Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance Calendar

Within the tianxuan mirror, streaks of light and shadows appeared one after another.

From the anchoring year 11, when the Congyun Immortal City, personally supervised by Li Fan, officially began construction, until the end of anchoring year 14.

A total of four years of settlement data instantly appeared before Li Fan.

“New Immortal Calendar 2021: Comprehensive Settlement Ranking: Two Hundred Thirty-First, awarded three medium-grade Yi merits, 11,000 contribution points.”

“New Immortal Calendar 2022: Comprehensive Settlement Ranking: Two Hundred Twenty-Sixth, awarded three medium-grade Yi merits, 15,000 contribution points. Additionally, during the great battle in Tianling State, the Congyun Sea region actively responded to the Immortal Alliance’s Cultivator conscription policy and performed well. An additional one high-grade Yi merit is awarded.”

… …

As the thirteen merit missions were instantly claimed, Li Fan’s merit Rank soared, stopping only when it reached Yan Twenty-Two.

In his previous life, Li Fan had only managed to raise his merit Rank to Thirty-One at the end of his Lifespan, relying on the unparalleled merit he gained from desperately constructing the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation.

But now, almost acting as a hands-off Shopkeeper, he smoothly rose all the way to Yan Twenty-Two.

Of course, this was also due to the blessing of the high-grade Jia merit awarded by the Immortal Alliance when Congyun City was first established.

With the increase in merit Rank, many Cultivation Techniques and treasures that were previously hidden in the tianxuan mirror were also unlocked. However, Li Fan had reached a higher level in his previous life, so he merely glanced at them, finding that compared to his previous life, the list only had some Magic Treasures that only state-level government administrators could exchange for.

For example, the Zhong Sheng Mirror, which can monitor the total number of Cultivators and their Realm distribution in a state. The Hundred Forms Bell, which can display the general development of other states within the current year, and the predicted ranking of the current state in the annual comprehensive settlement.

In short, they were all Magical Artifacts that made internal competition more convenient, and for Li Fan, they had no practical use.

What Li Fan cared more about was the date that appeared in the settlement prompt.

“New Immortal Calendar…”

As the name suggests, the New Immortal Calendar is a calendar system implemented with the Celestial Venerable of Dharma Transmission’s reconstruction of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance as its first year.

However, when Li Fan previously consulted various ancient texts, all specific times mentioned were intentionally or unintentionally blurred.

There were only vague concepts such as ancient, distant ancient, primeval, and thousands or hundreds of years ago.

This was also the first time Li Fan had seen a time record precise down to a specific year.

As for Sima Changkong’s Bloodline history book, it was like Li Fan’s anchoring years, taking its own beginning as the first year, and was not applicable to the overall Cultivation World situation.

“It seems that within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, there must also be a detailed set of record-keeping rules. It’s just kept secret,” Li Fan thought.

Li Fan was not surprised by this. Since the Museum of Divine Treasures preserved various precious relics from the history of the Xuanhuang World, it was only natural that it also contained records of true history itself.

“Ancient matters are not suitable for public mention. Ignorance leads to greater stability,” Li Fan sneered inwardly.

“I remember that once the authority Rank reaches Yan Thirty, there will be an opportunity to visit the Shenzang Pavilion for free.” A flash of the face in the center of the pavilion suddenly crossed his mind, and Li Fan seemed to feel the hunger of Huan Zhen again.

However, in an instant, Li Fan forcibly suppressed the restless stirrings in his heart. The Shenzang Pavilion was heavily guarded, and the Immortal Lord Di Sanmo was stationed there. Acting rashly would be tantamount to walking into a trap. At least, it was not something Li Fan could covet now. Only by gradually strengthening himself through Reincarnation and gathering more secrets could he find a suitable Breakthrough. Perhaps then there would be a glimmer of hope.

Closing the merit record, Li Fan sent a message to Immortal Lord Hongxi, stating that he had already claimed all the merits from the past few years and thanked him for his guidance.

Hongxi laughed heartily, saying little, only encouraging Li Fan to continue his efforts. He told Li Fan not to worry about the thoughts of his subordinates, as he would take care of it.

As expected, three days later, the returning Immortal Lord Hongxi gathered all the Cultivators within the Congyun Sea system for a talk.

Just when they all thought that the once prominent Li Fan would从此 lose power and be cast into the Falling to the Mortal Realm, Immortal Lord Hongxi publicly announced that Li Fan would continue to manage political affairs on his behalf.

This instantly made He Zhenghao and others, who had been uneasy, ecstatic.

And the rest of the Cultivators also had expressions of disbelief.

They secretly glanced at Li Fan’s composed face from the corner of their eyes, filled with both surprise and fear.

They were even more imaginative about Li Fan’s background.

How terrifying was the hidden strength of this Li Fan, who could force Immortal Lord Hongxi, who had ruled the Congyun Sea for a hundred years, to relinquish power?

Ignoring the changing expressions of the crowd, Li Fan bowed to Immortal Lord Hongxi, expressing his gratitude once again.

Immortal Lord Hongxi, however, waved his hand lazily, took a step, and disappeared from the scene.

Li Fan naturally knew that Immortal Lord Hongxi was too lazy to deal with the trivial matters of the Congyun Sea anymore and wished to be a hands-off Shopkeeper.

But others didn't know this!

In their eyes, Immortal Lord Hongxi’s departing figure clearly looked somewhat dejected!

The truth was very obvious! Immortal Lord Hongxi had indeed lost to Li Fan in the power struggle!

A monstrous wave surged in the hearts of the Cultivators, and they all lowered their gazes, not daring to look directly at the spirited Lord Secret Envoy before them.

Seeing the Cultivators in the field in this state, Li Fan knew what they were thinking.

However, he was too lazy to explain and instead emulated Hongxi.

“Immortal Alliance affairs, stability comes first. Everything in Congyun Sea will remain as usual. Zhou Qingang, He Zhenghao, Gao Yuan, and others will assist me in managing all matters.”

Zhou and He, among others, were overjoyed and readily agreed.

“You may disperse!” Li Fan waved his hand, then took a step and disappeared.

After Li Fan left, Bu Zheng Hall immediately became a hubbub.

“Daoist Zhou, congratulations!”

“Lord He, truly delightful!”

… …

Li Fan listened in, shaking his head slightly.

Just as he was about to return to Shenhua Island, he suddenly received another message.

“The second friendly exchange event between the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Old Men Association will be held in Tianling State ten days later.”

“On this former battlefield, both sides will forget their hatred and re-establish new friendships.”

Li Fan, however, immediately thought of the ravaged scene of Tianling State he had seen earlier.

“A friendly exchange meeting held in such a place? Is it really okay?” Li Fan muttered to himself.

“Could it be that they are friendly on the surface, but still at loggerheads in reality?”

Li Fan carefully searched for relevant information and indeed found some peculiarities.

In addition to the mutual exhibition of the “world-suppressing supreme artifact” that truly represented “exchange” between the two sides, the exchange meeting would also include martial arts competitions, discussions on Dao, formation trials, and other competitive activities.

Those representing both sides were all top-notch young talents within their respective organizations.

And the entire process of the competition would be publicly broadcast in real-time.