In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 437 You'll only drive up the spiritual energy of the cultivation world! (3K views, please subscribe!)

Faceless man showed no anger in the face of Gui Yuan's stern shout, and calmly said:
"Ten thousand years have passed, and you're still so naive."

"From the perspective of an entire civilization, the life of an individual is insignificant. As the strongest being in the cultivation civilization, I am the cornerstone of the civilization, and you should support me unconditionally."

Gui Yuan: "Without you, this parasite, we should be living much better."

"Not necessarily."

The Faceless Man shook his head:
"There is no point in arguing with ignorant people like you. Only by imposing sanctions on you and causing you pain may you be able to make the right choice."

As he spoke, the faceless man opened his hand, and countless dark, mosquito-like specks of light appeared in his palm.

The next second, the light spot shot off in one direction like a tiny meteor shower, and disappeared in an instant.

"Now that you are ready to teleport at any time, I have no interest in engaging in a battle that races against time with you. Even if I manage to leave you all behind, the world under the rule of the Holy Law Council will still be taken away by Blue Star."

"In that case, how about... we play a game?"

The Faceless Man's voice carried a hint of pleasure:
"Just now, I released one million Abyss Shadows into the Celestial Law World and its subordinate worlds, large and small."

"They will choose the most suitable target, transform into their appearance, kill the original, and replace the original."

"Hehe, under these circumstances, you probably wouldn't dare bring the Celestial Law World near your own homeland, since no one is sure how many of these million Abyss Shadows are lurking and waiting to be smuggled in."

"Please try your best to find the million Easter eggs I left for you. If you really can't find them, it doesn't matter if you destroy the entire Heavenly Law World."

"Oh, right, I forgot to remind you of something. In any area of ​​this starry sky, whenever a cultivator falls, more than half of the spiritual energy that dissipates after their death will be recovered by me."

"If you really have the heart to destroy the entire Celestial Law World, I will be very happy."

Gui Yuan and An Xingran's expressions both changed.

That old bastard, Wuliang Jiezun, is too cunning!
Let alone a million Abyss Shadows, even a million pigs would take a long time to catch.

During the pursuit, a large number of those who escaped the net will inevitably take the place of the original body and become high-ranking members of the celestial official system or pillars of the cultivation forces.

Dragging the powerful figures of the Blue Star Federation into a quagmire of war and suspicion through this method is far more effective than killing one or two Nascent Soul cultivators.

Only Su Yuan's focus was slightly off.

Easter egg... Didn't Old Deng just say the word "Easter egg"?

It's clearly an ancient thing that has spanned countless eras, yet its thinking is quite modern... Did it get its term from surfing the spiritual network of Earth, or did some other cultivation era enter the modern cultivation society before?

Either way, they're both quite frightening.

"Please enjoy this game. My shadows and I are leaving now... The next cultivation civilization is waiting for me to conquer."

As the faceless man spoke, he and his shadows took a step back, and their bodies immediately entered the celestial realm and disappeared.

In An Xingran and Gui Yuan's perception, the Immortal Realm, located in some other dimension, was moving away at a speed that seemed to shrink the distance to an inch.

"Damn it, running away just because you can't win! You're such a senior who's lived so long, can't you have any dignity?!"

An Xingran puffed out her cheeks like a pufferfish inflating itself.

"Huh? You can't beat them?"

Su Yuan looked at An Xingran and thought that this guy was just talking nonsense.

Just a second ago, he was so frightened by the aura of the Boundless Calamity Venerable's avatar that he couldn't move at all.

"Senior Xuan Yi was originally prepared to send our entire Star Destroyer fleet over!"

An Xingran pointed to the golden array above her head:
"You may not know this, but star destroyers are very powerful. If a Nascent Soul Celestial Lord were to personally pilot one, it could unleash power that is at least two or three minor realms higher than the pilot's."

"With the help of our celestial treasure, even if the avatar of the Boundless Calamity Venerable is at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, so what? We can bombard him with cannons and we'll definitely blast him to smithereens."

Su Yuan was speechless, not expecting his own Federation's fleet to be so mobile.

An Xingran added another sentence:
"There's also the factor that we were prepared for war with the Immortal Realm and sent our fleet to the vicinity of the Heavenly Law World in advance; otherwise, it wouldn't have been this fast."

That's more or less.

But in any case, it's a good thing that we didn't directly engage in war with the Boundless Calamity Venerable.

After all, that was the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. Even if the entire Federation could win the battle, it would still come at an extremely heavy price.

Even if they ultimately achieve a Pyrrhic victory, the Blue Star Federation will certainly become the primary target of the Boundless Calamity Venerable, who may even personally come to attack them.

Just as Su Yuan was thinking this, he saw Gui Yuan gently shake her head:
"You're overthinking it. Based on my understanding of the Boundless Calamity Venerable, even without our support, he wouldn't personally intervene."

"Oh? Why is that?"

Su Yuan and An Xingran were both taken aback.

Gui Yuan sneered:

"Because that guy is just an empty shell... He's unwilling to waste any of his divine power on unnecessary battles."

