I Cheated While Cultivating

Chapter 427: Chapter 146: The True Realm of Fuli

Zhou Heng’s statement caused many Star Officers and Star Envoys below to start whispering amongst themselves.

Just by hearing the names of these new functions, one could roughly guess their effects, which probably could bring earth-shaking changes to the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer.

Zhou Heng looked around and continued,

“The first function, ‘information announcement,’ as the name suggests, is for making information announcements so that every Star Officer or a select group of Star Officers can receive it, facilitating the transmission of messages.

“The second point, goodwill trading, is about changing the current mechanism of goodwill, allowing it to circulate. Star Officers will not need to trade at meetings but can come to the Purple Tenuity Palace for free trade.

“The third point, ‘task publishing,’ is quite critical and will bring many changes. It differs from the current system where only high-ranking officials can interpret information and then issue tasks through the Hall of Solving Worries.

“After this authority is activated, every Star Officer will be able to publish tasks and set task rewards themselves. Of course, the rewards for tasks published personally must also be provided by oneself.”

He briefly introduced these three new functions and then paused.

Waiting for questions from the Star Officers and Star Envoys.

Any normal Star Officer or Star Envoy could see that these three new functions would definitely overturn many of the current rules and bring about huge changes.

Thus, a mere brief description would certainly not satisfy them, and there would surely be someone asking questions.

“Star Lord, I have a doubt.” Wenchang Star Officer stood up and said gravely, “This information announcement, can it be directed? For example, can it make certain people receive or not receive it?”

The rest of the Star Officers and Star Envoys also looked toward Zhou Heng, obviously concerned about this as well.

“Yes,” Zhou Heng nodded lightly, smiling, “That’s a very good question. In fact, that is a special use of the information announcement.

“This feature can be used not only to announce big news but also as a means of passing information to organization members to date. Regardless of where they are, they can communicate with organization members through this feature.”

“May I ask the Star Lord, is there a distance limit to this information announcement?” a Star Envoy asked.

“No,” Zhou Heng shook his head lightly, “The information announcement function relies on the Purple Tenuity Palace, and the essence of the Purple Tenuity Palace is extremely high, transcending the heavens, that goes without saying.

“Therefore, let alone distance limitations, even if separated by many worlds, communication and information transmission can still be facilitated through this function without any barriers.”

“Does publishing such an announcement require the expenditure of goodwill?” Wenchang Star Officer asked another question.

“Yes, it does, but it’s not much,” Zhou Heng smiled, “Each piece of information announced to an individual will consume one hundred units of goodwill.”

And from each message, he could extract thirty percent of the goodwill.

Of course, this was something he would not say.

One hundred units of goodwill per message was really not too much for some Star Officers who did a lot of goodwill tasks and were quite strong.

Even for the ordinary Star Officers and Star Envoys who didn’t have much accumulated goodwill, there were no complaints.

After all, this feature would certainly be used for important messages, not idle chatter.

Many times, sending out an important message could very well save one’s life.

This far outweighed the mere one hundred units of goodwill.

“I’d like to ask about the task publishing function,” Gou Chen stepped forward and asked, “Can any kind of task be published with this feature?

“How should the difficulty of the task correspond with the reward, and how is the completion of the task verified? Furthermore, how are the rewards actually distributed?”

“These questions are also very good,” Zhou Heng nodded slightly, smiling, “Firstly, in terms of task publishing, theoretically indeed any task can be published.

“However, each task publication also requires the payment of one hundred units of goodwill upfront, so it is not recommended to publish minor tasks. You all should have a good understanding of this.

“As for matching the difficulty of tasks and rewards, I have previously approached the Inner Seat of the Five Emperors to derive regulations based on past task conditions to regulate the difficulty and reward grading of tasks.

“There will be clear rules about task completion, and if there is any dispute, it can be reported to the Inner Seat of the Five Emperors in the Hall of Solving Worries. Regarding rewards, they will be recorded in the Star Facet Mirror, and can be claimed from the Hall of Solving Worries when convenient.”

“Very good,” Gou Chen nodded and smiled, “I have no more questions.”

Afterward, some other Star Officers and Star Envoys asked about the new features, which were generally similar. Zhou Heng patiently answered all of them.

After all, these three new functions are relevant to every member of the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer, and naturally, everyone cared about them.

At the end of the meeting, Zhou Heng first thanked all his peers for their support and then announced that more new features might be opened in the future, asking everyone to look forward to them. The meeting was concluded by the former leaders, Azure Dragon and Tianyi.

