To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck

Chapter 1178: Chapter 472 Severing Ties_3 Chapter 1178: Chapter 472 Severing Ties_3 After two hundred years of development, some of the technological inventions that are applicable in this world had started to become widespread.

People’s lives were getting better and better, gradually taking on a form reminiscent of Lu Yuan’s past life.

In such circumstances, no one wanted to bring destruction upon themselves or their future progeny.

Especially near Central State, where there were threats from natural disasters.

Over a hundred years had passed, and the Four-pole Heavenly Catastrophe that was initially only at the edges of Central State had now crossed the boundaries.

Freezing waves had overtaken the great rivers, earthquakes had traversed the mountains, gales had climbed the shores, and poisonous fires had spread along the Yangtze River.

Faced with the naked threat of approaching natural disasters, even the slowest of individuals had come to understand that the terrible catastrophes had not ceased.

Instead, over the years, they continued to brew and develop, and they were now at the doorstep of their own homelands.

What the emperor had said about the end of the disasters was nothing but a lie.

Or rather, it could be said.

That the emperor had not anticipated that things would develop to such an extent.

The panic among the common people, under the threat of natural disasters, was once again ignited and spread.

But by this time, all of the Inborn Grandmasters of the Great Chu, except for Lu Yuan, had died off.

With his sixty-four avatars stationed in various locations,

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under his absolute control of military force, no unrest could cause any disturbance.

Just as a hint of chaos began to surface, it was immediately suppressed, and the local areas quickly returned to peace.

After the turmoil, everyone was looking for a way out.

But with surrounding lands sealed off by natural disasters and Central State being the only known haven in the Nine Provinces, they had no opportunity to expand their living space, no avenue for escape whatsoever.

In despair, the people of Great Chu could only try to delay their own destruction as much as possible.

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With the passing of long years, they waited for a future that might not even hold any hope.

Thus, with a grain crisis from within and natural disasters approaching from without,

under these internal and external troubles, who would want to have too many children?

Are they wanting to speed up their own deaths?

The land available for survival was diminishing day by day.

Having more people meant that when the natural disasters approached, the resources available for survival would become even scarcer.

In the end, they could only head towards extinction at a faster pace.

The population had to be controlled.

This had become a consensus among everyone in Great Chu after being promoted.

Therefore, with the support of the nation, the population of Great Chu, after a sharp increase, began to slowly fall.

According to the imperial plan, the final population would stabilize at around one billion.

This number ensured that every citizen of the empire had enough resources to avoid falling into poverty.

It was the healthiest and most reasonable population structure.

At present, both the imperial officials and the common people were striving towards this goal.

And this was not fixed.

The plan was to continue to adjust this number downward based on the rate at which the Four-pole Heavenly Catastrophe consumed Central State and the consequent reduction in the habitable land.

To always keep the population at a reasonable and balanced number.

Though Great Chu had gone through a population crisis that nearly brought it to its knees,

a crisis often comes with opportunities.

Due to the rapid expansion of the population, what Lu Yuan had originally estimated would need a thousand years for six Luck Artifacts to transform into Spiritual Energy, assuming a population of seven hundred million,

now had the support of a population more than double that size, and the supply of Qi Luck had doubled.

The Taiping three-piece set and the Emperor’s Three-piece Set, these six Magical Artifacts, had already reached the limits of Middle Grade Artifacts.

Even the accumulation needed for their transformation into Immortal Artifacts had, after more than a hundred years of nurturing, made more than one-third progress.

Especially the core, the Heavenly Crown, the embryo of the Immortal Artifact crafted from the statue of the Great Dharma God, had received far more Qi Luck nourishment than the other five artifacts because it was placed in the heavily populated Central Capital Liang, which also had the largest jurisdiction.

Over two years ago, in the year 184 of the Shenwu era, it had already completed its accumulation and its core had transformed into the essence of an Immortal Artifact.

With enough refinement from Spiritual Energy, it could be directly promoted to a Lower Grade Immortal Artifact.

At this point, the route of the External Tool Dao Fruit that Lu Yuan envisioned was finally bearing fruit.

In a sense, after the transformation of the Heavenly Crown was complete, he would possess the strength of an Immortal.

By integrating the Heavenly Crown into his body, he could have an External Tool Dao Fruit comparable to a Human Flower Dao Fruit.

However, that was only in theory.

Because of the lack of Spiritual Energy, the transformation of the Heavenly Crown had not yet been completed, and this External Tool Dao Fruit could not yet be truly put to use.

But even so, the transformation of the Heavenly Crown was a great joy and encouragement to Lu Yuan.

If there was one, there could be a second.

If the Heavenly Crown could accumulate and transform, it meant that this path was indeed viable.

The other five Luck Artifacts could accumulate and transform along this same route, eventually achieving transformation.

The fundamental strength and power in his hands were gradually increasing, which was certainly a cause for happiness.

So under this happy event, the gloomy mood that had been shrouding Lu Yuan’s heart, caused by the departure of friends and family, was considerably lightened.

He then directed more of his energy towards governing the country, maintaining a sufficient and sustainable population to provide ample Qi Luck for his six Magical Treasures.

Right now, the Four-pole Heavenly Catastrophe had just reached the border of Central State, entering its lands.

Given its previous rate of progression, even if there were chain reactions from the contact with the Four-pole Heavenly Catastrophe that exacerbated the rate of encroachment,

Central State was vast enough to endure another thousand years, which seemed achievable.

A thousand years was enough for the six Luck Artifacts to transform into the essence of Lower Grade Immortal Artifacts.

They might even advance to Middle and Upper Grade Immortal Artifacts, equivalent to an Earth Immortal Dao Fruit.

Nine Provinces still had value to be utilized, objectives not yet achieved, and a future still to be anticipated.

After his recent trip to Northern Dark City, where he confirmed that the Cross-boundary Teleportation Array was still usable and not damaged,

Lu Yuan planned to accompany the Nine Provinces world and the Great Chu Immortal Dynasty he had established, through the last leg of their fates.

It was also a way to leave an imperfect full stop to the most important scenery in his life.

When this scenery ends,

he would then Ascend to the Immortal Realm.

He was ready.