due to the constant battles and conflicts within the bounds of Daheng, causing a number of natural and human disasters, peaceful Qingyun Mountain has become the first choice for refugees, with the population and trees nearly doubled!"

Zhou Yi put away the Wish Power Beads, over two hundred of which were of pure quality, deriving from his subjects' worship of the sacred cattle.

Along with the hundred or so from Qi Wu Mountain, he estimated it would take about three hundred years to form a human shape, cutting down the time by seventy percent.

"To grow and strengthen indeed, not only is the accumulation of resources faster, but there's also no need for personal management!"

Zhou Yi suddenly appreciated the joy of being a capitalist: just give orders, then enjoy drinking and cultivating, collecting dues once every decade—far more comfortable than personally being a Mountain God.

"Capitalists also worry about mismanagement by those below, which absolutely won't happen in the Cultivation World. The last batch that dared to deceive superiors and subordinates have already scattered to the winds!"

After half a year in Daheng spent in daily cultivation, feasting, and celebrating...

...

Heavenly Mountain.

Mystic Iron Observatory.

A light of escape descended, and Zhou Yi bowed deeply.

"Disciple pays respects to Master, I have an urgent matter regarding demon elimination to discuss!"

As he familiarized himself with Danxia Zi, he learned more details about the Iron Crown Immortal, gradually understanding his master's character, which boiled down to: hates evil as if it's a personal enemy, fiercely protective over disciples.