Late at night, inside Xu An's cave abode.
Xu An was still sitting in meditation, yet he had failed to notice that within his Sea of Consciousness, there was a completely alien presence.
"Immortal Kingdom Dao Law."
Lu Yang raised his head and surveyed the sky with great interest, while recalling the memories settled from Wu Tai'an, the Suppress-South King of the Dao Court.
Of the world's four regions, the Dao Court was the most unusual.
The Immortal Kingdom Dao Law connected every person, yet unlike the Pure Land, it did not use Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts for forceful control. Instead, it deliberately constructed the current order.
The Ninth Grade official positions were the underlying logic of the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law. The Six Ministries born from them directly took part in the lives of Jiangdong's common folk, while the Six Ministries in turn spawned countless official positions. These positions then clustered together around the four Fruit Positions of Heaven and Earth.
Flatland Wood, Roadside Earth; Gold-Foil Metal, Great Relay Station Earth.
The four Fruit Positions were divided between the Dao Court Son of Heaven and the Three Dukes. The Tian Wu Royal Clan passed its position down through generations, while the positions of the Three Dukes circulated among three factions.
It looks like City-Wall Earth.
Lu Yang suddenly understood. This method of binding Fruit Positions resembled the Pure Land's Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts. The Pure Land used people, while the Dao Court used official positions.
Had the Dao Court learned from the World Honored One?
No, it should have been the World Honored One imitating the Dao Court!
And the Dao Court has no fewer than two Earth Element Fruit Positions. If City-Wall Earth from the previous dynasty is included, that makes a full three Earth Elements.