Each level of heaven has eighteen pillars reaching the sky. Except for the first level, where the environment is too harsh and no one cares about it, the division of power in the other levels of heaven is based on the pillars reaching the sky.
For example, in this fourth-level heaven, the Golden-winged Dapeng clan occupies a pillar that reaches the sky. With this pillar as the center, the area of tens of billions of miles is under the jurisdiction of the clan. The great emperors of the four directions and the five great beast clans have a total of nine
These superpowers restrain each other and occupy most of the territory in the fairy world, but by no means all.
There are also some relatively weaker groups of divine beasts, non-divine beasts, demon tribes, and human sects that also occupy a territory like the Golden Crow tribe, but they are not able to occupy the most important Pillar to the Sky.
What is the significance of the Pillars of Babel?
It's not as simple as collecting tolls. Although the Immortal Stone is a strategic reserve, it only has an effect on people below the Immortal Emperor.
The Pillar of Babel is to the fairy world just like Shanhaiguan and Jiayuguan in the ancient times of the earth. It is an extremely important strategic choke point. With its own Pillar of Babel, once an attack occurs in other heavens, it will surely be the first
Knowing the time and sending troops to respond in time is an advantage that forces that do not occupy the Pillar of Babel cannot match.
However, under normal circumstances, there is not much communication between all walks of life, unless there is a routine report every once in a while, or something that cannot be solved occurs.
The Golden-Winged Dapeng Tribe of the Fourth Heaven Realm governs tens of billions of miles and has more than ten thousand large and small cities. These city lords are equivalent to the local emperors, with overwhelming power and omnipotence.
Of course, cities are divided into big and small, and city lords are divided into strong and weak. The status of city lords in different first-level heavens is even greater. The lords of a city in the eighth-level heaven are at least at the level of the Immortal Emperor.
One person can easily sweep across the entire fourth heaven. Yaohai roped in Xia Lei just to move up in the future.
After all, he is just a subordinate demon clan of the Golden-winged Dapeng clan. Unlike the clan members of the Zongzu clan, who are born noble, it is difficult to improve their status without any merit.
Chang Qing, Xuan Xu and other Ziwei Xuanxian were at the same table with Yao Hai, exchanging glasses of wine. The remaining Luo Tianshangxian brothers were drinking lively with the generals under the city lord.
In the past, they wouldn't even dare to think about such a thing.
In front of them is the lord of a city under one of the nine major forces in the immortal world, and they are just ordinary people. The lord of the city is the king of France in his territory, and he can kill and kill anyone as he pleases. However, they are drinking with Yao Hai at the moment, and their boss has become
Brother of the city lord, this change is too big, isn’t it?
"Damn, I'm glad I followed the boss, otherwise I wouldn't be here today?" Xuan Xu was extremely happy for his decision.
"What would happen if the city lord knew that the boss's talent increased by much more than two levels, that the increase in immortal power alone was as much as four levels, and that the unparalleled combat skills increased by almost five levels?"
As soon as this idea came to Changqing's mind, he was immediately frightened and broke into a cold sweat: "No! Two levels of increase is a genius, five levels of increase is a monster. If the Golden Winged Dapeng Clan knew, there would only be two
, either forcibly control his soul, or strangle him in the cradle."
On the surface, he was still playing guessing games, but secretly he had already made a decision. The first thing after this banquet was to erase the memories of all the brothers, including himself, about the increase in the four levels.
In order to prevent the boss from being put in danger and to prevent what might happen, he had to do this.
Yao Hai raised the cup filled with amber wine, gestured to Xia Lei, and said with a smile: "Brother, in the millions of miles around Ziyue City, this is my eldest brother and my territory is also your home. As long as you
Whatever you like, I will promise to deliver it to you."
"this……"
Someone showed a touch of emotion and said quickly: "Brother, from now on you will be my dear brother. Wherever I need my little brother, I will never say no even through fire or water. Let's do it!"
On the surface, the two of them are closer than brothers, but secretly they have ulterior motives.
After a few glasses of wine, Xia Lei thought it was time to talk about something serious, and then he smiled and said: "Brother, I have an unkind request, I hope you can agree to it."
"Why are brothers so polite? Say it!"
"Years ago, the headmaster of the Nine Nether Sect helped me a lot, which is why I helped him deal with the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect."
"No wonder..."
Yao Hai nodded, remembering that when his subordinates came to report the two small sects for a fight, Xia Lei left immediately and then the Wanxian Sect was destroyed: "Since I have a relationship with my brother, there is nothing to say. From now on, the taxes of Jiuyou Sect will be all
No, just let them develop. To be honest, I just do my duty to look after these small sects. Even if we really give them a chance to develop, how can they pose a threat to our clan?"
The vast majority of potential immortals are controlled by the nine major forces. The so-called suppression, monitoring, and suppression are just their responsibilities.
From the bottom of their hearts, no city lord would think that those small sects would have a chance to compete with the nine major forces, even if they were given the best development environment.
Therefore, Yaohai sold the favor without hesitation.
Most of the most talented people are in the nine major forces. The fairy stone deposits are in the hands of the super forces. The city is the most concentrated spiritual energy. The training environment is far from comparable to the countryside. How can those small forces develop?
