Chapter 631 General Assembly, Fundamental Law
"Welcome, Your Majesty!"
The gates of the Nine Mountains Realm opened wide, and the Nine Nether Emperor led Yan Changge and the others in, but the expression on his face was somewhat awkward.
Yan Changge chuckled to himself. The Nine Nether Emperor had whispered to him before, saying that even the Heavenly River hadn't made him submit back then, and that he could be summoned and dismissed at will.
The Nine Mountains Sect doesn't even have a Golden Immortal anymore, so what...
In short, it's about going against the Heavenly Spirits and disrespecting him.
Despite the complaints, the Emperor still expended effort to condense an avatar and bring them to the Nine Mountains Sect when they summoned him.
After all, given the Emperor's arrogance, going back on his word would be more humiliating than bowing down to the Nine Mountains Sect.
But the frustration and inner turmoil are always there.
"Greetings, Sect Leader." As expected, upon seeing the Heavenly Emperor, the Nine Nether Emperor paused for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "What are your orders for summoning me here?"
"I wouldn't say I gave orders, but I have some matters to discuss with the Emperor." The Heavenly Emperor gestured for the Nine Nether Emperor and the others to enter, saying, "However, the most important matter is that we invite the Emperor to attend the first general meeting of our Nine Mountains Sect."
"General meeting?"
"Oh, it's a meeting that any cultivator belonging to the Nine Mountains Sect must attend," the Heavenly Emperor explained. "Now that you, Your Majesty, are a member of the Nine Mountains Sect, you are naturally qualified to participate in this conference."
"Qualifications..." Emperor Jiuyou paused, silently pondering the word, then frowned and asked, "What is the purpose of this general assembly?"
The Heavenly Emperor stopped in his tracks, thought for a moment, and then said, "He is the true leader of the Nine Mountains."
Having grasped the implication, the Nine Nether Emperor's eyes widened slightly.
Yan Changge watched from the side, knowing that the Emperor had become interested. To be honest, he was also quite interested in what the Emperor had said.
...
The number of disciples in the Nine Mountains Sect is actually quite large now. Over the past hundred years, the Nine Mountains Sect has enrolled anywhere from two thousand to tens of thousands of students each year, and the total number of disciples in the Nine Mountains Sect today is several hundred thousand.
Therefore, the Nine Mountains Sect's general assembly was not held in one place, but was divided into several sub-venues.
The teachers and students of Jiushan University stay at Jiushan University, the disciples of Tiangong Pavilion are in the factory, and there are even some outside Jiushan Realm who are in charge of the Thick Earth Magnetic Array.
They could only view and participate in the conference through the Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror).
But there were also tens of thousands of disciples and representatives present at the main venue.
The Heavenly Palace was a bit too small to accommodate everyone, so the Heavenly Emperor and his entourage decided to move the main venue to the theater in the Heavenly Market Enclosure.
As the group entered the theater, Emperor Jiuyou was welcomed to his seat by Uncle Pang and the others. They watched as the Heavenly Emperor walked to a high platform in the center of the theater.
The Heavenly Emperor stood on a high platform, and above the theater, eight light screens appeared, each displaying the image of the Heavenly Emperor.
"Fellow disciples," the Heavenly Emperor said, looking around as if at all the disciples present, "Today is the first general assembly of our Nine Mountains Sect, and also the founding day of our Nine Mountains Immortal Court."
"Nine Mountains Immortal Court?" Yan Changge withdrew his gaze from Yan Wushuang, and upon hearing the Emperor's mutterings, he was also somewhat puzzled.
Is the Nine Mountains Sect going to change its name?
"The Nine Mountains Sect currently has 653,203 cultivators, and Tongjian has already joined the meeting," the Heavenly Emperor continued. "The first general meeting is to invite all fellow disciples to discuss and vote on the laws of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court. Each agenda item requires a vote, and if the number of votes in favor does not exceed two-thirds, the agenda item will be invalid."
"Laws and regulations?" The Nine Nether Emperor slowly sat up straight, seemingly sensing that something was amiss.
