Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 1299: 1267: General Department of Ideological and Moral Education

Chapter 1299: Chapter 1267: General Department of Ideological and Moral Education

The armies in the starry sky were divided into two routes, each heading towards two Minor Thousand Worlds. They weren’t traveling directly but utilizing the directional Super Transmission Array laid by the Xianmen Sect in the Magical Stone Minor Realm to teleport to specific coordinates.

— In the past, when occupying numerous Minor Thousand Worlds, the Xianmen Sect had already drawn a complete star chart of the Horned Ming Realm.

This type of directional teleportation only required providing a direction to roughly teleport within a certain range.

Of the two Starry Sky Fleets, one was composed of half veteran soldiers and half newly recruited troops from the Magical Stone Minor Realm. High-ranking generals consisted of Xianmen cultivators, while mid-level officers were recruited from Nine Spirits Realm cultivators. This newly formed army group was not strong, so it had been reinforced with several Nascent Soul cultivators.

The other fleet consisted entirely of seasoned veterans from the Nine Spirits Realm, whose strength was sufficient to easily sweep through an entire domain.

That was under the condition that no Immortal Sect-level forces interfered.

Should Immortal Sect-level forces appear, they would not look down on them but rather tremble in fear because the Dari Swordsman and his elite Starry Sky Legion were stationed here.

The two armies’ targets were the Yellow Sand Minor Realm and the Heishui Minor World, adjacent to the Magical Stone Minor Realm.

With the Super Transmission Array’s assistance, they were expected to suppress these two worlds within six to seven years, recruit additional large forces, and continue advancing in all directions.

“Wait and see.”

Within the Sun Abyss, Jiang Ding slightly closed his eyes and continued his cultivation.

He wouldn’t personally involve himself in every matter. Except for essential aspects, he remained consistent, delegating tasks to subordinates.

As long as the snowball effect could be triggered—continuously recruiting armies from the Minor Thousand Worlds, promoting cultivators who achieved merit, investing in securing their loyalties—this army would stabilize over time.

Once stabilized, they could launch offensives on all fronts. With millions or even tens of millions of troops and multiple battlelines advancing simultaneously, the efficiency of quelling rebellions would far surpass anything he could achieve alone.

Additionally, the army would gain the ability to hold its ground, eliminating the need for him to be perpetually tied to the Minor Thousand Worlds, unable to break away and deal with other matters.

Jiang Ding was, in fact, the Xianmen Sect’s mobile field force and could not be permanently stationed in secondary locations like these.

Thus, this time, his purpose wasn’t only to quell rebellion but also to establish a garrison system for the Minor Thousand Worlds, embedding the Xianmen Sect’s order deep into every corner of these worlds.

The latter was as important as quelling the rebellion!

If he personally managed every affair, he would hinder army tempering, depriving powerful and loyal Nascent Soul Golden Core cultivators of the opportunity to earn battle merits, progress, and stand out. Without advancing within the Xianmen Sect’s structure and sharing its benefits, these forces could instead become sources of instability.

Jiang Ding immersed himself in cultivation.

At the headquarters of the Second Expeditionary Army, the Gu Lin Heavenly Monarch and the Green Divine Group Army camped nearby, providing support for their Vice Marshal.

Though the opposing forces seemingly did not require their protection, managing army groups across multiple Minor Thousand Worlds remained under their purview.

Tasks such as forming new forces, awarding promotions, advancing Super Transmission Array technology, and other high-level responsibilities relied entirely on the General Staff Headquarters to ensure smooth command over the increasingly large army groups to come.

“Oh, right.”

Jiang Ding opened his eyes as a thought crossed his mind: “Pass a command to Hua Teng, who excels in ideological character, to establish the Second Expeditionary Army’s General Political Education Department. She will serve as its director, tasked with responsibilities such as soothing the soldiers’ and officers’ emotions, caring for their lives and families, teaching troops about Army Formation strategies, and instilling the values required by the Xianmen Sect.”