"Thank you very much, brother. I'll drink this cup."
After Xia Lei thanked him, he seemed to suddenly remember something and asked: "By the way, since eldest brother sits on the position of city lord, doesn't he usually have any official duties? Are there any disputes of interest between the cities?"
Yao Hai smiled helplessly and shook his head, sighing: "Brother, you are really right!"
Unless there is a big conflict between the super powers, the above usually will not interfere with the internal operations. As for the countless small powers in each city, they dare not overstep. There are nine super powers, and they restrain each other, except for the borders.
Small-scale conflicts occasionally occur, and there are almost no large-scale wars. No one wants to be reaped by other forces.
Logically speaking, in this situation, everything should be peaceful, but this is not the case.
In fact, this is understandable. The nine major forces do not dare to have major conflicts, and the small forces under the jurisdiction of each city do not dare to mess around. If things go on like this, the people belonging to the nine major forces do not threaten them, so how can they develop and grow?
Therefore, the nine major forces have unwritten rules, that is, competition between cities, precisely to prevent these city lords and their armies from being too relaxed.
"Cities can engage in battles to win the heavens. If you lose ten games in total, you will lose your position as city lord. If you win ten games in total, you can advance to the position of city lord of the next level."
"What are the rules?"
Since Yao Hai's face looked a little ugly, Xia Lei knew that he lost more than he won, so he didn't stupidly ask about the result.
The rules are very simple. As the party who takes the initiative to propose a battle to seize the sky, there is no time limit. In other words, you can invite all cities to fight without interruption. On the other hand, if you are the party who passively accepts it, you not only have ten years
Make preparations, and you don’t have to accept invitations from other cities within these ten years.
This is also a relatively balanced way of operating. After all, the party that actively invites a fight will generally be stronger.
In addition, you can only invite a city to a battle once. Otherwise, if you see which city is weak, you will keep looking for that city to fight. Then you won't always win?
Each battle to seize the sky is divided into five games, including one with Luo Tianshang, one with Ziwei Xuanxian, a battle with ten people from Luo Tianxian, a battle with ten people from Ziwei Xuanxian, and the finale, the peak showdown between the city lords.
At the same time, the invited party will determine the level of Luo Tianshangxian and Ziwei Xuanxian who will participate in the first four battles, that is, whether they are in the early stage, middle stage, or late stage.
Obviously, the significance of the battle to seize the sky is not to see which side has more experts, but to compare which side has more geniuses at the same level. Otherwise, these city lords have many resources and spend some money to hire an ordinary immortal king.
, if you can sweep the whole place with just a raise of your hand, then it loses its fundamental meaning.
Again, the most indispensable thing in the immortal world is people, including immortal kings and even immortal emperors. What really matters is the increase in talent.
Whichever party is stronger at the same level means that this party has more development potential and is naturally qualified to rise to a higher position.
Yao Hai lowered his voice a little, and said with some sadness: "To be honest, brother, I was promoted from the third heaven more than two thousand years ago. Except for the first thousand years of promotion, according to the rules, I was not invited to fight. Later..."
Having just been promoted from the Third Heavenly City Lord to the Fourth Heavenly City Lord, his cultivation must be inferior, so there is a rule that he will not be invited to fight after being promoted to the Millennium City for the first time.
Thousands of years later, the rules lost their binding force, and naturally all the guys from the fourth level of heaven came to visit. As a passive party, he had ten years to prepare. He tried his best to win over the masters and improve his own cultivation, but unfortunately he was still not those old people.
The opponent of fried dough sticks.
He had lost six games in a row in less than a hundred years. If he hadn't recruited some masters later and finally won a battle to seize the sky, he would have been relegated to the third level of heaven long ago.
"When those bastards saw that my brother and I had won a match, they became a lot more cautious and no longer rushed to invite me to fight. However, they have still lost a total of eight matches to this day."
Yao Hai had a look of helplessness on his face and sighed: "How can the resources of the third heaven be compared with those of the fourth heaven? Everything is far behind. Now there is an invitation to fight in hand, and there is only four years left to prepare.
Yeah, that guy is obviously stronger than me. If we lose this battle to win the sky, and lose another one that meets the ten-game limit, brother, I will have to return to the Third Heaven as the city lord, hey..."
Jiuyou Sect is on the territory of Ziyue City. Xia Lei and him are considered to be grasshoppers tied on a rope. With Yao Hai's care, the sect can develop as much as it wants. Naturally, we don't want him to lose the battle to seize the sky.
Zhan was demoted back to the third heaven.
At this time, Yao Hai's brows suddenly relaxed a bit, he raised his glass and said with a smile: "Okay, brother, don't take it too seriously. My brother is here to help you today. What's the point of saying these depressing words? Come on! Let's drink this cup.
, Brother will introduce you to a few capable men. The chance of winning the battle to win the sky lies with these people."
Before he could introduce him, Xia Lei's eyes had already shifted to the young man next to him.
He was wearing a purple gown, tall and thin, and looked to be in his early twenties. He never said a word from the beginning to the end, giving people an indifferent feeling that no strangers should approach.
Since he is an official in the same dynasty, it is extremely impolite to use his immortal sense to check the other person's cultivation level, but Xia Lei still felt something unusual about him...