Chapter 933: A large number of new priests appear
The discussion on the list has been temporarily concluded, and the final decision will be fed back to the various departments in the Heavenly Court after careful consideration by the Emperor of Heaven.
Amidst the dazzling fairy light.
Several Taoist emperors toasted each other. Li Yuan was a younger generation, so he was naturally more enthusiastic. He stood up and toasted three times to the Emperor of Heaven, Queen Mother, Mother Earth, Emperor of the Underworld and others.
Li Yuan even did not leave out "old acquaintances" such as Laojun and Taibai. He respectfully toasted them and exchanged greetings for a while.
These are the noble people who helped him on his growth path. Although he has a special fate, Li Yuan may not have achieved what he has today without the care of these predecessors.
Moreover, if the high-level officials of Heaven had not frequently shown goodwill, it would be hard to say whether Li Yuan would support Heaven based on the actions of Yu Lingshi and Qian Shanjun.
In his deepest thoughts, Heaven is ultimately just a large administrative organization. It is very important, but seemingly unnecessary.
If you manage it well, then continue to manage it.
If we can't manage it well...it's just like what Brother Tianyao said: Hang the red star high and overturn this **** sky!
Although he would definitely not be able to beat Lao Zhang in a fight, Li Yuan believed that the path of spiritual science would surely attract the Emperor of Heaven.
As for the way of immortals and gods, if they exist for the peace of all living beings and generally perform their duties conscientiously, then everyone will be happy; if they fall into corruption and cannot extricate themselves, and always oppress mortal beings, it is better for them to give way to spiritual science and let the gods in the sky see how powerful the "power" belonging to mortals can be!
On the road of cultivation, powerful people are quite rare, but Lingke can mass-produce nuclear weapons that can kill powerful people... From the initial microscopic research to the explosive growth process, Lingke took only a little over a hundred years.
If we really give spiritual science time to develop in the long term, is it true that we won’t be able to research a weapon that can kill a Half-Step Daoist Master?
Not necessarily.
This is also the reason why some immortals and gods secretly turned into masterminds and tried to kill Lingke.
They...were wary and fearful after all.
Now that the catastrophe is over and a new era is gradually approaching, Li Yuan will not rush to settle accounts with the immortals and gods who persecuted the spiritual sciences. Everything will have to wait until the overall situation stabilizes.
It also gives those guys a chance to repent.
During this period, he will re-support the path of spiritual science, become a beacon, and bring scientific and technological glory to the world.
At that time, if anyone blocks the way again, Yuan Zun may not be soft-hearted anymore.
Spiritual science is not only for fighting against immortals and gods and against catastrophes, but also for promoting the development of the times of human beings, improving their quality of life and making them live happier and more peacefully.
The human beings here do not only refer to the human race. The rational development of spiritual science will allow all creatures to see a different world. They can even use spiritual science to create things and indirectly promote the cultivation of creatures of all races...
It’s a pity that the former Anyue, which was glorious for hundreds of years and passed through several generations, eventually collapsed.
It is like no feudal dynasty can remain immortal for four or five hundred years. With the changes of generations, there will always be a time when it will decay and turn into dust.
No matter what kind of empire or dynasty it is, there are only people before it is established, and there are only people left after it is destroyed.
The name will be forgotten, the glory will be wiped out, and only life will remain in an endless cycle for eternity.
However, Li Yuan will always remember those most genuine moments of touching, sadness, laughter and playfulness, which are like the light on the long road of life, preventing him from losing his way again.
That is the brilliance of human nature, which prevents Yuan Zun from becoming a "stranger" who has no sadness or joy and looks down on everything indifferently.
Putting the matter of spiritual science in the back of his mind for the time being, Li Yuan watched the gods discussing matters in the temple and gradually focused his attention back.
Not long after, the Emperor of Heaven brought up an important topic, which was about the major reform of the underworld.
After being glanced at with indifferent and disdainful eyes, the Hades took a deep breath, sat up straight, and began to report his work to the Emperor of Heaven.
Although the Hades Emperor is also a Daoist Emperor, the underworld is indeed under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court. Can't beat... ahem, it's official business, it's called a job title, those who understand will understand.
As for the reform of the underworld, Li Yuan had provided the idea to the Emperor of the Underworld at the beginning of the catastrophe. He also visited the underworld and put forward a plan.
