NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 805
Three months later.
The Celestial Court gradually calmed down from the recent turmoil, restoring order to the Celestial Realm.
Countless powerful beings thought it was over, assuming this so-called Celestial Court was no different from the Divine Court when it came to governing the myriad realms. After all, isn’t it just a different group of people sitting on the throne?
But to their surprise, the Celestial Court began to issue a complete set of laws to govern the myriad realms.
For instance, worlds still in the Immortal Dao civilization would be protected by the Celestial Court to facilitate their eventual transition to the Holy Dao civilization.
Additionally, the development of interstellar pirates was completely banned, as well as the trafficking of people and the trade of planetary resources.
Every world had to keep its number of subordinate planets within specified limits to prevent serious resource concentration and large-scale planetary mergers.
As a result, one law after another left countless living beings in the various star domains utterly shocked.
Man, they’re really stretching their authority, huh!!!
Especially those vested interest groups, who were taken aback by the content of the Celestial Court’s laws, quickly expressing deep dissatisfaction and resistance!
After all, survival of the fittest was the unspoken rule in this universe. Powerful worlds could trample on weaker ones at will, plundering resources from subordinate planets without restraint, and constantly conquering undeveloped life planets to expand their influence.
But now, the Celestial Court was directly breaking that rule, not only aiming to protect the weaker worlds but also redrawing the territories of powerful worlds in the starry sky?
For those high-and-mighty factions, this meant their territories would shrink across the board, like being systematically dismembered, far worse off than before!
To make matters worse, those interstellar pirates roaming across many star domains, who once reveled in hunting weaker planets, capturing the beings and resources on those planets to sell them off in the black market for a fortune, found themselves targeted by the laws set by the Celestial Court.
They were left feeling baffled and furious!
While many powerful factions showed resistance and rejection, smaller factions clapped in praise, offering strong support!
The reason was simple; the order in the Divine Court realm had been extremely chaotic, with the earliest factions having plundered massive planetary resources, nearly forming a monopoly that made it very hard for later worlds to develop. They could only remain subservient their whole lives.
Over time, this created a vicious cycle where the strong thrived and the weak weakened!
Even a prodigy with extraordinary luck could find themselves limited by their world’s scarcity of resources, unable to progress. If they sought opportunities elsewhere, various dangers awaited them; they could be suppressed by interstellar pirates and sold into slavery, or killed by star predators, with the best outcome being that a big shot took notice and offered support.
In short, for small worlds to rise up, it was incredibly difficult; relying on powerful worlds only ensured they wouldn’t be wiped out, but the resources they had to contribute each year were colossal, barely leaving enough for their own use!
The rankings of worlds were mostly fixed with little room for change—wherever you were born determined your limits of achievement!
Like the Kunlun Realm, it was a unique case, being able to make a comeback after years of being behind and then surpass all others, which people would have hardly believed before!
Unless major factions fell out with one another, resulting in a life-and-death struggle, there wouldn’t be a chance for a reshuffle, allowing lower worlds to rise up; otherwise, it’d be like a stagnant pool, unable to stir any waves!
Now, with the Celestial Court setting new rules to curb the resource excesses of the powerful factions and ensure the vigorous development of the smaller factions, countless beings across the worlds were both shocked and pleased. This meant they had a huge opening to rise up!
There were even rumors that the Celestial Court intended to help all small worlds still in the Immortal Dao civilization transition quickly to the Holy Dao civilization, ensuring the Celestial Realm achieved a comprehensive Holy Dao civilization!
Boom!
Upon hearing this, the starry sky trembled, and all beings across the realms found it hard to believe.
Even though the universe is now recognized as the Holy Dao Era, there are still countless planets trapped in the Immortal Dao civilization. Most of the outside resources are monopolized, making it hard for these planets to develop, and on top of that, these Immortal Dao planets had little say, resulting in them being largely ignored.
But now the Celestial Court planned to use surplus resources to help these planets transition step by step into the Holy Dao civilization, which was undeniably a tremendous boon for them!
“This newly established Celestial Realm really seems different!” a native of a small world exclaimed.
“Different doesn’t even begin to cover it! It’s downright revolutionary!” a humanoid being chimed in excitedly.
“Yeah! Those high-and-mighty big worlds have long held the lion’s share of resources, even holding onto many that they don’t really need, fearing us rising up and threatening their positions!”
“Now that the Celestial Court is doing this, even we, the small worlds, finally have a chance to develop! We can never repay the Celestial Court’s grace!”
“I heard it’s the idea of the Nine Nether Lord! He proposed a concept called ‘The Preceding Saints Leading the Following Saints!’”
“Ye Tian Emperor is truly a divine being! We hold him in the highest respect!”
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As voices of fervor filled the air, opinions swirled throughout the Celestial Realm.
Most beings were in strong agreement and support of the Celestial Court’s actions, with their goodwill towards the Court rising dramatically; only a small minority of vested interest parties were upset.
However, they hardly dared to voice their dissent openly, given the recent downfall of the three major worlds still fresh in their minds.
In such circumstances, anyone daring to challenge the Celestial Court’s authority would be guaranteed to see their faction and world wiped out by the next sunrise!
The authority of the Celestial Lord was not to be provoked!
Thus, in the following years, the leaders of those major worlds could only watch helplessly as countless subordinate planets were stripped from their territories, and the worst part? They couldn’t utter a single complaint and had to smile and praise the Celestial Lord’s actions.
