Chapter 986 - 838: Unity

After the premise was completed, it was time to divide the nearly 200,000 troops below the stage. Manxi allocated a quota of 40,000 troops to each of the four divisions, the rest was under his control as the Domain Master's Central.

The power to appoint the Domain Master's Central does not go through the Heavenly Court; the Domain Master has full authority. This is considered a reward for him winning first place. The level of left and right deputies is not inferior to the Commanders, for instance, Mo Hei, whom he brought in, will definitely occupy a position.

Before dividing these troops, the main backbone of each division must be divided first. The four divisions have thirty-six cities, each overseeing nine cities, meaning each division must have nine City Lords allocated.

Shi Chun produced nine City Lords, just enough for one division, but they cannot all be kept for himself.

The Northern Region of Wu Jinliang and the Western Region of Tong Mingshan both require reliable people of their own. They don't have many of their own people, only a few from Mingshan Sect, half of which are from the Demon Path.

Ultimately, Shi Chun allocated An Wuzhi and Shen Moming to Tong Mingshan, and Zhu Xiangxin and Xiao Sheng to Wu Jinliang.

Xiao Sheng was also someone Wu Jinliang came over to request proactively, having partnered for years and found him handy to use.

Xiao Sheng was afraid precisely because he's easy to use and was not very willing to go with Wu Jinliang; he refused, but Shi Chun did not refuse Wu Jinliang.

As for Feng Chi, Chen Wuji, Fang Zicheng, and Wu Hong, those who secretly leaned toward the Demon Path, Shi Chun kept them by his side, both for convenience in seeking Demon Essence and because he feared Wu Jinliang and Tong Mingshan might not handle the movements of the Demon Path well, potentially leading to unforeseen dangers.

Furthermore, Feng Chi's intention to stay by his side was quite clear; her watery eyes almost spoke.

"Old Chai, where do you want to go?" Shi Chun finally asked Chai Wenwu.

Chai Wenwu still felt like he was dreaming, and upon hearing, he immediately awaited with excitement: "Chai Wenwu vows to follow the Master to the death!"

He knew very well that without holding onto this thigh, with his strength, he simply couldn't hold the position of City Lord securely.

"Alright." Shi Chun nodded in agreement. Anyhow, this useless person is the same wherever he's placed. If a Human Immortal Realm City Lord stays here, then Wu Jinliang and Tong Mingshan can have one more Earth Immortal Realm.

Once those internal matters were negotiated, they found that the remaining City Lords had already been preselected by Mo Hei and Dongguo Shou. With twenty-seven remaining, all three Domain Masters were their own people. What was left to choose? They directly divided them up to make up the numbers, concluding it all.

Once the thirty-six City Lords returned to their positions, it was time to bestow rewards and recognition to the troops below, starting from the ranks of Inner Court Captains and Outer Court Supervisors, proceeding in order based on official position.

Thus, who occupies which position was not up for negotiation by the Commanders and City Lords; everything was organized by Manxi alone.

The list was actually compiled long before; it was prepared before Manxi went to the Heavenly Court to report back. He carried both large and small merit lists to report, just waiting for the City Lords to be divided before presenting it.

Mo Hei directly utilized the Heavenly Mirror to project the list, expanding it in the mirror image for public display.

The list was even detailed to the point of specifying who was a Squad Leader, a Centurion, a leader, and which division in the east, south, west, or north they belonged to.

"I'm on the list! I, Qu Mouren, am a Centurion."

"A leader... It wasn't in vain that I fought fiercely!"

Upon the release of the list, there was a clamor below the stage; some cheered, some sighed with longing, some wore dissatisfied expressions, feeling that someone else's contribution wasn't as great as theirs.

Quite a few people even found it strange why, based on their contributions, they weren't on the list.

Mo Hei cast a spell and spoke loudly: "Personnel on the list, please stand in front of the four signs for east, south, west, and north. Arrange your standing position according to rank, the rest stand behind!"

