Li Yao's soul floated in the darkness and had a lot of absurd, bizarre nightmares.
Suddenly, he dreamed that Blackstar the Great's scheme worked out and he became the supreme monarch of the Imperium of True Human Beings again. He also unified the entire universe with iron and blood, turning all human beings into "iron cockroaches" who would do anything for their survival.
In the end, thousands of iron cockroaches swarmed at the Xing Yao Federation, waving their tentacles and claws. Even though Li Yao blocked their way with his arms and legs, it did not help at all. Very soon, he was swallowed by the tide of iron cockroaches together with his skin and bones.
Even he himself turned into a gigantic, hideous iron cockroach that swallowed one planet after another in a daze driven by primitive instincts.
Then, he dreamed that he finally stopped Blackstar the Great's scheme after arduous battles and sealed the unparalleled bandit from a thousand years ago again, completely obliterating him and ending all the disasters that he caused.
But the good days did not last long. Without the command of Blackstar the Great, the Imperium of True Human Beings was still a tray of loose sand. The four Kurfürst families and the hundreds of warlords at the peripheral worlds were still fighting against each other. Even when the Alliance of the Holy Covenant came on a large scale, they could not let go of their grudges and interests and simply dragged each other down for their own selfish purposes.
In the end, the iron flag of the Imperium was replaced by the ruthless seal of the Holy Covenant. Human beings did not turn into "iron cockroaches" but puppets that had no feelings or desires.
Thousands of emotionless puppets surrounded Li Yao. Their eyes were like dry wells without any change. Such a form seemed to be even more terrifying than the "iron cockroaches" just now.
Blackstar the Great's ghost was still sneering behind him and mumbling in a low voice, "Do you see it, Vulture Li Yao? This is the consequence of you stopping me! Your path of the Cultivators is destined to fail. Your self-righteousness will only bring greater disasters. Only my true path of immortality is the only way out for the civilization of mankind!
"Iron cockroaches, so what? At the very least, the strongest among us can survive. As long as we survive, there is hope. Thousands of years later, on the rotting corpses of these steel cockroaches, the colorful flowers of civilization will still bloom! "
Li Yao was mired in the nightmare. His brain seemed to have been swallowed by a swamp, and his thinking couldn't have been more sluggish. He was at a loss for words when the illusions of the iron cockroaches, the puppets of flesh and blood, and Blackstar the Great were all gone, replaced by the ancient and magnificent picture of the fierce battle in the primeval era.
Pangu and Nuwa, Order and Chaos, Absolute Rationality and Absolute Desire … With the sea of stars as the battlefield, many shocking collisions were staged!
His soul seemed to be floating high above the sea of stars, but it also seemed to have penetrated into every part of the battlefield, observing and perceiving the beliefs, beliefs, and beliefs of the two parties from the sparks of the surging sabers and swords. Time and space both lost their significance. There was no telling how long he had been drifting on the battlefield, but he suddenly sensed a coolness and slowly woke up.
The control menu of the Crystal Suit automatically displayed the time. It had only been slightly more than two hours since he launched the "Ultra-Galactic Cannon".
He was still holding the calf of the Colossus "Heavenly Crystal" hard while Long Yangjun swam forward quickly with him. Gradually, they reached the center of the Silver Moon Ocean, which was already far away from the battlefield just now.
Thankfully, there were no signs of the armies behind them. They were safe for now.
But it was hard to say what would happen next. Now that Blackstar the Great was bold enough to show his real face, it was obvious that he had activated his last methods. He and Li Linghai had been planning carefully for decades. Even if they could not control the entire Imperium, it was more than certain that they could control the capital.
Although the capital was a large place, there were Immortal Cultivators everywhere. Once it was controlled by Blackstar the Great, would it be a shelter for a Cultivator like him?
"You're awake?"
Long Yangjun's cold voice came over. "How do you feel?"
Slightly summoning his spiritual energy, Li Yao immediately felt that a hundred canyons seemed to have been ripped apart around his body and inside his brain. Not only was he in excruciating pain, his strength was also flowing out of the "canyons", and he could not gather any of it at all.
Li Yao grunted in pain and said, "I feel like I've died once, but I also feel like I'm going to die soon."
"So, you know it too!"
Long Yangjun said angrily, "I was wondering why you were so tough all of a sudden that you blew away Blackstar the Great with one shot. As it turns out, you bet all your soul and vitality on it without caring about your own life. Your situation right now is even more miserable than the broken 'Gold Vulture'. You won't be able to fight anybody for at least half a month. It remains to be seen how much you can recover in half a month!"
