Chapter 323: Repeating the Same Mistake
[In the 263rd year of the New Heaven, you have been reborn and decided to avoid the same mistakes as before. You no longer insist on leading people to the "Eternal Wilderness" in this life, but instead try your best to maintain this hard-won prosperity! ]

[You are full of ambition: Li Ziliang once created a long and prosperous era for 120 years, so you can't be worse than him! ]

[Under normal means, you want to see where your limits are. 】

[Since this is a normal method, you certainly cannot use the Blood God Son as an external method, so you correct your attitude, and while sealing the Blood God Son, you also devote yourself wholeheartedly to the infinite cause of serving all living beings...]

【…】

[The old Heaven was destroyed, and more than a thousand gods were killed by the Holy Lord. The world ushered in a brand new era. In order to commemorate this great historical turning point, the Shogun, the ruler of the Heaven, and the great Holy Lord Lin Liubei issued an edict to change the country's name. ]

[The country's name is: "Daxin"! ]

【New means everything is renewed! 】

[So, your position is changed to "Daishin Ruler" and "Shogun"! 】

[Immediately afterwards, you ordered a change of era name, changing "New Heavenly Court 263" to "New Calendar Year 1"! ]

[In the first year of the new calendar, General Lin Liu of Daxin issued the first edict since the change of era name: In view of the long-term inaction of the old heaven, which resulted in the lack of gods to manage the celestial phenomena and the dilapidated and abandoned underworld, causing the people of the world to live in dire straits without any Shinto benefits, Daxin decided to restart various Shinto institutions.]

[That year, you ordered the gods to establish the "Underworld" to provide reincarnation benefits for the souls of deceased monks! ]

[The following year, you ordered the gods to form departments such as "Thunder", "Plague", "Fighting", "Fire", "Water", and "Rain", each of which was responsible for eliminating and providing relief for natural and man-made disasters! ]

[The gods were ordered to perform their duties, and the various welfare facilities in the heaven that had been vacant for who knows how many years were reactivated. Such a good thing naturally attracted cheers from all living beings.]

[One shouted "The general's kindness is not over yet!", one shouted "Pass on General Lin's order!", one shouted "Sing a song of loyalty for the general!"...]

【When sentient beings are happy, you are happy too, so you put more energy and enthusiasm into the cause of serving sentient beings. 】

[It is precisely because of your welfare policies that the productivity of the world continues to rise. A prosperous era far better than any previous era has arrived...]

"you……"

Looking at Lin Liu's various welfare policies, the laid-off Emperor Xue Xuan hesitated to speak, but finally couldn't help but speak out:

"Listen to my advice, an old senior. Don't do this. Cut the benefits quickly! The benefits can't be too high, otherwise you won't be able to bear it sooner or later..."

Pitfall? What pitfall?

Lin Liu was immersed in his fulfilling work and couldn't help himself. He said confidently:

"I can bear it!"

As he spoke, he smiled teasingly at Xue Xuan:
"I'm not as lazy as you..."

Lin Liu was laughing at the old Heaven's attitude of letting things slide. The underworld, which was running well, was abandoned just like that. The astronomical department, which was supposed to be in charge of order, also disappeared just like that. Thousands of energetic true gods were actually left in the Heaven to retire. It was really a new level of letting things slide!
"The fall of Heaven is due to the loss of all power and responsibilities. Since you lazy people don't want to shoulder your responsibilities, power is naturally out of the question."

"If you don't fill the power vacuum, someone else will. In the end, you will be defeated by me. It's all your own fault... I will definitely learn from your experience of failure!"

Lin Liu stroked his beard and said with a smile.

But the black-clothed young man twitched his mouth:
"Do you think I'm stupid? You understand, but I don't?"

He said seriously:

"Back then, I had the same confidence and enthusiasm as you, and wanted to do more good for all living beings, so I opened the underworld and established the various departments of the heavens to manage natural disasters and man-made disasters."

"But I ended up canceling them all... guess why?"

Xue Xuan's serious question made Lin Liu a little stunned:
Isn't it because of laziness?

He suddenly recalled what Li Ziliang had told him about the reason why Heaven was in such a mess:
The reason why the Heavenly Palace is in a mess is that the gods do not need the incense and offerings from the mortal world. To them, incense is nothing more than a blue potion to replenish their divine power.

Replenishing the mana bar is of course important, but it doesn't mean you can't survive without it. Moreover, if the gods don't work, the mana bar will not be consumed at all.

So in essence, all the gods in heaven are working overtime for free, or even being paid to work...

What a shitty job! I'm just being treated like a slave!

According to Li Ziliang, it was precisely because going to work was like being a slave for free that prompted the Heavenly Court to abandon the lower-level institutions such as the Underworld one after another, so that they completely stayed in the heavens and became a "self-governing organization" until he emerged as a new force and destroyed them in one fell swoop...

Thinking of this, Lin Liu, who was originally making sarcastic remarks, suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.

