novelsky Chapter 824: Unfolding the Worldview
Chapter 824: Unfolding the Worldview
..."Not yet succeeded? What do you mean!?"
Divine Joy Emperor's expression didn't change.
Only the toad beneath him glared with furious eyes.
"In previous cycles, you could at least bring back ten Celestial Essences for me. This cycle, the Celestial Essence yield is lower... but you should still bring back at least five, right?"
Wu E was inwardly miserable.
Five? Ha!
Damn it, we didn't get a single one.
"This time, we encountered many unexpected situations," Wu E cautiously explained. "A group of variables appeared. They seized a large amount of Celestial Essence. Meanwhile, the Kunlun Immortal Palace side is extremely powerful. Both Chen Niu and I were severely injured in battles with the variables, so we failed to obtain any Celestial Essence...
But... but we still have a chance!"
Hearing Wu E mention the variables, Divine Joy Emperor's eyes narrowed slightly.
Had the variables the Divine Lords had been searching for finally appeared?
Wu E didn't understand the Divine Lords' ultimate goal.
But as one who was a step closer to the Divine Lords, he knew a few details.
The reason the Divine Lords continuously initiated cycles was simply to achieve transcendence.
Within this endless Cosmos, Earth Star was not the only world.
To continue increasing their strength and become more powerful existences, they needed to transcend beyond the world.
And currently, the Divine Lords were likely trapped in the blurred concept between the world and the universe.
Transcendent of the world, but not yet transcendent of the universe. If they could transcend above the universe, that would be an entirely new concept, representing even more magnificent authority.
Divine Immortals were merely ants who grasped the rules of heaven and earth.
What the Divine Lords pursued was to grasp the rules of the universe, to become the ultimate masters of all life and civilization!
Ah! What a magnificent plan.
Just thinking that he was a participant in this plan made his brain tremble uncontrollably!
Therefore, the variables were the most important thing to the Divine Lords.
The Divine Lords had discovered that under endless oppression, there was an extremely low probability that a civilization would produce a mutated individual who would lead the entire civilization's evolution.
But for the Divine Lords themselves, no pressure existed anymore. Within the concept of the world, They were already invincible existences.
So They hoped that by continuously cycling, continuously destroying a powerful civilization with immense karma, they could stimulate the emergence of variables.
Then study these variables, gaining inspiration for self-breakthrough from them.
But important as the variables were, failing to obtain high-grade Celestial Essence was troublesome.
To simulate an extremely harsh environment, all resources had been taken away by the Divine Lords.
Only by wagging their tails and begging, completing the tasks set by the Divine Lords, could they obtain a tiny bit of resources from the Divine Lords' hands.
One could say their lives as immortals were held in the Divine Lords' grasp.
Therefore, resources in the Immortal Realm were extremely scarce. High-grade Celestial Essence was the most important resource.
The difference between the Immortal Realm and the Mortal Realm was essentially the concentration of Spiritual Energy and the ownership of the world's rules.
The world's rules in the Mortal Realm were completely free, without ownership.
But in the Immortal Realm, aside from those Wild Immortals without immortal positions, any who possessed an immortal position grasped a 'Dao,' equivalent to holding authority over a certain world rule.
The Immortal Realm wasn't all Immortal Qi; it was also Spiritual Energy. However, mortal cultivators refined Spiritual Energy into True Essence.
While immortals refined Spiritual Energy into the more advanced Immortal Essence. Immortal Essence carried an immortal's grasp and understanding of the Dao. For mortal cultivators, this was a dimensional reduction attack. Only cultivators who had cultivated to the Great Ascension Stage and had extreme specialization in the Dao could slightly resist immortals.
And such cultivators were basically all candidates for achieving immortality.
Now, if his Four Great Demon Immortals hadn't obtained high-grade Celestial Essence, it meant that in the subsequent development, all the Demon Immortals in the Blissful Wasteland could only rely on the Spiritual Energy seeping up from the terrain to strengthen themselves.
But that tiny amount of Spiritual Energy was far from enough.