After all, it is 'A Similar Flower', not the same world, and many stories and developments are different.
Among the new changes in the underworld, the position of 'Black and White Impermanence' was not added. The title of Netherworld Guide is still retained, but it is divided into two types: Soul Summoner and Soul Driver.
The necromancer is responsible for leading ordinary souls into the underworld, while the driving officer specifically deals with those powerful souls or those with great resentment and unwilling to return; one task is simple, but the daily workload is heavy; the other job is not much but the work is difficult, so it can be said that the division of labor is clear.
The changes to other ghost officials in the underworld are not worth mentioning. Only the newly emerged City God Department is the key point for contact between the underworld and the human world. It seems that the position is not high, but it is actually of utmost importance.
The City God is responsible for the underworld affairs of a place, and is also responsible for suppressing evil spirits and monsters and maintaining peace in the city. He is a "middle-level manager" of not too small a position.
In order to show the importance they attach to the position of City God, the Emperor of Heaven and the Emperor of Hell both stated that in the future, when the City God encounters difficulties and thorns, he can directly cast a spell to communicate with the Heavenly Court or the Underworld. In the most urgent cases, he can even directly contact the high-level officials of the Heavenly Court and get his message heard by the Heaven!
As soon as the emperor issued the decree, the way of heaven suddenly rumbled, like thunder falling from the sky, and the whole world seemed to be undergoing invisible changes.
The reconstruction of the underworld was also quite lengthy and complicated. The Hades only mentioned some key points, and left the rest to the high-level Bone Ancestors and Hades Elders of the underworld to supplement.
This took almost the entire day.
Then, the changes in the positions of some gods in the world were discussed.
Following Li Yuan's suggestion, Lao Zhang decided to confer various deities, both large and small, including gods in heaven as well as gods believed in by the folks.
The latter statement was recommended to the Emperor of Heaven by Li Yuan after careful consideration. He believed that the gods of the human world should be judged by the creatures of the human world.
If someone can gain the respect and faith of the people, what's wrong with becoming a folk god that is half ghost and half immortal!
The Emperor of Heaven has already discussed this matter with Yuan Zun in secret, and the Queen Mother also quite agrees with it, thinking that this is a way to achieve long-term stability and is worth a try.
The gods have been in control of everything for too long, and the results have proven to be unsatisfactory. It is time to let go and allow the creatures on earth to have some rights of their own.
Therefore, in the Lingxiao Palace, the Emperor of Heaven announced some new god positions, and Taibai Jinxing narrated them in detail, engraved them in a golden book, and informed the entire heaven.
For example, the land god, door god, kitchen god, wandering god day and night, sea god, lake god...even the god of wealth, who was strongly recommended by Li Yuan, was mentioned by the Emperor of Heaven.
Although the Emperor of Heaven was somewhat puzzled by Li Yuan's special enthusiasm for the God of Wealth, Yuan Zun, with a smile on his face, simply patted his chest and assured him that if he believed him, he would become the most popular god in the world.
Some of these newly added righteous gods and folk gods have the right to "reach directly into the ears of heaven". When encountering major events, they can directly contact the high-level officials in heaven without having to argue with their superiors. This is a delegation of power that has never been seen before.
After all, the gods in heaven have been high and mighty for a long time, and they attach great importance to matters such as priesthood rights and status.
Reporting across levels was a taboo in the past and would lead to public criticism, but today the emperor took the initiative to promote it.
It was obvious that the Emperor of Heaven was quite dissatisfied with the previous situation and did not want to be deceived by the "peaceful joy" anymore.
As soon as this order was issued, the expressions of the middle and senior leaders of the Mountain and River Departments changed slightly.
A large number of new god positions have appeared in the world, belonging to different departments, and their interests will never be completely unified again.
This is intended to weaken the administrative power of the mountain and river gods. In the future, those mountain and river gods with ulterior motives will find it difficult to "cover the sky with one hand".
Looking at the expressions of the senior officials of the Mountain and River Departments, Li Yuan sneered secretly.
This is just the beginning....Back then, because there were only gods of mountains and rivers in the world, whenever something went wrong, it was all related to the gods, which made Lao Zhang very angry.
Change is the trend of the times.