Li Linghai was rendered speechless. Desperation beamed out of his eyes. Unwilling to give up, he asked, "What about 'Vulture Li Yao'? He can absorb the strength of the Imperial Fire Pearl too. Although his speed is not as fast as Li Jialing's, it is ten thousand times faster than the members of the royal family of the Martial Meritocrats Sector who were tested before. It is obvious that he is not averse to Your Majesty's strength.
"Also, his level is higher than Li Jialing's. He is already in the Divinity Transformation Stage right now, which is more than enough to accommodate Your Majesty's unparalleled soul!"
"Vulture Li Yao is indeed an excellent carrier."
After a brief silence, the shadow said, "He shouldn't be lying. He is indeed the foster son of the guy from the Holy League. The guy from the Holy League fled to the edge of the cosmos in a hurry after absorbing part of my strength. After he adopted the kid, he probably sent the strength into his foster son's body without him knowing it, or maybe it was absorbed by his foster son on his own.
"Therefore, this Vulture Li Yao is deeply connected to me, too. He is sort of my 'destined person'. It is not strange that he can digest and absorb the strength of the Imperial Fire Pearl.
"However, the guy must've had a series of fortuitous encounters in the past to occupy a high position in the regime of the remnants of the Star Ocean Republic, which filled his body with all kinds of messy forces. In my senses, he is like a colorful vat that is not as pure as Li Jialing's.
"Also, he has been through a hundred years of changes. In the past, he was always a powerful and influential man. His soul has long been fixed, and his belief will not be changed easily. Occupying his body by force will only add a lot of unnecessary risks for no reason.
"For those who have reached my level of training, many mysterious senses and prophecies are beyond your understanding. I have sensed that this Vulture Li Yao has a lot of secrets. Every time I studied the guy's files, I would have a cold warning that warned me not to possess the guy, or I would be doomed forever. It is very possible that I would not possess him but that he would melt my remaining soul.
"Therefore, I will not possess him no matter what. I would rather beat this Vulture Li Yao into a meat pie and waste his good skin than to lay my hands on his brain!
"Of course, this person's cultivation and wisdom are top-notch, and his despicable and shameless character and extremely wretched combat style have won my heart. If he's able to wholeheartedly submit to me, then why wouldn't I spare his life? Otherwise, I have my ways to deal with him. You don't have to ask anymore! "
"This concubine doesn't dare!"
Li Linghai claimed that he did not dare, but he was still unwilling to give up. He asked with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty, is Li Jialing really the only one left?"
"Hmph, get up and look at me!"
Thousands of tentacles suddenly extended out of the shadow and tied up Li Linghai's limbs and neck tightly, dragging him to the front of the shadow at a very close distance.
The shadow bared its fangs and brandished its claws, almost turning into a bloody mouth that was about to swallow Li Linghai. "I have been reborn today, not just to be a mediocre emperor for another one or two hundred years, but to completely change the world, renew the Imperium, and create a hegemony that will last forever!
"Why has the Imperium of True Human Beings been degraded to the point where it is dying today? Why do the magnates in the sea of stars despise the Empyreal Terminus Sector so much that even the clowns such as the four Kurfürst families are bold enough to lay their hands on the throne and usurp the power? It is because I have perished, and the power is gone!
"The bloody lessons in the past thousand years have taught me that in order to create an everlasting cause of hegemony, I have to be immortal and be the only emperor of the civilization of mankind in the next thousands of years!
"In order to achieve immortality, a perfect carrier is indispensable. I am not pursuing immortality for my personal interests, and Li Jialing is not dying for my personal desires. Our life and death are for the Imperium, for the prosperity of the country, and for the civilization of mankind!
"Look at me. Tell me. Are you not disappointed in the Imperium of True Human Beings right now? Do you not want to eliminate the selfish, greedy, and greedy scoundrels so that the Imperium can be restored to its former glory?"
Black air flowed out of the shadow and crawled into Li Linghai's eyes that were almost transparent.
Black brilliance flashed in Li Linghai's eyes. His face was somewhat sluggish and frozen at first, but then it gradually became determined.
"… Yes!"
The queen of the Imperium gnashed her teeth.
"Do you not want to integrate the forces of the four Kurfürst families and even the hundreds of Sectors into an invincible, invincible iron army that will completely annihilate the Holy League, save the civilization of mankind, and maintain the long-term peace of billions of stars?" the shadow continued asking.
"Yes!"
Li Linghai's voice was more and more determined and louder.
"Do you not want the Imperium of True Human Beings to surpass the Star Ocean Imperium in the past and even the primeval civilizations hundreds of thousands of years ago to stomp on all the godlike species and make mankind the only 'gods' in the universe?" The shadow's voice was more and more dominating and crazy, too.
"Yes! The civilization of mankind is the strongest fighting species in the sea of stars. We should be the real 'gods'! "
Li Linghai's eyes were boiling. Countless tiny black bubbles were flowing deep inside his translucent eyeballs.