Below, someone raised the four signs of east, south, west, and north, causing the crowd to surge as those moving backwards stayed back, and those moving forward went forward. Soon, the backbone of each team was in place.

Shi Chun noticed that the name of Mulan Qingqing was still absent from the list, not even given the lowest Squad Leader position.

As for the gathered lower-level backbone below, determining which city they would be distributed to next was something Manxi did not interfere with; he watched from a high position, sending off the Commanders and City Lords to meet their division backbones.

The thousands of backbone personnel belonging to the Southern Region discovered that their Commander was Shi Chun, feeling both surprised and somewhat admiring, for this is the mighty one who killed Su Jikuan and Luo Que.

While Chai Wenwu and Chen Wuji, the City Lords facing these backbone personnel, felt somewhat embarrassed. It could be said that those who could contribute had basically reached the Earth Immortal Realm, making these Human Immortal Realm City Lords feel a bit insecure.

Fortunately, they rose through the ranks due to merit, so there wouldn't be any issues for now. The most important thing was having a capable Commander to hold them down.

Not to mention these backbone personnel, among those twenty thousand troops, the proportion of Earth Immortal Realm was very high, far exceeding the proportion among a domain's troops. Those with lower cultivation were mostly eliminated in battles, fitting the standards directly managed by the Heavenly Court.

Manxi allowed the divisions to select from those twenty thousand troops, instructing them to report the personnel once chosen.

Selecting several thousand from each division was not something that could be completed in a short period of time.

While various parties were still reviewing the roster of participants in the Battle of Great Pardon, Mo Hei had already taken a list and moved beside Manxi, who stood at a high vantage point overlooking the lower platform. He whispered, "Sir, the personnel list for the Domain Master's Central has been fully prepared."

Manxi replied, "Publicly display it and have the relevant personnel return to their positions."

"Yes." After Mo Hei agreed, he quietly continued, "Sir, effectively three of the four divisions are Shi Chun's people. Is this really appropriate?"

Manxi glanced at him and responded indifferently, "Rewards and recognition, so many eyes watching, fairness must be observed; didn't they also receive what they shouldn't have? Even Mulan Jin can't say a single 'no'. As for whether they can hold their position, I have the final say..." He pointed to the list in Mo Hei's hand.

Mo Hei paused, then suddenly realized, understanding why the sir wanted the divisions to choose personnel, why he prepared this list in advance. By choosing those with strength and background, where are Shi Chun's subordinates going to draw such a large population from?

If it doesn't work out, the rules are laid out in the open, and when the time comes, they will be dealt with according to the rules, treating everyone the same; no one can say anything about it.

Finally realizing why Shi Chun's subordinates were all promoted to the position of City Lord, sitting in the position requires bearing responsibility. At that time, the rules will leave none unscathed; being elevated only leads to a fall.

"Your foresight is impressive, sir." He praised sincerely.

Thus, the list of personnel belonging to the Domain Master's central hub appeared in the mirror image, and the relevant personnel began to take their positions.

Quickly, each department found that the personnel they wanted were all selected by the Domain Master's central hub, who could blame them for being slow in submitting their list?

Seeing this, Shi Chun didn't think too much of it, who wouldn't want elite troops? Manxi was more familiar with the overall situation, so it was normal for him to prepare the list first, as a central hub of a domain wanting to control the strongest force was perfectly normal.

But it made him unwilling to make further selections, what could one find from a pile of junk? With a dizzying number of tens of thousands, it couldn't be cleared up in a short time, so he became a hands-off shopkeeper, throwing the handling to Feng Chi and the key members, and only looked at the final result.

He had just moved aside to seek peace when Qilin A San approached him, asking, "Master, they've all received benefits, am I not credited?"

In reality, it just wanted benefits.

Shi Chun was stunned, thinking, you've already become my steed, what more benefits could you want?

