"It does make sense," the mental devil said. "In any case, with the size of only a couple of Sectors at the edge of the sea of stars, even with the enhancement of the Nuwa warship and Kunlun, it is impossible for the Xing Yao Federation to take over the center of the cosmos anytime soon.
"In the hundreds of prosperous Sectors at the center of the cosmos, there will certainly be one or more regimes. They will be either the old Imperium, the new Imperium, the Imperium of True Human Beings, or some other messy country. Whatever the country is, the true path of immortality has been spreading in the universe for a thousand years and has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. I'm afraid that it will take more than a hundred years to completely eliminate it.
"Since the Xing Yao Federation is not ready to march to the center of the cosmos yet, we can only settle for the next best thing and hope that we can create an Imperium that is more suitable for us."
Li Yao nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean. The contradictions in the Imperium of True Human Beings are so acute that, even without Li Linghai as the 'White Queen', there will be another 'Red Queen', 'Green Queen', and 'Purple Queen', which will lead to another version of 'Honor the Majesty and Settle the Rebellions'.
"It seems that a storm that sweeps across the entire center of the cosmos is unavoidable.
"For me, on one hand, I hope that a new Imperium that is more suitable for the interests of the Xing Yao Federation will emerge after the storm. On the other hand, I hope that the ordinary people will not suffer too much in the storm and that they will be able to share some of the benefits from the fall of the four Kurfürst families!"
The mental devil chuckled. "Of course, if we can really make unparalleled contributions in the storm of 'Honor the Majesty and Settle the Rebellions' and become important members of the new government of the Imperium, hahahaha, it will be very awesome just thinking about it!
"We are experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage after all, and we are the queen's trusted subordinates. If her crazy plan does work out, there does not seem to be much of a need for us to hide our past. Now that you mention it, it is very likely that we will become the most powerful officials in the world!
"Why don't we establish a 'new parliament' for the queen and become the Speaker of the Xing Yao Federation, since Ding Ling Dong is the Speaker of the Xing Yao Federation?"
"Well …"
Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "You know that I've always been indifferent to fame and fortune. I'm not interested in being a great minister at all. It's best if I can stay away from them.
"However, speaking of which, I do want to observe the storm that is sweeping across the Imperium from the closest distance.
"Did you know? After hearing what the queen said, I've been thinking about Blackstar the Great.
"What kind of person is Wuying Qi exactly?
"A hundred years ago, when I heard Su Changfa and the rest of them talking about Blackstar the Great on Kunlun for the first time, he seemed to be a brutal, brutal man who would do anything for power.
"Later, the files I got from Firefly further strengthened my impression. He was a pure, evil bad guy!
"However, Di Feiwen, the deputy commander of the Black Wind Fleet, had a different opinion. It was not blind worship but a serious analysis of the policies in Blackstar the Great's era with me. At the very least, for the merchants who did not have much background, Blackstar the Great's era was a golden age full of opportunities and reforms. It was much better than the suffocating environment of the Imperium that is monopolized by the nobles and the magnates right now.
"Today, the queen said the same thing again. Although it must be an exaggeration, it might not be entirely unjustified.
"Everybody has their own opinions. I'm really confused about what Blackstar the Great was like in history."
The mental devil yawned and said, "History is a pretentious bitch in the first place. There is not the slightest truth in her mouth. She is whatever you imagine her to be. But no matter how you treat her sincerely, or think that you have, it is impossible for you to figure out her real face. Wouldn't you be disturbing yourself by thinking about those questions?"
Li Yao smiled. "Perhaps you're right. I've thought it through. It doesn't matter what Blackstar the Great was like in person. Perhaps he was truly an unpardonable devil, but such a moral evaluation is meaningless for an emperor who has just established a dynasty.
"Is Blackstar the Great any different from the founding emperors of so many magnificent dynasties in history? For example, is he any different from the founding emperors of the Great Qian Dynasty in the Ancient Sages Sector?
"Perhaps, when they first established their hegemony, they all had great ambitions. They all wanted to sweep away the shortcomings of the past and create unprecedented achievements, leading their people and civilization to step on the peaks one after another.
"I don't believe that Blackstar the Great's original purpose was to establish an evil empire that cruelly exploited the ordinary people. That would be too low-class, wouldn't it?
"But everybody has their limits. Neither their lives nor their enterprises can resist the passage and corrosion of time. Even the most splendid palaces will decay and collapse one day. Even the greatest ambitions and ideals will inevitably be swallowed by the deepest selfish desires of human nature!"
The mental devil said, "Well, you are suddenly so profound, as if you were reciting a poem. I have goosebumps all over my body. What are you trying to say exactly?"
