"Um?"
Lu Tao was slightly taken aback by his words and asked curiously, "Seventh Master, why do you ask that?"
Seventh Master recalled the scene of the two children undergoing their tribulation and said, "Now, your two children have only been in training for a few days and have already advanced to the Martial King level. They will probably become Martial Gods and ascend to immortality soon, perhaps even in less time than you have been cultivating."
"If I'm not mistaken, once your child's cultivation level improves, you should be preparing to ascend, right?"
Seventh Master looked at Lu Tao, as if he had guessed some of Lu Tao's plans.
Upon hearing this, Lu Tao nodded silently.
That's true.
Lu Tao, along with the disciples of the Immortal Sect and their mounts, had all reached the Perfect Martial God realm. Their physical bodies, inner essence, divine essence, and marrow refinement were all at their peak.
Especially Lu Tao, whose cultivation has been stagnant for the past few months since he achieved perfection early on.
That is, after the skill level is improved, points are added again and supernatural powers are transformed.
In the past few months, besides spending time with He Yuanshuang, I have mainly focused on cultivating medicinal herbs and crafting strange and unusual items to prepare for the future.
The reason for not ascending to heaven is mainly to spend some time with the child after birth, allowing the child to enjoy a period of peace and tranquility.
after all.
After ascending, Lu Tao will have to face the various races of the desolate region and many powerful god-kings.
Don't be fooled by Lu Tao's slaying of a God-King in the lower realm; that was because his cultivation had already dropped, and also because Ao Bo was unable to use the power of the rules.
But in the realm of gods, he was facing a fully realized God-King who could manipulate the rules without restraint.
and.
It's not just the early stage of God King, but also the later stage and the perfect realm of God King.
Even Lu Tao wouldn't dare to be careless in the slightest when facing such a powerful opponent. At that time, he would probably spend all his time cultivating and improving his strength, just like before.
I have less time to spend with my wife and children.
Therefore, this period of time is specifically reserved for the children.
When the child cultivates to the peak of Martial God, that will be the time for his ascension.
And at this time...
It appears that it won't be very long, much shorter than he expected.
"Yes, I have already made plans for ascension."
Lu Tao nodded, then looked at Seventh Master with curiosity and asked, "Seventh Master, why did you mention this?"
"How should I put it...?"
Seventh Master considered his words carefully before saying, "The matter of the secret realm was originally just a matter between my Da Gan and the demon races, but you've been dragged into it, and now..."
Before Seventh Master could finish speaking, Lu Tao interrupted, "Seventh Master, as a member of the Great Gan, when the demon and monster races destroy the Great Gan, they certainly won't let me go either. How can you say I'm involved?"
"I know, please let me finish."
Seventh Master felt quite relieved after hearing Lu Tao's words, and continued, "Now, because of the secret realm, the Immortal Sect and the various races of the Desolate Region of the God Realm are at odds. I'm afraid that in the eyes of the races of the God Realm, my Great Gan, or rather the Ganyu Continent, is under the protection of the Immortal Sect. In fact, that is indeed the case. Therefore, we are thinking..."
After exchanging a glance, Seventh Master and Third Master continued, "Since that's the case, why don't we simply merge Da Gan into the Immortal Sect and make it a subordinate dynasty of the Immortal Sect? From now on, everything in Da Gan will belong to the Immortal Sect, and the same goes for the human race on the Gan Yu Continent. What do you think?"
"..."
Lu Tao was somewhat shocked after hearing this.
A dynasty that has been established for tens of thousands of years must have its rulers' control over the dynasty so that no outsiders can interfere. But now, not only has Seventh Master and his group let power slip away, they have completely handed over this power to Lu Tao.
This shows how determined they were.
After the initial shock, Lu Tao fell into deep thought.
The benefits of accepting the Daqian Dynasty's rule are undoubtedly enormous.
When all humans, no, even all living beings on the current continent of Ganyu, belong to the Immortal Sect, their experience gain will increase by more than a thousand times.
Then Lu Tao's martial arts skills will improve even faster.
However, the responsibility is inevitably enormous.
This means that he is responsible for all living beings on the entire continent of Ganyu.
That includes not only hundreds of billions of humans, but also countless other alien beings.
but.
When Lu Tao buried spiritual veins and divine veins on the Ganyu Continent and set up powerful defensive formations in the Outer Heavens, he was actually taking responsibility for the Ganyu Continent.
and.
After he takes over Daqian, he can still be a hands-off manager, letting Seventh Master, Third Master, or the thousand guest elders completely manage it, so it's not too troublesome.
But... why would they do that?
Lu Tao asked in confusion, "Seventh Master, Third Master, there are many spiritual veins that I have buried on the Ganyu Continent. Its development is booming. In the future, it may not be comparable to the former Demon and Monster Realms, but it will not be much different. Why do you want to merge the Great Ganyu Continent into the Immortal Sect and make it an annex of the Immortal Sect?"
"Ultimately, it's all about what happens after ascension."