"Even the Great Calamity of Heaven, which destroyed countless cultivation civilizations, was merely a means of reaping cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage to strengthen itself, not a method of attack."

"That is why, when dealing with immortal cultivation civilizations with Nascent Soul level combat power, he relied more on some underhanded tricks to conquer them."

Upon hearing this explanation, both Su Yuan and An Xingran frowned. Reluctant to expend their immortal power… Is the Boundless Tribulation Venerable so lacking in spiritual energy?

Or perhaps, at his level, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth could no longer satisfy his needs, which is why he had no choice but to repeatedly harvest cultivators from all over the world.

This makes sense, since in Su Yuan's understanding, once a cultivator reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is no longer sufficient to sustain them by absorbing the essence of the sun and moon.

Only by relying on external forces such as spirit stones and spirit-gathering arrays can they maintain a balance of income and expenditure and continue to climb upwards.

For example, when Su Yuan was in Taihua City, those 53-year-old Foundation Establishment stage workers who had been optimized were willing to work for him at a reduced salary as long as they were given sufficient spirit stones as benefits.

Perhaps even the Venerable One of Immeasurable Calamities faces a similar predicament.

So this guy really is the biggest parasite in the cultivation world; all he does while he's alive is squander spiritual energy.

Su Yuan made his conclusion.

Gui Yuan: "Let's not talk about the Boundless Calamity Venerable for now. We must find a way to deal with those one million Abyss Shadows."

"If we allow these shadows of the abyss to replace important figures in the Heavenly Law World, it won't be long before the world is plunged into chaos and suffering."

As she spoke, a deep worry appeared on the blonde girl's pretty face.

Clearly, having fought against the Boundless Calamity Venerable for so long, she was acutely aware of the destructive power of the Abyss Shadow... and she had not found a good way to counter it.

Upon hearing this, a strange look appeared in Su Yuan's eyes.

If nothing unexpected happens, Wuliangjiezun probably doesn't know that he is also a fellow Daoist walking on the Primordial Dao.

Before Old Deng left, he probably still had the idea of ​​cultivating him and harvesting him when he reached the Nascent Soul or even the Divine Transformation stage.

Even with the detection capabilities of the Demonic Thunder alone, the living environment for the Shadows of the Abyss would become extremely harsh.

However, relying solely on the Demonic Thunder would be somewhat of a hindsight assessment—by the time the Abyss Shadow is detected, the target itself might already be dead.

But... Su Yuan himself also possesses the divine power of 'Shadow of the Abyss'!

The biggest drawback of this kind of shadow is that once the shadow of the corresponding target has been destroyed once, it cannot be replicated and replace the target again, which is equivalent to the target having an antibody against the shadow.

Following this line of thought, Su Yuan could simply create a clone of a person and eliminate it, thus preventing that person from being replaced by the Shadow of the Abyss.

He! Has mastered the vaccine for the Shadow of the Abyss!

Moreover, as far as he knew, each Abyss Shadow contained a part of the Primordial Dao. He could eliminate the shadows while improving himself, which was a win-win situation. He won twice.

Even the Boundless Calamity Venerable probably never imagined that he, this stingy miser, would one day be fleeced.

However, only Su Yuan knows all this at the moment, so even An Xingran is frowning and looks very troubled.

Seeing the two girls looking troubled, Su Yuan's lips curled up as if she had applied Nike.

It's time for the hero to step in!

"I do have a solution for dealing with the Shadow of the Abyss."

Before Su Yuan could finish speaking, the two girls simultaneously turned their fiery gazes toward him.

If we disregard the fact that one of them is over 160,000 years old and the other is over 180,300 years old, then this kind of attention is quite enjoyable.

Of course, it was actually quite enjoyable.

Su Yuan coughed lightly:
"I must trust you before I reveal this method."

"I won't talk about Junior Sister An, I definitely trust her, but as for Lord Holy Law..."

"Just call me Guiyuan."

The blonde girl said earnestly:

"How can I make you believe me?"

"It's very simple, just fill out this application form for voluntary membership in the Yuan Cult."

As if by magic, Su Yuan produced two sheets of A4 paper and handed them to the two people respectively:
"Anxuemei, you should fill this out too, to complete the process, and remember to put your fingerprint on it as well."

An Xingran: "..."

Supplementing the exchange, could this Yuan Cult be some kind of weird or bizarre organization? Why does Su Yuan make everyone fill out forms?
I have a feeling like I've boarded some kind of pirate ship.

Gui Yuan didn't think too much about it. After glancing at the application form written in spiritual script and confirming that there were no strange clauses, she quickly filled in her name and pressed her fingerprint on it.

Feeling the sect's fortune surge once again, Su Yuan was overjoyed.

Starting today, the Yuan Sect will have two Nascent Soul level experts in charge.

With a force of this caliber, let alone being among the top 100 demonic sects, they could easily compete for the top 10, or even the top 5!

Just then, Su Yuan heard a 'ding-dong' sound in his ear.

A new villain quest has been triggered!

(End of this chapter)