louisehourcade Chapter 1563 The Real Mastermind
Chapter 1563 The Real Mastermind
Chapter 1563 The Real Mastermind
Wang Xian frowned: "What is its purpose in raising so many ferocious beasts?"
"Giving away perks to 'players'."
Yao Yao's tone was mocking, "Have you forgotten the essence of data-driven rules? It turns cultivation into a 'game,' and resources into 'rewards.' Right now in the 'Eternal Universe,' how many Ninth-Rank Immortal Emperors are stuck at their bottlenecks? These ferocious beasts are a disaster for others, but for them..."
"It's a breakthrough 'experience pack'!"
Wang Xian reacted instantly.
That's right.
Although these ferocious beasts have a weak foundation, their original realm is truly that of a 'Ten-Turn Immortal Emperor'.
If one could refine one of the Nine Revolutions Immortal Emperors and absorb its essence, the probability of breaking through the bottleneck would greatly increase.
In particular, the number of ferocious beasts is countless, enough to support a large number of peak 'Nine Revolutions Immortal Emperor' cultivators to break through—this is simply a "leveling-up instance" tailor-made for the top cultivators of the 'Eternal Great Universe'.
"This is insane..." the fat Taoist priest clicked his tongue in astonishment. "To help cultivators break through their limits, they're cultivating so many monsters? What if it gets out of control?"
“It’s better if things get out of control.” Yao Yao sneered. “Data-driven rules are best at harvesting ‘data’ in chaos. The law fluctuations when a cultivator breaks through, the energy bursts when a ferocious beast dies, or even that beast tide at the level of a ‘Tenth-Rank Immortal Emperor’ just now… are all nourishment for it.”
"Is that so?"
Wang Xian was somewhat bewildered.
To be honest, 'data-driven rules' played a crucial role in getting him to where he is today, and he once thought that 'data-driven rules' were just a set of emotionless rules. Now, after hearing what Yao Yao said, he realized that the real 'data-driven rules' are not what he imagined.
You're mistaken.
Yao Yao seemed to sense Wang Xian's confusion and reached out to tap Wang Xian's forehead.
The cool touch of Yao Yao's fingertips suddenly cleared Wang Xian's mind. When she withdrew her hand, a faint aura of 'celestial laws' still lingered around her fingertips.
“Data-driven rules are just a tool.” Yao Yao walked to a row of white jade railings, gazing at the distant floating stars, her tone carrying a kind of indifferent understanding of the origin, “What is truly driving all of this behind the scenes is the will of the ‘Eternal Universe’ itself.”
"The will of the 'Eternal Universe'?" The chubby Taoist priest, clutching his broken bowl, leaned closer, his face filled with disbelief. "Isn't that just a program that maintains the normal operation of the universe?"
"You think the universe is just a collection of stars and laws?" Yao Yao turned around, her vertical pupils gleaming strangely in the starlight. "From the moment it was born from chaos, every world has instinctively pursued two things—existence and advancement. Just as cultivators break through realms, worlds also yearn for advancement."
Wang Xian's brows relaxed slightly as he recalled the evolution of his inner world—it had indeed developed a kind of 'survival' instinct, automatically rejecting harmful laws and attracting beneficial spiritual energy. Especially after the appearance of the Immortal Lotus, its roots broke through endless space and time, devouring the top-tier spiritual energy of many worlds.
"But what does this have to do with breeding ferocious beasts?"
The portly Taoist priest stroked his chin, the wound on his left arm already scabbed over thanks to the nourishment of the spiritual energy of Celestial King Star. "Even if the universe has a will, is it necessary to create so many ferocious beasts at the 'Tenth-Rank Celestial Emperor' level?"
"Because it sensed a threat."
Yao Yao's voice lowered, her fingertips unconsciously tracing the carvings on the railing, "A threat from the 'Heavenly Realm'."
"The Celestial Realm?" Wang Xian's heart skipped a beat. "You mean, the 'Celestial Realm' is going to take action against the Eternal Universe?"
"It's not about attacking, it's about devouring."
Yao Yao corrected her, raising her hand and waving it, and a blurry star map appeared in the void—at the top was a region radiating golden light, and below were countless universes of varying sizes, with the eternal universe appearing as dust within them.
"The Celestial Realm is at the top of the current dimension, and its existence itself is a kind of 'law siphon'. When the potential of a world reaches a critical point, the Celestial Realm will descend to 'harvest' it, taking away its essence to nourish its own advancement."
The tortoise shell of the fat Taoist suddenly became hot, and he quickly threw it to the ground. The star patterns on the tortoise shell automatically formed the character "危" (danger): "Then...the will of the 'Eternal Universe' nurtured so many ferocious beasts in order to rebel against the Heavenly Realm?"
"Resist?"