Li Yao grinned miserably and grimaced in relief.
What kind of person was Blackstar the Great? He was at least one major level higher than Li Yao. Escaping from his thunderous wrath in one piece was definitely a great advantage for Li Yao no matter how high the price he had to pay.
There was no telling what was on Long Yangjun's mind. She suddenly chuckled and continued, "I estimate that Blackstar the Great had never seen such a … eccentric Cultivator like you before. You were sleazy at first, but you were unbelievably tough in the end. He was truly baffled by such a drastic change. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been hit by your last shot.
"However, there's something else that I'm very curious about. After your shot, whether or not you hit the target, you would've completely lost your combat ability and even your mobility. What were you going to do then? Were you so confident that I would've saved you? "
Half closing his eyes, Li Yao grunted. "It was such a perilous situation at that time. I couldn't come up with a way to reverse the situation except for the last shot. So, I decided to take a chance!
"Besides, I don't think that you would watch me fall into the hands of the enemy without doing anything, would you?"
Long Yangjun slightly frowned. "Why?"
"If you didn't want to save me, you wouldn't have shown up at all."
Li Yao struggled to put on a smile. "We are friends. Friends are friends who save each other. We are loyal to each other, aren't we?"
"Don't get me wrong. I only showed up because I was scared that you would fall into the hands of Blackstar the Great alive," Long Yangjun said coldly.
"You know too many secrets. Other than the secrets of the Xing Yao Federation, you also know the secrets of my hometown, the Ancient Sages Sector, the Nuwa warship, and my identity. Should you fall into the hands of Blackstar the Great alive, and he learns all those secrets, my identity will be completely exposed. There will be even less reason for him to let go of me, and there will be even less of a chance for me to win the battle against him.
"Therefore, I may not have snuck back to save you. It's very likely that I came to kill you to silence you. However, I carefully analyzed the situation at that time, and it seemed that the success rate of saving you was higher, so … I saved you in passing."
"Is that so?"
Li Yao said tiredly, "It doesn't matter. As long as we are still friends."
"Friends?"
Long Yangjun sniffed and said, "I still remember what you said last time when we met. 'Those who are not of my race are bound to be of a different mind'. Can you really regard an 'alien' like me as your friend?"
"I was wrong about what I said."
Li Yao admitted it frankly without any hesitation. "You were right. 'Those who are not of my race are bound to be of a different mind' was originally used to describe human beings from different planets or even living on the same continent on the same planet. They would regard each other as aliens, distrust each other, and even destroy each other if the latitude and longitude of their residence was slightly different.
"Since human beings can and are keen on destroying themselves, no matter what kind of being you are, I don't think I need to pay too much attention to you. Pangu, Nuwa, extraterrestrial devils, or virtual lives, it doesn't matter. Even though those species are all ferocious and ferocious, human beings are not exactly kind-hearted either. We're about the same. Why can't we be friends?"
Long Yangjun clicked her tongue and said, "You are rather quick to admit your mistakes. Should I say that you are shameless, or that you can correct your mistakes?"
"Of course, I can correct my mistakes. Being good at making mistakes and correcting them is my greatest strength in the first place!"
Li Yao closed his eyes and held back the urge to fall asleep again. He sniffed and said, "Ever since I became a Cultivator, I've made too many mistakes big and small. Even to this day, I've often been very naïve and idiotic. But does it really matter? I can always correct my mistakes! Isn't 'Cultivation' about discovering one's own mistakes, correcting them, collecting more information, ascending to a higher level, exposing more mistakes, and correcting them again and again?
"Maybe I will always make mistakes, but as long as I am more 'correct' and closer to 'truth' than I was yesterday, it will be enough!"
After a brief silence, Long Yangjun's voice suddenly turned sinister. "Are you not scared that I have a scheme?"
Li Yao said, "If you are truly planning a scheme that harms all living beings, I will certainly stop you."
Long Yangjun snorted. "Your body right now is like a jumbled mess of rags. You wouldn't even be able to walk if you weren't clinging to my leg. Do you think you can stop me?"
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao said weakly, "It's another matter whether or not I can stop you, but I have to stop you. If it doesn't work, I'll be killed by you. Then, I won't need to worry about what will happen later."
Long Yangjun was lost for words. After a long silence, she suddenly accelerated.
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and sensed the turbulent undercurrents and the deep ocean up ahead. He couldn't help but ask, "Where … are we going right now?"
"My secret base."
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