As Xu Shi left the Heavenly Court, she saw an envoy from the Great Talisman City arriving. She glanced at them and guessed why they arrived a few hours later instead of immediately.
She no longer paid attention to them, and with a step, she returned to the Academy's Domains. She sensed countless eyes watching her from the shadows.
Xu Shi sensed something and headed to a meeting full of people waiting.
"Headmaster," saluted everyone by standing up.
Xu Shi nodded before taking her position in the main seat.
"How did it go?" asked someone.
"Fine. I got what I wanted," she replied calmly, making everyone sigh in relief. A few people were previously unhappy with the fact she chose to prove the Dao in another world. After all, this meant they would not receive the luck and destiny for cultivating the ninth Emperor.
However, after seeing the monstrous battle between Wang Wei and Di Tian, after learning of the current political landscape of the world with the appearance of the Heavenly Court, they were more than excited to have an Eternal Emperor shielding them.
So, they guessed the headmaster wanted a way to revive Lin Fan, making people excited for myriad reasons.
Firstly, they feared Lin Fan would become a flaw in the current headmaster's Dao Heart. Their worries were not without basis, as Xu Shi's Dao Heart was not perfect because of Lin Fan.
Luckily, his death was currently an obsession and did not affect her process of proving the Dao.
Secondly, Lin Fan is a very talented individual. The Academy hopes to one day cultivate him into a Heavenly Emperor.
"Did you ask him abouta??"
"It's not the right time," said Xu Shi. "We have to wait a while before bringing it up."
"That's fine."
"Let's discuss how to deal with the Conferred God List. Any ideas?"
asked Xu Shi.
"Can we see the list?" Xu Shi sent them information about what happened in the court, but many people wanted more information.
So, she waved her hand to make copies of the list, ensuring everyone had one.
As such, every teacher of the Academy, from the highest Insurgent to the weakest Void Shattering Realm, began discussing how to proceed with the list.
"The God of Space is the position with the highest value,"
commented one of the teachers. "Battles occur every day, so Heavenly Dao has to constantly use World Source to heal the space."
"Could we permanently reinforce the space? With this method, even Quasi-Emperors could not break the space while battling?"
This was a good question, but no one had an answer. The position of god seemed to be just an energy source, so do they have the power to modify the rules to a certain extent?
Everyone looked at Xu Shi for answers, making her pause for a moment.
"Yes," she replied after realizing the power of the Gods like her directly canonized by the Heavenly Emperor. "However, the Space God Position has some rules or restrictions."
"Oh, can you elaborate?"
"You can strengthen the space, but you have to ensure that Void Shattering Realm and Heaven Tier Artifacts can still teleport."
"So, no restrictions on other teleportation methods but only during battle?"
"That would be difficult and require some understanding of Space Law."
Everyone pondered for a moment before realizing it should not be a problem for their headmaster to do such a thing.
"The real question is whether it's worth strengthening the space or continue using the current system?"
"What do you mean?"
"With the Heavenly Court present, wouldn't the battle reach the lowest level in history?"
Yes, with the court above their head, most cultivators will restrain themselves. As time passes, the situation will aggravate as the Heavenly Emperors become more and more powerful.
"In the early stages, low-level battles will indeed drastically decrease. However, Immortal Tier Battles will become more common in the next few thousand years," added Xu Shi.
"That's probably why we are given so little time to choose the positionsa??to ensure the battle is condensed into a short period,"
commented former Headmaster Song.
"In that case, let's label the Space God Position as currently most valuable but not the one with the most potential."
"This position should go to the Earth God Position."
The territory of the Southern Continent is vast, so a large quantity of World Source is needed for operation. The Earth God Position will also interact with the Metal God Position when dealing with the ore veins underneath the earth, and the Fire God Position will be in charge of things like volcanoes.
Finally, Earth Qi is probably the most abundant energy out of the five elements.
"The Water God Position should be the most valuable for the Sea Area. But for us, not so much."
"We can divide the Water God Position into God of Rain, God of River, God of Lake, and even God of Cloud."
"The Fire God Position is very valuable in the Southern Continent.
We could use it to ensure more Spiritual Flames appeared in the south."
"Yes, these professions will love us. Better yet, we can use it as a promise to reduce their animosity toward us controlling the south."
