"W-What?"
Li Yao stammered again. "How is the Holy League related to the Godly Mausoleum again?"
"What do you mean by 'related to the Godly Mausoleum'? Opening the Godly Mausoleum is the purpose of the Holy League!"
Li Linghai said, "Think about it. The Holy League is made of people who believe in the Path of Ultimate Benevolence and are deeply bound by the Three Fundamental Laws. They regard themselves as pure tools and slaves of the primeval civilizations. The only significance of their existence is to awaken or resurrect the primeval civilizations.
"The Godly Mausoleum, on the other hand, is very likely to be a shelter for the ultimate experts of the primeval era. As long as the Godly Mausoleum is opened, the glory of the primeval era will be restored. When the Holy League collects the legends of the Supreme Emperor and discovers the Godly Mausoleum, how can they not be interested in it?"
"That's true."
Li Yao scratched his head and said, "It means that, for the Holy League, their ultimate goal is to open the Godly Mausoleum and awaken the ultimate experts of the primeval era. As long as they achieve the goal, it doesn't matter whether or not they can defeat the Imperium. Even if the Holy League and the Imperium are both destroyed, their purpose will be achieved as long as the ultimate experts of the primeval era are resurrected!"
"Yes. That's exactly why the Holy League is so dreadful."
Li Linghai smiled bitterly. "I wouldn't be scared of a normal country such as the Xing Yao Federation even if it were a hundred times stronger. At the very least, we are all normal people who can understand each other's purposes and strategies. Both of us need territory, population, a stable society, and a developing civilization.
"But the Covenant Alliance's way of thinking is completely different from ours. They are even crazier than the most extreme fundamentalists. They are willing to sacrifice the lives of billions of people just to revive the primeval civilizations, not caring about their territory, population, resources, or future at all. How can we deal with such lunatics?"
Li Yao said, still scared, "Thankfully, the key to the gate of the Godly Mausoleum is in our hands."
"That might not be the case."
Li Linghai said, "There may not be only one key to open the mausoleum, and there may not be only one gate or one way to open the mausoleum. It is even possible that the mausoleum can be opened from the inside on its own at a certain time. If the mausoleum is not just a tomb but a primeval shelter, wouldn't the primeval experts set a 'time to wake up' before they went to sleep?"
Li Yao was shocked.
He remembered that when he was in a long hibernation voyage, he would set a time to wake up every eight to ten years. Even if nothing happened, he would be forced to wake up once.
The similar equipment of the Primordial World civilization naturally had similar functions.
"I don't think we have much time left."
Li Linghai said, "At the very least, the information that Wuying Qi received from the Blood God was somewhat urgent. Had it not been for the lack of time, the Blood God wouldn't have given all his legacies to Wuying Qi. Therefore, I highly suspect that the purpose of the Holy League's desperate battle is not as simple as conquering the Imperium. Considering the size of the Holy League right now, it is impossible for them to swallow the entire Imperium in one war. However, it is possible for them to swallow the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum while heavily wounding the Imperium."
"Yes. In that case, the Holy League's strategy of losing a lot of territory in the Imperium's counterattack will make a lot of sense."
Li Yao mumbled to himself, "The Alliance of the Holy Covenant cannot be regarded as a normal country. It is purely a collection of lunatics. Territory and people are not important. What matters most is to open the mausoleum … Damn it!"
Li Yao felt that the situation that was getting clearer and clearer was getting more and more confusing again.
Thankfully, his personal goals were clearer and firmer.
First of all, he had to help the reformists defeat the four families and rebuild the influence of the Cultivators in the hearts of the people of the Imperium in the process.
Secondly, he had to stop the Holy League's attack on the Imperium and maintain the strategic balance at the center of the cosmos.
Of course, he could not let the Holy League open the mausoleum to wake up the terrifying primeval experts. If there was an "external observer", it could only be him who was in the Divinity Branching Stage!
After he figured out a way to open the mausoleum without waking up the primeval experts and obtain all the Books of Revelation, it might be time for him to cross the black wall and explore the vast world beyond the Pangu universe.
He believed that at that moment, the mysterious and unfathomable Earth would also surface and reveal its true face!
If Pangu stood for conservatism, Nuwa for radicalism, the Supreme Emperor for stability, and the Blood God for impatience, Li Yao was more on the side of Nuwa and the Blood God.
It was not because he was too impulsive or influenced by the Blood God, but because of his calm and rational analysis.
The biggest reason for the conservatism was that the terrifying Flood was probably still wandering beyond the black wall, and they must not let it discover the existence of the Pangu universe. Even a boat out of the Pangu universe would lead to the destruction of the Pangu universe.
The problem was that Li Yao, as an anomaly, had proved that the black wall was not insurmountable. Information, waves, or life forms from the outside universe could pass through!
Now that Li Yao could travel to the age of Cultivators in the Pangu universe from Earth, would the Flood never find this place?
Hiding in this place would only be a sitting duck. The civilization of mankind had no choice except to face the challenge head-on!
"Even if my foundation is not solid yet, I have to break into the Divinity Branching Stage!"
