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“Everyone on the list will face judgment.”

Han Wu spoke resolutely in the silent venue.

For the world masters who were reported, it was like a death knell.

Ji Zhongfu achieved his opportunity to control the Small World Alliance, but Han Wu's judgment gave him a shock, a very deep one.

In the future, when others mention him, they will definitely talk about how he brutally suppressed fellow disciples in order to eliminate dissidents.

This event is bound to happen. No matter what his reasons for doing so are, once there is a deadly threat like the Seal of Judgment, cultivators will actively band together to criticize him.

As for whether these world masters deserved to die? It was no longer important. At this moment, they felt a sense of shared grief, their positions determining their thoughts.

Han Wu's purpose was also achieved. Not only did she establish her authority, but she also eliminated a major trouble.

This trouble was almost eliminated: people who would file frivolous lawsuits to eliminate dissidents. It also established the authority of the Demon Subduing Department's disciplinary division.

The only ones who were unhappy were probably those evil world masters.

As the group of evil world masters were taken away by Han Wu to face judgment and investigation, the cultivators who had come to observe the ceremony also left.

Only Ji Zhongfu and the others remained, along with less than half of the world masters.

The entire Small World Alliance was now silent.

Ji Zhongfu pondered for a moment. Since things had come to this, he had no choice but to continue.

This time, he had established his prestige, but new troubles had also arisen.

Faced with such a cold and ruthless new leader, what would the people below think?

Presumably, they all had the desire to leave the Small World Alliance. In short, the people's hearts were somewhat scattered.

He needed to reunite the people's hearts.

“Alright, everyone, all of you here are meritorious officials of our alliance, having withstood the temptation of depravity and the test of your Dao hearts. After this, I believe you will all make great progress.”

After he said this, everyone remained silent.

But that was just the beginning.

Ji Zhongfu continued, “To be honest, this situation was not foreseen by this alliance leader. However, now that things have come to this, we should look forward. Crisis, crisis, where there is danger, there is opportunity. After we scrape the poison from the bone, the alliance will inevitably burst forth with new vitality. It is a good thing that those who deserved to die are dead.”

“Don’t think that this alliance leader is heartless. You should see that their judgment was a judgment of being abandoned by the Dao Lord, a judgment of already falling into the demonic path. If these people were still in our group, even if they escaped now, what about the future? Have you ever thought about it?”

Upon hearing this, the numb faces of the crowd showed some change.

And Ji Zhongfu continued, “You don’t think that these demons will reform in the future, do you?”

The crowd subconsciously shook their heads.

They were too familiar with these former colleagues. It was impossible for them to reform.

“Therefore, they will not reform in the future, and it is very likely that they will sink deeper and deeper. Think about it carefully, everyone. How can the alliance be good if we are in the company of such demons? So I say, this is not necessarily a bad thing. What do you all think?”

The crowd nodded subconsciously again. It was very likely to be as he said.

Ji Zhongfu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had turned things around a little.

“In addition, I have one more thing to announce. From now on, the title of world master will be abolished. Have you ever thought about it? The so-called world master level is a title only for sixth-order existences in the world domain. How can we be worthy of calling ourselves world masters? This is taboo. It cannot be said that the depravity of these demons has nothing to do with this title. What do you all think?”

The crowd suddenly understood and nodded subconsciously again.

“It seems that you have all realized it. From now on, we will call ourselves lords. A small lord of a territory is enough. This will not be taboo, and it will also allow us to have a clear understanding that we are just small lords of a small world, or even not lords at all. We are just lucky ones who were the first to learn the Dao Lord's Dao techniques.”

“What the alliance leader says is reasonable.” Zuo Dao finally spoke in response.

He was also frightened by the judgment and began to wonder if his decision to give way without fighting was the right one.

Fortunately, after Ji Zhongfu's words, he felt that the familiar Ji Zhongfu had returned.

At the same time, after calming down, he began to think that this was definitely not the situation the alliance leader wanted to see. It was just that Minister Han Wu's sudden attack caused a deviation in the alliance leader's plan.

“What the alliance leader says is very true. We will all follow the alliance leader's instructions.”

The lords also responded in unison.

Ji Zhongfu finally breathed a sigh of relief, finally salvaging some of the situation.

