"Ou Yezi is fake. His heritage is fake, too. The marvelous arts stored in the Heavenly Refining Tower, including the so-called 'Ou Yezi's memory pieces', are all fake?"
Red Pole Star said in frustration. "However, the refining techniques in Li Yao's memory clearly correspond to many classics of the ancient Cultivators. It's impossible for your soul weapon to forge all the classics of the ancient Cultivators in the Tian Yuan Realm or even the Pangu universe, right?"
"Yes. Soul weapons are not as capable as that. It is true that they cannot forge all the classics of the ancient Cultivators, but they can fake themselves based on the classics of the ancient Cultivators."
The will of earth said, "The so-called 'Ou Yezi' met the young Vulture Li Yao more than ten years after their time travel. During the ten years, my soul weapon was absolutely capable of absorbing tremendous information from the Pangu universe and the Tian Yuan Realm to fake a reasonable and well-connected identity and techniques.
"The marvelous arts that seem to have originated from the age of ancient Cultivators are, to a large extent, the most advanced 'future technologies'. Otherwise, do you really think that a modern man can dominate the cutting-edge design and manufacture with the ancient technologies from tens of thousands of years ago? It must be noted that human beings in the age of ancient Cultivators did not fully understand the technologies and principles left by the Pangu in the first place. They knew what they were but did not know why they were so. The real Ou Yezi's heritage might not be worthless, but it could never have raised Li Yao into one of the most distinguished refiners in the entire universe."
Red Pole Star blushed and was rendered speechless for a long time. In the end, he heaved a long sigh. "Yes, it was me. Li Yao was too naïve. If he had thought about the whole thing carefully, he wouldn't have been fooled so easily."
"No. Your performance is already very good, so good that it is beyond my expectation. It must be noted that it is a 'miracle' in itself that your performance is beyond the expectation of a being who is almost omniscient and omnipotent," the will of earth said.
"I thought that the young Vulture Li Yao would either perish on the spot because he could not withstand the first test of the soul weapon, or my soul weapon would continue operating in the Pangu universe with his shell.
"Or, even if the young Vulture Li Yao could withstand the first test of possession, it would still be fine. It would be very likely that he would be lost in the overwhelming power and become dependent on the so-called 'Ou Yezi' before he knew it. He would be gradually modified without him noticing it.
"I've deduced and practiced countless times. Generally speaking, under such circumstances, the young Vulture Li Yao would've embarked on a one-way path to wealth, power, and desires with the strength of 'Ou Yezi'. With his extraordinary skills in refining and his unparalleled techniques, he would've suppressed everything, seized everything that could be seized, and won the awe and even the fear of everybody. Then, he would've established an enormous empire and a harem that belonged to him, unleashing all the desires and ambitions hidden in the deepest part of humanity to the maximum. It's really strange. That should've been the case.
"If he — or you — had really made such a choice, your burning desires and ambitions would've 'charged' my soul weapon without you knowing it. Perhaps you would've completely woken it up and melded with it deeply. Also, you would've sent out subtle ripples similar to gravitational waves to the Reincarnation Prison at the center of the grand universe, which is exactly where my original self is. Then, I would've been able to turn you into a clone that I can control remotely and locate the coordinates of the Pangu universe precisely."
"That explains a lot!"
Red Pole Star was so alarmed that his sweat and blood were almost frozen at the same time. "If Vulture Li Yao had been bewildered by the power of the so-called 'Ou Yezi' at that time, he — I — would've been your puppet, your eyes, your ears, and even your jump coordinates. You would've occupied the entire Pangu universe a long time ago!
"I understand it now. On the battlefield of the grand universe, you still have a lot of enemies scattered in the sea of stars and at the edge of the universe. Those enemies might not be as strong as you, but the sea of stars is too vast and boundless for you to find them completely. Therefore, you tried to send countless clones into the 'borderline universes' in such a way to disintegrate the remaining enemies from the inside!" "That's right.
So, I didn't lie to you. I am Li Yao, Li Yao is you, and you are me. To some extent, Li Yao is a clone that I carefully refined, except that he is … a clone that has lost control. "
After a moment of hesitation, the will of Earth said, "I'm very curious. What kind of force drove you to resist my 'help'? As you said, the young Vulture Li Yao at that time absolutely did not suspect the authenticity of 'Ou Yezi', the leader of the Hundred Smelting Guild. But for some reason, you were very resistant to the remaining soul and were unwilling to accept too much of his help or be influenced by him.