After this meeting ended, the many organization members left the Purple Tenuity Palace one after another, but Azure Dragon and Tianyi did not leave immediately.

Zhou Heng and Cheng Jianjian did the same.

…

Inside the Purple Tenuity Palace.

“Star Lord, North Star, you probably know why we asked the two of you to stay,” Tianyi said with a smile.

“Is it about that mysterious world?” Zhou Heng inquired.

“To also keep me here was unexpected,” Cheng Jianjian laughed, “I thought it would only be the Star Lord himself.”

“You are also aware of the matter, and being a high-ranking Star Officer who is closely related to the Star Lord, it’s beneficial to have more understanding,” Azure Dragon replied with a smile.

“Then I must thank the two lords,” Cheng Jianjian nodded.

“Are the two lords going to explain the situation with that mysterious world to us?” Zhou Heng asked.

Previously, when he and Cheng Jianjian had asked The Supreme and the heavenly laws for clues about the origins of the Evil God, those two Celestial Men had mentioned a very critical piece of information.

Tianyi and the Azure Dragon had once discovered a peculiar world, where the myths and legends that circulated contained many of the ancient Immortal Gods they were familiar with.

Besides these known ancient Immortal Gods, the mythology of that peculiar world also contained many Immortal Gods they had never heard of, even forming a rather complete Immortal God System.

And it was called “Heavenly Court”.

However, when Tianyi and the Azure Dragon discovered that world, its Heavenly Court had already fallen, and the Immortal Gods had already vanished, plunging the world into chaos.

Zhou Heng had originally thought that world might have clues related to Earth.

But after communicating with Jiang Tafa, he learned that at the end of the ancient era in this world there had also been a fall of the Heavenly Court, almost identical to that of the peculiar world, which led him to other speculations.

In that peculiar world, aside from the possibility of clues about Earth, might there also be hidden secrets from the ancient times of this world?

“That’s right, it indeed concerns that peculiar world,” Tianyi nodded and said, “Actually, the information of this world should only be known by Celestial Men or even higher beings.

“But you two are exceptional in strength and hold a somewhat special status. Knowing in advance can’t be considered a bad thing, and moreover, we will find it hard to descend in the future, unable to preside over the star gate that connects to that world. We will need you, Master of Stars, to take more efforts.”

“Hmm. I understand,” Zhou Heng nodded in agreement.

“That world was one we stumbled upon over three thousand years ago during an outerworldly divine journey, located in an infinitely distant place. Without the immense power of the Purple Tenuity Palace, we would never have been able to reach it…” Tianyi shared the information of that world in detail.

It was the era of the Central Dynasty at the time, the Battle of Tianyang had not yet erupted, and the massive invasion of outerworldly Evil Gods had not begun; neither had the passage between West Wasteland forbidden lands and the Nine Nether Demon realm been opened.

Thus, on the surface, the world seemed to be at peace.

The Zhou Tian Boundary Officer had not yet been established, but Tianyi and the Azure Dragon had already proven themselves as Tao Lords, engaged in seclusive cultivation, and jointly possessed the supreme treasure of the Purple Tenuity Palace.

The two were close friends who, in their leisure, traveled the realms divine, descending upon myriad worlds. They accidentally discovered a “Floating Lyrical True Realm” and, feeling the profound and sophisticated Laws greatly beneficial for cultivation, decided to descend and explore.

Unexpectedly, that world was in an extremely chaotic state, with the balance of heavenly fate disrupted, demons rampant, cultivators extreme, and incessant battles neglecting any semblance of good.

This Floating Lyrical True Realm featured numerous paths of cultivation, truly a sight of a hundred flowers blossoming; Immortals, True Gods, and demons roamed freely, dominating the world with extremely high levels of power. There were no shortages of great beings who had reached the realms of Celestial Men, and even Saints who grasped the Laws were more than one.

Hence, even though Tianyi and the Azure Dragon were both revered as Tao Lords, they only dared to explore the Floating Lyrical True Realm discreetly with their auras concealed within the vastness of the Purple Tenuity Palace.

As their exploration progressed, the more information they obtained, the more shocked they both became.

Tianyi and the Azure Dragon had attained the status of Tao Lords at the end of the Middle Ancient period, and while they didn’t know much about ancient times, they were not entirely ignorant. They knew of events such as the fall of the ancient Heavenly Court and the collapse of the heavens.

