450: The real purpose of Monk Dayu

Watching the scenes displayed on the light screen, Yao Xian couldn't help but fall into complete despair.

“But how is this possible?”

“Monitoring people with whom I have a destiny intertwined in real-time through the threads of fate, and even directly attacking others through the threads of fate...”

“This is something that even Director, and even the Immortal Dynasty Heavenly Emperor, cannot do.”

“How can you, someone who just obtained the Star Manifestation Art, achieve such a degree?”

“Are you a human, or a god?”

“The Universe is vast; anything is possible.” Yang Dian extended his thumb and index finger, making a tiny gesture:

“My Comprehension Ability is just a tiny bit higher than ordinary people.”

“A tiny bit?” As Yao Xian murmured, Yang Dian scanned the spatial curtains again, finally locking his gaze on one of them.

“Tsk, your Great Yu Immortal Dynasty doesn't seem like good people either~”

On the curtain, a figure in a black robe, holding a black Soul banner, was enveloped in rolling dark clouds, performing a sacrifice in a beastmen village.

Soul to Soul, blood to blood, flesh to flesh, bone to bone, hair to hair, internal organs to internal organs.

He was using living beings as sacrifices, and while sacrificing the Soul banner, he also condensed the essence of flesh and blood.

Watching the scene that Yang Dian had intentionally magnified, Yao Xian opened his mouth:

“I didn't expect him to become like this.”

“Li Yu used to be a very good person.”

“He was gentle and polite to others; even when old farmers in the village or common people from other lands faced difficulties, he would lend a helping hand.”

“But now...”

“No need to explain.” Yang Dian waved his hand, then extended his right hand into the spatial curtain:

“Actually, this is normal.”

“You know a person's face, but not their heart. The gentleness and refinement most people display are merely what they show to others.”

“Beneath a beautiful appearance, an ugly face might be hidden; beneath an ugly appearance, there might not necessarily be a pure heart.”

“Moreover, people change.”

“What he was like before doesn't mean he will be the same now or in the future.”

As he spoke, the dark clouds surrounding the beastmen village were torn apart, and a colossal golden hand, covering the sky, appeared from high heaven, stirring up a storm of wind and clouds, suppressing everything below.

When the first ray of moonlight pierced the dark clouds and fell upon Li Yu, who was clad in a black robe and holding the Soul banner, he was still somewhat dazed.

‘How did the Soul Sacrifice Formation go wrong?’

As the thought arose, he sensed a terrifying aura, one that made his hair stand on end, appearing in the sky.

He looked up blankly at the colossal hand in the sky, which almost covered the entire firmament, and a bitter almond taste filled his mouth.

“I merely slaughtered a few villages, killing no more than ten to eighteen thousand people in total. Is it necessary to dispatch such a powerful expert to deal with me?”

As his voice faded, his vision completely turned to darkness.

He died peacefully.

Both Soul and body perished simultaneously, without feeling any pain.

Yao Xian, in the brain tank, sensed that as the large hand descended, Li Yu's thread of fate connected to him suddenly broke, and he instinctively trembled.

“You didn't lie to me?”

“You can really attack along the threads of fate?”

“This... this... what kind of method is this?”

As Yao Xian fell into a complete daze, Yang Dian looked at the small village in the spatial curtain, where endless dust was rising, and nodded with satisfaction.

In the future, when encountering enemies, he could truly eradicate them completely, without worrying about leaving behind any future troubles.

‘I wonder if the Star Manifestation Art, if further improved, could control other people's destinies.’

‘It seems possible.’

‘Love at first sight is an Innate alignment of life magnetic fields.’

‘Love developed over time is when life magnetic fields, through continuous long-term interaction, eventually become intertwined, with you in me and me in you.’

‘Besides this, it also seems possible to fluctuate the threads of fate, stir up life magnetic fields, making people subconsciously have thoughts of going somewhere, or doing something...’

With a hint of contemplation, he withdrew his right hand, which had been extended into the spatial curtain.

Of course, when pulling his hand back, Yang Dian didn't forget to bring back the spoils of war.

He patted the black Soul banner in his hand, sensing the despair, anger, and other negative emotions emanating from within, and then shook his head:

“This banner wasn't refined correctly.”

“I thought that since you've invaded so many worlds, you could create a Human Emperor Banner.”

“Human Emperor Banner?” Yao Xian, gradually recovering, subconsciously asked:

“What Human Emperor Banner?”

Yang Dian wiped his hand, eradicating the resentful Souls within the banner, and then continued:

“It's another name for Magical Artifacts that control Soul bodies, like the Myriad Soul Banner, in our world.”

“Imprisoning Souls within the banner, refining them into evil spirits, and then controlling the evil spirits to fight against enemies, is called a Soul Banner or Ghost Banner.”

“Soul Banners and Ghost Banners, after all, are a bit uncivilized and prone to backlash.”