"First, we need to vote on the 'Fundamental Law of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court,' which was drafted by me and reviewed by the Supreme Elders after collecting the ideas of all my fellow disciples."
Yan Changge raised her head and looked at the light screen, where densely packed legal provisions appeared.
In my ear, the Heavenly Emperor was reading the legal texts aloud and explaining them:
"The fundamental law of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court is the highest law of our Nine Mountains Immortal Court. Any law that conflicts with the fundamental law of the Nine Mountains is invalid."
"Now, fellow disciples, please review each legal provision and take out your copies of the Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government) for a secret ballot."
Yan Changge held the Zizhi Tongjian, swallowed hard, and suddenly felt that the thing was heavy.
"The first part of the Nine Mountains Fundamental Law, General Principles, Article 1: All power of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court belongs to the entire human race."
"Please vote."
"..."
"pass!"
"Secondly, the Nine Mountains Immortal Court is led by the Nine Mountains Sect. The purpose of the Nine Mountains Sect is to ensure the fairness, progress, prosperity and security of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court. The Nine Mountains Sect is subject to the supervision of the entire human race."
"..."
"pass!"
"Article 3: All human beings in the Nine Mountains Immortal Court enjoy the same personal rights, such as the right to life and the right to education, and no person or organization may infringe upon or deprive them of these rights."
"……pass!"
"Article 4: All resources of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court belong to the entire human race, are managed uniformly by the Nine Mountains Sect, and are subject to an economic system of distribution according to work and contribution."
"……pass!"
"Article 5..."
The general outline of the "Nine Mountains Fundamental Law" is actually not long, consisting of only nine articles, but the Heavenly Emperor explained it in great detail, and the disciples of the Nine Mountains Sect reviewed it very carefully, taking a long time.
Yan Changge listened attentively. He secretly glanced at the Emperor and noticed that he was holding the Tongjian and voting enthusiastically, with the same expression as the other disciples, showing a strong sense of participation.
Is there still that awkward feeling from before?
"I hereby declare that the fundamental law of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court has been adopted!"
The Heavenly Emperor paused for a moment, and upon hearing the cheers of the Three Enclosures and Four Symbols, he couldn't help but smile.
"Now, fellow disciples, please begin reviewing the organizational law of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court."
"Organizational Law?"
Yan Changge looked up again and saw that more legal provisions appeared on the eight light screens.
"The Organizational Law of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court, Part One: The General Assembly of the Nine Mountains Sect is the highest authority of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court, possessing legislative power and appointment power... The standing body of the General Assembly is the Supreme Elders Committee, which performs daily duties."
After Yan Changge looked up and finished reading, she realized why the Heavenly Emperor had invited them earlier—it was because they were qualified.
Within the structure of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court, the Nine Mountains Sect General Assembly wields immense power.
On the one hand, they can amend the laws and approve various proposals from the Nine Mountains Sect.
On the other hand, it can also appoint heads of other important institutions.
In some ways, his power was greater than that of the previous leaders of the Nine Mountains Sect.
Of course, the truly powerful one is the Supreme Elders Committee.
"Part Two of the Organizational Law: The Nine Mountains Sect Executive Yuan. The Executive Yuan is the highest executive body of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court, responsible for managing the Nine Mountains Immortal Court..."
Yan Changge understood after watching for a while.
The Executive Yuan actually inherited most of the functions previously held by the Nine Mountains Sect, and its responsibilities included education, people's livelihood, and the distribution of merit points from the Nine Mountains Sect...
It can be said that the Executive Yuan wields enormous power; in fact, the vast majority of the disciples of the Nine Mountains Sect are managed by the Executive Yuan.
Thinking of this, Yan Changge frowned. Although this format was unfamiliar to him, he understood one thing very well:
If you let someone supervise you, it's almost the same as not supervising at all.
From this perspective, the fact that the Nine Mountains Sect General Assembly and the Executive Yuan are highly overlapping... may not be a good thing.