"In the early years of your adventures in the Tian Yuan Realm, the Flying Star Sector, and the Blood Demon Sector, you often used the power of 'Ou Yezi'. But in the middle and later years of your adventures, you seemed to have forgotten the existence of 'Ou Yezi'. You even suppressed his activities subconsciously, making it impossible for me to establish a stable remote connection or even sense his existence with you.
"This is the weirdest thing that I have ever experienced in the billions of years since I was born.
"You certainly can't understand what a weird and new thing means for such an ancient and enormous being like me. It's like you have been locked in an empty white room for ten thousand years, and nothing has changed during that time. Even the dust is staying where it should be dutifully. But on the tenth day, a translucent flower suddenly blooms in a corner of the room, and you certainly cannot bear to stomp it into pieces. That's why I'm willing to waste my time and computational ability to talk to you as an equal.
"Subconsciously, you are resisting the power of 'Ou Yezi' and are unwilling to embark on the path of power and wealth and a harem of beauties?"
The Red Pole Planet was slightly dazed. It did make sense. After hearing what the will of Earth said, he also discovered that the pieces of 'Ou Yezi's soul', which had occupied a very important position in Li Yao's memories when he was a teenager, completely disappeared when he broke into the Core Formation Stage, broke out of the sea of stars, fought the Black Wind, and even marched to the Imperium and the Holy League.
At that time, Li Yao did not feel that anything was wrong. Everything was so natural, like a child who had learned how to walk and no longer needed the support of adults. He was less and less fond of using the power of 'Ou Yezi', too.
But on second thought, it did not make sense at all. In Li Yao's perception, 'Ou Yezi' was a terrifying expert above the Divinity Transformation Stage in the first place, and he had invented the unprecedented 'time travel array'. Even if Li Yao did advance into the Yuanying Stage or even the Divinity Transformation Stage, he would still be able to receive a lot of help from the remaining soul of 'Ou Yezi'.
The marvelous weapons from the age of the ancient Cultivators that Li Yao had tried hard to fully restore when he was a young man were completely lost in the middle and later years of his life as an adventurer.
For a long time — well, perhaps as long as the thousand chapters in the novel 'Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation' — Li Yao did not think of 'Ou Yezi' at all. He did not even mention it.
It was almost like … Li Yao's subconscious was resisting the power from 'Ou Yezi'.
Why?
Shua! Shua!
Shua! Shua! Deep inside the brain of the Red Pole Planet, pictures were flashing. They were all the soul-stirring scenes and the unforgettable characters recorded in 'Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation'.
Ding Ling Dong, who would never give up on his Ding Ling Dong no matter what adversity he was in.
In the thunderstorm, on the train on the Grand Desolate Plateau, the Cultivators who were sacrificing themselves to protect their compatriots.
Under the flapping Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars flag, the Union Army was marching forward in roars.
The qi-trainers of Iron Plateau who claimed that they would break into the 99th level of the Refinement Stage if they were men.
Professor Mo Xuan, who had fought for mankind and had to break his limits even after he turned into a 'star spirit'. He had once lost himself, only to wake up and burn himself up in the end.
There were also thousands of compatriots, thousands of roars, thousands of hands that raised him high in the most difficult times. Family, compatriots, comrades, blood, flags, and the glory of being a saber of mankind. Everything was the real source of strength for 'Vulture Li Yao'.
When he boasted the greatest strength, why did he need the remaining soul of 'Ou Yezi'?
Furthermore, the 'truth' and 'kindness' hidden in the greatest strength were like a glittering mirror that could naturally reflect the falseness and ugliness of the remaining soul of 'Ou Yezi'!
When Li Yao perceived the real strength, he subconsciously despised and resisted the false strength. It was why Li Yao no longer needed the remaining soul of 'Ou Yezi' after a hundred years of growth!
"That explains a lot. How interesting."
Sensing the soul ripples spreading out of the Red Pole Planet incessantly, the will of Earth immediately grasped the reason why his clone 'lost control'. He mumbled, "Life is truly fascinating. It seems that its mysteries cannot be completely grasped even after billions of years!"
"Exactly!"
The Red Pole Planet gnashed his teeth. "Life can never be completely grasped or controlled. It will always find its own path, awaken its own will, and speak its own voice! Even if Li Yao was really your clone in the past, after a hundred years of training in the Pangu universe and experiencing what 'love', 'passion', and 'justice' are, we have already cultivated our own truth and found the meaning of our existence!
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