Jiang Yun knew nothing of this at the time. Even if he had, he would not have cared what the cultivators deep in the starry sky were saying about him. He had more important things to do.
After restoring the second commander to his post, Jiang Yun put him to work on the Trial Grounds. The commanders had always handled such matters, so he knew the ropes.
Yu Xiangnan found his footing too, recruiting more than a hundred soldiers, including three Saints.
Jiang Yun distributed Source Rings through them. Led by their captains, the soldiers began maintaining order in the city and announcing the arrival of the Source World to the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
Those hundred soldiers were not everyone who had applied. They were the hundred left after a rigorous selection.
Nearly another hundred became reserves. Yu Xiangnan let it be known that Second City would also need soldiers and commanders in the future.
They had not applied merely to guard First City. They wanted to follow in Jiang Yun's footsteps.
Jiang Yun did not stint on opportunity. He also revealed the name of the Dao Origin Divine Hall, saying that, based on their performance, he would one day bring outstanding people into his own organization.
The benefits would not be as good as at the Dao Origin Heavenly Palace. Its cultivators were few but had immense potential, and all had to meet certain requirements of physique and bloodline.
The Dao Origin Divine Hall was different. It considered everything a cultivator had to offer. Any prodigy capable of setting foot on the Emperor's Road whose character met Jiang Yun's standards would be welcome. However many came, he would take them all!
The heavens stretched vast and star-filled, as though ten thousand rivers of stars converged. Starlight flowed like