But after thinking about it, he couldn't help but sigh. This kind of thing was difficult to solve—it wasn't just a matter of checks and balances. The problem was that Xuanwei revered cultivators, and the Nine Mountains Sect, as the representative of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court cultivators, had little power to check and balance them.
It wasn't easy for Zheng Fa to achieve this.
He couldn't think of any other solution.
"……pass!"
"Now, the third part of the Nine Mountains Sect's organizational law, the Divine Path Oversight Bureau."
Yan Changge suddenly looked up at the light screen.
He had never heard of this before. Not only him, but the entire theater was buzzing with confusion.
Seemingly sensing the crowd's lack of understanding, the Heavenly Emperor explained, "This organization was actually proposed by Xiaoqing."
"Xiaoqing?"
The Nine Nether Emperor was taken aback, clearly not recognizing the person.
But many people looked at a woman who was in her early twenties, with a beautiful face and seemed a little shy, with her head down.
"Xiao Qing said in her proposal that when our Nine Mountains Sect governs the mortal world, the division of power and responsibility is not clear."
“Some disciples within the sect have taken on the mission.”
"There are also Shinto disciples."
"The two sides often clash with each other."
Upon hearing this, many disciples nodded in agreement, clearly sharing the same sentiment.
"On the other hand, Xiaoqing also mentioned something: some people are just going through the motions, and while others don't harm the people, they never care about the mundane matters. They only care about completing their tasks and even oppress the common people..."
At this point, the Heavenly Emperor couldn't help but sigh.
Many of the Nine Mountains Sect's systems have actually been in place for over a hundred years, and some of their drawbacks have inevitably begun to surface.
Even though Zheng Fa and other high-ranking officials have always been careful, not all disciples are worthy of trust.
"Therefore, Xiaoqing proposed to define the responsibilities of the gods, no longer participate in the governance of the mortal world, and instead focus their main efforts on supervision."
The Nine Nether Emperor's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something.
"In the future, the governance of the Celestial Court will be entirely handled by the Executive Yuan, and grassroots disciples can utilize the Thick Earth Magnetic Array."
While the Thick Earth Magnetic Array has undergone improvements over the years, its power has not increased significantly, but its functionality has become much more diverse.
"As for disciples who practice the Shinto path, they will be transferred to the Shinto Inspection Bureau for supervision and enforcement."
The Nine Nether Emperor slapped his thigh suddenly, seemingly excited.
Even Yan Changge now felt a sense of admiration—Zheng Fa had indeed found a way to maintain balance.
The Divine Path is quite unique within the entire Xuanwei Sect; it is a rare cultivation method that operates from the bottom up.
For anyone practicing the divine way, the suffering of the audience is their suffering, and the calamities of the audience are their calamities.
Therefore, even for the sake of spiritual practice, they are motivated to solve these problems.
On the other hand, they can directly experience the experiences of ordinary people, and for the Nine Mountains Sect's Executive Yuan, it is difficult for them to hide it from the Control Yuan.
If the Shinto disciples were involved in governance before, it's possible that they concealed their interests.
Now that the power between the two sides is separated, it allows Shinto disciples to take a more secular stance.
Within the Nine Mountains Immortal Court system, the Divine Path can be seen as the representative of the mortal world, used to supervise the Nine Mountains Sect.
"Nine Mountains Immortal Court Organizational Law, Part Four, Military Academy..."
This is easy to understand; they are responsible for controlling the current military forces of the Nine Mountains Sect, including the Sun-Shooting Army, the Divine Firmament Legion, and the Immortal-Slaying Legion.
The Fundamental Law of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court was quite lengthy, and by the time it was passed by vote, the plenary session had already been going on for more than two months.
"The second item on the agenda is to vote on the heads of the various agencies."
"According to the Fundamental Law of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court, the head of the organization is subject to a term of office, each term lasting ten thousand years, and no one may be reappointed."
"Nominations are proposed by a vote of the Supreme Elders Committee."
"The candidate for Dean of the Military Academy is Zheng Fa."