[The old predecessors’ experience will open your eyes to the sun and enlighten you! ] [The fall of the Heavenly Palace was naturally caused by its rottenness, but the reason for its rottenness was very real: the gods in the Heavenly Palace were unwilling to be slaves, so do the true gods of your Great Xin Dynasty want to be slaves? ]

[You suddenly realize this serious problem, and you can't help but feel troubled because you really can't seem to think of a perfect solution...]

[Emperor Xue Xuan said to you earnestly: I once cared about all living beings in the world, but reality forced me to give up.]

[“At that time, I wanted to force myself to persist, but the ministers kept petitioning me not to go my own way…”]

[Speaking of this, the Emperor sighed: Is this a memorial? This is clearly an attempt to force the emperor to abdicate! ]

[“They are all true gods. I am not more powerful than them. So for the sake of my life, I was forced to comply with the ministers’ requests and eventually abandoned all the benefits of the Heavenly Court…”]

[“Also, do you still remember how those folk gods treated me back then?”]

[The question of the Emperor of Heaven reminds you again: the wild gods of the past actually thought the same as you did before, they all wanted to overthrow the clay puppets of the Heavenly Court and rebuild a new Heavenly Court to serve the people! ]

[However, since you established the shogunate and took power, the wild gods that were rampant back then have long been swept into the garbage dump of history... Why would the Emperor of Heaven mention them for no reason? ]

[In your puzzled gaze, the Emperor of Heaven sighed helplessly: Those wild gods are actually the product of our welfare cuts.]

[People were used to the high welfare provided by the Heavenly Court. Who could bear it if it was suddenly cut? Who among the people would not hate it? Who would not complain? ]

[The people hate the Heavenly Court, so naturally their incense and faith will turn to those wild gods who claim to be able to do practical things for them. The wild gods don't even need to say too much. They can just put forward slogans such as "Restart high welfare", "Punish the false emperor of the Heavenly Court who does nothing", "Smash the dog head of the false emperor Xue Xuan", and the snowball will grow quickly! ]

[“And the reason why the wild gods disappeared after you came to power is because you replaced their ecological niche. The high welfare they advocated was all realized by you. Naturally, the people turned to you. Without the support of the wild gods, they naturally died out…”]

[“You became the greatest wild god, and then really helped all living beings to overthrow the heaven…”]

[The Emperor of Heaven is indeed quite capable. What he said after a long sigh was all very reasonable and based on experience. You can't help but fall into deep thought.]

[It’s a big problem! ]

[The Emperor of Heaven was forced to cut benefits because of the pressure from the gods. Once the benefits were cut, it attracted collective hatred from the people. The ownerless incense and faith thus created countless wild gods, which eventually led to the fall of the Heavenly Palace.]

[Now that you have followed the trend and replaced the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Court has become a lesson for you: if you continue to imitate the welfare policy of the Emperor of Heaven, it will undoubtedly lead to opposition from the ministers again. No matter how loyal the ministers are, they will not be willing to be slaves. This goes against their nature!]

[Under such conditions, you only have two choices: one is to act on your own and end up being deserted by your friends and relatives, and the other is to cut benefits and end up following the old path of the Emperor of Heaven.]

[Both paths are not good solutions, so you are in a dilemma and don’t know what to do...]

[Ding! Facing this urgent problem, you can only place your hopes on "another self". I don't ask for a perfect solution, but only a trick to help you stay in this life as long as possible in order to get more information... Your choice: (?) Please answer freely! ]

"This problem...is the first time I've encountered it."

Zhao Si was quite surprised:
"The heavens are all made up of extraordinary people, why does this chapter encounter this problem, but not in Jin Bing and Xiao Heizi's chapters?"

There is no trouble in other families, only in this chapter of Lin Liu. The reason behind it is really worth thinking about.

Zhao Si thought about it carefully and compared several heavenly courts with each other. With sufficient examples to support him, he gradually got a clue...

"Two reasons!"

Zhao Si touched his chin:

"First, it's because the two sides have different worldviews. In the previous chapters, the prehistoric cultivators also had many realms after becoming immortals. They were not without desires. If they wanted to cultivate to a higher realm, they would need a lot of natural treasures."

"Medicine, magic weapons, power... these are what they pursue, and the Heavenly Court can satisfy their needs, so they can maintain sufficient motivation after becoming Heavenly Officials... This is essentially to lure them with benefits, rather than just letting them work like slaves for free."

"But in Lin Liu's world, the True Gods are the pinnacle of cultivation. With immortality in hand, they have basically no desires or demands, not even basic needs. Naturally, Lin Liu's heaven cannot give them any benefits... Working is like being treated like a beast of burden!"

"Secondly... it's force!"

This is the simplest and most fundamental answer.

Lin Liu and Emperor Xue Xuan could not gain an absolute advantage in personal martial arts. They were true gods of the same realm as the gods, so when their personal martial arts could not surpass others, the heaven in the extraordinary world could not be built.

"My fist is not big enough..."

Zhao Si frowned. This question seemed to have no solution from the perspective of the extraordinary world...

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(End of this chapter)