Seventh Master and Third Master exchanged a glance, and Seventh Master spoke first, saying, "There are quite a few human gods who have ascended from our Ganyu Continent, but we have no way to contact them, and they have never contacted us either."
"We speculate that if they hadn't perished, they would either have become rogue cultivators or joined other humans. And before that... the human powerhouses descended to the lower realm not to rescue them, but rather to target the Immortal Sect."
"If they are rogue cultivators, it's fine; this matter has nothing to do with them. However, if they are members of the Desolate Region's human race and yet they attack the Immortal Sect, then naturally we will not be able to join them after we ascend in the future."
"When we ascend to immortality in the future, we can only become rogue cultivators. We know how difficult it is to be a rogue cultivator, especially with the various races dominating the Desolate Region. It is extremely difficult to stand out from the crowd. The most likely outcome is that our identities will be discovered, and we will die and our cultivation will be destroyed."
At this point, Seventh Master couldn't help but shake his head, then looked at Lu Tao and said with utmost sincerity, "Therefore, we dare to humbly request the Immortal Sect to accept us."
As soon as he finished speaking, many martial gods and martial kings, including Seventh Master and Third Master, bowed deeply to Lu Tao.
"I see."
Lu Tao suddenly understood upon hearing this.
It must be said that Seventh Master and the others' concerns were quite reasonable.
In the present world, humans are the most respected race, and those who ascend in the future will naturally be humans as well. Of course, those who ascend from the Ganyu Continent will not be accepted by the various races of the God Realm's Desolate Region.
It's not just foreign races; the same probably applies to the humans in the desolate region.
Once they ascend to immortality and their identities are discovered, their deaths will be imminent.
actually.
Lu Tao knew that Seventh Master and the others hadn't said one thing: after they ascended to immortality, the foreign races would probably use them to threaten Lu Tao and the Immortal Sect.
Obviously.
In the eyes of Seventh Master and the others, no matter what the future holds, they have already been labeled as members of the Immortal Sect. In that case, they might as well join the Immortal Sect directly and follow Lu Tao's arrangements to ascend.
In this way, they can ascend safely without causing trouble for the Immortal Sect. As for receiving the Immortal Sect's protection, that's not even on their minds.
After all, they had been under the protection of the Immortal Sect for some time now.
This debt of gratitude can never be repaid, so I will join the Immortal Sect and serve it.
Although they knew that their abilities were limited and they couldn't offer much help, they could still do what they could.
You could say that.
Their actions were not only for the sake of the geniuses from the Ganyu Continent who could ascend to the God Realm, but also to avoid putting the Immortal Sect in a difficult position regarding whether or not to save them in the future.
also.
Lu Tao was still thinking that the reason why Seventh Master and the others did not directly mention the matter after ascension, but instead had Da Gan merge into the Immortal Sect first, was probably because Seventh Master and the others guessed that he had other intentions in releasing such a precious cultivation technique and making a large number of divine statues.
After all, if his prayer statues had such good effects, these statues must have other uses as well.
But regardless of its intended use, one thing is clear.
That means we need a lot of people.
Whether it's worshipping deities or practicing martial arts, it requires a large number of people or living beings.
Therefore, they directly merged Daqian into the Immortal Sect, making it an appendage of the Immortal Sect, so that the beings of the Ganyu Continent would have a greater sense of belonging to the Immortal Sect, and also hoped that Lu Tao could gain more benefits.
otherwise.
There's no reason for them to first merge Da Gan into the Immortal Sect and then raise concerns about ascension.
"Please rise, everyone."
After thinking through all the reasons, Lu Tao nodded in agreement and said, "Alright, after we start working hard, let's make it a subordinate dynasty of the Immortal Sect."
In any case, the current position of Da Gan is basically no different from that of an appendage to the Immortal Sect.
After accepting the Great Power, the Great Power cultivator will provide him with a thousand times more cultivation experience, and he won't have to pay anything in return. Why not?
As for Seventh Master, Third Master, and other martial gods who can ascend to immortality, Lu Tao cares even less.
He can lead 12,000 Immortal Sect disciples, so what's a few more?
and.
Just as Seventh Master and the others worried, if they were captured by foreign tribes after their ascension and used to threaten Lu Tao, would Lu Tao be able to ignore it?
Of course not.
Regardless of Lu Tao's character.
Rather than spending a lot of effort to save them in the future and then having them follow the Immortal Sect, it's better to bring them into the Immortal Sect now.
Moreover, agreeing now would grant them the benefit of increased experience gained from sect training. However, once they reach the God Realm, which only accepts Heavenly Gods, those cultivators from the Qianyu Continent who have not yet ascended would no longer receive this experience boost.
This is equivalent to losing thousands of times the experience benefits for nothing.
Lu Tao was able to figure out the score.
Moreover...
Once the beings of the Great Gan Dynasty know that they belong to the Immortal Sect, their recognition and sense of belonging to the Immortal Sect will greatly increase, which will inevitably bring Lu Tao more faith points.
The benefits were so numerous that Lu Tao simply couldn't refuse.