It passed without any surprises.
"Now we will vote on the candidate for Premier of the Executive Yuan, Chang Wu-yi."
The crowd picked up the Tongjian and voted, and soon approved Senior Sister Zhang's appointment.
The Nine Netherworld Emperor nodded slightly.
Even Yan Changge breathed a sigh of relief, which showed that Zheng Fa and the others were quite steady and hadn't taken too big a step.
In the organizational structure of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court, the General Assembly naturally holds the greatest power, but this organization does not have a true head; instead, the daily management is handled by the Supreme Elders Committee.
Therefore, there are three positions with the greatest power in the Nine Mountains Sect.
The presidents of the Military Academy, the Executive Yuan, and the Control Yuan are considered the three most powerful figures.
Given the current situation in Xuanwei, with Zheng Fa and Zhang Wuyi continuing to control the Military Academy and the Administrative Academy, the entire Jiushan Sect, from top to bottom, felt much more at ease.
Even the Nine Nether Emperor felt more at ease.
Yan Changge was somewhat curious: who would be in charge of the Supervisory Council?
He thought about it and had a guess: Zheng Fa was the Heavenly Emperor!
The Heavenly Emperor himself had cultivated divine arts and had managed the Nine Mountains Realm for many years; his experience, abilities, and status were all sufficient.
As for the claim that there are only two of the three giants, well, they're actually Daoist partners...
"The head of the Overwatch Council, nominated by the Council of Elders..."
The Heavenly Emperor paused slightly. Yan Changge, somewhat impatient, adjusted her posture, thinking that he was embarrassed to speak about himself.
"Nine Netherworld Emperor!"
"!"
Yan Changge suddenly turned her head and looked at the Emperor, only to see that the Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds was also somewhat bewildered, clearly quite shocked.
Some of the Jiushan disciples were also discussing it, clearly not very satisfied with the choice.
"The Oversight Council is here to supervise my Nine Mountains Sect," the Heavenly Emperor suddenly spoke up. "We invited the Nine Nether Emperor to take up this position, also to find someone who is not from the Nine Mountains Sect, to fill any gaps in our organization."
The Nine Nether Emperor's expression shifted.
"The Underworld has the Three Lives Stone, which is sufficient to review the impeachment by the Overwatch Council," the Heavenly Emperor explained, conveying the Supreme Elders' views on the matter.
On the one hand, they certainly wanted to improve the Nine Mountains Sect's system so that the new Overwatch Council could truly play its role.
The Nine Nether Emperor's strength is enough to ensure that the Oversight Council is not just a figurehead in the Celestial Court.
On the other hand, this is also to absorb the power of the underworld.
Emperor Jiuyou joined the Jiushan Sect because of a bet, but for a period of time, the relationship between the Jiushan Sect and the Underworld was somewhat awkward—Emperor Jiuyou was too powerful, and the two sides could only be considered allies before, with the Underworld's forces remaining hidden outside the Jiushan Sect.
Appointing Emperor Jiuyou as the Dean of the Supervisory Council was also to allow Emperor Jiuyou, a Taiyi Golden Immortal, to fully integrate into the Jiushan Sect, and to absorb the forces of the Underworld along with him.
Yan Changge sighed inwardly, thinking that Zheng Fa really understood the Emperor; he had him completely under his control.
The head of the Supervisory Council holds a high position and great power in the Nine Mountains Immortal Court, no less than Zheng Fa himself. It can be said that he respects the Emperor very much and gives the Emperor a lot of face.
On the other hand, the emperor might look down on other positions and not be that interested.
But the Censorate... is just what the Emperor wants.
"Now, fellow disciples, please vote."
The disciples of Jiushan looked at each other, unsure whether they were persuaded by the Heavenly Emperor or by the prestige of Zheng Fa and the others, but they all cast their votes in favor.
"……pass!"
The Heavenly Emperor himself announced this.
The Nine Nether Emperor remained silent for a moment, then stood up, cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to the four directions, and looked solemn and serious.
(End of this chapter)
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