Chapter 3066 Announcing to the World
Fortune Divine City.
In an ancient hall, a banquet was in progress.
In the center seat was Lin Xun, while on both sides of the hall sat a group of sages from the Ancient Wasteland Domain such as Mo Yang and Xingjia, as well as the elders of Origin Sect such as Xuan Feiling, Dugu Yong, and Fang Daoping.
Everyone was having a talk over wine. The atmosphere was light and harmonious. By the end of the banquet, they finished deciding on how to get the people in the Origin World settled in. Fortune Divine City was no different from a small world, so there was more than enough space for everyone.
The one thing that demanded attention was the problem that came with the sudden increase in population. Rules and order needed to be established, or else conflicts were bound to arise.
Lin Xun had delegated all of this to Mo Yang, Xuan Feiling, and the others, so he now only had one task: to remodel Fortune Divine City! Not only was an expansion necessary, but new pocket spaces and secret realms were also required in order to fulfill everyone’s cultivation needs.
Fortunately, Lin Xun was the city lord who was in control of its rules, and he also had no shortage of divine materials needed to transform it. In short, his notion was to make Fortune Divine City into a cultivation paradise suitable for everyone. It would be a place where they didn't have to worry about the impact of the Great Silence Unlife Calamity or the epochal calamity.
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On the same day, Lin Xun flew up and stood in the air above Fortune Divine City. He lowered his gaze and took in the city in its entire majesty. Then, he slowly raised both arms.
Rise!
He commanded with a thought.
Boom!
The law power covering Fortune Divine City suddenly rumbled and shot out billions of dazzling rays. Those at the level of Mo Yang and Xuan Feiling clearly perceived at this instant that the rules of the city had subtly undergone an astonishing change.
Previously, the cultivation base of anyone who had stepped onto the Immortal path would be suppressed to the Emperor Stage, while Eternals would be rejected and attacked by the law power of the city. Now, Law Transcendence Eternals could enter and exit the city without being subjected to this suppression!
“To be able to do this, he has to have all the fortune in the world!” Xingjia lamented, and everyone smiled knowingly. Since this was Fortune Divine City, this remark couldn't be more appropriate no matter which way one interpreted it.
Whoosh~
Right after changing the rules, Lin Xun waved his sleeve. One Divine Rank law after another swept out like a tidal wave, turning into an invisible canopy that covered the sky of Fortune Divine City.
There were a total of eight Divine Rank laws, each imprinted with a complete set of a grand dao’s enigmas. When practicing cultivation in the city’s boundary, everyone could study the mysteries in these laws and use it to improve their own dao.
It was worth noting that in the Ninth Heaven Domain, each Eternal Divine Clan only possessed one Divine Rank law at most. Now, however, this side of heaven and earth had the protection of a whole eight Divine Rank laws! One could imagine how great the benefits would be when cultivating in the city.
Upon this scene, all the Law Transcendence existences were stunned for a good moment, staring blankly as their minds tumbled in thoughts.
One of them finally chuckled. “In this world, I'm afraid no one can compete with Little Friend Lin in terms of wealth and generosity.”
The other burst into laughter. The number of Divine Rank laws that Lin Xun possessed was indeed unrivaled!
“Wushuang, you’ll be guarding this city moving forward, and those eight Divine rank laws will be under your control. Your task is to maintain order. Do not let anyone cause trouble in the city,” high in the air, Lin Xun softly instructed.
Wushuang, dressed in white and looking like an innocent young girl, nodded obediently. Her voice was clear and crisp as she replied, “Master, Shuang’er will not let you down.”
After a pause, she asked, “If...if it's your friends and family who cause trouble in the city...”
Lin Xun glanced at her. “If they don’t follow the rules that I set, that means they have a problem with me. You know how to handle such characters, right?”
Wushuang understood what he meant and smiled sweetly. “Yeah.”
Despite this and despite being a law spirit, she also knew that, sometimes, when it came to this kind of affair, reason and feelings needed to be evaluated just as much as rules. Sometimes even, the former was more important than the latter.
For example, if Lin Xun’s son caused a ruckus in the city, it definitely needed to be managed, but how to manage would be a whole art. When Wushuang encountered this situation, she probably would turn a blind eye, and even very likely lend him some help instead...
This was what they called ‘Solving the problem in inventive ways.’ Rules must be abided by, but reasons and morals must also be maintained. Wushuang wouldn’t be so dense as to fail to understand this.
“Go.” Lin Xun said.
Wushuang turned into a ray of light and shot into the canopy.
Lin Xun then continued carrying out his plan. The next step was to open up the secret realms, which was not difficult for him who had the Fangchun Secret Realm, Origin World, Spirit World, Zen World, and Shaman World.
