In the Grand Illusionary Land behind Su Changfa, shocking pictures were popping up one after another.
The first picture was the scene of a large group of excited, dancing ordinary people lifting a young man who had been pierced through the shoulder blade, nailed to the Soul Settling Nail, and bound firmly with ice chains, and marching toward the crater of the volcano.
It could be vaguely seen that regret, desperation, and pain were on the young man's bloodstained face, which was a sharp contrast to the ecstasy, madness, and intoxication of the ordinary people.
It appeared that the young Cultivator who believed in the path of the Cultivators the most had completely collapsed at this moment!
The second picture was from the young man's perspective. He seemed to be falling at a high speed into a bottomless abyss.
Above him was the round crater of the volcano. Amidst the smoke, he could see a circle of ferocious heads. They were watching him fall into the magma with a look of pleasure and enjoyment.
The third picture was the young man struggling hard in the magma. His spiritual energy had been locked. His hands, feet, face, and body were all corroded by the magma into charcoal, debris, and nothingness!
The young man's screams pierced into Li Yao's soul through the broadcast rune arrays. Li Yao felt that his blood was freezing, and he could not bear to watch it anymore.
The fourth picture was the young man, who only had broken limbs and seriously damaged internal organs, finally got rid of the shackles of the ice chains and the confinement magical equipment. Driven by his survival instincts, he crawled toward a place with a lower temperature and eventually found a mysterious rune array on the half-frozen rock wall!
In the fifth picture, the young man was in a secret chamber that was glittering in silver light. The walls around him were engraved with complicated rune arrays. He was also enshrouded in colorful mystic lights.
It appeared that this place was the relic of the Star Ocean Imperium!
However, when the glamorous mystic rays melded, they gradually settled into a blackness that was almost as dark as the night sky!
The young man had been seriously corrupted by the magma. The venom had penetrated deep into his bones and cells and even corrupted his soul, making it impossible for him to repair his cells.
His broken limbs and his face that couldn't have been more twisted had been sent into a Crystal Suit that was as black as ink!
It was both a Crystal Suit and an artificial body. It was also his life-support system!
"Huff … huff … huff …"
As the black monster slowly stepped out of the mystic light, hoarse breathing came over from the broadcast rune array. It was indescribably low, oppressive, and weird!
It was as if he had inhaled too much magma and sulfur from the volcano, causing his lungs to burn eternally with monstrous flames of fury!
Li Yao was secretly shocked.
Even though it was just an illusion created by the Grand Illusionary Land, he could still sense that the young man's collapsed belief was quickly condensing into something entirely different and even more powerful under the drive of hatred and fury!
The pressure that this young man gave Li Yao was too great. It was so great that he couldn't help but want to use all the power of his Yuanying Realm to resist!
However, he had a vague premonition that even if he activated the maximum power of the Yuanying Realm, he would not be able to compete with this black monster!
Furthermore, this was only a phantom!
Li Yao swallowed a mouthful of saliva with great difficulty. Deep doubts emerged in his heart.
In order to create such an effect in the Grand Illusionary Land, a very precise simulation system of magical equipment had to be adopted at the cost of tremendous crystals.
Why did the Immortal Cultivators do that?
If it was just for brainwashing, were the stories of the previous three civilizations not enough?
What was the background of this young man, the last survivor of the Martial Meritocrats Sector, exactly?
"The young Cultivator discovered a relic of the Star Ocean Imperium deep inside an active volcano. He activated the medical magical equipment inside and stuffed his broken body into a special black Crystal Suit, which saved his life."
Su Changfa seemed not to have noticed the confusion on Li Yao's face. He continued at his own pace and said unhurriedly, "However, the Martial Meritocrats Sector and the Sand Primitive Sector were both occupied by the Chiyou Cult at that time, and the relic of the Star Ocean Imperium was not of a very high level. It was just a tiny stronghold where a small scout starship with a weak combat ability was hidden.
"Trying to fight against the entire Chiyou Cult with just a small reconnaissance ship is no different from a fool's dream!"
"Besides, in the young man's heart at that time, it was not the Chiyou Cult or the natives of the Sand Primitive Sector that he hated the most, but the ungrateful, heartless ordinary people!"
Li Yao understood everything.
What the young man discovered was probably a small starship similar to 'Sparkle', which was highly automated and could even cruise on its own. However, its combat ability was not high and was mainly focused on reconnaissance and exploration.
One 'Sparkle' was naturally not enough to compete with everybody in the two Sectors.
"The young man had no choice but to run away. With the remarkable performance of the warship of the Star Ocean Imperium, he successfully escaped from the Chiyou Cult and dived into the depths of the vast sea of stars!"
There was uncontainable excitement in Su Changfa's voice. "From the moment he escaped from the Martial Meritocrats Sector and flew into the sea of stars, the naïve, childish, and idiotic Cultivator in the past was dead, and a brand-new existence broke out of the shell and was reborn!
