Time drifted by, and the years passed.
Before anyone knew it, another two thousand years had gone by.
In those two millennia, no major disaster struck the Immortal Sect. The Immortal-Dao Industry Ten-Thousand-Year Plan continued to advance steadily, as did projects such as the Celestial Being cultivation method, the eighth-tier Central Array-Spirit Computer Project, and the Solar-System-Class Battleship. The exploration of immortal-Dao science and technology never ceased for a moment.
The only slight disappointment was that, apart from the encouraging progress of the eighth-tier Celestial Being Central Array-Spirit Computer, the other projects had merely "advanced steadily." There was no exaggeration in that phrase. The wording of the Immortal Sect's millennial annual report was precise.
Steady progress meant only steady progress. Efficiency had fallen off a cliff, dropping to less than a third of its prewar level.
Had the Immortal Sect's talent withered after that brutal battle?
Had research efficiency declined because the Central Array-Spirit Computer was no longer trusted absolutely?
Neither was the reason.
That battle had little effect on the Immortal Sect's Void Refining and Spirit Transformation cultivators. After a thousand years of recovery, the ranks of its lower- and middle-level cultivators had largely been replenished. With time and advances in the Immortal Sect's science and technology, their average level had even risen.
With its powerful education system and an influx of ascended immigrants, the Immortal Sect had no shortage of talent.
Nor was the Central Array-Spirit Computer the cause.
After that battle, under Chancellor Yuan's direction, the Immortal Sect strictly carried out a procedure to physically disconnect the power and network. It sealed the Homeworld's Central Array-Spirit Computer on Uranus, providing only enough spiritual energy to keep it alive.
Even threats against the lives of a trillion citizens proved useless. They were ignored entirely.
That was the Immortal