Shi Feiyang appointed his ministers.

Firstly, he appointed Jin Xunu as the Heavenly Official, responsible for measuring the fluctuations of the Yin Yang Qi and presiding over the affairs related to the Four Elements and Eight Festivals. His subordinates included Yang Zheng, Yin Zheng, and Chen Zheng who were senior ministers.

The Sun on the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain scarcely moved, but the Yang energy also changed, especially when the Sun's shadow rotated around the Sun. Sometimes it was a single shadow, sometimes there were two, and at most, ten shadows arranged in a circle, revolving around the central Sun. The diameter of this circle also varied.

However, these were only visible to the eye; the actual true Sun was the outermost shadow. Due to the refraction and concentration of magnetic light in the atmosphere, no matter where the Sun rotated, it would always appear directly overhead in the sky. Therefore, what looked like the real Sun was false, and what seemed like mere shadows were the actual Sun.

Measurements had to be taken to track the true trajectory of the Sun's path through the zodiac and its angle with the Earth's axis, a task assigned to Yang Zheng to oversee the documentation and recording.

Similarly, though the Moon was invisible from the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, its orbit around the Earth along with the Sun greatly influenced the ocean tides and the Yin Yang changes. Yin Zheng, based on the fluctuations of Yin energy, needed to determine the Moon's path to establish the lunar calendar.

The Solar Calendar was established by observing the Sun, and the Lunar Calendar by observing the Moon. Together, they formed the Yin Yang Calendar.

Besides the Sun and the Moon, the motion of the Five Planets and all the stars in space were to be observed as they were considered the origin of civilization and the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao. Thus, as the Heavenly Official, Jin Xunu ranked above all other officials!

Yuan Hua was then appointed as the Earth Official, responsible for surveying mountains and water bodies and mapping maritime borders. He was tasked with defining the coordinates in terms of the Heavenly Dao's lines and angles for the entire mountainous terrain and river systems of the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain and every island in the sea. He also had to account for what plants, animals, and minerals each location produced, monitor changes in the Earth's energy, geological transformations, and the directions of ocean currents, and continuously update these data.

The Fire Official, Shi Sheng, was responsible for overseeing the energetic and active Qi, handling the production and distribution everywhere, and managing the propagation of species, essentially operating the entire system...

Shi Sheng, innocent and cheerful, although intelligent, had too little experience in the human world. After hearing all this, he was confused and had no idea what he was specifically supposed to do.

Shi Feiyang assigned Wu Longzi to assist him, along with another called Chun Yan, a large camphor tree—this was the tree spirit who had previously sent a message to Wu Longzi about Qian Kang's attack on the Bright Realm.

He had ten thousand years of Dao experience. His final ordeal was being chosen by a disciple of Zhenyue Palace, presented by Qian Kang as a gift to be chopped down for Magical Treasure crafting. But now that Qian Kang and the Zhenyue Palace disciples were eliminated, he had pledged allegiance under the Great Yu Dragon Emperor.

Seeing his considerable Dao experience and since he had lived long and knew many things, showering wisdom from the past and present, and with fewer calamities in his future—not to mention his less scheming nature compared to Wu Longzi—Shi Feiyang decided to also make him an assistant to Shi Sheng, helping him with documentation.

Shi Sheng was sincere and profound in his Dao; Wu Longzi was calculative, and Chun Yan was well-informed; together, they brought various skills.

Skill without Dao could lead to cunning, and Dao without skill was useless. As long as Shi Sheng was strong enough to keep Wu Longzi, with his sharp wits and evil thoughts in check, he could then harness the wealth of talents Wu Longzi possessed to accomplish tasks effectively.

Shi Sheng was fundamental; his primary need was to consolidate and nourish his foundation. Initially, Shi Feiyang had taken the Five Fire Qiankun Net from Red Flower Grandmother and incorporated it into his Divine Fire Inner Core. After surviving his final ordeal and the integration of his Inner Core into a Dragon Ball, he extracted the Five Fires and bestowed them upon Shi Sheng, teaching him to refine them into the Detachment Bell inside which not only increased his self-protection capabilities but also enabled him to counterattack enemies.

