Making a Name, Banning the System's Dissemination

After the trip to the immortal cultivator's tomb ended, many of those who had been present were leaders of factions in their own right.

After binding the system and returning to their respective factions, they immediately set off a craze for earning Energy Points.

To buy cultivation methods from the store, they all sprang into action.

And the easiest way to earn Energy Points was to distribute System Seeds.

So every faction sent its subordinates out to spread System Seeds throughout its own territory and even the surrounding regions.

Merchants smelled an opportunity too and exchanged for Storage Spaces in large numbers.

After all, a Storage Space could hold goods directly, preventing losses in transit while allowing martial artists to transport them quickly.

Some merchants even used their own channels to distribute seeds frantically throughout Jin State.

They earned vast numbers of Energy Points this way, even extending their reach into the countries neighboring Jin State.

In just one month, the number of system hosts had reached three billion, and it was still growing by more than a hundred million a day, with the increase becoming faster and faster.

Fortunately, every new subsystem added another source of energy, making the energy grow faster as well.

At the same time, system hosts also spent large numbers of Energy Points on cultivation methods or paid functions such as the Dao Comprehension Space.

This created a virtuous cycle. Otherwise, it would have been all but impossible to pay out such enormous energy rewards while also meeting his own cultivation needs.

At that moment, Liu Yi had returned to the World-Saving Medical Hall and was lying in a rocking chair, scrolling through TikTok Videos, as though he were back on Earth.

He watched videos of the trip to the immortal cultivator's tomb recorded by system hosts.

Among them, his one-move kill of the bronze humanoid puppet had been captured clearly, with his fierce move and the puppet shattering making for a striking spectacle.

As soon as these videos were uploaded, they spread rapidly, and by now Liu Yi's name was known far and wide.

People called him the number one expert among system hosts, and countless people discussed and admired him.

He had no intention of suppressing the videos' popularity or banning them outright; doing so would have been far too deliberate.

If he wanted to keep his identity as the system's master completely hidden, the best approach was to temper his brilliance and blend in with the dust.

Even if negative remarks about him appeared in the future, he could not move to suppress them.

He opened the comment section, and the screen was filled with praise:

"He's too strong! Even Jin State's ten greatest experts couldn't deal with that bronze humanoid puppet, but Liu Yi actually finished it off with one palm!"

"Liu Yi was the first to cultivate to the Dao Seed Realm. His strength is beyond question!"

"Sigh, I really wish I could reach the Dao Seed Realm too. Then I could live for five hundred years."

"With the system, as long as we save up enough Energy Points, it's not impossible to reach the Dao Seed Realm!"

Looking at the praise filling the screen, Liu Yi couldn't help grinning.

It was the first time so many people had paid attention to him, and he rather enjoyed it.

Then he closed the system interface and stood up.

He had rested long enough. It was time to put more effort into deducing cultivation methods and Great Dao Principles.

Quite a few new manuals had been added to the store, so this was a good opportunity to try to deduce a thousand Great Dao Principles.

He focused and looked inward. His control over the Spacetime Realm had already reached twenty percent, giving him a little more confidence in his coming cultivation.

Time flew like a white steed glimpsed through a crack. Liu Yi immersed himself entirely in cultivation and the deduction of Great Dao Principles, paying less and less attention to outside affairs.

During this time, a series of epoch-making inventions appeared one after another, including cement, grain seeds, glass, and vehicles.

The vehicles in particular combined technology and immortal cultivation. They needed no gasoline and could be powered by energy alone.

The creator or team behind each achievement received a vast reward of Energy Points, along with a commendation from the system.

These incentives ignited everyone's enthusiasm, drawing countless people eagerly into the wave of creation.

These unprecedented novelties were like boulders hurled into a tranquil lake, raising towering waves in feudal society.

A silent yet earth-shaking transformation was sweeping in with unstoppable force.

Blazing Sun Sect, the council hall.

