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Chapter 196 So he was a backup plan.
"How do we pinpoint Morty's location? Do we need to use my Stand's ability?" Joseph asked. Although his Stand, Hermit Purple, had evolved once, it still retained the ability to remotely locate targets through a medium. To be honest, the young Joseph really wanted to demonstrate his Stand's abilities and prove that it wasn't the most useless one.

“I don’t think we need your substitute. Morty’s dark aura is so thick right now that he’s probably like a bright light bulb in Dad’s eyes. He could easily pinpoint Morty’s location with a simple tracking spell,” Ai Haibara said calmly.

“That’s right, Dad has already located the other party’s position.” Dad echoed, raising a tracking artifact in his hand. It was somewhat similar to the artifact used to track demonic energy in the original story, but it was smaller and more exquisite.

The magical artifact emitted a faint green light, guiding them to determine their location. As they drew closer to Australia, the magical glow on the artifact became increasingly prominent.

Cheng Yiyi was live-streaming in the chat group, and the group members who were free were also paying attention to their movements. They hadn't arrived at their destination yet, and the group members were also exchanging information with each other.

You are my eyes (Tier 3, Yang Jian): "I have a feeling that the appearance of Xiaoyu in the future, bringing the demon dragon to this era, is not as simple as it seems."

Saber (Tier 3 Artoria): "Is there any explanation?"

Anonymous (Tier 3, Anonymous): "I don't want to think about it. I'd rather trouble someone in the group who can think things through to explain."

After Wuming finished speaking, no one spoke for a long time. Some were similar to Wuming, too lazy to think about such trivial matters, while others, like Zhuge Liang, could figure things out without much thought and liked to hide their talents. Naturally, they wouldn't step forward unless someone pointed them out.

You are my eyes (Level 3 Yang Jian): "Oh~ I think I understand."

Yang Jian pondered for a moment and then had a plan. The answer to this question wasn't difficult; it lay in the conversation between the eight great demons when they gathered in Hell.

After Shendu's soul returned to Hell, the first reaction of the other seven demons was that their positions in the human world had become vacant, giving them a chance to escape. This shows that the eight demons understood the principle of yin and yang balance; when one representative of the dark energy lost its representative, another would be born.

At any given time, there would almost always be only one representative of the dark energy. Therefore, when Shendu lost his position as the representative, it gave the other seven demons the opportunity to become that representative.

However, Shendu did emerge once during the journey and ruled the human world for a considerable period. Compared to the other seven demons, Shendu spent less time in Hell, and his wisdom wasn't eroded as severely as theirs. Even after his body was shattered and his soul returned to Hell, he was still able to use his cunning mind to persuade his seven brothers and sisters to lend him a hand again.

Now that we know that the Dark Qi faction basically only had one representative figure at any given time, at least that's the current situation, the alliance between the Holy Lord and the Blade Dragon looks very problematic in retrospect.

Both the Holy Lord and Daolong are representatives of the dark forces in the story. In their united camp, who is in charge and who is the subordinate? Are they equal? ​​That's impossible. Even if the two of them have no objections, the dark forces will not allow it.

So when Chen Long and his father went to confront them, they found that neither side had a clear superiority in status. According to the Black Qi faction's principle, it should have been a situation where "kings don't meet." Since this principle was violated, there must be other problems.

Either the principle of yin-yang balance takes priority, with the righteous faction becoming stronger and the dark faction relying on numbers to grow stronger. However, as shown in the original storyline, there could be many ways for the representative figures of the dark faction to grow stronger along with the righteous faction.

Especially for a demon like Shendu who once had a peak period, even if the twelve talismans cannot be returned to Shendu through an accident, it would be very easy for the black energy to strengthen Shendu.

For example, if Daolong could restore Shendu's magical knowledge reserves, he would have the ability to revive Shendu. If Shendu possessed complete magical knowledge reserves, he would have a way to revive himself.

The result was that Daolong and Shengdu joined forces, which felt like a lot of noise but little action, just a delaying tactic.

Then another possible outcome becomes clear: the alliance between Shendu and Daolong is indeed a transitional product of the Dark Qi faction, and a new representative of the Dark Qi faction has emerged. This means that Shendu and Daolong have become discarded pawns of the Dark Qi. Since Shendu and Daolong have become discarded pawns of the Dark Qi, who will be the next successor? The most likely candidate is naturally the demon Xiaolong, who was brought to this era by Xiaoyu in the future.