The Spiritual Energy released when all nine Wells of Heaven fully opened would ultimately be siphoned to the Immortal Realm. Earth Star's Mortal Realm would only retain a small portion. By then, the Immortal Realm would truly live up to its name.
But even then, the Spiritual Energy concentration in the Immortal Realm would only be enough to meet the needs of the Wild Immortals.
When their realm reached above Earth Immortal, they needed to refine even purer Spiritual Energy to make any progress.
For Mortal Realm cultivators, Celestial Essence was like a Spiritual Energy vein. But for immortals above Earth Immortal, Celestial Essence was like the power supply in a Spirit Gathering Formation.
They didn't need to plant the Celestial Essence to transform it into a vein—that purity wasn't enough.
Instead, they directly refined the tiny bit of pure Spiritual Energy that naturally dissipated from the Celestial Essence as a whole.
Therefore! Without high-grade Celestial Essence, the Blissful Wasteland had no future and could never be a match for the various immortals of Lingxiao!
"What chance do you have? Let's hear it."
Divine Joy Emperor forcefully suppressed the impulse to slap Wu E to death with one palm.
There were already few usable Demon Immortals. Chen Niu had been crippled by Wu E. Killing one meant one less.
"We can cooperate with the variables!" Wu E's words were shocking.
So shocking that Divine Joy Emperor was stunned for a long time.
After a long while, he muttered, "Do you know what you're saying?"
Cooperate between hunter and prey?
Divine Joy Emperor almost laughed in anger.
"Your Majesty, think about it," Wu E began his analysis point by point. "Hua Jin the True One obtained five or six high-grade Celestial Essences, while we got none. As they grow stronger and we weaken, the various immortals of Lingxiao will inevitably gain overwhelming momentum.
What will they do after gaining this great advantage? They will inevitably squeeze the living space of our Blissful Wasteland and the Buddhist Kingdom. They will launch large-scale searches and arrests for the variables. Once they capture the variables and hand them over to the Divine Lords, we will completely lose our standing by the Divine Lords' side!
So, they hunt the variables.
We provide the variables with backing. This way, we can gain the variables' goodwill and ultimately also present the variables to the Divine Lords in one move!
And the various immortals of Lingxiao won't gain any benefit!
Perhaps, for these variables, they might even have to spit out the high-grade Celestial Essences they've already obtained! Hehehehe!"
Divine Joy Emperor originally thought Wu E would give some brainless answer.
Including this current answer, it also sounded brainless at first.
They were the ones helping the Divine Lords hunt the variables. How could they cooperate with the variables?
It was like jackals and wolves couldn't cooperate with poultry to fight against humans.
But after listening to the whole thing, and considering the current situation where the Blissful Wasteland had no high-grade Celestial Essence and might even sever ties with the Buddhist Kingdom because of it...
It seemed... feasible?!
If they also hunted the variables like Lingxiao and the Buddhist Kingdom, they would become opponents they absolutely couldn't compete against.
But if they temporarily helped and accepted the variables, then they would have a chance to play the game against the various immortals of Lingxiao and profit from it.
The anger in Divine Joy Emperor's heart immediately subsided by thirty percent.
He narrowed his eyes, staring at Wu E, clicking his tongue in wonder. "I never thought that after devouring Chen Niu, you didn't just increase your realm, but also gained a little bit of a brain."
Wu E gave an embarrassed laugh, not daring to reply.
The struggles among Demon Immortals were cruel, but he had actually feared whether Divine Joy Emperor would punish him. Now it seemed that even completely killing Chen Niu didn't matter much.
"Good! Now plans can't keep up with changes. Since we are in an awkward position, we'll proceed according to your idea!
But... do you know how strong those variables are?"
"About that, you can rest assured!" Wu E knew Divine Joy Emperor was worried about nurturing a tiger that would become a threat. He sneered, "Among the variables, forget about immortals, there isn't even a single Feathered Transformation Realm cultivator! Controlling them will be effortless for us!"
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