Instinctively wanting to scold it a few times, but on second thought, how could you send someone on errands without offering benefits, even if it's a horse, you have to feed it some grass for running.

However, he indeed couldn't pick out anything suitable for it, so he immediately asked, "What benefits do you want? To give you a position, you can't transform, so you can't take one."

Qilin A San smiled, "Just give what the master sees fit, A San trusts the master won't treat A San poorly."

It truly believed that its low-key master had good items.

However, Shi Chun truly didn't know what reward was suitable for it, simply handing over a handful of grass wasn't considered a reward, giving money or magical treasures it couldn't use either.

After pondering, he flipped through the Qiankun Bag and Qiankun Bracelet, and feeling there was indeed nothing suitable, his gaze suddenly flashed with inspiration.

He directly pulled out a glossy black pearl, none other than the Dragon Ball excavated from the Demon Altar Dragon Corpse, handing it over, "Didn't you want to eat it last time? Here's one as a reward."

"..." Qilin A San was speechless for a moment, didn't expect the master would again use this item to tempt it.

It knew that the Qilin Clan doesn't eat meat, yet its nostrils couldn't help but twitch, couldn't resist sniffing, eyes full of struggle, falling into the dilemma of eating meat or staying vegetarian.

Shi Chun didn't want to haggle with it. To avoid bargaining, he waved his hand to directly collect it, Dragon Ball was thrown in there too, anyway he had offered it, if you choose not to take it, can't blame me for not giving.

No choice, he really couldn't find anything suitable for A San…

While everyone was still in the midst of dividing the personnel, people from the Heavenly Court came to repair the Heavenly Domain, Manxi went over to greet them.

The visitors didn't bother with formalities, or rather didn't pay much attention to Manxi, exchanged a few words then flew away.

Shi Chun watched and then found Feng Chi to speak privately, "Did you mention to the superior about the Heavenly Court repairing the Extreme Abyss?"

The main worry was the Demon Altar in Extreme Abyss, this repair might bury it.

Feng Chi nodded, "Already mentioned."

Since it had been notified, Shi Chun didn't mind anymore.

The next day, heaven and earth suddenly erupted with rumbling, dust rose everywhere, wobbling those standing, startling everyone into flying up, only feeling waves of buzzing washing over their bodies and minds.

After the odd sound that lasted the time for tea disappeared, in the air a refreshing wave swept over everyone's heart and soul.

"Spiritual Energy!"

"It's Spiritual Energy!"

"So dense!"

Voices of astonishment and cheers arose, seemed like everyone saw a beautiful future, despite the vast land still being shrouded in a layer of dust.

All realized that Extreme Abyss should have been repaired.

Everyone ran and examined everywhere, even Manxi couldn't stay outside the trend.

Soon, everyone found that not every place had dense Spiritual Energy, some places were abundant, others were relatively thin, most places had none.

Yet as long as there are enough Spirit Vein hubs, over time, sooner or later the whole Heavenly Domain will be blessed.

Manxi's distant shouting suddenly came, "Each department's troops to explore different areas, must collaboratively draw a precise map of Spirit Vein hubs distribution!"

This was also the reason why Heavenly Domain's troops gathered here and waited without dividing their territory, as their owners here, how could they randomly settle in a broken place, they surely wanted to occupy future blessing havens first.

Such opportunity really wasn't something people from other regions could have, other regions' sacred havens were long occupied by those with power, even Heavenly Court or Royal Court's troops couldn't randomly seize.

Yet here, it indeed was an undeveloped virgin land, of course, the advantages were theirs to take first.

After dividing each department's exploration area, all troops immediately scattered, even Shi Chun was busy, excitedly rushing around.

The dust on the earth gradually settled, wandering ominous aura vanished, the perpetually hazy sky became clear and blue…

(End of Volume Five, Preview of Volume Six: Heavenly Domain Splendor!)