As the saying goes, when a whale falls, myriad life springs forth.
While they couldn’t say they were annihilated, most of their resources had been taken away, redistributed to create a fair allocation leading many small worlds to benefit and break past their prior bottlenecks.
In an instant, the beings in the myriad realms cheered, shouting praise for Ye Tian Emperor’s brilliance!
Many planets began to construct statues of Ye Tian Emperor, to be revered and worshipped by countless lives for generations to come.
At that moment, all races in the starry sky truly felt the benefits and changes brought by the Celestial Realm!
Kunlun Realm.
In the Celestial Court, Liu Huangshu reported on the progress of recent events, glancing at Ye Junlin with a hint of unusual interest in his gaze.
Ye Junlin’s reforms for the Celestial Realm left him quite amazed; after all, this was a historically unprecedented bold approach that seemed to open up a completely new world for him.
Turns out, things could be played like this!
Though it might infringe on the interests of those major factions, the Celestial Court, as the strongest faction, had no fear of offending them; even if they banded together one day and launched an offensive against the Celestial Court, they’d still be wiped out!
Now that the Celestial Court had taken such steps, it opened more opportunities for development in many worlds. In time, a plethora of prodigious talents would undoubtedly emerge; this would create a positive cycle rather than leave it monopolized by the major factions.
The best example? The previous Supreme Ranking’s top ten prodigies all came from the top ten worlds in the Divine Court, highlighting just how severe the monopoly was—other worlds’ prodigies didn’t even qualify to be on that list!
“Not bad, it seems quite smooth so far.”
Ye Junlin nodded in satisfaction, saying, “We must let everyone know that our Celestial Court is not just empty words; we are taking tangible actions.”
“I understand that.” Liu Huangshu responded.
“By the way, have there been any movements from Nine Nether in recent years?” Ye Junlin asked.
With his strength, tackling Nine Nether would be easy, but both the Nine Nether Lord and the Celestial Lord had gone into hiding. Coincidentally, he had focused on the matters concerning the Celestial Realm and hadn’t monitored the movements within the Nine Nether Realm.
In his impression, the strongest in the entire Nine Nether Realm was probably Asura Clan’s leader, Luo Wuliang!
“No, they’ve become surprisingly docile, not daring to cross the line at all!” Liu Huangshu chuckled.
The former Nine Nether beings were all too eager for battle, loving nothing more than to stir up chaos in the Divine Court and leaving many cultivators restless.
However, now, they resembled a group of wolves with their fangs pulled—no longer daring to provoke!
After all, in terms of overall strength, Nine Nether was now weaker than the Celestial Realm; they weren’t even in the same league!
If they dared to pick a fight now, it would just be asking for death!
As the conversation ended, a loud call rang out from outside, “Reporting to the Emperor, scouts have reported that multiple Nine Nether Legions have launched a massacre in the southern universe, turning every star domain they invade into a wasteland!”
That’s not all—another voice echoed, “Report! The northern universe is under attack from the Nine Nether Army; many worlds are facing slaughter, and the situation is dire!”
Hearing this, Liu Huangshu turned pale, feeling like he had been slapped across the face.
At the same time, he was both shocked and furious; had Nine Nether gone mad, daring to provoke the Celestial Court like this?
“Interesting, we didn’t seek trouble with them but they come looking for us instead.” Ye Junlin’s eyes glinted coldly, his tone laced with a chilling murder intent.
“Send my orders, assemble the troops and head to the target location, annihilate every last Nine Nether being that dares to invade!”
“Understood!”
Liu Huangshu’s expression stiffened as he swiftly began making arrangements.
Upon learning of Nine Nether’s deeds, the soldiers of the Celestial Court felt furious and all volunteered for battle!
“Damn, where did Nine Nether get the guts? Why not just use this chance to wipe them out!” Li Wujie raised his sword, shouting excitedly.
This suggestion garnered hearty agreement from many.
Now, the Celestial Court was strong and well-resourced, with powers from various worlds at their disposal. Taking down a severely weakened Nine Nether made perfect sense!
So everyone felt it would be wise to seize this opportunity to crush Nine Nether, expanding the Celestial Court’s territory and thoroughly achieving the goal of unifying the cosmos!
With the prospect of fulfilling that ambition, all were left feeling fired up, believing it was time to establish their immortal achievements!
Thus—
In the midst of countless astonished gazes, many top experts from the Celestial Court set off, each leading a powerful team toward the site of the Nine Nether Army for the encirclement.
Elder Changsheng stood with his hands behind his back, watching the grand Celestial Court forces advancing like an unstoppable tide, thinking back to his recent battle with Luo Wuliang, a trace of regret flickering across his aged face.
“Ah, I really wonder what you’re thinking. After this battle, there will be no more Nine Nether in this world.”
Elder Changsheng shook his head.
Originally, the Celestial Court had no reason to engage, keeping to their own sides, but with Nine Nether’s sudden provocation, they had no choice but to retaliate.
To Elder Changsheng, it appeared that the Celestial Court aimed to seize this opportunity to march into Nine Nether and achieve the goal of universal unification.
An unstoppable force!
“Elder Changsheng, why don’t you and I pay a visit to the Nine Nether Realm? It’s the perfect time to settle the score with that fellow named Luo Wuliang!” Empress Fuyao approached with an imposing presence, her phoenix eyes radiating a dazzling brilliance, making it difficult to look directly at her.
And she really wanted to experience what this so-called Nine—