CHAPTER 909: CHAPTER 731: CLASSES

"Attack the Demon Realm..."

Zhao Xi’s eyes narrowed.

But soon he nodded in agreement: "Indeed, it’s time to attack. Otherwise, with their ability to fragment themselves and erode others’ consciousness and thoughts, our Longevity World has no way to resist them."

As he spoke, he paused slightly: "The key is how to attack."

Gu Jinlai knew what he meant.

The demon spirits in the Demon Realm are different from devils; they are difficult to eliminate by conventional means.

Many cultivators, whose divine sense ability is insufficient, cannot even inflict substantial damage on them.

Despite this, these demon spirits can harm cultivators regardless of their strength, with the difference only being the degree of damage.

To some extent, the attack of demon spirits falls into the category of "true damage" that ignores defense.

In large numbers, they can wear down even the strongest cultivators.

Furthermore, they have cultivated a state akin to the Holy Spirit, causing the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao targeted at souls to be less effective against them.

Actually fighting them...

is very troublesome.

Especially since Longevity World harbors a lurking evil god that can be awakened at the most critical moment, leading to mutual destruction.

"Speaking of which, considering these demon realm beings suddenly attack us, aren’t they afraid of the evil god’s awakening?"

Zhao Xi couldn’t help asking.

"Holy Spirits are backed by divine spirits, making it difficult for the evil god’s power to erode them."

Gu Jinlai briefly explained.

This doesn’t mean the evil god is inferior to divine spirits; in a true showdown, the evil god is more terrifying than any divine spirit or Immortal Golden Immortal.

But the evil god’s body is sealed deep within the Heart of the Cosmic, with only a portion of its power projected externally. These forces stir trouble and grow, with the aim to return to its body someday, enabling it to endure longer in the Heart of the Cosmic.

Since it’s only a part of the power, the evil god naturally cannot erode a complete divine spirit.

"As for methods to counter demon spirits..."

Gu Jinlai’s expression was stern: "The essence of the Demon Realm is derived from the evolution over billions of years of an Immortal Golden Immortal after its fall. Back then, the Demon Realm was destroyed by the evil god, and the remaining beings transformed the Immortal Golden Immortal corpse, which served as a star core, into an entity akin to the evil god. They were tainted by immortal power and became demon spirits, much like the evil god and the creator."

"Immortal Golden Immortal!"

Zhao Xi’s heart quickly sank.

An Immortal Golden Immortal is an existence more powerful than a Great Dao Golden Immortal!

Although rumors outside claim some Great Dao Golden Immortals match with the Great Dao to ninety percent, perhaps differing little from fully matched Immortal Golden Immortals, but...

The difference between them is like ninety percent pure gold compared to one hundred percent pure gold.

The former is commonly seen, while the latter...

is nearly impossible to exist.

It’s akin to scoring ninety points versus one hundred points in an exam.

Though it seems only a ten-point difference, the nature of it is that one scores ninety because they can only achieve that, and the other...

because the maximum score of the exam is one hundred.

This is the difference between Immortal Golden Immortal and Great Dao Golden Immortal.

Demon realm beings transforming Immortal Golden Immortal corpses and being tainted by immortal traits...

"How can this be fought?"

"Very simple."

Gu Jinlai looked coldly at the direction where the Demon Realm Rift disappeared: "Destroy the Demon Realm, and the demon spirits will naturally be destroyed."

"Destroy the Demon Realm?"

Zhao Xi was slightly stunned, unable to react for a moment.

But then he seemed to realize the true meaning behind Gu Jinlai’s words about "destroying the Demon Realm," and his eyes suddenly widened: "You mean..."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

"This... how is it possible!? Has your power reached such a level?"

Zhao Xi was filled with uncontrollable shock.

"Relying solely on my personal power is somewhat strenuous, but with some external force, it is enough."

Gu Jinlai said.

"External force?"

"Achieving this will take some time, and before then, our Longevity World must remain stable internally."

Gu Jinlai added in a deep voice: "The Freedom Church has developed so rapidly in Longevity World not just because these Divine Spirit System cultivators can greatly erode others’ thoughts, but also because our Lingxiao Palace, or rather our Longevity World’s system itself has problems, especially with my Thunder Punishment Eye judging all beings, which further magnifies these issues, allowing the Holy Spirits of the Freedom Church to easily guide them into exploding, causing significant damage."

Zhao Xi listened, his expression tinged with sorrow.

The Central Heaven Purple Light Immortal Lord was his comrade-in-arms for over a thousand years.

Over the past century, he devoted endless effort to fighting devils, repeatedly charging to the forefront of battles, narrowly escaping death.

Yet, he didn’t die in the war against devils, but by the hands of his own Human Clan...

"What do you plan to do?"

Zhao Xi contained his emotions, looking at Gu Jinlai: "According to you, the Demon Realm Holy Spirit has a strong ability to erode people’s will, and they belong to a collective consciousness, which can completely disassemble into individuals, making prevention nearly impossible."

"It’s not entirely impossible to prevent."

Gu Jinlai said: "When they disassemble into individuals, they actually become very weak, weak to the point where some ordinary people can resist them. As long as they can resist temptation for a short time and we detect anomalies immediately, it won’t be easy for the Freedom Church’s Holy Spirit to spread everywhere."