And it's also the advantage of being delivered right to your door.
"Yes, we pay our respects to the Sect Master!"
Seventh Master, Third Master, and the others were all extremely excited and immediately bowed respectfully to Lu Tao as disciples.
"Seventh Master, no need..."
The sudden bow caught Lu Tao off guard. He instinctively tried to tell everyone to stand up, but before he could finish speaking, Seventh Master hurriedly said, "Sect Leader, you mustn't. Etiquette cannot be disregarded. From now on, you may address me as Ji Rui."
Lu Tao smiled helplessly upon hearing this. After a moment's thought, he said, "Very well, Ji Rui and Ji De, you two will serve as outer sect elders of the Immortal Sect from now on. Other Martial Gods will serve as outer sect protectors, and Martial Kings will serve as outer sect stewards."
With just a simple sentence, Lu Tao arranged everyone's positions.
"Yes, Sect Master!"
Ji Rui, Ji De, and the others all respectfully accepted the order.
From now on, their identity and status will change.
Lu Tao nodded slightly and continued, "Furthermore, the management of the dynasty should still be handled by your royal family; I will not interfere further."
"Yes, we will definitely do our best for Manager Zong."
Ji Rui, Ji De, and the others immediately bowed and accepted the order.
"As for ascension, those who reach the peak of Martial God, go back and make arrangements, then go into seclusion in the branch sect and wait for my news."
Lu Tao continued, "As for the others, it will probably take at least several decades or even a hundred years for them to ascend. If nothing unexpected happens, the God Realm Desolate Region should be under the control of my Immortal Sect at that time!"
Lu Tao's tone was calm, without any grand pronouncements, but it was full of confidence.
This made Ji Rui, Ji De, and others feel their blood boil with excitement.
That is the Desolate Realm of Gods, home to many powerful races and numerous God-Kings. Yet the Sect Master says that it will take less than a hundred years to dominate the Desolate Realm.
It takes immense self-confidence to dare to say that.
If anyone else had said this, they would have scoffed, but since it came from the sect leader, they had only two words in their hearts—belief!
Everyone shouted, "Yes, Sect Master!"
"Go."
Immediately afterwards, Ji Rui, Ji De, and the others took their leave.
Upon returning to the Ganyu Continent, the group immediately instructed members of the royal family, various sects, and clans to announce to the world that the Great Gan had been brought under the control of the Immortal Sect.
This news immediately caused a sensation throughout the entire continent of Ganyu.
Although the Immortal Sect's power has only revealed a small part of its strength to the many beings on the Qianyu Continent, its achievements, such as destroying the Demon Alliance and defeating enemies from the God Realm, are legendary enough.
Now that they belong to the Immortal Sect and have such a powerful backing, how could they not be excited?
The only thing that surprised the human race was that the foreign races on the Ganyu Continent also belonged to the Immortal Sect, just like them.
certainly.
They were simply surprised by this, and did not object or complain at all.
After all, the non-human races do not have the many cultivation methods and martial arts techniques of the Immortal Sect, so their cultivation and strength cannot be improved as quickly as those of the human race.
The continent of Ganyu is, in general, predominantly inhabited by humans.
Even if they belong to the Immortal Sect, there is no need to worry that they will have the power to rebel in the future.
It can only be said that true harmony between humans and other races is indeed extremely difficult.
This is also why Lu Tao did not pass down the many dragon clan techniques and martial arts he had fused to allow them to gain experience.
After finishing his work, Lu Tao returned to the small world and felt a significant increase in his cultivation experience and faith power, which made him very satisfied.
Subsequently, Lu Tao dispatched many disciples to travel through the starry sky, collecting as many cultivation techniques, formations, and pill formulas as possible before their ascension.
He was too lazy to have the powerful figures from those different planes come to the Outer Heaven to trade, so he took the initiative to strike first.
At the same time, Lu Tao also instructed his disciples to select some foreign tribes with good character to bring back.
He planned to build more mounts so that they would be more convenient for doing other things once they reached the God Realm. He also wanted them to grow and improve their cultivation alongside Lu Ling and Lu Xuan.
Anyway, I still have a lot of the dust-removing herbs I recently obtained.
Once they reached the realm of gods, the spirit herb that removes dust was plentiful.
...
*Sizzle*
at the same time.
In a remote corner of the desolate realm of the gods, a spatial passage opened, emanating extremely terrifying tearing and thunderous power. Its power was so great that even a god-king would not dare to touch it lightly.
Meanwhile, dozens of powerful god-kings sat cross-legged beside the spatial passage. They assisted a black tortoise in maintaining the stability of the spatial passage, resisting the many terrifying forces within, and sending a god-king down to the mortal realm.
However, the expressions of these powerful god-kings were extremely ugly, and their eyes were gloomy and terrifying.
call out!
Just then, a figure suddenly shot out from the spatial passage.
"The road ahead is blocked, and we cannot descend to the lower realm."
This was a real dragon, yet at this moment, it was covered in blood and its life force was weak...
(Two chapters combined today)
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