The moment the Great Sun Sword Heir returned to the Immortal Sect, many things changed.
The development of research projects across the Immortal Sect suddenly became twice as efficient. Studies of immortal cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. Questions that researchers had struggled to answer were resolved, projects were completed, and universities and institutes everywhere threw themselves into the next round of work.
The greatest prodigy from the Great Thousand World Cluster began exchanging his knowledge of immortal cultivation with the Immortal Sect. The flood of information raised the Immortal Sect's understanding of immortal cultivation.
In the process, Jiang Ding rapidly absorbed the Immortal Sect's research achievements from the past tens of thousands of years, deepening his own foundations.
Over those millennia, many questions, uncertainties, and conjectures about his Dao Path had accumulated in his mind. Now he broke them all down into research projects and assigned them to institutions throughout the Immortal Sect. Even Yu Hui of the six Immortal Orders received a batch.
Everyone became busy.
Was this exploitation?
No.
This was an enormous opportunity.
The Immortal Sect had never demanded selfless sacrifice.
Work was paid. Since the Great Sun Sword Heir had issued these research projects, he had naturally invested vast resources in them as well. Every cultivator qualified to take part in this immense undertaking could earn substantial rewards and advance their own Dao Path.
Of course, citizens and noncitizens were treated differently.
For the same work, cultivators from Yu Hui of the Immortal Orders received only a third of the pay. Cultivators from subordinate civilizations received roughly a sixth, and had access to far fewer high-value positions than those from Yu Hui.
The Ancient God World Cluster would grow prosperous through outside investment in immortal cultivation.
The instant the Great Sun Sword Heir appeared in