“Next, I will announce some of the alliance's future matters, which need to be discussed by everyone.”

What was coming was still coming.

With Han Wu's judgment, Ji Zhongfu didn't want to start centralizing power at this moment, but this kind of thing couldn't be delayed. Once it was delayed, there would be no future.

Even if these lords were saddened again, he had to do it.

“As we all know, since its establishment, our alliance has always been at the bottom of the Eight Great Alliances. We don't need to hide this. Hiding it won't change the facts… Fellow colleagues, we can't continue like this.”

It was an act of exposing scars, but at this moment, everyone was still in shock. It was good enough to be alive. Exposing scars was nothing.

“Therefore, I announce the first new rule of the alliance: From now on, all small worlds will be directly managed by the headquarters, which will preside over all development matters. In addition to a certain percentage of the share, everything in the small world will no longer be exclusively owned by the lords.”

“哗！”

There was an uproar. This was really happening, drawing firewood from under the cauldron.

Directly depriving all the lords of their rights, without the ownership of the world, wouldn't these lords become useless?

It was not good to say useless, but it was really very descriptive.

Of course, this was on the premise that most of the lords were taken away for investigation. If most of the world masters were still there, it might have already exploded.

“Everyone, it's not that this alliance leader is heartless, but that we must do this if we want to grow stronger. No other force is like us, where the headquarters cannot control the right to future development. This is not good… You have also seen the consequences. We have so many resources and so many personnel, but we are always at the bottom of the Eight Great Alliances, and we are still widening the gap. This is the result of the headquarters not having power.”

“Are we going to continue to rot?”

“Moreover, although it seems that you have been deprived of your rights, it does not mean that you have nothing. We will provide compensation based on each lord's contribution to their own world, that is, what everyone is familiar with: the more capable work more, the more those who work get more, removing the dross and keeping the essence, and truly strengthening our alliance.”

"We should be grateful. Master Xuan has already given us so much time. Whether or not an individual has talent is actually very clear. It's time to think carefully about our future… Think about how, if we continue to exploit our own world like this, we will eventually be punished by fate. It won't be the same situation then."

"I hope you all have self-awareness. The headquarters will strongly support those with talent. We aren't afraid of you becoming strong. Those with poor talent should learn to step aside and let those with more talent handle the big resources. When it comes to sharing, you won't get much less. In addition, you must pay attention to the cultivation of your descendants."

"This alliance leader wouldn't dare compare myself to the geniuses nurtured by the Four Great Sects, but I'm truly unafraid of the nurturing methods of the geniuses among the Eight Great Families. With my personal guidance and instruction, I will definitely cultivate real young geniuses for our alliance."

"You don't need to pay a huge price to send your descendants to the University Alliance. The University Alliance is just a maximum average value. When it comes to cultivating top elites, this alliance leader is no worse than them… I promise that as long as your descendants have decent talent, I will focus on nurturing them equally."

"…"

Ji Zhongfu said a lot, from taking over power and centralizing authority, to the principle of 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs' as compensation, to cultivating elites for the future development of the alliance, and so on.

After a series of new reforms, everyone could barely accept it.

Although they lost a lot of power, it was good that they didn't really lose everything. There was still a chance to rise again.

Of course, there were also those who recognized their own limitations and knew they weren't up to the task. Rather than being liquidated in the future, they might as well take this opportunity to step back and focus on nurturing their descendants, as the alliance leader said.

As long as someone in their descendants rose up, everything they had lost would be recovered.

If their descendants were even more useless than them, then it would really be a disaster. They could suppress them for a while, but they couldn't suppress them forever.

In general, the lords who weren't taken away by Han Wu were still considered normal.

The extremely demonic ones had already been taken away. Those who remained were reasonable.

This was on the premise that someone listened to Ji Zhongfu's words.

If it had been in the era when all the lords were present, who would care about what new alliance leader said? They would have rebelled long ago.

Roughly speaking, Ji Zhongfu's first step was successful, but it wasn't as perfect as he had imagined.

The problem of his own wife and children, which he was most worried about, had instead become the smallest problem. Due to the contrast of his will breaking through and the threat of Han Wu's judgment, no one paid much attention to the news that he had a new child.

"What a terrifying judgment."