"The young man executed his old self and gave himself a new name. His surname was' Wuying 'and his given name was' Qi '. He was reminding himself all the time that he would never forget the humiliation and grudge that all the Cultivators suffered in the Martial Meritocrats Sector!
"Wuying Qi secretly swore that he would return to the Martial Meritocrats Sector one day and return the grudge a hundred times more!"
Li Yao swallowed hard again.
It seemed that all the ordinary people in the Martial Meritocrats Sector and the Sand Primitive Sector would not end well, either.
"The small warship of the Star Ocean Imperium that Wuying Qi discovered boasted a very advanced hibernation system. Since the journey to the stars was long, he entered a long hibernation with the hibernation system. He would not be woken up by the crystal processor until he discovered valuable relics and worlds so that he could explore and travel.
"In such a way, he trained himself in the vast sea of stars and polished himself in the craziest ways!
"Regarding Wuying Qi's history of training in the sea of stars, the specific places that he visited, and the benefits that he received, there have always been different opinions.
"Some say that he once visited some worlds controlled by demons and was even enslaved by them. Then, he successfully escaped after a battle of wits with the demons.
"Some say that he once visited a world ruled by the demonic Cultivators. He even went to the hometown of the extraterrestrial devils. He fought against millions of devils on the 'extraterrestrial devils' battlefield and successfully subdued countless devils!
"Some say that Wuying Qi once explored the mausoleum of the Supreme Emperor, the founder of the Star Ocean Imperium. Not only did he receive the Supreme Emperor's heritage, he even found several volumes of the 'Book of Revelation'!"
"Ah!"
Li Yao's heart skipped a beat again!
The Book of Revelation, which contained all the essence of the Pangu civilization, had been found by Wuying Qi?
Li Yao was more and more curious about the young man inside the black shell!
"All in all, with the hibernation system and his fortuitous encounters in certain Sectors, Wuying Qi wandered in the sea of stars for hundreds of years and finally reached an unbelievable level.
"At this time, he finally came to a new Sector under the guidance of the star maps that he discovered in different worlds and encountered another civilization of mankind led by the Cultivators!"
Behind Su Changfa, a star map that was dozens of times vaster and more prosperous than the Martial Meritocrats civilization appeared.
The interconnected transportation routes and the dense spots of light from the habitable planets congregated into a bustling ocean of light. It was like a furiously burning fire in the dark, cold sea of stars!
Li Yao mumbled to himself again.
Didn't he say that he would only tell the stories of the destruction of three civilizations? Why was there a fourth one?
However, he vaguely had a feeling that the Curly Dragon Civilization, the Medicine Fork Civilization, and the Martial Meritocrats Civilization were just appetizers. The fourth civilization was what Su Changfa was really going to talk about and the focus of the 'true path of immortality'!
"It was not until he came to this civilization of mankind that Wuying Qi finally realized that there was always someone better than him! He used to think that the Martial Meritocrats civilization was the most advanced and strongest force of human beings in the sea of stars. But out of his expectation, the force was at the center of the cosmos and absorbed tremendous heritages from the Star Ocean Imperium. It included dozens of resourceful core Sectors, and its influence radiated to almost a hundred Sectors nearby. It was truly an invincible civilization with countless experts and warships!
"It was a civilization that spanned multiple Sectors. Naturally, it could not be named after a certain Sector. Because they considered themselves to be the rightful successors of the Star Ocean Imperium and implemented the parliamentary republic system under the leadership of the Cultivators, the country was named 'Star Ocean Republic'.
"The Star Ocean Republic was the unquestionable superpower in the sea of stars at that time!
"The Martial Meritocrats Sector, Wuying Qi's hometown, had been occupied and tarnished by the people that he hated most. In the meantime, he had been wandering in the cold universe by himself for hundreds of years. Everywhere he went, he had been fighting against the monsters. Even though he occasionally encountered the civilizations of mankind, they were either uncivilized or struggling to survive like the Curly Dragon Civilization and the Medicine Fork Civilization. He was truly exhausted and miserable.
"The Star Ocean Republic was so prosperous and advanced that Wuying Qi was naturally attracted to it. He decided to settle down here for a long time, partly to learn the advanced techniques, magical equipment, and technologies of the Star Ocean Republic, and partly to expand his forces so that he could fight his way back to his hometown one day!
"At that time, the Star Ocean Republic was a superpower that attracted the attention of the heroes in the neighboring Sectors.
"The Star Ocean Republic is very open-minded, too. Everybody who is good at something is not rejected," Li Yao explained.
"Wuying Qi had a high Cultivation and a lot of secret treasures. He was soon accepted and granted citizenship of the Star Ocean Republic.
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