Eternal life begins with saving my clan

Six months later.

The disappearance of the Ancients was still a shock to the people of the Huolong Empire.

They could not understand why such powerful forces would leave them all alone.

For the three following months, the empire waited for their sudden return, only to be left confused without a showing.

What about the rebels that were developing in the barren land? What about the six states that fell into the rebels' hands?

Everything was gone.

No one talked about them, leaving the inhabitants of the empire confused.

Still, they were happy to continue their usual normal lives once again, now that the empire had re-awakened the Hidden Dragon Tournament.

The Huolong Empire was bubbling with excitement.

While the populace were preparing for the most anticipated Hidden Dragon Tournament, the emperor had dispatched hundreds of shadow soldiers to probe the secrets going on at the border of the empire.

However, since the Imperial capital was too far from the border where the 31st to 36th were located, it would take them over six months to arrive at their location and find out what scared the Ancient clans away.

While the Empire was rejoicing at the departure of the Ancient Clans and welcoming the Hidden Dragon Tournament, the Pagoda Empire was moving at a breathtaking speed. It was so alarming that many people thought they were dreaming.

The six states welcomed many magical artifacts that they never thought would happen.

Each state had been connected with an intercontinental Spirit Train. The journey that would take months was only a matter of weeks.

Apart from the Spirit Train's speed, it was safe and secure. People did not have to worry about their goods getting stolen or lost.

In addition, the Spirit Comms were a total game-changer for people. Communication had been a major barrier between the states.

But now, such barriers had been broken with the introduction of the Spirit Comms.

At first, the people thought the Spirit Comms were only a means for communication, but when they realized it contained a much bigger world, it left the people speechless.

How did the Pagoda Empire create such magical artifacts? They couldn't help but wonder.

With unified banking and the introduction of Spirit Bay, they were thrown into the world of online banking and online shopping.

Sending money was instantaneous, while shopping between each city or town was only a matter of minutes, while interstate only needed a couple of hours to be delivered.

While the flames of You Connect can never be underestimated, thrown into social lives, the young master and young miss of many aristocrats' clans were given an avenue to display their popularity.

When news about the previous contest about the most popular person surfaced on You Connect, it left them grappling for attention.

Who knew when the next competition would start? Thus, everyone was preparing their fan base.

As the inhabitants of the Pagoda Empire were having the best moments of their lives on You Connect, other infrastructure was being developed; the concept of a hospital was introduced.

Even though the concept was strange, the people welcomed it with open arms.

With many strange things the empire had introduced, hospitals were just a minor thing.

Apart from that, many academies were built around the state at a breathtaking speed.

Armament Academy.

Defense Academy.

Medicine Academy.

Alchemist Academy.

Construction Academy.

Research Academy.

With the various academies popping up one after the other, millions of children were enrolled in the academies.

In the Pagoda Empire, there was nothing like not being talented. There were many options to choose from to find a suitable one.

The most useless ones were sent to the Defense Academy to serve their empire.

Even though the empire was trying to push the development of the land, they did not forget the foundation of their world, which was cultivation.

Many cultivation techniques and martial arts were released to the public to use. Thus, the people continued on the path of cultivation while also developing other areas.

Standing at the center of each capital, city, town, and village was the illustrious Nine-level Black Pagoda that towered above every other building in the land.

It only took a matter of days for the priests from the barren land to indoctrinate the people when they found out this was tied to their fate.

The more devoted they were, the more powerful and prosperous they would become.

Moreover, they learned this was the temple of Su Yen. Everyone began to pray to the spirit of the pagoda.

As for the issue of security, that was the first thing that was handled by the Pagoda Empire.

Every citizen of the empire was required to complete their Bio-Data registration.

Their Bio-Data was tied to their Spirit Comms, which was accessible by the Surveillance Formation.

Of course, over the months, the procedural security chest had been updated using an advanced surveillance formation.

With the Barren Land far ahead of every other land in terms of power and technology, they had devised a new surveillance formation.

Each Surveillance Formation covered the entire cities or towns. Thus, sneaking or hiding was impossible under the mighty watch of the surveillance formation.

As for hiding, that was almost impossible. After Su Yen deployed the first Spirit Satellite, ten of such had been deployed with more power and abilities.

While many would be deployed in the near future.

Even though they were governed by His Majesty, The Great, he could not solve all the people's problems at the same time.

Thus, thousands of scholars were called to make rules and laws to govern the people.

Thus, the Imperial Court was created to handle the disputes of each city, town, and village.

Now, commoners were given the chance to lodge their complaints to the imperial courts.

With such power, the previously arrogant young masters and young misses had become docile under the threat of the imperial court.

Six months might be a short time for many people, but for the people of the Pagoda Empire, it was a long time and the greatest time for the world they opened their eyes to and what they achieved in such time.

Meanwhile, at the border of the Northern Continent, a middle-aged man and woman looked at each other with fatigue etched on their faces.

"I think this is the place," the man said.

"You're right," his wife nodded with a smile. "I hope all this is worth it."

"It will," he assured, and he began to inscribe a formation on the ground.

If anyone from the barren land saw these two couples, they would realize they looked exactly like their Emperor: Su Yen.