Shi Feiyang pondered over the Great Ming Court, existing for over three hundred years, its governance naturally evolving and leading to various drawbacks.
Over the years, he had been diverting water to create seas, filling deserts, warming the climate to resist the Little Ice Age, and establishing Immortal Markets for overseas trade, extending the national fate of the Great Ming for nearly a century.
Yet, instead of eradicating internal problems, they became more severe. The various allied political party groups accumulated more capital and power, even the Donglin Party had Earth Immortals emerging. They not only cultivated themselves but also hired and supported a large number of Loose Cultivators, seeking talent suitable for cultivation nationwide.
Among them was a knight renowned throughout the Three Xiang, living by providing protection, named Iron Whip Lian Shoujing, who had a daughter named Lian Hongyao.
