Mountain and River Iron Guards, the Reincarnators' Heavenly Sacrifice, and the Beginnings of a Fierce Land

After that battle, the King of Reincarnation did not return to the Nine Provinces. Jiang Chen remained in charge, but he no longer had the inclination to manage too many affairs. He had intended to leave the work to Zhou Tai, but Tie Zhu volunteered and stepped forward, proclaiming itself King Zhu. It had quite a craving for office.

To Jiang Chen's surprise, the stupid dragon seemed to possess a natural gift for leadership. Once it took over, it actually handled the affairs of the Nine Provinces in perfect order and won the respect of those beneath it.

Jiang Chen had never really made good use of the strength of the Nine Provinces' powerhouses, but Tie Zhu was different. After discussing matters with the others for three days and nights, it finalized an almost perfect new system.

[Mountain and River Iron Guards]

Supreme Powerhouses were assigned to famous mountains and great rivers across the land. While serving as guardians of nearby cities, they could also be mobilized at any time by Zhou Tai and Xiaohai, using the Mountain and River Cloud-Dream Grand Formation to form a force that could not be ignored.

Everyone below the level of Supreme Powerhouse gathered in the Underground City, abandoned all other work, and entered the Basic Practical Combat Training Formation with suicidal abandon, seeking a chance to become Supreme Powerhouses.

That was because the minimum requirement for the grand formation jointly created by the three lineages of Mountain God, Dream God, and River Ghost-Sacrificing was the level of Supreme Powerhouse.

And every additional Supreme Powerhouse allowed the formation to unleash even greater power.

Tie Zhu's decisions were bold, yet also extraordinarily meticulous. They included a whole series of measures, such as "reforming the recruitment system for Unusual Persons and Netherworld Messengers," "Nine Provinces-Wide Basic