After receiving this speculation, Yang Jian was very puzzled. The Demon Dragon, as the leader of the villains, was far inferior in terms of prestige and ability to his father, the Holy Lord.

The Supreme Lord at the peak wields the demonic energy of fire, making him a powerful wizard with magical achievements such as the Twelve Talismans. He is cunning, evil, capricious, and obsessed with ruling the world, making him a born villainous saint. Isn't he more useful than the Demon Dragon?

"I understand..." Yang Jian thought about this further and realized why the Holy Lord and the Blade Dragon had become expendable pawns. It was because of the appearance of Shadow Morty that this outcome occurred.

The leader of the Dark Side isn't someone who stands there to be chosen by the Dark Side; they need to fight for it. With Rick's help, Shadow Morty even used the power of the Book of Time. Even though the Dark Side's origins didn't actively favor Morty, he has already seized the majority of the Dark Side's power.

The dark energy is like a cake; Morty has already taken the largest portion, leaving Shendu and Daolong as mere pawns. At least for now, the dark energy source can only accommodate one leader.

It's said that the period of demonic rule was the peak of both dark and righteous energy, with eight great demons at the level of dark energy leaders appearing. At that time, dark energy was a super huge "cake," but it was "eaten" by the eight immortal gods created by righteous energy, leaving only a little bit.

The combined origins of black energy and righteous energy can be called the Yin-Yang origin, which is the fundamental power of this world. Naturally, it can be sensed that Morty is just an outsider.

No matter how powerful Morty's dark forces are now, he is not a person of this world. The source of the dark energy only regards him as a temporary representative. Therefore, there is only one truth: the demon dragon is a backup brought in by the source of the dark energy to take over Morty's position at any time.

Seeing Yang Jian simply share his deduction in the chat group, Cheng Yiyi, Ai Haibara, and others in the Adventure World couldn't help but feel sorry for the Demon Little Dragon: So he was just a backup plan, how pitiful!
At this moment, the backup plan, Demon Dragon, was thinking of collecting demonic energy, but upon learning that Future Jade had gone after Dragon Fang, he hurriedly followed. It's hard to guarantee that the source of the dark energy didn't interfere with Demon Dragon's choices.

After all, if the Demon Dragon were to go and collect demonic energy now, it would easily run into the forces of Shadow Morty. Given the Demon Dragon's current initial version strength, it would probably soon become a dead dragon under Morty's blade.

I can't let the backup plan I've worked so hard to get die so easily. It's safer to guide him to Xiaoyu in the future, at least there's no danger to his life.

The dark aura itself wanted to expel Rick Morty, this uncontrollable outsider, but its senses as part of the world's origin told it that doing so would be extremely dangerous.

Furthermore, since Morty is indeed causing the dark energy to surge continuously, which is very helpful for Morty to recover its power, the origin of the dark energy is left to its own devices. Morty is simply secretly finding a backup who can take over the position at any time.

After exchanging a few words at first, the group fell silent. Everyone was making the most of their time, utilizing their righteous energy buff to cultivate. With the righteous energy buff, their cultivation efficiency was very high.

Apart from the two Qiaos, who are martial artists, the others are all cultivators. The first rank of a cultivator is divided into six minor realms: the Opening Aperture, the Eye Aperture, the Nose Aperture, the Ear Aperture, the Mouth Aperture, and finally, the Leap Over the Dragon Gate.

Generally speaking, without external assistance, it takes about 100 days to open the Heart Aperture, commonly known as the Hundred-Day Foundation Building. Only when the Heart Aperture is opened can one truly step into the ranks of cultivators, surpassing ordinary people, which is called the First Grade Leap into Mortal Realm. After that, the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth are opened, and when the five apertures are connected, it is like a fish leaping over the Dragon Gate.

None of the cultivators, including Cheng Yiyi, took a hundred days; they basically skipped the process by using low-level treasures from the cultivation section of the chat group's shop. Her father, who started cultivating last, didn't even need to exchange for treasures, opening his mind aperture without any hindrance.

Song Shuhang has already opened all five orifices, and is only missing the momentum of leaping over the dragon gate when the five orifices are connected. Cheng Yiyi, on the other hand, is still focused on the oral orifice, and is also about to touch the threshold of leaping over the dragon gate.

(End of this chapter)