The Four Superiors and Seven Greats who returned reported this news to the headquarters' higher-ups. As personal witnesses, the shock they brought was indescribable. Even when describing it to their fellow disciples, they seemed to have lingering fears.

"Heh heh, I don't see what's so great about it. Don't just look at the terror of the judgment, but also look at who is being judged. Didn't you say that their crimes were countless? What's wrong with such demons being judged? I would think it was indulgence if they weren't judged like this."

Sun Hui looked calm and didn't care at all.

He believed that he would never do such a thing or become such a person, so what was there to be afraid of?

Where there is sin, there is merit. Why don't you talk about the corresponding merit?

It's just that the Evil Suppression Department corresponds to the judgment of sin, while the Merit Hall corresponds to merit.

"The alliance leader is right. As long as we don't become demons, what do we have to fear from judgment? I think it's great, it's a good way to deter those evil demons and heretics."

"There's another point you need to pay attention to. These idiots didn't distinguish between cultivators and ordinary people. Many of those they suppressed and killed were ordinary people. I think this is the main reason for being judged. If they had simply suppressed and killed cultivators, it wouldn't have come to this."

"Yes, yes, this point is very important. Ordinary people have always been a taboo. There are two clear rules. It doesn't matter if cultivators kill each other until blood flows like a river. The Great Dao is all about competition. But don't easily involve ordinary people. That's the bottom line. These idiots thought they could do whatever they wanted in the small world. They really deserve to die."

"The Small World Alliance hasn't been able to amount to anything for so many years for a reason."

"Well, I think so too. But it seems there will be changes after this time. This old thing Ji Zhongfu can really bring about change, and… this old thing's child doesn't look simple no matter how you look at it. What he said so openly may not be true. I'm afraid he only came out of the mountain because he had his own son."

"I think so too… But, do you think what he said is credible? Like finding a Dao partner and having a child?" A high-level executive asked doubtfully.

"Uh, this?" Everyone suddenly fell silent.

"I don't plan to imitate him. Everyone has their own path. I'm fine as I am. I'm always improving. His path may not be suitable for me. I won't imitate him. It's too childish."

"That's right. There's no point. Can women cultivate well? I don't have enough time to cultivate. Where would I have time to find a woman and have children? I don't want to."

"A real man has to be ruthless to himself. Only by being ruthless to himself can he improve. I doubt that finding a woman can lead to improvement."

"Finding a woman is not as good as finding the Old Devil of Passion. Where else can she practice dual cultivation?"

"That's right, that's right…"

Suddenly, the topic changed. As they talked, they went off on a tangent.

"Ahem, pay attention to your words. What is this behavior?" Sun Hui had to stand up and correct them.

His old brothers were all straight men of steel. To be honest, descendants are indispensable for the rise of mankind.

The entire cultivation world is working hard for more descendants, but the Martial Dao Alliance is clearly lagging behind in this regard.

Even the bald donkeys of the Buddhist sect are promoting the treatment of secular disciples with one child and two or three children everywhere.

It's just that there are too many straight men and straight women of steel here. They all like to cultivate and destroy their own bodies.

"Let's talk about something else. News came from Lin Fan that he has stabilized. The Five Ghosts are doing a good job. Lin Fan is planning to open up a base, but he lacks manpower. This is a bit difficult."

Sun Hui had no choice but to bring the topic to Lin Fan.

In general, the crisis has been alleviated, but because there are no living beings in the ancient battlefield, it is difficult to establish a base without manpower.

"I'm afraid that if we want to achieve our goal, we can only rely on ghost cultivators," Sun Hui said.

Human bodies can't go there, but ghost cultivators can possess them. If we want to establish a base, we can only let ghost cultivators go.

"I don't think it matters. Ghost cultivators are ghost cultivators. They are all people of my Martial Dao Alliance. We might as well shift our attention to the Transcendent Technology City that is about to be built. Refining the spirit and refining the Qi are mysterious and profound, but our body refiners are the most suitable for the initial stage of Transcendent Technology. As long as we seize the opportunity, it's not impossible to take the lead."

This point was approved by everyone.

Body refinement is the tempering of the physical body. It is too difficult to study Qi refinement and spirit refinement when Transcendent Technology comes up, but the physical body is readily available. There are so many body refining cultivators.

… (End of this chapter)