Time Travel: Did My Sister-in-Law Get Slapped in the Face Today?

However, despite saying that, he hesitated and felt a bit apprehensive, so he looked at the girl next to him and asked, "Lan Xin, what do you think?"

Although the girl was dressed in simple clothes, she had a very pretty face. She bit her lower lip and said with a hint of resentment in her eyes, "How about we wait for a few more people and go together?"

Upon hearing her words, both of them nodded in agreement; having more people around gave them more courage.

"Hey, someone else is coming!"

Suddenly, the dark-skinned youth turned around, saw Li Lan walking towards him, and his face lit up with joy. He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother, are you also going to Donglin City to participate in the Ascension Conference?"

Li Lan pondered, "The Ascension Ceremony? What is that?"

"do not you know?"

The dark-skinned boy was somewhat surprised and immediately offered an explanation.

It turns out that after the great war between the two realms, many eternal royal families and immortal clans suddenly opened their doors and began to recruit geniuses from the mortal world as their disciples.

Over the years, there has been an annual "Ascension Ceremony." As long as one passes the Ascension Ceremony's test, one can become a member of an immortal family or an eternal royal family.

The "Purple Wood" clan is a "Life Wood" level family in Donglin City, and they control two small temples.

The Eternal Realm is vast and boundless, with a clear order from top to bottom. At the highest level are the Eternal Royal Cliffs like the Eastern Cliff and Western Mountain. Below the nine royal clans are dozens or even hundreds of "Immortal Royal Cliffs," and below the Immortal Royal Cliffs are "Immortal Families."

Generally speaking, becoming an "Immortal Family" means the birth of an immortal, which qualifies one to enter the Eternal Royal Court, establish a Star Palace, have a certain degree of influence, and participate in the distribution of benefits in the Eternal True Realm.

However, beneath the Immortal Clan, there are countless smaller families that live around the Immortal Clan. Most of these families control some temples and regularly pay the Immortal Clan in full incense and faith offerings every year.

For example, in the Purple Wood Clan, the highest-ranking cultivator is only at the "Life Wood" level.

In recent years, thanks to the Eternal Royal Family and the Immortal Clan starting to recruit mortal disciples, the Eternal True Realm has entered an unprecedented period of harmony. The number of demons and monsters has decreased significantly, and the powerful demon forces that once dominated the "human world" have never reappeared.

Li Lan was quite curious and chatted with the dark-skinned boy in detail. He discovered that this was also closely related to the great war between the two worlds in the past!

—During the great war between the two realms, the Eternal Royal Court mobilized troops from all over the world, and families of all sizes led their armies to participate in the war. However, the war was too brutal, and countless people from the Eternal Royal Court's allied forces died.

The vital energy of all the royal families and clans has been damaged, especially the Dongya royal family, whose core members have been devoured by the Eternal King Dongya. As a result, a power vacuum has been created at the top.

Thus, the bottom of the stagnant pool finally had a chance to flow upwards.

As long as there is still an opportunity for upward mobility and people have hope of turning their lives around, the entire eternal true world will remain harmonious.

Li Lan has a profound understanding of this: throughout history, why have there always been various riots, uprisings, and resistances?

In fact, when this situation occurs, it means that all living beings in the world have no way to rise in social class; the social hierarchy is completely blocked.

Just like the Eternal True Realm before, resources are not enough even within the royal family and aristocratic families, so how could they possibly flow into the hands of the lower classes? Ordinary people who want to escape a life of poverty can only become demons and fight and scramble like wild beasts.

If the upper echelons still have some conscience and leave some room and some benefits for the lower classes, then the lower classes will not resist. They will only engage in infighting and blame their hardship on too many people and on their own lack of strength and excellence.

They fight tooth and nail, exhausting all their energy just to kill off the other competitors.

Even if a few wise people can see through the upper echelons' conspiracies and tricks, it's to no avail, because most people are ignorant.