Chapter 383

Chapter 383: The Opening of Cave Paradise

One day later, the Political Council officially announced the first and second generations of Cave Paradise.

The entire Great Flame Empire fell into a frenzy.

All the citizens marveled at the greatness of the divine.

They were astonished that such a miraculous treasure could be created.

While the citizens did not fully grasp the deeper significance of the birth of Cave Paradise, they clearly understood that their talent limit would no longer block their path to higher realms and longer lifespans.

By cultivating in Cave Paradise, they could easily overcome this barrier.

All they needed to do was find ways to achieve military accomplishments and make contributions.

Only by doing so would they be qualified to stay in Cave Paradise for extended periods of time.

Otherwise, they could only train for three days a month at cost price.

If they wished to train further, they would have to pay high spirit stone fees.

Even then, they could not exceed ten days.

Once the announcement was made, the people of the Great Flame Empire loudly called for the rapid implementation of the expansion plan.

Only through external expansion could they achieve military accomplishments.

The Great Flame Empire had long since implemented a Universal Militia policy, meaning that almost all citizens would have the opportunity to earn military achievements when the expansion officially began.

The former members of the fierce beast army from the Demon Race also eagerly chose the identity of second-class citizens in the Great Flame Empire.

Although second-class citizens faced a limit of three days of training a month in Cave Paradise and had to pay high spirit stone fees, it was still far better than being a Demon Race member.

Furthermore, despite the strict class system in the Great Flame Empire, the promotion paths remained extremely fair.

Second-class citizens could also join the military, and even if they started weak, they could still earn some military achievements.

As long as they earned military achievements, they could increase their training time in Cave Paradise and lower the costs.

Training in Cave Paradise would also accelerate their strength realm improvement without being restricted by talent.

As their strength realm improved, they could then increase their rate of earning military achievements, creating a positive cycle.

As long as they worked hard and were lucky enough to survive, even the second-class citizens with the worst talent would have the chance to rise and even become nobles enjoying various privileges in the Great Flame Empire.

They would, however, start at a lower level than first-class citizens and would need to work harder.

These former fierce beast army members, now second-class citizens, looked forward to the Great Flame Empire officially launching the expansion plan.

From the perspective of the three races, the Shadow Clan promptly sent tens of thousands of low-realm geniuses to the Great Flame Empire to arrange for their training in Cave Paradise.

The high-ranking leaders of the Shadow Clan were willing to spare no expense to earn contribution value.

Especially those Shadow Kings who knew Yi Chen had the power to bestow or strip away fortunes, they were even willing to sell themselves to the Great Flame Empire, just like those who joined the Intelligence Organization, in exchange for high contribution values to boost the entire Shadow Clan’s development.

They also showed no hesitation in consuming contribution value to nurture the young talents within their race.

This was because the Shadow King had personally contacted Yi Chen and learned that exhausting contribution value only meant the Shadow Clan could not exchange contribution value for various resources and treasures from the Great Flame Empire.

However, the contributions made by the Shadow Clan to the Great Flame Empire were still recorded in the achievement ledger.

Although the two are one, they are not the same.

The former is a direct digital representation of the interests entangled between the two races, while the latter is the private feelings between Yi Chen and the Great Flame Empire.

The smoothing of interests does not mean that the friendship between the two sides will be erased.

Given this, the Shadow Clan naturally pays no mind to the consumption of contribution value.

The high-ranking leaders of the Shadow Clan are willing to spare no effort to make a significant contribution to the Great Flame Empire, not for the contribution value itself, but to earn the recognition and friendship of Yi Chen, thus securing a qualification that allows the Shadow Clan to continuously follow in the footsteps of the Great Flame Empire.

The Black Tiger Tribe and the Demon Race are much calmer.

The Black Tiger Tribe only arranged for a small group of descendants to enter Cave Paradise for training, totaling less than a hundred individuals.

Anything more would lead to a contribution value expense that they are hesitant to bear.

The Demon Race only allowed the swamp crocodile into Cave Paradise because it needed the Spirit Gathering Formation inside to speed up its training speed.

Those full-level fierce beasts had already hit a bottleneck, so entering Cave Paradise would be pointless, especially since they currently had no descendants.

Although the Political Council had converted substantial contribution value for the Demon Race based on the previous contributions of the fierce beast army, they all planned to wait until they successfully overcame tribulations to exchange it for low-grade immortal stones and other resources to divide among themselves.

No one wanted to let those low-realm small demons benefit from the contribution value acquired through dangerous sacrifices made by the fierce beast army.

Ironically, most members of the Former Fierce Beast Army chose to join the Great Flame Empire and become second-class citizens.

The newly joined demons lacked the courage and qualifications to question how the fierce beast army’s accumulated contribution value would be divided.

They were the most comfortable group because, upon receiving approval from Yi Chen, they all gained dual identities.

On one side, they held high-ranking positions in the Demon Race, while on the other, they retained their statuses as first-class and second-class citizens in the Great Flame Empire.

For example, the Shadow King is not only the ruler of the Shadow Clan but has also been granted the title of baron in the Great Flame Empire.

Chief Nika similarly gained the qualification for dual identities, being both the chief of the Nika Tribe and a first-class citizen of the Great Flame Empire.

However, the former is seen as an honor, while the latter feels slightly humiliating.

By this logic, as chief of the Nika Tribe, his status in the Great Flame Empire is equivalent to that of an ordinary citizen.

He believes he deserves to be recognized as a Noble.

Of course, having witnessed Yi Chen’s heartless nature, he wouldn’t dare to voice this thought even with a thousand more opportunities.

…

In the vast starry sky, the flying treasure hovers in space.

As Yi Chen extracts the fortune of the entire Tianling Star Cluster from the laws of heaven, he also cultivates.

With an abundance of low-grade immortal stones, his training speed is nothing short of astonishing.

Within half a month, he breaks through from Xuan Immortal Level Three to Xuan Immortal Level Four.

Just a bit over half a month later, he reaches Xuan Immortal Level Five.

After about twenty days, he advances to Xuan Immortal Level Six…

In just around three months, he rapidly ascends from Xuan Immortal Level Three to Xuan Immortal Level Eight.

Upon reaching Xuan Immortal Level Eight, he stops and controls the flying treasure to return to the Great Flame Empire.

He has received notification from the Intelligence Organization.

The swamp crocodile has finally broken through to full-level and is just one step away from overcoming tribulations.

He needs to return to solve the issue of the Demon Race successfully overcoming tribulations and develop a more advanced cultivation method for them.

Furthermore, leveraging the terrifying bonuses of the second generation of Cave Paradise, top geniuses will also succeed in breaking through to the Stage of Separation in a few months, allowing for the preparation for the seventh new skill teaching.

After the seventh new skill teaching, it will roughly align with Yi Chen’s planned expansion period.

After a long stagnation, the talent bonuses will finally come into rapid ascent after all the preparations.