Speaking, his tone paused slightly: "The premise is that they can fortify their will."

"Fortify their will..."

Zhao Xi thought of many cultivators whose minds were eroded, including the Purple Light Immortal...

Starting from Void Immortal, cultivators possess their own "Dao" heart, and in the True Immortal Realm, they form the Dao Fruit, making it difficult for the Holy Spirit’s power to erode them.

The reason even the Purple Light Immortal’s mind was completely twisted within a year was mainly due to their inherent resentment, failing to resist the Freedom Church’s will, leading to a grave mistake.

If it weren’t for Gu Jinlai’s miraculous Void Projection Technique, this incident in the Longevity World could have resulted in millions of casualties, possibly even billions.

"Firstly, we must clearly let everyone know, the Freedom Church is a cult, and also make it clear the harm that divine spirits can bring. Anyone, when they begin to worship divine spirits, their thoughts and consciousness have already been invisibly altered, making them essentially a different person."

Gu Jinlai stated solemnly.

Zhao Xi nodded: "There must also be corresponding punitive measures! Anyone colluding with the cult, should be killed without mercy!"

Speaking, his expression turned cold: "When they have already colluded with the cult and been eroded by it, their relatives and friends are also unlikely to escape unscathed. I think we can add one more line, annihilate three families!"

Gu Jinlai did not deny Zhao Xi’s statement.

After a while, he said: "To fundamentally solve the problem, harsh penalties are evidently insufficient; there must be strict systems."

"Systems..."

Zhao Xi remembered the rules and order proposed by Gu Jinlai concerning the Lingxiao Palace, wanting to say the pursuit of fairness and justice in this system is difficult to achieve, but...

This is the fundamental rule implemented since the founding of Lingxiao Palace, and even if it has flaws, it’s not appropriate for him to question too much.

Fortunately, Gu Jinlai himself has already noticed this issue.

He took a deep breath: "This world cannot avoid the existence of classes, and the new system must have classes, so I plan to structure the entire Lingxiao Palace, and even the entire Longevity World for all living beings, into a Level 6 system."

Zhao Xi was suddenly startled.

Gu Jinlai...

Is he going to overthrow the fairness and justice system that was implemented at the founding of Lingxiao Palace!?

"Indeed, the existence of classes can easily cause societal division, but as long as we can plan the promotion channels well, ensuring the fair and smooth upward mobility of classes, it will surely revitalize the entire Longevity World."

Gu Jinlai said, sighing: "After all, immortals and mortals are already considered different species; even some physiological responses are habits continued from human form, which do not actually exist for them."

Zhao Xi silently nodded: "Then how do you plan to structure it?"

"The proposed tiers are temporarily set as: Commoners, Citizens, Cultivators, High-level Cultivators, Immortals, High-level Immortals. Categorized by cultivation and combat power. Commoners are those all living beings who haven’t extended their lifespan through Hugging Pill, being the cornerstone of society. Citizens are similar to Commoners but have made significant contributions to society, such as accomplished scholars, merchants who pay large taxes, skilled craftsmen, etc."

Gu Jinlai stated.

Zhao Xi listened and nodded.

Before achieving Hugging Pill, cultivators may have decent power, but if they act evil, enough people can surround and kill them.

With everyone’s income rising and living environments improving, nearly everyone has Body Refining, even the strength for refining the organs. In trained local militia recruitments, often blood exchange is the starting point.

When dozens of blood exchange soldiers rush forward, not to mention cultivators below Hugging Pill, even Hugging Pill Cultivators would easily be surrounded and killed to death.

Especially now that many local armies are equipped with some war machines, like guns and cannons.

"The cultivator tier includes Hugging Pill, Refining God, Divinity Transformation, and Primordial Spirit stages, which is the backbone of society, also the tier conventional military equipment like machine guns and cannons can handle. This tier can enjoy certain privileges; if provoked, they have the right to retaliate without consequence. However, if they indulge in excessive killing, severe punishment is still necessary."

Gu Jinlai continued: "As for High-level Cultivators, refer to Devas, Saints, Void Immortals stages, enjoying various privileges while, even if unintentionally causing casualties, as long as there’s no malicious intent, leniency can be granted."

"This method is very good."

Zhao Xi was quite pleased with Gu Jinlai’s great concession, quickly expressing: "This way, many people, in actions and law enforcement, don’t have to worry about being restrained."

"For the remaining, the Immortal tier... Only High-level Immortals can judge. Each trial must have more than ten High-level Immortals present, judging based on the faults they committed. If unanimously passed, the highest can be killed on the spot. If all feel there’s reason for forgiveness, then they can be granted a chance to correct their mistakes."

Speaking to this point, Gu Jinlai sighed: "Currently, these are the only things I can think of, the rest will depend on you all to supplement, quickly coming up with an appropriate charter system."

"It’s already sufficient!"

Zhao Xi quickly replied: "I will immediately gather personnel for discussions, within three days, I will surely give Master Gu a definite answer."

"Good."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

These three days, he also needs to carefully remodel the "external forces" he plans to use.