Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

“Makes sense. We can’t do what the puppet king did. But since the guy has been stirring trouble inside the Sanctuary Alliance for such a long time, he must know the fatal loopholes of the Spiritual Nexus—the Fuxi system of the Sanctuary Alliance like the back of his hand. If we can seize, suppress, or even

swallow the puppet king, we will certainly have deeper control over the weakness of the Fuxi system. By then, with the existence of the loopholes and our amazing abilities, won’t we be able to control the entire system easily?”

Li Yao rubbed his hands and said, “At the end of the day, there are only five of them. They are only able to manipulate tens of thousands of starships and planets with the help of the Fuxi System and condense them into an evil civilization. If the Fuxi System collapses, their evil reign will be doomed, and

we will be able to solve the problem at the center of the universe without shedding any blood!

“The situation right now is similar to a few years ago when the Black Wind Fleet, the Star Glory Federation, and Professor Mo Xuan were at loggerheads.

The mental devil smiled and said, “The main fleet of the Sanctuary Alliance is like the Black Wind Fleet, and the Imperium of True Human Beings is like the Star Glory Federation. When the two parties are at loggerheads, both sides will suffer heavy losses, and we will play the role of Professor Mo Xuan.

and hide in the Spiritual Nexus, waiting to reap the benefits and watch the show!

“If we can capture or even devour the puppet king, it is very likely that the system will be paralyzed or even hijacked. But as I said before, what will happen next?

“It might be easy to paralyze the Fuxi system, but you must know that the billions of ‘soldiers’ and ‘worker bees’ can only maintain the most basic order through the control of the Fuxi system. Even the worst order is better than none. If we kill all the supreme masters instantly and paralyze the entire

network of the Star Glory Federation, we will tell every member of the Star Glory Federation that there is no ‘god’ at all. What do you think the consequences will be? Will the side effects be less than those of the puppet king’s Disillusionment Virus, the Glory Virus, and the Taotie Virus?”

Li Yao was deep in thought and did not speak for a long time.

“You can destroy their gods, but you cannot make them abandon order and hope. If you want to maintain the basic order of the Holy Alliance and stabilize the triangular relationship between the Star Glory Federation, the Star Glory Federation, and the Star Glory Federation, you must guide the entire

civilization of mankind to a brighter future in the most peaceful way possible. In such a way, a ‘new god’ must be created.

“For example,” the mental devil said gloomily, “make use of the ‘strengthened education’ function of the Gold Crystal Tower and the spread of the Fuxi system, and build yourself into a savior, a kind, righteous, and bright new god… I think that’s a good idea. Do you want to consider it?”

“That will be unnecessary. There is no such thing as ‘kindness, justice, and brightness’ as long as one is a god.

Li Yao refused immediately. “I only believe in my compatriots—human beings. I don’t believe in any god, including myself. I will never become a god. Never!”

“Alright.”

The mental devil mumbled, “Then try to influence the ‘soldiers’ and ‘worker bees’ one by one with your charisma and hot blood. I wish you success.”

Li Yao sniffed and ignored the guy.

He discovered that, although the mental devil was no longer confronting him face to face like in the beginning, revealing all kinds of hideous and evil appearances and even pretending to be obedient and cooperative, the sharpness hidden behind its meekness was even more irresistible.

Was the new god’ the only one who could maintain the basic order of the post-Sanctuary Alliance and transform the people of the Alliance?

Li Yao triggered his soul and crushed the distracting thought.

He focused his attention and started studying the new files. Well, not the files of the puppet king, but the files of ‘Black Wind King Li Yao’. He was going to give an analysis report to the four core members of the yaksha squad later!

An hour later, Li Yao met the other three core members of the yaksha squad in the meeting room.

Sure enough, they were all experts with extraordinary abilities. Their appearances were extremely fierce.

As his name suggested, Li Yao had never seen such a strong magnetic field before.

If the vitality magnetic field of common Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators and Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators was like a burning tree, then Yuan Kou’s vitality magnetic field was like a volcano that could erupt at any moment. Even though Li Yao’s soul was hiding in the depths of the spider tank,

he could still feel the heat that was thousands of degrees high.

At such a burning speed, the life of a normal expert should have been burnt out within a year and a half.

However, judging from the terrifying appearance of Yuan Kou, who was almost five meters tall and four meters wide, with his strengthened plate armor embedded into his muscles and tubes with suspicious liquids flowing out of his chest and into his back, it was not hard to guess that the guy had

nothing to do with ‘normal’.

‘Black Dream’ Yun Haixin was the most mysterious of the four.

Yuan Kou had expanded the magnetic field of his life to the maximum at any moment. Yun Haixin, on the other hand, had reduced the magnetic field of his life to almost nothing, making it impossible to detect his heartbeat, breath, pulse, and brainwaves. If Li Yao’s crystal camera had not detected that he

was sitting right in front of him, he would not have been able to notice him at all.