Yao Yao smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. "With the current foundation of the 'Eternal Universe,' it doesn't even have the qualifications to be taken seriously by the Heavenly Realm. What it's really doing is 'forced ripening'—like a farmer harvesting unripe crops before a storm."
She pointed to the location of the eternal universe in the star map: "You think that the weak foundation of those ferocious beasts at the 'Tenth-Rank Immortal Emperor' level is a flaw? No, it's the will of the universe doing it on purpose. The ferocious beasts catalyzed by 'Qilin Milk,' a celestial origin, are essentially 'poisoned bait.'"
Wang Xian instantly understood: "You mean, the 'Eternal Universe' wants cultivators to devour the essence of these ferocious beasts?"
"It's not just about devouring, it's about 'leveraging' power. The data-driven rules turn cultivation into a game, and the will of the universe follows these rules, turning ferocious beasts into 'experience packs.' Just think about it, when tens of thousands of 'Nine Revolutions Immortal Emperors' break through to 'Ten Revolutions Immortal Emperors,' and when Ten Revolutions Immortal Emperors come into contact with the origin of 'Heavenly Emperors'... how much will the average combat power of the entire 'Eternal Great Universe' increase?"
The fat Taoist priest gasped, "Is it trying to build a 'cosmic army'?"
“It’s more like coating the universe with a layer of armor.” Yao Yao’s gaze turned to Wang Xian. “You should know best that the more powerful beings a world has, the stronger the world’s own laws become, and correspondingly, the more benefits the ‘Celestial Realm’ can reap.”
Wang Xian fell silent.
He recalled his inner world, where the laws of his inner world would become more stable whenever any of the beings under his command broke through a higher realm.
“But isn’t it afraid that these catalyzed ferocious beasts will go out of control?” Wang Xian asked. “That nine-headed Qilin just now already had the combat power of a ‘Heavenly Emperor.’ If it rushed into the Eternal Universe and started a massacre…” “Going out of control is part of the plan.” Yao Yao’s tone was tinged with sarcasm. “The will of the universe needs ‘pressure.’ Only when the threat of the ferocious beast tide is imminent will those conservative old monsters put down their fighting and desperately devour the essence of the ferocious beasts in order to break through. Think about the current situation in the ‘Eternal Universe.’”
The chubby Taoist priest immediately became excited and said, "So this matter can't be blamed on us, but rather it's the will of the 'Eternal Great Universe' trying to stop the conflict between the cultivators of the 'Eternal Great Universe' and the cultivators from the outside world?"
Wang Xian glanced at him. What kind of time is this? How could this guy still think of this?
My gaze fell once more on the bronze jar, where the remaining golden liquid at the mouth gleamed faintly in the starlight.
Wang Xian suddenly remembered the situation in his inner world. He could always feel a gaze from a higher dimension, a gaze filled with greed and an undeniable pressure. Coupled with Yao Yao's previous warning, he had never dared to try to break through to his inner world.
Yao Yao understood Wang Xian's thoughts, her eyes filled with complex emotions: "Your inner world has a more profound foundation than the 'Eternal Great Universe.' As far as the Heavenly Realm is concerned, it is more eager to devour your inner world. That is why I didn't let your inner world break through before."
Once your inner world has fully ascended, it will be like a bonfire lit in the night, instantly attracting the attention of the celestial realm.
She walked up to Wang Xian and lightly tapped the bronze jar with her fingertip: "'Qilin Milk' is a supreme treasure of the 'Heavenly Realm'. Do you really think this is something that can be obtained in the 'Eternal Universe'?"
In the Celestial Realm, 'Qilin Milk' is a priceless treasure coveted by countless cultivators, even those at the 'Dao Heaven Realm'!
Although the current size of the 'Eternal Great Universe' is not bad, it is no match for cultivators at the 'Dao Heaven Realm'. The aura of a cultivator at the 'Dao Heaven Realm' alone is enough to crush the entire 'Eternal Great Universe'!
“So, this wasn’t stolen at all.” Yao Yao gently stroked the patterns on the jar with her fingertips. Under her touch, faint celestial runes appeared on those seemingly chaotic patterns. “This is a ‘bait’ deliberately handed over by the heavens.”
The fat Taoist scratched his head, and the scab on his left arm cracked open again: "Intentional? Are they crazy? Leaving a priceless treasure for others to steal, and letting us little minions turn the world upside down?"
"Crazy?" Yao Yao sneered, flicking a wisp of spiritual energy from her fingertip, which transformed into specks of golden light and merged into the jar, revealing the celestial law patterns hidden behind the illusory image. "If nothing unexpected happens, the 'Celestial Realm' is about to advance again; it needs nourishment!"
"nourishment?!"
The three unscrupulous Taoist priests' expressions changed; they naturally understood what "nourishment" meant.
