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Cedric never took disciples...
He’s too occupied with sothing else to be considered as a good and responsible teacher, so he never accepted anyone.
Besides, Cedric goes into seclusion for years at a ti. It is very rare that he cos out within months, or even days for that matter. Raising a disciple is a commitnt, one that Cedric didn’t want to be entangled with any ti soon.
However, this doesn’t an that Cedric wasn’t helping his people to beco stronger. As their Sector Lord, this was one of his responsibilities. The army he started out with, as strong and loyal as they are, weren’t undying people, nor would they be in position forever.
To ensure the longevity of his territory, he had to plan for the future. Therefore, prosperity and riches alone wouldn’t cut it. His people needed to be strong too.
Accepting the applications of the Ancient Sects and Organizations to build branches here could’ve been an easy way out, truthfully. All he needed to do was to sign their entry and allow them to build a branch sect here, and the history and thods they brought along with them would’ve done the rest.
But obviously, Cedric didn’t opt for that. He didn’t like the idea of those people throwing their weight around his territory.
With his brief interactions with them in tribute parties, he knows what kind of innate superiority even the humblest one of them held within. There was no way that they’d bow their heads to him.
If anything, it’s expected of them to sow discord within his territory so that they could gain a deeper foothold and influence. Give them an inch and they’d want a mile. It’s just in their nature to do so.
Cedric wasn’t dumb enough to fall for that sche; that’s why he rejected their applications to build a branch in his territory, either politely or firmly. He’s past the point of caring whether they’d get offended or not.
Instead of relying on them to build a strong army to ensure protection for his land, Cedric opted to rely on what he already has.
And this gave way to the birth of local sects and organizations within the Rising Sun Sector Domain.
Cedric personally visited, interrogated, and approved of their applications. And they would often see what they’re up to whenever he’s free.
Sure, these sects and organizations were young and inexperienced. They don’t have as rich of a history as those other ancient sects and organizations. What they do have, though, is broad-mindedness and acceptance. They’re not ashad to try and fail; they’re open to criticisms and feedback from their own too.
And it’s those qualities that allowed them to grow fast and strong.
Add Cedric’s financial and intellectual support, and they simply beco unstoppable.
Furthermore, there’s a healthy, if rather fierce, rivalry and competition between the local sects and organizations of the Rising Sun Sector Domain. This spurs them to keep improving, giving birth to more ideas, which propelled them forward.
Cedric believed that they’re on the right track. If the last millennial tournant were to be referred to, all the participants they sent there, while not able to cinch the top rankings, were able to secure decent rankings still, despite coming from a young sector domain.
Their results alone speak loud enough to sha other sector domains older than the Rising Sun.
But the real kicker as to why Cedric could confidently say that the Rising Sun Domain was a holy land for Life Evolvers was because of himself.
In terms of conceptual law comprehension, who in the entire Heavenly Star Chaos Realm could compete with him?
Cedric knew pretty much every iteration and variant concept law there was, of course, even more so the common ones that appear in public.
Although Cedric wasn’t open to accepting disciples, he could spare ti with lessons from ti to ti, and everybody who listens to his lectures will gain sothing after each session.
Yes, everybody. Not just humans; plants, animals, sentient artifacts...any living being or sentient lifeform that’s capable of thought will gain sothing after listening to his lectures. Whether their gain was big or small depends on their aptitudes, but regardless of that, if they attended the lecture and paid attention, they will for sure gain sothing after it; that’s the general consensus.
This is the seed behind the rise of life evolvers within the Rising Sun Sector Domain.
Cedric does this once every three years, or at least whenever he can. He didn’t need to do it personally, either. His clones could attend in his place and produce the sa results.
And if there ever was a chance that soone mastered a Grand Law completely, which was equivalent to a single Law Essence, Cedric wouldn’t be opposed to revealing the secrets of Origin Laws to them either. Of course he wouldn’t hold their hand all the way, but he’d make sure that they’d know the way forward at least.
So far, nobody qualifies for this. Conceptual laws get harder the further one progresses, after all, so it’s normal. But Cedric had hope that one day, there will be one. And after that one, there will be more.
The best part? All of them will feel indebted to him, thus securing their loyalty to him and their ho.
This was sothing that nobody could steal.
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And of course, his true ho, the Prival Scarlet Dust Realm, was doing just fine too.
By now, everybody who’s qualified to know knew about the Primitive Universe already.
At first, it had been challenging to make them believe his claims. So even nearly lost their minds over it. But in the end, it all worked out sohow.
Now, the Prival Scarlet Dust Realm is no longer isolated by the Void Prison. In fact, they’re past the point where his people were stuck within their borders.
His people have long explored the vast expanse of the Rising Sun Sector Domain. Hell, so of them even explored the realms outside of his territory and ca back to tell the tale.
At first, Cedric was very protective and very careful about how to introduce them to this new reality. It had been really challenging to make them accept the strange idea that it had been humans all along that were the strongest race there was in this chaos realm.
But again, it all eventually worked out. And Cedric was more than satisfied with everything.
Obviously, the living conditions of his people have improved imnsely once they accepted their new reality. Cedric didn’t hold back when it ca to them; one could even say that he was indeed biased with how they treated them so generously.
But of course, he also understood that his people need their agency; he can’t hold their hands forever. So, once they’re able to function on their own, he slowly but steadily removes his guidance so that they can start standing on their own.
And that’s how things are right now.
Cedric no longer worries about his people. In fact, most of them have outgrown their ancestral lands and begun exploring the vastness of the sector domain and the rest of the chaos realm outside of it.
Of course, if there were people who remained, it would be none other than his own family.
The Stormrider Clan has, indeed, grown into a proper clan at this point. So much so that even Cedric himself could hardly believe it.
Cedric has three wives, who gave him three sons, one son for each wife. Godwyn, Gilderoy, and Gerald.
His boys have grown into strong, reliable, and fine gentlen over ti. Had married their ladies and produced grandchildren for him to play with.
As ti passed, his grandchildren grew up, beca respected adults as well, and eventually married as well.
That ball kept rolling and rolling until it had beco a proper mountain. A mountain that is now called the Stormrider Clan.
By now, their family tree had grown so large that even Cedric’s own children had beco ancestors themselves. And isn’t that just weird?
Cedric himself feels ancient at this point.
Never, ever, say this to his wives, though, who still looked as fair and as beautiful as fairies at this point in ti. They’re quite sensitive about it.
At this point, Cedric himself couldn’t even properly rember the nas of his descendants. Hell, it’s even more difficult to attach faces to their nas with how much they’ve grown.
The Stormrider surna is still active at this point in ti, and even without the surnas, so of the descendants who married out still counted. Furthermore, there will always be that one dude in the clan who’s determined to marry as many spouses as they can support, which adds more nas and faces to the family tree.
It’s such an exasperating thing sotis, though a fond one, at that. Cedric could never really hate his own descendants.
Still, looking at how they’ve grown, Cedric was pleased. He did say he promised his deceased parents that, one day, he’d turn the Stormriders into a proper clan.
And he had achieved just that, much to his chagrin.
"Oh, dear parents of mine, I wonder what you’d say if you could see this now."
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