“The Xianmen Sect already has a mature organizational framework in this regard. Assign personnel to help her build an initial structure.”

“Hua Teng and many Fire Spirit Academy students have outstanding ideological training records and are capable of educating others, particularly cultivators of the Ten Thousand Clans, where they are highly persuasive.”

The Xianmen Sect controlled the pathway for ascension. Although full citizenship might not be granted immediately, they were willing to offer the pathway to Divinity Transformation, as citizenship alone couldn’t stabilize all regions at once.

Thus, this operated as a microcosm of an “ascension” channel.

Cultivators from the Minor Thousand Worlds were undoubtedly interested in ascension and would devote great enthusiasm to studying and aligning their thoughts with the Xianmen Sect’s ideology.

Additionally, ideological education within armies was essential. It concerned the improvement of combat effectiveness and could not be reduced to brute force suppression alone.

“Understood, Vice Marshal!”

The Chief of Staff of the Second Expeditionary Army, True Monarch Shanjian, a deputy director of the Xianmen Science Institute and a Peak Nascent Soul cultivator, replied. He was a burly, bald man adept in Array Spirit algorithms with an impressive track record in military planning and numerous battle merits, making him a reliable choice as the Chief of Staff under the Great Sun Celestial Lord.

Without questioning the rationale, Shanjian True Monarch immediately went to execute the order.

“Teacher, has the Power of Order emerged in your Refining Void Space?”

After Shanjian departed, Jiang Ding asked the Gu Lin Heavenly Monarch.

The Gu Lin Heavenly Monarch was the second cultivator in the Xianmen Sect to possess a Refining Void Space during the Nascent Soul to Divine Transformation phase, a manifestation of the Sect’s advancing Immortal Dao Civilization, which was deepening the foundational strength of younger generations.

“Not yet.”

“It will likely take time, at least until the Late Truth-Transforming Stage,” Gu Lin Heavenly Monarch replied, somewhat embarrassed.

This marked a significant gap compared to the Immortal Sect disciples.

Historical records indicated that Immortal Sect disciples typically attained the Power of Order around the Late Truth-Transforming Stage, coinciding with the emergence of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion and the Dari Swordsman.

However, since the establishment of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion and the rise of the Dari Swordsman—who had conducted generation after generation of hunts against them—their strength had advanced considerably.

For the past several generations, all Immortal Sect disciples had achieved the Power of Order during the Mid-stage of Spirit Transformation.

The current Dari Swordsman was even stronger. Alongside the Horned Ming Realm’s expansion and the abundant availability of pinnacle-grade resources, they had attracted tremendous attention from Great Experts, triggering chain reactions. As a result, it was likely that several of the most outstanding Immortal Sect disciples might attain the Power of Order during the Early Stage of God Transformation’s later phase.

“The Power of Order doesn’t necessarily depend purely on the passage of time. There are specific methods and techniques to accelerate it,” Jiang Ding said with a smile. Calculating briskly within his Divine Soul, he produced a jade slip and recorded the information. “This is an article I’ve prepared for publication in the Xianmen journal, discussing the genesis and enhancement of the Power of Order. You might find it useful, Teacher.”

Providing unpublished articles like this was generally against norms.

However, their relationship was unique, making such formalities unnecessary.

“Thank you,” Gu Lin Heavenly Monarch said solemnly as she accepted the jade slip.

This research on the Power of Order, representing the pinnacle knowledge in this domain—including studies from the Eight Great Immortal Sects—was exceptionally valuable. If she could fully absorb its content, she might accelerate the emergence of the Power of Order in her Refining Void Space.

The perception of time by Heavenly Monarchs differed entirely from that of mortals.

In what seemed like a simple exchange of cultivation insights and a few cycles of energy circulation through major meridians, years had silently slipped by. Finally, the First Group Army and Second Group Army of the Starry Sky Army reached the Yellow Sand Minor Realm and Heishui Minor World, beginning their offensive against the Minor Thousand Worlds.