“What a powerful stealth ability. Not only does it involve aura reduction and optical refraction, it is also partly an illusion. He has been releasing illusions to interfere with the brainwaves and soul perception of the people around him and hiding himself in certain illusions!

Li Yao was secretly surprised. Judging from the capability that ‘Black Dream’ Yun Haixin demonstrated so casually, she would definitely be one of the best experts in the Imperium of True Human Beings, even in the families of the four electors.

How could such a capable, respected noble Immortal Cultivator end up in the inner circle of the Star Glory Federation and even willingly become a lackey of the Star Glory Federation without being brainwashed?

Li Yao could not figure it out at all.

However, for him right now, neither ‘Major’ Chu Zhixiao, ‘Titan’ Yuankou, nor ‘Black Dream’ Yun Haixin were the greatest threats.

The ‘seven-star’ Guan Qixing should be.

The ‘monster’ formed by the seven remaining souls was controlling a seemingly ordinary artificial body. But inside the deformed and expanded metal brain was a super crystal processor with a computational ability higher than that of the spider tank. Seven glittering crystal cameras were embedded in the

center of the mask, each of which was blinking with different colors, representing the wisdom of the seven crystal processors, the Spiritual Nexus, the tracing experts, and the anti-venom experts.

“Major’ Chu Zhixiao might not have sensed the subtle difference before and after the explosion of the spider tank.

However, crystal processors and anti-virus specialists such as ‘seven-star’ Guan Qixing might have discovered Li Yao, the ‘universal virus’.

He had to be fully alert and deal with it carefully!

Shua! Shua! Shua! Shua!

While observing the four core members of the yaksha squad quietly and considering his disguise and countermeasures, Li Yao tried his best to project the files about the ‘Puppet King’ and the ‘Black Wind King’ in the form of three-dimensional information streams, which formed an endless river of data

above the meeting room.

“While the puppet king was trying to detonate a main force warship with the ‘Ghoul Incident’ as a disguise, a case of remote invasion and sabotage took place on Black Castle, a planet in the frontline of the Deep Earth Sector. The intruder was most likely the infamous new expert of the Imperium of True

Human Beings, the Black Wind King Li Yao. Wow. How terrifying!

Li Yao waved his forelimbs and said in a trembling voice, “We are all familiar with the files of the puppet king. Here are the files of the Black Wind King. Don’t let your guard down. This Li Yao is truly awesome. He—he is both sordid and shameless. He is the epitome of all the dark essence of the

extraterrestrial devils. He is best at sneaking around, infiltrating the enemy’s rear, and bewitching people. He can sneak to our side at any time. We must be careful and capture this big baddie!”

“That’s right.”

Chu Zhixiao added, “The puppet king and the Black Wind King, Li Yao, are both among the top three individuals in the latest version of the personal threat database. But we’ve never associated the puppet king with the Black Wind King before, and the investigation and mission targeting the Black Wind

King is not the responsibility of the yaksha squad.

“However, in only a few days, the Black Wind King and the puppet king made a lot of noise almost at the same time. Also, their methods were very similar. They could hack into the brains of the people of the Star Glory Federation remotely and partly control the Spiritual Nexus and the crystal processors.

“Therefore, there is an equal sign between the two dangerous persons. I am suspicious about the relationship between the two people, too. Therefore, I asked for permission from above to include ‘Black Wind King Li Yao’ in our investigation.

“Let’s discuss and act on the premise that ‘Black Wind King Li Yao and the mysterious puppet king might have a very close relationship’.

“Black Dream, you are from the Star Ocean Imperium and know a lot about the Immortal Cultivators. Why don’t you tell me what you think of ‘Black Wind King Li Yao’? Is it possible that he is the puppet king?”

“I’s been almost twenty years since I left the imperium. Li Yao, the Black Wind King, is an expert who rose to fame only recently. I know as much about him as you do.

‘Black Dream’ Yun Haixin smiled and said, “However, I know the citizens of the imperium better than you do, and I also know the complicated and messy forces inside the imperium. Therefore, I also know what an unbelievable miracle the rise of the Black Wind King is!

“In only one to two years, he helped the empress of the imperium and the ‘God of War’ Lei Chenghu establish the banner of the revolution of the imperium. He seized the supreme power of the imperium, occupied the imperial capital, and destroyed the remaining soul of Wu Yingqi, the Black Star Emperor.

The coalition fleet of the four electors and the imperial fleet, which had been at an overwhelming advantage, were beaten to a pulp by him. The guy is known as the ‘Half Wall of the Imperium’. He is truly worthy of his name. He is truly terrifying!”

“Yes, yes!”

Li Yao chimed in, “How terrifying!”