After a long silence, Li Yao said, "I'm trying to say that I'm actually scared to see what the Imperium of True Human Beings looks like right now."
The mental devil found it odd. "What are you scared of? It's exactly because the Imperium is in a mess that it has no time to fight the Federation. If the Imperium were united, it would've crushed the Federation a long time ago!"
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao said gloomily, "I'm scared that I will turn into another Blackstar the Great."
The mental devil was stunned for a long time before it said, "About that, I think that you are worrying for nothing. There should be a limit to your shamelessness. Whether or not Blackstar the Great is righteous, or even if he is an unparalleled fiend with unpardonable sins, he has united the hundreds of most prosperous Sectors at the center of the cosmos after all. He is the second most powerful person in the civilization of mankind in the past ten thousand years except for the 'Supreme Emperor'!
"The best you can be is the 'dominator of three Sectors' at the edge of the cosmos, which your disciple Jin Xinyue bragged about for you. In the history of the Imperium, you are probably just a 'barbarian king' or a 'wolf lord'. Don't be scared. Really. You can do whatever you want, but you won't turn into Blackstar the Great even after a thousand years. Rest assured about that!"
"That's what I mean!"
Li Yao said, "I'm not talking about your accomplishments and size, but … the problems that we are all faced with.
"Leaving the ideas of the true path of the Cultivators and the true path of immortality aside, is the Xing Yao Federation today any different from the Imperium of True Human Beings a thousand years ago or the Star Ocean Republic a thousand years ago? They were both just born. They were vigorous, determined, and thriving. They did not carry too many burdens of the past, and they did not have interest groups that were too powerful. They even had dividends in various aspects that could accelerate the development of the country, improve the well-being of the people, and ease the contradictions in various aspects.
"But what about hundreds of years later?
"What will happen when the dividends such as the Kunlun relic and the Nuwa warship run out, and the interest groups are enormous enough to awaken their greed and ambitions?
"It can be seen from the example of the collapse of the Star Ocean Republic.
"The Immortal Cultivators such as Su Changfa, Di Feiwen, and Li Linghai, as well as the Cultivators on Firefly such as Cui Lingfeng and Tang Zhengdong, all agreed that the Star Ocean Republic was indeed hopelessly ill at the end of its life.
"In other words, 'Cultivator' is not a cure-all elixir. You are not immune to all poisons and ensure your purity, brightness, and justice just because you have carved the word 'Cultivator' on your forehead.
"Cultivators can be corrupted, too, just like the Cultivators in the last years of the Star Ocean Republic. They were so corrupted that ordinary people would rather support Blackstar the Great than support them.
"Perhaps, both the Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators were faced with a common enemy while they were hostile to each other, which was something in the deepest part of humanity.
"Who can guarantee that the Cultivators of the Xing Yao Federation will remain the same forever? Will the Xing Yao Federation in hundreds of years turn into the Imperium of True Human Beings in the last years of the Star Ocean Republic and today? Will there be magnates and magnates that are strong enough to swallow the country? "
"That's a question for you," the mental devil said. "Speaking of which, your 'Li Yao's group' is the greatest magnates and magnates in the Federation right now, isn't it?"
"Yes. That's why I said that I was scared that I would become the next 'Blackstar the Great'!"
Li Yao said, "Think about it. I've only been away from the Federation for a hundred years, and Jin Xinyue has already bragged about me as the 'dominator of three Sectors' and the father of the Federation. Of course, I do enjoy my disciple's filial piety, but everything has its limits. After all, I'm such a low-key, low-key man who is indifferent to fame and fortune. The title of 'dominator of three Sectors' is more or less enough for me.
"Assuming that in a few hundred years, the Xing Yao Federation does have a chance to march to the center of the cosmos and establish a more splendid enterprise than the Imperium today, I will be dead or looking for Earth by then, and this' Li Yao's group 'will still exist. It will expand abnormally into a' Kurfürst family 'in a different form, praising me as the' master of stars' or 'king of kings' that is far above Blackstar the Great. Then, it will do all kinds of bad things in my name and make me the scapegoat. In the end, when a new hero comes and overthrows the Federation and writes me as an unpardonable devil in the new history textbook, wouldn't I feel wronged?"
After a long daze, the mental devil said, "That does make sense. Now that you put it that way, I'm beginning to sympathize with Blackstar the Great!"
"The great war between the Federation, the Imperium, and the Holy League will last at least hundreds of years, won't it? But I definitely can't wait that long. As long as the balance of power is completely established, I will certainly look for Earth, my original origin. "
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