The people nodded in satisfaction with how flexible this system was. Suddenly, someone raised another issue:
"How to deal with the problem of weakened strength?"
The God Position requires an individual to take on Heavenly Dao's job. As such, part of their strength will always be reserved for their God Position; in other words, all the Gods in the list will always be in a weakened state as part of the strength serves the working operation of the world.
During a conflict, such a reservation could be dangerous.
"Could we remove our position while engaging in battle?" asked one teacher.
"No, that's not allowed," replied Xu Shi, making everyone frown.
"Could this be the Heavenly Emperor's plot to weaken everybody?"
"You're thinking too much," replied Xu Shi. "The solution to this problem is simplea??use an artifact that can temporarily replace you when needed."
Indeed, that was a good solution. They could just create a God Artifact to store their strength and take over the burden for them when needed.
"I reckon if the Heavenly Emperor wishes, people with God Positions could use the court's Luck to boost their strength."
"That's true. Since these Fortune Dynasties can do it, the court should also have this ability."
"The question is whether he will?"
"We'll wait for the future to know."
"I found a very important position," said Daoist Everchanging.
"Which one?"
"God of Fertility," he replied. "Mortals take about 90% of the world's population, so the World Source needed to ensure the new life is brought into the world is astronomical."
"I think we have been looking at this thing from the wrong perspective," suddenly added another teacher.
"What do you mean?"
"I think we should also focus on God's Positions that affect mortals."
Everyone took a moment to process these words and realized this person was correct, so they discussed positions that have an effect on mortals and how to either distribute them or create special positions.
"God of Harvest would be popular with them."
"We could also have a God of Season; the weather has great effects on mortals."
The discussion continued until someone changed the subject: "Something has been bothering me," asked Former Headmaster Song, making everybody focus on him.
"The Heavenly Emperor should also be sharing Heavenly Dao's burden. So, which positions is he taking?"
That was an excellent question. They did not think the Heavenly Emperor would not participate after knowing the benefit. On the contrary, they guessed he controlled the best positions.
"Your question is easy to answer," said Xu Shi. "Creation, Fate, Heaven, Life and Death, and even Time."
"Many things need to be created every day between Heaven and Earth," said Daoist Everchanging.
"The fate of all mortals and even cultivators must operate without issues, including our destiny and luck.
"Heaven should involve the Order and Disorder of the world. I'm guessing the core concept of the Conferred God List involves Order and Disorder Dao."
"All life must eventually die, and creatures must be born to ensure the operation and development of the world," added another Insurgent.
"Time is a link that connects all these other things."
"He might be even more powerful if you take into account his Dao."
"You're talking about Karma and Yin and Yang?"
"Yes, he should control these positions as well."
"No wonder only a First Class Emperor can sit in that position."
Heavenly Dao is on par with the Second Class Emperor. As such, if a Second Class Emperor took the position of Heavenly Emperor, they would be paralyzed as more than half of their strength would be held hostage to replace the World Source needed for the world to function.
The worst part is this statistic is only because other people already have their positions, so they shared a great burden for the Emperor.
If they all resigned, forcing the Second-Class Great Emperor to bear everything themselves, they might immediately collapse under the weight.
"I am so envious of the Heavenly Emperor. I can imagine how many merits he will receive in the future and how strong he will become."
"Is there a chance he would give us the Time God Position?"
Everyone looked at Xu Shi with strange eyes. She immediately knew what they were thinking. They wished for her to use her beauty to entrap the Heavenly Emperor and get the Time God Position.
Snort!
A terrifying aura emanated from her body, scaring the people with these thoughts, reminding them that an Eternal Emperor stood before them.
'I need to display my strength and instill awe into these people.
Otherwise, something similar might happen again,' thought Xu Shi with squinted eyes.
The discussions continued; however, they could not immediately come up with a final decision. After all, such a thing involved the benefit of many people.
So, Xu Shi told them to stop and continue another time.
Furthermore, she had something else in mind to discuss.
"I think I know what the next meeting is about."
Everybody looked at her, their eyes asking if she was serious. Xu Shi did not let them wait long as she waved her hand to manifest an image and explain her deduction.
"If that is true, we can prepare in advance so we can get more benefits."
"It's a shame time is too tight."
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