After Hundred Spirits Immortal City was officially completed, Liu Changxu did not slacken his efforts. Instead, he shifted his focus to strengthening his rule over the various races of Hundred Spirits Star.
In truth, the completion of Hundred Spirits Immortal City was merely an important step in a journey of ten thousand miles. The crucial question facing the Great Han Immortal Dynasty was how to truly unite the strength of the various races and establish effective rule over them.
Although the Great Han Immortal Dynasty had nominally become the supreme ruler of all the races on Hundred Spirits Star, its so-called rule remained largely superficial.
Leaving aside alien races such as the Angel Race and the Giant Race, even within the human race, major cultivation powers such as the Purple Sky Sect and the Sun Moon Sect still maintained considerable independence. Like separate kingdoms, they held absolute authority within their own territories.
In fact, the territory the Great Han Immortal Dynasty could effectively control was currently limited to the Liu Lineage's own holdings.
Apart from its nominal leadership, the key powers the Great Han Immortal Dynasty actually held were primarily leadership and command of the Demon-Slaying Army, along with the right to conscript cultivators from every race during emergencies.
Furthermore, to cover the daily expenses and continued expansion of the million-strong Demon-Slaying Army, the Great Han Immortal Dynasty held another important power: the right to levy taxes and collect tribute from the major human cultivation powers and the other races.
Yet the exercise of this power often met with overt or covert resistance from the various powers, leaving the Great Han Immortal Dynasty facing difficulty at every turn when putting it into practice.
Liu Changxu, however, considered these problems perfectly normal for the Great Han Immortal Dynasty at its current