"Cheers!"
It was still that same roadside food stall. Spicy crayfish and grilled fish covered the table as they clinked glasses.
Jiang Ding, An Siyan, and Jin Lingfeng had fruit juice, as did True Lord Sea-Stabilizer and Zhang Junsheng. Heavenly Monarch Mie Ri, Canghai Heavenly Monarch, and several clearly ancient dormant True Lords went straight for high-proof liquor, draining it in bold swigs.
Jiang Ding gulped down an entire glass of fruit juice in one go.
His spiritual sense swept across the surroundings.
The Immortal Sect's economy had begun to recover. The wartime economy had been lifted, and citizen Conscript Troops from every direction were gradually returning to the Immortal Sect.
Mortal line-filling infantrymen, Qi Refinement tank drivers, Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and Golden Core Cultivators all left the army and returned home, back to their jobs... Every trade and profession within the Immortal Sect was beginning to revive. Things had grown much livelier, no longer so desolate.
Research, culture, entertainment, and other fields had reappeared within the Immortal Sect. No longer did everything exist solely to serve the war.
As expected, all of it would develop rapidly in the years ahead, reaching its former peak.
Then surpassing it without effort.
There were twenty-four Minor Worlds in total!
Detailed development plans had already been made before the war. The resources and Natural Treasures of the various Minor Worlds complemented one another, greatly increasing the speed of the Immortal Sect's reconstruction.
Every industry in the Immortal Sect would accelerate its growth. University Cultivation Departments would undergo expanded enrollment, lasting at least several centuries, only stopping once the Immortal Sect's number of cultivators reached its target.
Students who previously could not gain admission to a Cultivation Department now could.
Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment Cultivators who previously could not advance now could.
Golden