Learning that this Floating Lyrical True Realm also had a Heavenly Court, populated by numerous Immortal Gods, and that it too had experienced the fall of the Heavenly Court and the disappearance of the Immortal Gods, and even that such earth-shattering events had occurred just a few hundred years prior, the two were profoundly alarmed.

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First, continued exploration was simply too dangerous; delving into ancient secrets within such a chaotic and perilous world was hardly different from seeking death, especially since there were divine beings present.

Second, for them at the time, exploring ancient secrets was more about satisfying their own curiosity, and the benefits to their personal cultivation were very limited, so naturally, there wasn’t much motivation.

However, not long after that, the Battle of Tianyang broke out.

What followed was an Evil God invasion, haunted houses proliferating, and the passages between the West Wasteland Forbidden Lands and the Nine Nether Demon Realm opening up. Even Tianyi and the Azure Dragon could no longer seclude themselves from the world for cultivation. They were invited out to start organizing the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer.

Subsequently, after some probes and guesses by the outer realm’s Evil Gods, the two of them decided to reopen exploration and investigation of the Fulley Realm.

Because the names of those realm external Evil Gods included not only Immortal Gods that had once existed in their own world but also some they had never heard of before, yet still had legends remaining within the Fulley True Realm.

There might be some connection between the two, and if the truth could be discerned, it might play an immeasurable role in resisting the invasion of the realm external Evil Gods.

“According to what the two dignitaries said, reopening exploration of the Fulley True Realm should have been more than two thousand years ago,” Zhou Heng said solemnly. “Are there any clues?”

“Although it’s been a long time, the number of people who can go to explore the Fulley True Realm has always been limited due to its high level, so the number of explorations in these two thousand years is actually not many,” Tianyi sighed softly, then smiled and said:

“However, there are indeed clues. Previously, Ziwei’s Zuoyuan had found a secret message in the Fulley True Realm that was originally circulated only among the powerful.

“It is said that before the fall of the Heavenly Court, there were Immortal Gods who went madly insane, caught in mindless slaughter, and the root of it all lay at the end of the Eastern Sea, where there seemed to exist a terrifying object capable of corrupting Immortal Gods.

“We suspect this might be related to the fall of the Heavenly Court in the Fulley True Realm, and this contaminating force might also be similar to that of the Evil Gods and external demons, which could be related.”

“Eastern Sea?” Zhou Heng was taken aback upon hearing this.

He remembered that when discussing ancient matters and the Dark Era with Jiang Tafa before, the other party had also told him that he could explore the Eastern Sea and perhaps make some discoveries.

Could there be a connection between the two?

“Yes, the Eastern Sea,” Tianyi nodded, then said, “However, the Eastern Sea within the Fulley True Realm is extremely dangerous, with many demon Immortals building Water Palaces, and even a Divine-tier True Dragon ruling over the entire waters, making it almost impossible to truly explore.”

“It’s actually that terrifying,” Zhou Heng couldn’t help but exclaim. It seemed that the Fulley True Realm was much more dangerous than Da Qi.

Although in terms of the number of Divine First Rank and Tao Second Rank beings, this world he resided in might not be fewer than the Fulley True Realm, the Saint and Tao Lord here were almost all resisting external demons and Evil Gods, barely paying attention to the mortal world, yet the Fulley True Realm was truly a terrifying world where Tao Lords and Saints were present.

“That’s precisely why, even after more than two thousand years, our exploration progress is still very slow.” The Azure Dragon sighed beside him and said: “Actually, when the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer was first established, we had invited Immortal Venerable Xie to that world, to negotiate with the Saints there.

“But the result was not optimistic. They only agreed not to widely publicize our existence as ‘people from outside the realm.’ The possibility of them allowing us to explore openly, however, was impossible.”

“This is indeed quite tricky,” Zhou Heng nodded, then a thought struck him, and he said: “In the past, the most minimal were Celestial Man-tier powerhouses who went to explore. Such prominent figures are too strong and too conspicuous, but perhaps if a mere Grandmaster were to go, it could be more useful.”

“Impossible,” Tianyi immediately shook his head, saying: “Star Officer, we know you are extremely powerful and even have methods to suppress a Tao Lord, but you are now the leader of the organization, with heavy responsibilities. You cannot recklessly put yourself in danger.”

“What about me?” Cheng Jianjian suddenly spoke up.