"Then, let's make sacrifices!"
The dominance and craziness of the shadow suddenly vanished, and he could not have been calmer. He said casually, "For the Imperium and for the civilization of mankind, everybody can and must be sacrificed, including me! It is easy to make a heroic sacrifice, but it is extremely difficult to survive and work for the civilization of mankind for a hundred thousand years. As the supreme commander of all 'true human beings', I naturally have to walk on the most difficult path. But the sacrifices of thousands of people will be needed to give me a hand, too!
"Besides, didn't I promise you that I would be careful and that Li Jialing's soul could be preserved?"
The shadow's voice suddenly turned soft.
Li Linghai was like a drowning man who had grasped the last life-saving straw. Not caring whether it was a straw or a viper, his eyes shivered violently as he asked, "Is — Is it true, Your Majesty?"
"Of course it is true. I only want his body. What do I need his soul for?"
The shadow smiled and said, "If everything goes well, and I occupy his body, I can even send his soul into an artificial body, allowing him to live for hundreds of years in the form of a spectral Cultivator. Although it will be slightly inconvenient for his training, his daily life will not be greatly affected. Can't you accept such a result?"
"Of course, I can accept it."
Li Linghai was overjoyed, but he found it hard to believe. He hesitated and asked, "But I wonder, how confident are you that Li Jialing's soul can be successfully preserved, Your Majesty?"
"Hehe!"
The shadow snorted heavily and said in a harsh tone, "Are you questioning my abilities?"
"I — I dare not!"
Li Linghai suddenly shuddered and crouched deeply again. "I dare not. It's just that … I was too concerned about him!"
"If you are really concerned about the safety of Li Jialing's soul, you can persuade him to cooperate with me in person. As long as he cooperates with me obediently without any struggle, nothing will go wrong."
The shadow said, "However, if he is stubborn enough to resist fate, or if he is bewitched by Vulture Li Yao and refuses to cooperate with me, I can't guarantee what will happen during the soul transfer!
"Therefore, the safety of Li Jialing's soul does not depend on me but on you. Think carefully and take care of yourself!"
Li Linghai shivered hard. With the desperation of a mother beast to protect the baby beasts beaming out of his eyes, he breathed heavily and said, "I … I understand what I should do now!"
"Great. I knew that you wouldn't let me down!"
The shadow laughed aloud. "The refinement of the three experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage is almost done, too. Right now, the four Kurfürst families and the reformists have gathered above the Silver Moon Ocean. They seem to have a lot of experts, but they all have their own plans and are wary of each other. It's almost a replica of the battle just now.
"Let's go right now and conquer the forces above the Silver Moon Ocean. Then, we'll find Li Yao and Li Jialing. Then, we'll suppress the entire capital and … take back the Imperium!"
The raging shadow slowly retreated and invaded Li Linghai's pores, melting into her long shadow and vanishing forever.
Deep inside the black fog, the roars and moans of the three experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage were all feeble, but their vibes were getting stronger, more chaotic, and more evil.
On Li Linghai's face, the weakness and hesitation when she faced the shadow a moment ago were all gone. The toughness and thoughtfulness of the queen of the Imperium and the leader of the reformists occupied her face again, as if she were wearing an indestructible mask again.
She narrowed her eyes in the direction of the Silver Moon Sea. Her eyes sparkled, and no one knew what she was planning.
…
Deep inside the Silver Moon Ocean to the west of the main continent of the capital, Li Jialing was still ignorant about his fate of being a "soul container". He was still waiting at the edge of the battlefield dutifully at the bottom of the ocean, waiting for Li Yao who had sneaked off somewhere to catch fish!
At first, he did listen to Li Yao's order and cleaned up the miscellaneous soldiers on the periphery of the battlefield. However, there were very few fish that could pass through the layers of defense to reach him. Very soon, he cleaned up all the miscellaneous fish. However, he was somewhat bored and stared blankly at the center of the chaotic battlefield in the distance.
His hands and veins were itching, and he was wondering if he should go on a killing spree and be as glorious as Brother Yao.
To be honest, it was not his nature to pursue freedom and an unrestrained life. It was just a reverse psychology after he had lived a suffocating life for more than ten years after being confined and modified by Li Lingfeng and Wuying Lan for too long. If you want to confine me, I want to be free. That's all.
Now that he had truly regained his freedom, he finally realized his real nature … Well, Li Jialing did not know what his real nature was. After all, it was perfectly normal for a young man who was less than twenty to be confused.
However, after absorbing the pieces of the Imperial Fire Pearl to train himself, his Cultivation had been soaring every day. His strength was almost flowing out of his internal organs and veins. His fists were more and more itchy, too. When he saw such a fierce battle, how could he hold himself back any longer? He could not help but want to charge forward and bombard the enemy crazily.
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