The Softness Overcomes Hardness, Mending the Rift
In Mystic Chaos Heaven, Lin Tingzhi was busy compiling rosters of the outstanding disciples from every domain.
Every cultivator native to Celestial Xia had records and dossiers on file, making them easy to investigate. The various domains of Celestial Xia, however, were not the same.
Each domain had evolved independently from the very beginning. Before a domain ascended to a certain level, it was almost entirely cut off from Celestial Xia. Even where Celestial Xia had intervened, it had only influenced the broader course of events; in the finer details, every domain still had to continue according to its own ways.
For instance, most domains remained in a state where sects stood thick as forests. Only the sects themselves knew how many disciples they had. To fully clarify all of this required a centralized and powerful Upper Layer.
He had decided to use this opportunity to push the matter forward. Merely establishing dossiers for the outstanding disciples of each domain was not enough; everyone within all the domains of Celestial Xia had to be brought into this system of rules. Only then could they integrate the strength of Celestial Xia in its broadest sense to the greatest extent possible, to face the coming crisis and this Dao struggle with Origin Xia.
To that end, he had dispatched a great number of disciples into the various domains. This was not something that could be accomplished in a short time; it might continue for ten or twenty years. Yet the Profound Court had made its decision. No matter how long it took, this had to be done.
At that moment, radiance flickered outside. After a while, Dai Tingzhi entered from without. Lin Tingzhi set down the dossier in his hands, rose to his feet, and