The Origin World was for the members of the Origin Sect Ancestral Court. The Spirit World belonged to the Spirit Sect Ancestral Court.
As for the Zen World and the Shaman World, they would become the new home of the Lin, Luo, and other clans and factions.
Other than that, Lin Xun also possessed a variety of ancient divine mountains, such as those he had refined in the Ninth Heaven Domain after razing the eight Eternal Divine Clans, or the one from the Divine Ji Clan...
It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that any random divine mountain taken out of his pocket could satisfy an Eternal's cultivation needs!
Lin Xun intended to sew all of these secret realms and divine mountains into Fortune Divine City, so this was destined to be a huge and complicated project. Luckily, he didn’t lack time.
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On the third day after Lin Xun’s return, some divine forces in the Fortune Dominion sent emissaries to express their wish to surrender their Divine Rank laws. On the seventh day, emissaries from all of the divine clans each came bearing either a Divine Rank law or their clan's foundational treasures.
Lin Xun delegated this matter to Mo Yang and the others. Only after it was concluded did he know the result. Among the roughly one hundred divine clans in the Fortune Dominion, thirty-three surrendered their Divine Rank laws, and eighty-one surrendered all kinds of foundational artifacts!
This was undoubtedly a batch of priceless treasures that could drive any Eternal crazy.
Lin Xun’s response was simple: he made three announcements to the world in his name.
One, Fortune Divine City would be open to all the divine clans in the future, allowing cultivators from all over the dominion to come and do trades, cultivate, and exchange knowledge.
The purpose was so that those from the Eternal True Realm could thoroughly integrate into the vast world of the Fortune Dominion. It would be realized through covering each other's shortcoming and healthy rivalry.
One only needed to use their brains to know that everyone benefited when hundreds of epochal civilizations mingled and exchanged cultures in Fortune Divine City. It would also have a profound and long-lasting impact on people’s cultivation path.
If such a dynamic lasted, it was highly likely that the various cultivation civilizations would merge into a completely new, unified civilization! Upon hearing the first announcement, all the divine clans were stirred up, and countless cultivators found themselves looking forward to it with excitement.
“Senior Lin is using Fortune Divine City as a base to integrate all cultivation civilizations! This will benefit all future generations!”
“With this move, he's created a legacy that can last forever!”
Even the divine forces who had submitted on the surface but were secretly full of hatred were shocked. How could they not understand the significance of Lin Xun’s move?
In the past, Fortune Divine City had been the only place where all the cultivation civilizations could conduct exchanges, but only cultivators below the Eternal Stage had been allowed entry. Moreover, the rules of the city had been wielded by few topmost forces, so there had been more chaos and conflicts than beneficial exchanges.
However, it was different now that even Law Transcendence Eternals were welcomed. Furthermore, which divine force would dare to defy the rules Lin Xun had established himself?
As such, Fortune Divine City was destined to become more and more prosperous in the future. The exchanges and integration between the various epochal civilizations were destined to become more and more frequent and smooth!
That summed up the first announcement. Compared to it whose impact that would only manifest in the years to come, the second one immediately got all the divine clans in the dominion perked up.
“I, Lin Xun, promise that, in the next ten thousand years, if there are no dissenting and hostile acts from the divine clans, they will have the chance to reclaim their respective Divine rank laws and foundational treasures!”
Those were Lin Xun’s exact words.
The first moment this reached the divine clans, they were in utter disbelief. After all, it was Divine Rank laws and foundational artifacts at discussion—supreme fortunes that the vast majority of cultivators in the world could only dream of!
Who would really spit them out after eating them up? However, Lin Xun had promised to do exactly that!
Even if it was only a promise, it was already great news for all the divine clans in the dominion. Nothing felt better than finding the most precious thing that one had thought to be lost forever! After all, Divine Rank laws and foundational treasures were what allowed these clans to secure firm footholds!
“I suppose Senior Lin...is not the unreasonable sort like we have thought.”
“Let past grudges be buried. Senior Lin has forgiven our mistakes, so it isn't right for us to keep holding on to it. From now on, we will only remember his kindness. We must not again bear any hostility towards him!”
“Such breadth of mind, such nobility! How can you not respect him?”
“Alas, if we had known this, we would never have gotten carried away and offended Senior Lin!”
“A chance to retrieve our Divine Rank law in ten thousand years... Starting now, we must be on our best behavior and strive for Senior Lin’s recognition at all costs! Only then will our clan have a chance to rise and prosper again!”
For a time, all the divine clans boiled over as if they had finally seen the sun peeking through the dark clouds, a hope that their lineages would rise to prominence once more.
This announcement caused a subtle change in the attitudes of all the divine clans towards Lin Xun. It was foreseeable that with time, this incident was bound to produce deep impacts.