Lin Han was appointed as the Water Official. Shi Feiyang asked him to manage rituals and enforce the laws, considering his upright and steady character. He controlled the balanced Qi of water, using rituals before and laws after as his standard, regulating the behavior of the Demon Clan and other unusual beings. If any violated the regulations, he would command their capture and severely punish them without mercy!

Thus, the offices of Heaven, Earth, Water, and Fire were established, akin to the positioning of the Qian, Kun, Kan, and Li trigrams. As mentioned in the Dan Scripture, Qian and Kun were the parents of all trigrams, while Kan and Li were their central axis; all other trigrams operated within the framework set by these four.

Using this framework, Shi Feiyang meticulously appointed official positions and arranged personnel. His strength was supreme, commanding respect from all creatures; what he said was law, and no one dared resist. He could also deduce numerology, perceive Heaven's secrets and observe human affairs, placing the right people in the appropriate positions. He quickly established the central framework of the Great Yu Dragon Dynasty.

However, this alone was not enough. By governing the Dao, one could generate benefits; the world must return to this path. To preside over the world with the Great Dao meant creating the maximum benefits, ensuring all beings returned their allegiance to him.

How could he ensure all beings benefited?

Firstly, through education. Shi Feiyang adopted his improved "Sun Refining Great Technique" as the "elementary curriculum" for his nationals and compiled another book, "Kan Li Return to Truth Technique," as the "middle school curriculum."

The former refined the body, blood, Qi, bones, and skin, enabling individuals to strengthen their physiques and alter their forms according to their will.

The latter allowed individuals to cultivate according to their own elements; those of water practiced the Kan Skill, and those of fire practiced the Li Technique, just like Shi Feiyang initially possessing both elements, practicing both Kan and Li, achieving balance between water and fire. All forms of cultivation in the world relied on water and fire; everyone could strengthen their Dan foundation through this Daoist book and become a Golden Core Immortal.

Finally, the "university curriculum" delved into the deeper understanding of 'Dao' and 'Virtue.' Each person needed to select the path most suited to themselves, setting their own cultivation methods tailored to their personal conditions. This level was much more advanced, requiring a mentor who had seen the Dao. Currently, only Shi Feiyang possessed the ability to guide this.

He decreed that every ten years, those nationals who completed the "Kan Li Return to Truth Technique" could travel to the Bright Realm to participate in a trial. Those who successfully passed could stay at the Five Bright Palace for further in-depth studies,

Outside education, there were also resources.

Shi Feiyang had planned a medicinal garden over an area of more than five thousand li in the southern mountainous region of the Bright Realm, connecting it to the Earth's Axis, drawing water from the Spiritual Spring, and setting up a Spirit Gathering Array. He assigned Deng Bagu to oversee it, also keeping an eye on the Earth Axis exit to prevent anyone from secretly emerging from Wuding Island at the North Pole.

He opened up seven hundred and twenty medicinal plantations within it, employing people to cultivate various Spiritual Medicines. There were many species suitable for cultivation, such as birds that could eliminate pests, snakes that could draw water, and plants that had achieved cultivation, all classified by family and arranged here to cultivate the medicinal plants.

Shi Feiyang had an agreement with them, they were to keep half of the medicinal herbs they cultivated, and the other half was to be turned over to the national treasury.

Besides cultivating Spiritual Medicine, there was also the smelting industry—collecting Cold Iron Crystal Sand from the seabed, refining various minerals, including refining True Sun Essence from sunlight and refining Five Elements Essence from the sea.

Over three hundred thousand "citizens" were organized to cooperate in divisions of labor and rapidly produced significant quantities of Five Elements Essence in less than half a year, keeping half and surrendering half.

With surplus resources on hand, besides using them to increase strength and craft Magical Treasures, they exchanged what they had freely.

