809: Heaven and Earth Puppet Show

However, just as Li Xinyao was about to bring up the matter of the Empress, she heard a gentle voice resonate within her mind.

"No need to say it; I am aware of her existence."

"She is your Opportunity; just make good use of her."

"Eh?" Li Xinyao opened her mouth slightly in confusion, then saw Yang Dian nod at her.

"You can think about whatever you want in your mind; she cannot hear our conversation."

Li Xinyao blinked. "Really?"

"But she can also communicate with me through consciousness."

Yang Dian shifted his focus, and immediately, an image appeared in Li Xinyao's mind.

Accompanying it was Yang Dian's explanation.

"The Light Net is a defensive measure I placed outside the place where your Soul resides. It can subtly reshape the thoughts of that old lady in your head, guiding her toward goodness."

"Of course, the Light Net has more functions than just this."

"If she realizes something is wrong and tries to initiate Possession or escape, the Soul-Slaying power within the Light Net will strike her remnant Soul directly, ensuring your safety and preventing her from fleeing elsewhere and causing negative impacts on society."

"Blocking her perception so she cannot detect our conversation is also a minor use of the Light Net."

"Later, I will have the System you have refined connect to the Light Net, allowing you to control the Light Net through the System and utilize some of its capabilities."

Having said that, Yang Dian offered a final summary: "In short, that 'Empress' old lady in your head has a significant background; she is the Empress of the Wangxian Divine Dynasty in the Immortal Realm, one of the three thousand great worlds of the Destiny Realm."

"Although she is a remnant Soul, she was once an Empress of a dynasty, so she should have a lot of knowledge in her head. You can coax her and slowly extract benefits from her."

Li Xinyao nodded vigorously. "I understand, Commander. I will definitely coax her well and strive to extract all the knowledge from her head."

With that, she asked with a hint of nervousness, "By the way, Commander, after I extract the knowledge from her head, how should I give it to you?"

"Should we exchange contact information first?"

Yang Dian was stunned, then smiled. "Sure."

"But you don't need to give it to me. If you really want to report it, enter the territory map directly and submit the relevant information to Zero or Taichu. After they analyze the value of the information, they will give you the corresponding merit points."

"You know the use of merit points, right?"

Li Xinyao nodded vigorously. "I do."

"They can be used to exchange for heaven and earth treasures, rare items of heaven and earth, and extraordinary armaments, or to trade for the Opportunity of personal guidance from martial arts experts."

"That's good."

"By the way, although the main reason I came over was because of the Empress's remnant Soul that entered the place where your Soul resides, I also received a mission to verify your talent information."

"What exactly is your talent information?"

"Predicting the future, or something else?"

Li Xinyao shook her head. "It should be more powerful than simply predicting the future."

Yang Dian's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

Li Xinyao continued, "It should be predicting the future, plus intervening in the future."

"After activating the ability, I can clearly know what will happen within a certain period in the future, centered on myself, within half an hour."

"I can manipulate a thread of fate, control a portion of people or animals, write scripts for them, and make them act according to my ideas."

"The larger the scope of prediction, the further the time, and the stronger the people or animals I control, the more energy I consume."

"Because of the nature of the talent's abilities, I call my talent 'Heaven and Earth Puppet Show'."

"The idea is that I can control everything in the world like a puppet, making things develop in the direction I want."

"'Heaven and Earth Puppet Show'?" Yang Dian murmured, then nodded. "That's a good name."

As he spoke, he reached out and tapped Li Xinyao's forehead.

Li Xinyao felt her mind go cold, then expand.

Countless pieces of information regarding fate poured into her mind like a babbling brook.

"This is some of my understanding of the rules of fate; take it and comprehend it first."

"Because there are few people who awaken prediction-type or fate-type abilities, I haven't turned the rules of fate into Dao text or simplified them into a Cultivation Technique."

"So, you should Cultivate ordinary martial arts Cultivation Techniques first. When I have simplified the rules of fate and created a 'Destiny Creation Technique' similar to the 'Yimu Longevity Art', I will pass it on to you."

Li Xinyao placed her hands on her chest, fingers crossed into a fist. "Commander, how can I deserve this..."

Fearing that Li Xinyao would say something like 'this young woman has no way to repay you, so I can only offer my body,' Yang Dian waved his hand. "No need to be so moved."

"In the future, if anyone else awakens prediction or fate-related abilities, just teach them as I taught you today."

Having said that, Yang Dian continued, "I have already learned about your talent ability, but it still needs to be verified."

With that, Yang Dian moved his mind, and his Mental Energy swept across the window. "There are students playing basketball on the playground, and a yellow dog sleeping on the edge of the playground."

"In 30 seconds, make the student playing basketball fumble, let the basketball fall beside the yellow dog, startle the yellow dog, make the yellow dog run to the side of the basketball court, bark 17 times at the boy who fumbled, and then get its head pecked by a sparrow perched on a tree."

Li Xinyao shrank her neck upon hearing this. "Commander, I have just awakened, and my control over the ability is still quite rusty; I might not be able to perfectly fulfill your request."

Yang Dian waved his hand. "It doesn't have to be perfect; just do your best."

Li Xinyao nodded, then closed her eyes, and her face instantly turned pale, with sweat beads appearing on her forehead.

A moment later, the power of fate, which Yang Dian was familiar with, radiated from Li Xinyao and turned into a thread that fell toward the playground.

Not long after, the student playing basketball on the playground suddenly twisted his foot, the basketball flew out of his hand, landed beside the old yellow dog with a bald tail, and hit the old yellow dog's head with a "bang."

'Watching' the old yellow dog rise in anger and chase after the boy's butt while barking, as well as Li Xinyao, whose face was flushed with embarrassment, Yang Dian smiled and reassured her, "Not bad."

"The application of an ability always goes through a process from being rusty to being proficient."

"Although there were some accidents in your first use of the ability, it is already very difficult to make the 'plot' go according to plan."

After praising her, Yang Dian tapped his bracelet, had Zero project a panel, and added details to Li Xinyao's ability.

[Li Xinyao, female, 20 years old, awakened ability: Heaven and Earth Puppet Show. Can consume energy to predict future scenes within a certain area and time centered on herself, and condense puppet-control threads to manipulate people and animals, making those controlled act according to her ideas...]