Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 459: Daochu City

“How did Fellow Daoist Nine Void provoke that person?” Su Yuan asked curiously.

The Lord of the Nine Void shook his head in confusion. “I don’t know either. I’ve never even met this person before. He suddenly attacked me, and I’m also puzzled.”

“So that’s how it is!” Su Yuan nodded.

The Lord of the Nine Void speculated in his heart, could it be those Dao Lords he had suppressed before? In order not to arouse suspicion, he had also let those Dao Lords escape, and among them, there might be someone who knew that man.

But how could a Fourth-Order Dao Lord be hiding within Chaos? This simply defied all reason!

Su Yuan asked, “What are your plans now, Fellow Daoist?”

The Lord of the Nine Void pondered briefly before saying, “I propose establishing a stronghold within the Dao Realm and constructing defensive measures to prevent encountering stronger enemies! There are many strange Dao Lord-level beings in the Dao Realm with extremely aggressive tendencies. We must take precautions before disaster strikes!”

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan nodded. “Fellow Daoist Nine Void speaks wisely! That is an excellent idea!”

“Mmm, it would be best to also gather the other fellow daoists together. Fighting alone here could easily lead to unforeseen misfortune!”

The Lord of the Nine Void added.

A strange light flickered in Su Yuan’s eyes. He vaguely understood the Lord of the Nine Void’s intention. This was to gather everyone together, then coordinate from inside and outside to eliminate all the Dao Lords!

“That’s a good idea!” Su Yuan nodded.

He could conveniently reap some Dao Source Fame Points along the way.

“Haha, good! With Fellow Daoist Seven Stars’ Fourth-Order Dao Lord strength guarding the place, security will be greatly enhanced. I’ll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Seven Stars to look after us from now on!” The Lord of the Nine Void clasped his hands respectfully.

“We are merely supporting each other. There’s no need for such formality, Fellow Daoist!”

Su Yuan said calmly.

The two began traveling through the Dao Realm and eventually found a suitable mountain peak.

“There are no evil spirits here. This can serve as the location for our stronghold!” The Lord of the Nine Void pointed at the mountain ahead.

Su Yuan nodded. “Quite good!”

The Lord of the Nine Void asked, “Fellow Daoist, have you studied Dao Lord-level arrays?”

Su Yuan shook his head. “I haven’t been at the Dao Lord level for long, so my understanding of the art of arrays isn’t particularly deep!”

The Lord of the Nine Void laughed heartily. “In that case, leave the array setup for this stronghold to me! Fellow Daoist can just watch from the side!”

“That’s too much trouble for you!” Su Yuan said.

“It’s nothing. Fellow Daoist’s combat strength surpasses mine. Naturally, such laborious work should be done by me!” The Lord of the Nine Void said with a smile.

“Then I’ll leave it to Fellow Daoist Nine Void!” Su Yuan said. “I’ll go scout the surroundings to ensure there are no hidden dangers!”

“That’s fine too!”

The Lord of the Nine Void watched Su Yuan leave, a surge of joy in his heart.

Then he began setting up a grand array at the Dao Lord level.

He took out a full three thousand Dao Lord-level treasures to serve as Formation Flags, and also produced five Dao Artifacts to act as the array’s core. On the mountain peak, he constructed a powerful city stronghold.

The city wasn’t large, with only a little over three thousand buildings inside, making it extremely spacious. However, each building formed its own God Realm Sea, making them incredibly vast.

Most importantly, this city’s defensive capabilities were extremely strong, and the more Dao Lords that took up residence, the stronger its defenses became. It could be said to be an almost perfect stronghold!

Meanwhile, Su Yuan carefully inspected the surroundings. Surprisingly, within a radius of several million trillion God Realm Sea diameters around this area, not a single Chaotic Space-Time remnant shadow could be found. This demonstrated the preciousness of this location;
it was like a safe zone.

“As expected of an insider. The place he found is truly excellent!” Su Yuan thought approvingly.

Estimating that enough time had passed, Su Yuan returned to the mountain peak. He saw a three-dimensional city sitting atop the mountain. On the peak, which was hundreds of thousands of God Realm Seas in height, three thousand buildings were arranged in a staggered yet orderly fashion, interconnected to form a unified whole that appeared extremely stable.

The Lord of the Nine Void came forward to greet him. “Back already? What were the results?”

“No dangers around!” Su Yuan praised. “You must have invested a fortune into this stronghold, right? The resources poured into it must have nearly bankrupted you!”

The Lord of the Nine Void smiled wryly. “I had no choice. My encounter with that Fourth-Order Dao Lord earlier left me quite worried. When it involves my own life, I have to go all out! Spending some of my life’s savings was a necessity!”

Su Yuan nodded. “Since the stronghold is built, let’s each contact the Dao Lords to come over! Hopefully, they’re willing.”

A strange light appeared in Nine Void’s eyes. “If Fellow Daoist Seven Stars adds a Causality Dao Principle to the stronghold that prevents mutual attacks, I estimate everyone would be more willing to come.”

“Oh?”

Su Yuan was somewhat surprised by the Lord of the Nine Void’s suggestion.

“Many Dao Lords have had conflicts with each other before. Without a Dao Principle to constrain them, probably not many Dao Lords would be willing to come!”

The Lord of the Nine Void explained.

Hearing this, Su Yuan nodded. “That’s a good idea.”

Right at the foot of the mountain, Su Yuan condensed a stone stele!

On this stele, Su Yuan inscribed the Causality Dao Principle: residents who join the city cannot attack each other within a radius of one trillion God Realm Seas around the city.

The Lord of the Nine Void opened the array, integrating this stele into the formation. Simultaneously, he left his true name on the Causality Stele, becoming the first to join the list of those who would abide by the rule.

Su Yuan saw a name: [Xu Ling].

The Lord of the Nine Void’s true name was Xu Ling.

Su Yuan also straightforwardly signed his own great name on the Causality Stele.

Immediately, both Su Yuan and the Lord of the Nine Void sensed that a Causality Dao Principle had been established between them.

Once both acknowledged this rule, not only could they not fight each other, but even the thought of fighting became difficult to generate!

This prevented slaughter between Dao Lords at its very source!

“Perfect! It seems our safety within the Dao Realm is guaranteed!” Su Yuan said with a cheerful laugh.

“Yes! Indeed!” The Lord of the Nine Void nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Su Yuan contacted the Lord of the Nine Nether, the Lord of the Nine Pure, the Lord of the Nine Separation, and Dao Venerable Jiemeng.

The Lord of the Nine Void seemed to have extensive connections and contacted even more Dao Lords.

A hundred years later, the Lord of the Nine Nether arrived first.

After coming to the city, he decisively left his true name on the Causality Stele, then asked, “Does this city have a name?”

“Not yet!” Su Yuan said.

“Then let’s call it Daochu City!” The Netherdark Dao Venerable suggested.

Su Yuan said, “That works.”

The Lord of the Nine Void said casually, “It doesn’t matter.”

Seeing this, Netherdark erected a plaque at the foot of the mountain, inscribing the city name “Daochu City” upon it.

Soon, the Lord of the Nine Pure also arrived. After coming here, he said, “Daochu City was funded and established by Fellow Daoist Xu Ling. It wouldn’t be right for us to live here for free. How about this: we who live here will each pay one hundred Dao Source every Kalpa as rent, until the value of the items Fellow Daoist Xu Ling contributed is fully offset. After that, the collected rent can be used to operate the city, such as distributing position allowances and the like.”