In my previous life, there was a saying that perfectly suits my situation.
Playing the pig to eat the tiger.
It is one of the most overused cliches in the novels I have seen. While it offers opportunities to "shock" the crowd (also known as faceslapping), it becomes stale when repeated hundreds of times.
I did not expect that I would encounter them now.
"Idiotka. That's not how the registration procedure works. Choose someone with registered spirit roots."
"S-so what?"
Despite Rozaliya's tough act, she followed Liliya's instructions.
I watched as the two left.
Well, life is not like a novel.
The following events did not come off as surprising. I wandered around for a while and saw the average spirit root awakening rates.
For every one hundred humans, about forty to sixty possess spirit roots. It contradicted the implied information in the techniques I received which dictated only three to five people have spirit roots out of a hundred. This is a difference of thirty to fifty percent.
Aside from the Honkai and the Previous Era's meddling of human genes, I can think of nothing else.
Out of these awakened people, the majority possessed low grade spirit roots. About ten percent of that forty to sixty people have middle grade spirit roots. Finally, there are zero known appearances of high grade spirit roots aside from the people I know.
As of now, Earth can handle the influx of immortal cultivators. The biggest problem, however, is the resources needed for the higher realms. It will take thousands, if not tens of thousands of years to nurture fourth grade spiritual materials and above.
Simply put, Earth is fine in its early stages, but once the majority of the new generation of cultivators reach the Purple Mansion Realm, material scarcity will arise.
We are fortunate that the most fundamental resource, spirit veins, are readily available. At the very least, it won't hinder everyone's progress. The scenario I thought of will take another hundred or so years to occur. We'll find a solution by then.
I visited one city after another. It led to my growing respect for the others' sleepless nights. Seeing my idea get turned into reality is a gratifying feeling.
The world is complex and filled with an endless web of karma. The seedling one planted yesterday may turn into a towering tree that will save countless lives in the future.
It took three months to finish my world trip.
In-between, I entered the Demon Arena and killed off early Divine Transformation Realm demon beasts. Realm jumping at this point felt like a pain. I haven't comprehended the next level of [Heart Intention] yet. Every fight is a close call even if I went all-out from the start. I gained several planet-sized corpses of demon beasts, so I am not complaining.
Sometimes, I encountered the kids in the orphanage that I enlightened—the first batch of immortal cultivators. Seeing them become successful professionals made me feel old—as if I have an unc status already.
Most of them taught at Immortal Academies. They are not exempt from the "Return of Service" under the Federation's Sponsored Subsidies.
In exchange for immortal cultivation resources and zero tuition fees, they will have to teach for a minimum of fifty years. The more benefits they receive during the start of their cultivation, the longer this "Return of Service" becomes, up to a maximum of three hundred years. There will be a basic salary at that time. The typical lifespans of immortal cultivators are used as a basis for it.
There are also rewards and bonuses.
For every talented student someone guides, the Return of Service becomes shorter. They will also receive various privileges and rewards.
This ensured that the older generation will teach the younger generation well. By the time they fulfill their Return of Service, they are free to do whatever they want in their free time.
If they choose to continue teaching, they will receive generous salary and teacher privileges. This pushes them back to the instructor spot, ensuring a healthy cycle of immortal cultivation education.
In a sense, the Federation mobilized everyone's strengths to nurture excellent immortal cultivators one after another.
The atmosphere of education contrasted the survival of the fittest theme of the immortal cultivation worlds I knew. The so-called "sects" will impose restrictions to the techniques they pass on. The immortal cultivation families will keep most of the good things to themselves.
An unshakable class stratification will be formed under this set-up.
I don't want to see that.
Aside from the fact that it won't do good for the upcoming troubles (i.e., Star Rail), it will halt the rapid progress of my Dao of Enlightenment.
Ten years ago, with two years of immortal cultivation's propagation, the Dao of Enlightenment reached the level of Divine Laws.
Now, with almost three billion registered immortal cultivators, it has long become the fragment of Dao itself—a step higher than Divine Laws.
The Void Refinement Realm focuses on comprehending a Dao. Only by completing their comprehension of it, along with spiritual qi requirements, can they become a Dao Integration Realm expert. They will attain a complete Dao, capable of affecting vast universes at a single thought.
The population of immortal cultivators allowed my Dao of Enlightenment to reach the threshold of becoming a complete Dao.
I have a hunch it will become a formidable thing in my hands. It would affect even the future of my cultivation path. All it takes is time.
"It's time to properly show up…"
*****
The Federation faced a lot of difficulties during the first ten years of its establishment. The sheer effort needed to rebuild a world government, all the whilst there are existing governmental bodies, is huge.
It was Welt Yang who tanked most of the workload. His newfound strength gave him more room to realize his ideals.
After ten years passed, he passed on the President position to Theresa. He offended a lot of people within the decade. He also spent most of his time in management affairs, causing his realm to lag behind.
Hence, the position switch occurred.
A period of transition was all it took for Theresa to fully adapt.
"Kuh…"
She gritted her teeth as she stared intently at an article on her holographic screen.
[Having an elementary schooler as today's leader…]
Theresa unhesitantly called someone. In minutes, the article was taken down. The person who wrote it was also fined heavily.
She instantly felt a lot better.
Ten minutes later, Theresa received a priority call.
Upon hearing of a high grade spirit root, her eyes lit up.
"Another one… It's too scarce."
She settled the call and made corresponding arrangements to the newly found Chen Tianwu.
Unbeknownst to her, someone stood behind her chair. The said person has devious intentions…
"Boo."
"Eek..!"
…or not.