Liu Wenzhou, Jin State's number one expert, looked down at Wang Yang, the Blazing Sun Sect's leader, and spoke in an overbearing tone:

"Wang Yang, what do you want with me? I was in seclusion. There had better be something important, or I'll make you pay."

Wang Yang's mouth twitched slightly, but he said respectfully, "Martial uncle, recently, someone has been spreading something called the system within the Blazing Sun Sect's territory. The System Store is even selling martial arts manuals."

"This has seriously affected our Blazing Sun Sect's recruitment of disciples and its interests. I didn't dare make a decision lightly, so I came to report it to you."

Liu Wenzhou said impatiently, "You came to ask me about something like that? Since it affects the Blazing Sun Sect, simply forbid them from spreading it. If anyone dares to continue, just kill them."

Wang Yang looked conflicted. "But I've heard the system is very miraculous," he said in a low voice. "The martial arts manuals in it are also extremely profound."

"I was thinking of having the sect's members and disciples all bind the system. That way, they could learn more powerful martial arts and strengthen the sect."

Liu Wenzhou's face was full of disdain as he sneered. "Our Blazing Sun Sect's martial arts are profound enough already. Could the manuals sold by that damned system be better than ours?"

"I became Jin State's number one expert by cultivating the Blazing Sun Divine Art. They're openly selling martial arts manuals and breaking the rules. They must be stopped."

"If anyone in the sect dares to bind the system in secret, deal with them according to sect rules!"

With that, Liu Wenzhou turned and left the council hall to continue his seclusion.

Wang Yang opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, but swallowed his words.

He clenched his fists tightly, his nails almost digging into his palms and his knuckles turning white.

After hesitating again and again, he finally let out a heavy sigh.

As Jin State's number one expert, Liu Wenzhou was the pillar of the Blazing Sun Sect.

The Blazing Sun Sect owed its present standing entirely to Liu Wenzhou's backing.

But the man had an explosive temper and an overbearing nature. He would not listen to anyone's advice, and his word was law in the Blazing Sun Sect.

Even Wang Yang, as sect leader, had to ask Liu Wenzhou for instructions on major matters.

Now that Liu Wenzhou had given an absolute order, he could only obey, or he might not even be able to keep his position as sect leader.

As for the system, although tales of it made it sound almost divine, he had never seen it with his own eyes. Perhaps they were only exaggerations.

With that thought, Wang Yang gave up on persuading him and turned to leave the council hall to pass on Liu Wenzhou's orders.

As Jin State's foremost sect, with the nation's number one expert in residence, the Blazing Sun Sect held a lofty position in the martial world.

No sooner had it issued an order banning the spread of the system within its territory.

Many martial-world sects and great aristocratic clans that had already opposed the system, or whose interests it had affected, immediately answered the call.

A wave of bans on spreading the system swept through the martial world.

The campaign by the Blazing Sun Sect and other martial-world factions and great aristocratic clans to ban the system's dissemination instantly set both TikTok and the forum ablaze, sending the topic's popularity soaring.

"Has the Blazing Sun Sect gone mad? They actually dare ban the system's dissemination! Don't they know what benefits the system brings?"

"They definitely know. It's just that the system affects their interests.

These people have always relied on martial arts manuals to maintain their lofty positions, so that those at the bottom of the martial world and ordinary commoners never get a chance to rise."

"What good will a ban do? The system is so miraculous that they can't just ban it because they say so."

"Maybe they just don't want ordinary people to get the system, while they themselves have already bound it secretly behind everyone's backs."

"It's also possible they can't bind it at all, so they don't want anyone else to bind it either.

Just like Gu Qingchuan in Jiangling Prefecture, who wanted to spread rumors about the system to frighten ordinary people."

"I can't do without the system now. Life with it is so much fun. I can't even imagine what I'd do if I had to go back to life without it."

At this time, Liu Yi knew nothing of this and was immersed in deducing Great Dao Principles.

With the aid of the Subsystem Computing Power Matrix, he combined the various martial arts manuals he had collected with the insights he had gained in the Dao Comprehension Space, devoting all his efforts to deducing Great Dao Principles.