The treasury's resources were distributed as "salaries" to the ministers, rewarding those who were progressive and meritorious.

Shi Feiyang's ideal kingdom was finally established under his leadership, flourishing and developing quickly. Within a year, many more houses were built inside and outside the Eternal City. The citizens no longer feared being killed by natural enemies or harmed by evil demons, cultivating calmly with rapid progress. Many different species practiced the "Sun Refining Great Technique," undergoing physical changes to grow limbs and wings according to their wishes. Although still small and immature, their potential was promising!

On the second Winter Solstice, also the Yin Yuan Festival of the Great Yu Dragon Dynasty, Shi Feiyang stood inside the Golden Court to the north of the Eastern Continent, gazing at the gradually weakening and sinking Aurora Fire.

The individuals from the Forty-Seven Islands trapped here last year had stealthily passed through the water.

"Dragon Emperor didn't see us, right?" someone worriedly asked.

"He shouldn't have. We are under the sea, covered by seaweed, and so far away; he definitely won't see us," another assuaged.

"Humph, you saw him, couldn't he see you too?" Gui Wu retorted irritably.

Since the day Elder Kuzhu had used a bamboo stick to kill most of their companions, this group had hidden in a remote deep-sea corner, not daring to show their faces, later even more fearful of the Dragon Emperor sending people to hunt them down.

Over the year, they observed the tremendous changes secretly. Many great demons were extremely reverent and submissive to the Dragon Emperor, not even speaking ill of him behind his back—they grew even more terrified.

Now, on the Winter Solstice, they wanted to escape back from here. As they saw Shi Feiyang standing within the Golden Court on the mountain peak, they turned pale with fright, hurriedly returning to the water. They cast spells to gather a mass of seaweed overhead, not daring to use their escaping light too urgently, only able to stealthily swim.

"If the Dragon Emperor had seen us, why would he remain indifferent and not come and kill us?" the front person asked.

"If the Dragon Emperor wanted to kill us, could we still be alive now? With just one word from him, countless great demons would tear us into pieces and eat us alive," another explained.

"But why is that? We've twice caused a major disturbance in the Bright Realm and entered his Immortal Palace campuses, causing no actual damage, but still challenged his authority…"

Gui Wu sighed, "I also can't figure it out, but right now, there's no time to consider these things. We are fish on the chopping board; we can only grit our teeth and go through with it, praying that he doesn't strike, sparing our dog lives. When I return, I'll burn incense in his honor…"

Of course, Shi Feiyang had not taken action. If he wanted to kill them, he would have done so long ago.

He intended to let them return, giving himself an excuse to deploy troops and sweep across the Forty-Seven Islands in the future.

Today, his observation here was to gauge the changes in the external Qi and calculate the situation of the Seven Absolute Techniques of the secret demons and zhutian stars.

That shuttle was the number one nuclear-weapon-level Magical Treasure of the Shushan World, originally hidden deep in a seabed cavern in the South Sea, along with a copy of the "Demon God Scripture." There were three in total, all semi-finished.

Later, Wuyu Island's Island Master, Wu Lingzhu, discovered it. After seeing the Demon Scripture, he knew that such Demon Scripture odd treasures all contained demons, which would secretly control the cultivator once refined, so without the Demon Refining Technique, one couldn't easily practice it.

The first time he didn't dare to touch it, rushing to retreat, later severely beaten by enemies and calculating his own critical fate, had no choice but to enter the cave again. At first, he tested, and the Demon Scripture didn't respond; assuming that the demon inside had perished with the scripture's previous owner, he was overjoyed, picked up the Demon Scripture, and began cultivation.

However, unexpectedly, just after completing the first scripture, the demon inside spoke to him, claiming to be the previous owner of the scripture, already perfected as his Lifebound Divine Demon, trapped in the scripture by the former previous owner when they left, unable to escape. He wanted Wu Lingzhu to listen to his command, quickly complete the Lifebound Divine Demon, and come in to take over the scripture, so he could ascend to the otherworldly Demon Realm.

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