"So, the Qilin Milk wasn't stolen by the Eternal Universe at all." Wang Xian's voice was a little dry. "It was the Heavenly Realm that deliberately made the Qilin Clan 'neglect' it, letting the will of the Eternal Universe think that it had gotten a great deal?"
“It’s more than just an oversight.” Yao Yao pointed to a tiny crack at the bottom of the jar, within which a faint black aura emanated. “This crack was man-made, designed to weaken the original aura of the Qilin Milk, making it appear as an ‘accidentally lost’ treasure. Moreover, the location of the tomb of the Divine Firmament Holy Court’s ancestor is precisely at the weakest point of the ‘Eternal Universe’s’ laws—that place, I can be absolutely certain, is the ‘window’ that the ‘Heavenly Realm’ uses to observe the lower realms.”
The chubby Taoist priest tightened his grip on the broken bowl, and the ghostly patterns on the rim of the bowl suddenly lit up: "You mean... the ancestors of the Divine Firmament Holy Court were pawns of the Heavenly Realm from the very beginning?"
"They might not be pawns, but more likely 'lured thieves'." Yao Yao shook her head. "The Celestial Realm's greatest skill isn't direct manipulation, but rather 'going with the flow,' letting a wisp of Celestial Law drift down to the Divine Firmament Holy Court, making the cultivators there mistakenly believe they've discovered an 'opportunity.' Then, step by step, they guide them, making them believe they can obtain Celestial Treasures through some means... until finally, even the will of the Eternal Universe believes this is their chance to defy fate."
The fat Taoist priest suddenly shivered: "Do you know about that nine-headed Qilin? When it chased us, it didn't seem like it was faking it."
"uncertain!"
Yao Yao shook her head.
Wang Xian recalled the final, slanted, sky-burning flame of the Nine-Headed Qilin. At the time, he only felt fear, but now he thought it was more like a precise "performance"—it had to show a threat, but not actually stop the Eternal Universe from "borrowing its power," and it couldn't let Wang Xian and his group of "accidental intruders" die there, otherwise this "catalytic drama" would lack some of its realism.
“So now that we’re holding this jar of Qilin Milk…” Wang Xian looked down at the bronze jar in his palm, its icy coolness seeming to carry some kind of curse, “aren’t we just becoming characters in a celestial script?”
"Yes and no." Yao Yao's gaze fell on him. "You and your inner world are the only 'variable' in this script. The Heavenly Realm may have foreseen the will of the eternal universe and the greed of those cultivators, but they may not have foreseen that you, this 'outsider,' could disrupt the situation—after all, even I cannot fully see through your inner world now!"
As she finished speaking, she touched the bronze jar with her fingertip again. This time, the jar suddenly burst out with dazzling golden light, and nine phantom images of Qilin appeared at the same time, roaring to the sky with a warning in their voice.
“Be careful,” Yao Yao’s expression turned serious. “Besides the ‘Qilin Milk,’ there is also a wisp of the divine consciousness of a ‘Dao Tian Realm’ Qilin in this jar. It was asleep just now, but it was awakened by our conversation… It may know more about the Heavenly Realm’s plans.”
Wang Xian quickly gripped the bronze jar, and chaotic energy surged into his palm, attempting to suppress that wisp of divine thought.
But the moment the chaotic energy came into contact with the golden light, a golden beam of light suddenly shot out from the mouth of the jar, and an ancient phantom of a Qilin appeared in the beam of light.
Upon seeing the phantom of the Qilin, a strange look appeared in Yao Yao's eyes, but it vanished in an instant, unnoticed by anyone present.
The phantom of the Qilin opened its mouth as if to say something, but Yao Yao decisively struck, slapping the phantom's head and shattering it.
Wang Xian and the three unscrupulous Taoist priests were all stunned.
Wasn't it said that this phantom Qilin might know more about the Heavenly Realm's plans?
How could it be taken away without saying a word?
Wang Xian and the three unscrupulous Taoist priests all cast questioning glances at Yao Yao. Yao Yao offered no explanation, and with a series of flicks of her fingers, the shattered phantom of the Qilin transformed into streams of light that disappeared into the bronze jar.
"Refining these 'Qilin Milk' will significantly enhance your combat power, making it sufficient to face what's to come."
After saying that, Yao Yao left Celestial King Star.
matter?
whats the matter?
Wang Xian and the three unscrupulous Taoist priests looked at each other, completely bewildered.
However, since Yao Yao didn't say anything, it means that what is about to happen is something they can handle. In that case, there's no need to keep asking Yao Yao to find out the details.
Ignoring the burning gazes of the three unscrupulous Taoist priests, Wang Xian put away the bronze jar: "All three of you, get out of here and go to Blood Sea Star to reflect on your mistakes. You may come out again when you realize your errors!"
After saying that, Wang Xian didn't give the three unscrupulous Taoists a chance to refute him and left the inner world directly.