Li Yao's eyes beamed out endless flames that could pierce through the black wall. He clenched his fists and declared, one word after another, "I will certainly break into the Divinity Branching Stage!
"Even in the Imperium, nobody has broken into the Divinity Branching Stage for a long time, especially the battle-type ones!"
Li Linghai looked at Li Yao with complicated feelings. After hesitating for a while, he still couldn't help but enlighten Li Yao. "Your courage is commendable. However, while the Divinity Branching Stage and the Divinity Transformation Stage are only one word apart, the requirements on the soul and the understanding on the nature of life are vastly different.
"When I was possessed by Wuying Qi, I also vaguely grasped some of the approaches to the Divinity Branching Stage. It was truly indescribable. One might even say that it was a difficult leap from 'individual wisdom' to 'collective wisdom'."
Li Yao thought of something and hurried to listen.
"You know that human beings are the descendants of the thirteen carbon-based lives. Our genes contain the essence of the thirteen carbon-based lives. However, not all of the thirteen carbon-based lives have individual intelligence. Some of them have collective intelligence, like the Houyi Clan, like bees or swarms of bugs."
Li Linghai said, "Individual bugs or bees do not have wisdom. They only have simple reactions to stimuli. However, as their population accumulates and reaches the tipping point, they will boast something that can be called 'wisdom'. Also, as the group splits and gathers, wisdom can be spread among them like water.
"Such a life form does not have the concept of 'individual'. The individuals will form small groups, the small groups will form large groups, and the large groups will form a general group. The general group will sublimate into the 'supergroup'. It's like our body is made of infinite cells. The loss of a few cells does not mean the death of our life. For the civilizations with collective wisdom, even the loss of half of the body does not mean the end of their life.
"Individual wisdom and collective wisdom both have their advantages and disadvantages. They are both choices for survival. Human beings are generally individual wisdom, but our genes are also embedded with the gene fragments of the Houyi Clan. When we train ourselves to a certain level, we can trigger certain techniques of collective wisdom. That's the mysteries of the Divinity Branching Stage.
"You were attacked by Wuying Qinxin in the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors in the Seven Seas Space Zone. To some extent, Wuying Qinxin was a clone under Wuying Qi's control. Wuying Qi, Wuying Qinxin, and some other people made a 'small group'.
"Of course, the collective wisdom is limited by distance, or it can only be achieved through the transmission of brainwaves on the Spiritual Nexus. Also, Wuying Qi only has part of his remaining soul left, and he cannot fully carry out the mysteries of the Divinity Branching Stage. Otherwise, if he could control the hundreds of bald experts in the Gold Crystal Pyramid and make them into a 'large group', do you think you can defeat him?"
"So …"
Li Yao was about to say "disgusting", but he changed his mind. "Marvelous?"
"Do you feel that it's too mysterious for you to bear?"
Li Linghai saw through his real thoughts easily. He smiled and said, "It's true that when you reach the Yuanying level, your body and your soul will almost reach the limits. Breaking into a new level is more about the understanding of the nature of life and the universe. There are indeed a lot of concepts that are hard to accept. Getting to the bottom of it, human beings are just dust in the universe. How can a dust not be shocked when it wants to understand everything?
"The Divinity Branching Stage is to activate the genes of the 'collective wisdom' inside one's body and split one's soul into thousands of parts. The 'Integration Stage' is to fuse all the individuals of the collective into 'one'. Above it is the legendary 'Void Refining Stage' or 'Insightful Void Stage'. It is said that one has to see through the nature of the falsehood of the universe and look for the truth in the falsehood. That is even more mysterious and incomprehensible.
Fascinated, Li Yao couldn't help but ask, "Then, what's after the Insightful Void Stage?"
"After the Insightful Void Stage?"
Li Linghai smiled and said, "The Refinement Stage, the Building Foundation Stage, the Core Formation Stage, and the Yuanying level is a level that reaches the limits of human beings. The Divinity Transformation Stage, the Divinity Branching Stage, and the Integration Stage are a level that surpasses human beings. The Insightful Void Stage is a level that allows you to see the truth of the universe and the falsehood of life. After the Insightful Void Stage, I'm afraid that this universe will not tolerate you at all, right?
"That's the classification of levels that the Blood God, Wuying Qi, and I have made after summarizing the classics of training from ancient times. As for the tribulations, enlightenment, and major ascension, they are either exaggerated by the ancient people, or the anomalies and tests that happen when you reach a certain level. How can they be so exaggerated?
"All in all, it's already so difficult to surpass human beings. How can the wisdom of dust describe the brand-new world after the Insightful Void Stage? Too many random classifications and unbelievable anomalies and abilities will only add to the troubles of the latecomers in their training."
"That makes sense."
Li Yao took a long breath in relief and smiled. "Don't think too much. Just focus on training. I'll consider myself a glowing dust that illuminates wherever I go. That's great!"
"If that's what you really mean, I believe that you will surpass the Divinity Branching Stage and even illuminate the secrets of the universe one day."
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