Smuggling Crackdown on the Pathway, Dao Resonance Distinguishes Right from Wrong

The Resource Pathway had operated smoothly for half a year, and resource circulation across the Hongmeng Great Land had grown ever more efficient. The living beings of every race lived and worked in peace, while the symbiotic system flourished with vigorous life. Yet the complexity of human hearts and spiritual intelligence had ultimately introduced discordant notes into this pathway that benefited all beings—some lawless cultivators had seen the convenience of the pathway and begun using spirit-path teleportation arrays to smuggle scarce resources, forbidden artifacts, and even spread evil cultivation arts harmful to cultivation. This severely disrupted the order of the pathway and damaged the interests of all beings.

The first to discover the irregularities was the steward of the Resource Pavilion in Black Stone City of the Western Region. While inventorying the Starlight Spirit Mine entering storage, he found a massive discrepancy between the ledger records and the actual quantity received. The mining traces in several veins were also unusual, as though cultivators had secretly extracted ore and transported it away through teleportation arrays. Soon after, the Technology Hall in Green Cloud City of the Southern Territory reported that some cultivators had purchased rare Southern Territory spirit herbs through the pathway, not to refine pills and aid the world, but to extract their spiritual essence and produce Forbidden Medicine. They then sold it through the spirit pathways across various regions. Several cultivators had already suffered disordered Dao Resonance and damaged meridians after taking the Forbidden Medicine.

"These people are truly blinded by greed!" Zi Xuan said as she looked over the violation dossiers reported from every region, her delicate brows tightly furrowed. "The Resource Pathway was meant for mutual aid and coexistence, yet they use it to seek personal profit and endanger all beings. They must be severely punished!"

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