“It's better to find some willing battle Souls to enter the Soul Banner, and with these battle Souls as the core, forge an army with faith, integrity, and fighting for their ideals.”

“A Myriad Soul Banner that nurtures such Soul bodies is what we envision as the Human Emperor Banner.”

After a brief explanation, Yang Dian looked at Yao Xian again:

“I've answered your question.”

“What about my question?”

“You helped Ku Li Pa...”

“No, that's wrong.” Yang Dian shook his head, then magnified several spatial curtains, pointing at the scenes within them and saying:

“What is your purpose in helping these 'Sons of Destiny' on Emerald Dragon Star?”

“Don't tell me it's about harvesting the power of destiny.”

“That's barely enough to fool a fool.”

Seeing Yao Xian remain silent, Yang Dian shook his head:

“Not speaking?”

“If you don't speak, people will die.”

“If you don't speak, I'll kill one Da Yu Cultivator every three minutes.”

“Until you speak, or until all the other Da Yu Cultivators are dead.”

As he finished speaking, Yang Dian suddenly remembered something:

“Oh, right, you said that whatever 'Divine Artifact Mark' can detect the surrounding environment and compare it with the environment observed by self-consciousness.”

“Since it's just a mark, its detection range must be limited, right?”

“One meter? Too little?”

“Ten meters? Still too little?”

“A hundred meters? Still not enough?”

“It wouldn't exceed a thousand meters, would it?”

“Oh, it's not a thousand meters...”

Continuously provoking Yao Xian's nerves with words, and finally determining the detection range to be 150 meters through Yao Xian's mental fluctuations, Yang Dian tapped the brain tank's control panel intermittently.

“Actually, you're not that loyal and patriotic, are you?”

“If you were that loyal, you would have already died for the Immortal Dynasty when I provoked you with words and obtained relevant information through your emotional fluctuations.”

Seeing that his psychological bottom line had already lowered, or knowing that he wasn't that loyal to the Immortal Dynasty, Yao Xian remained silent. Yang Dian paused, then continued to ask:

“You said, if we build a 'real world' with a radius of 150 meters, allowing the 'real world' to operate synchronously with reality...”

“Can your mark still be effective in detecting whether you are in an illusion?”

Yao Xian still kept his mouth shut, but his mental state showed intense fluctuations.

Evidently, Yang Dian's guess was correct.

Once the real scene changes with the illusion's changes, the 'Divine Artifact Mark's detection will fail.

It will believe that the host's environment is in reality, not an illusion.

After getting the answer, Yang Dian controlled a spatial projection to appear in the spatial interlayer, saying to Dr. Bai, who was addicted to petting cats:

“Can we use nanotechnology, or four-dimensional quantum projection technology, to create a 'material illusion' with a diameter of 300 meters, so that the 'material illusion's scene synchronizes with the real scene, thereby deceiving the 'Divine Artifact Mark' inscribed in the Da Yu Cultivators' Souls?”

To be safe, Yang Dian decided to double the radius.

Dr. Bai rubbed his temples:

“Nanotechnology won't work; it's a bit fake and easily seen through.”

“As for four-dimensional quantum projection...”

“It's possible, but the cost is a bit high.”

“Maintaining a four-dimensional quantum projection of this size would require half a nuclear fusion power plant for energy.”

“Long-term maintenance of a 300-meter diameter four-dimensional quantum projection would consume astronomical figures.”

Taking his hand from his brow, he continued:

“Aren't you planning to summon the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty's army on the Lingwen Clan Alien Star?”

“Why don't you go directly to the Lingwen Clan Alien Star, use a gravitational trap black coal ball that can capture dark matter to capture dark matter, and use dark matter for energy to project a four-dimensional quantum projection?”

Yang Dian nodded slightly:

“That seems to work too...”

Just as he finished discussing the next steps with Dr. Bai, in the underground brain tank base, seeing that three minutes hadn't passed yet and Yang Dian was already preparing to kill someone, Yao Xian sighed helplessly, finally speaking:

“I'll tell you!”

Yang Dian withdrew his raised right hand:

“Speak.”

“What exactly do you want to do?”

Yao Xian took a deep breath, carefully choosing his words:

“We have set up a large number of Formations all over the world, intending to use the Formations to activate the power of the world, break the shackles set by Dragon God Sistia, and transmit information to the Immortal Dynasty through the power of the world.”

“Power of the world?”

His thoughts spun for a moment, and Yang Dian immediately understood.

The power of the world Yao Xian spoke of was actually the planetary magnetic field.

‘Controlling the magnetic field with Formations?’

‘It feels similar to how I use the territory map to gather the Spiritual Qi on Earth.’

‘However, the territory map can only gather the Spiritual Qi on Earth. Perhaps I can try to use Formations to extract Spiritual Qi from Blessed Lands and feed it back to Huaxia.’

Thinking this, Yang Dian asked again:

“Besides that?”

“Making such a big commotion, I imagine it's not just for sending messages, is it?”