Volume 5, Chapter 73 – Astral’s Original Plan and Current Plan

“Daddy, Mommy, save me, I don’t want to die, wahhhhh…”

“No, no, don’t come closer! You monsters!”

“Damn Corrupted Beasts, I’ll fight you to the death!!”

“Corrupt officials, may you die horribly! Even as a ghost, I won’t let you go!”

“I’m not resigned to this, I’m not resigned! I want revenge!!”

“You beasts!! May you all die horribly!!”

Beneath a certain ravine, within a closed space shrouded by a barrier, wave after wave of wailing voices rose and fell continuously, echoing endlessly throughout this space filled with powerful energy.

As the mournful cries continued to echo, these voices of resentment seemed to constantly attempt to erode the figure in the center of the barrier.

That figure with long black hair streaked with golden threads—a handsome man.

However, though the voices of resentment were eerie, they seemed unable to affect the man too much. Faced with these continuous wails, the man slowly raised his hand, which was covered in golden cracks. As his five fingers exerted slight force and clenched,

Thousands of resentful spirits were instantly crushed to fragments, merging into the golden energy torrent within the barrier and flowing together into the man’s body.

As this wave of resentful power flowed in, the man couldn’t help but bite his lips tightly, his face showing an expression of pain. Blood continuously flowed from the corners of his mouth, and his left hand clenched into a tight fist, clearly enduring intense agony.

However, though the process of absorbing resentful power was painful, the man’s aura was genuinely strengthening further.

As this wave of resentment was completely absorbed, the man who had kept his eyes tightly closed for so long finally slowly opened those sandy-colored eyes. Looking at the palm of his right hand, the man’s blood-stained lips couldn’t help but curve upward slightly.

“Soon, soon… it’s almost complete… hehe.”

Suppressing his pain, the man muttered to himself with satisfaction.

Just then, a voice that was both adorably cute yet inexplicably commanding quietly echoed within this barrier.

——”Looks like things are progressing smoothly? Heart of the World plus resentful power? Such a crazy idea… aren’t you afraid of being burst apart? Astral, gambling again, are you?”——

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Upon hearing these words, the black-haired man—Astral, who was the First Ancestor of House Solrog—slowly lowered his right hand and revealed a smile that was both joyful and respectful.

The next moment, Astral gradually turned his gaze toward the rabbit doll that had easily passed through the barrier and was walking step by step toward him.

Though the doll was small and cute, appearing to have no intimidating presence whatsoever, the countless resentful spirits lingering within the barrier all avoided it and kept their distance, completely unwilling to approach this seemingly insignificant doll.

“Sister Luolin, I’m so glad you’re willing to come. By this world’s standards, it’s been over two hundred years since we last met, hasn’t it? You’re really… quite cute now.”

Astral said with a smile.

“Don’t try to reminisce with me. I’m only reluctantly coming over to help you clean up this mess.”

The rabbit doll put her hands on her hips and looked away with considerable disdain.

“Oh my… Sister Luolin seems to be in a very bad mood?”

Astral smiled calmly.

Hearing this, the rabbit doll immediately gave Astral a sharp, contemptuous look without saying a word.

“Corruption has already eroded this world, three evil god-class monsters have infiltrated this world, and you ask how my mood could be good? On the contrary, you, the culprit, are still here grinning? Believe it or not, I’ll have my ‘Magic Auntie’ beat you to death!”

Pointing a fluffy finger at Astral, Luolin said with great displeasure.

“Culprit? Shouldn’t the culprit be that disgusting Corruption? How did it become me?”

Waving his hand, Astral immediately put on an innocent expression.

“Corruption is one thing, but dare you say the appearance of those three evil gods has nothing to do with you? Don’t think I don’t know… Those three monsters, at their root, were created by you, weren’t they?”

As she spoke, the rabbit doll glared fiercely at Astral.

“And in Xi’s protected world, no less? I never noticed before, but I didn’t realize you were such a schemer? And so recklessly suicidal…”

“It’s a misunderstanding, Sister Luolin.”

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Astral hurriedly defended himself:

“The reason I acted in Yao Xing was mainly because Xi also agreed to it—the environment there was more suitable for us to carry out our plan. Also, let me emphasize one point, Sister Luolin: you need to understand that we’re not being recklessly suicidal.”

“Hah? Not being suicidal??”

Hearing this, the rabbit doll’s eyebrows twitched, and a fierce glint appeared on her adorably cute face.

“If that’s not being suicidal, then what is? Orchestrating wave after wave of genocidal wars, creating fertile ground for Corruption to breed. Not stopping the elves when they tried to summon outer gods? Now you’ve made it so the entire Yao Xing is about to be finished, and you say you’re not being suicidal? It’s not like you don’t know how terrifying Corruption is! What were you thinking, creating those things?”

“Of course I know how terrifying Corruption is. It’s precisely because I know how terrifying Corruption is that I had to do this.”

“What?”

“Sister Luolin, Corruption has already set its sights on our worlds. Do you think that by maintaining stability, we could avoid Corruption’s erosion? Corruption will subtly erode ordinary people’s hearts, ultimately leading to strife, creating disaster and resentment, and then guiding the descent of outer gods… Wasn’t the world you previously protected conquered in exactly this way?”

“Don’t mention my world…”

“I’m sorry, I just wanted to give an example.”

Astral waved his hand with an apologetic expression.

“In any case, Corruption is pervasive… Rather than letting it spread in the shadows, it’s better to deliberately guide it, letting Corruption spread under our surveillance and allowing outer gods to be born under our control.”

“And then seize the opportunity to control the outer gods’ power?”

“Even the Lord couldn’t resist the outer gods back then. Now that the Lord is absent, if we want to protect the remaining two worlds, we must use the outer gods’ power… to fight against Corruption.”

“Hehe, and then? Didn’t you still fail?”

The rabbit doll clicked her tongue and responded with considerable disdain.

“That’s only because some idiot got in the way!”

Astral shouted with extreme displeasure.

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“If we had successfully obtained that girl back then and turned her into a Primordium, using the Primordium’s power to control that endless curse power before the evil god’s will was born, would we have today’s mess?”

Though he had almost never had any contact with Bai Lianyue, the moment he thought of that Alabaster Sovereign, Astral still couldn’t help but clench his fists in anger.

“So, no matter how you put it, you still failed, didn’t you?”

“Failed… Perhaps not entirely.”

“What do you mean?”

“Though the evil gods were still born, their power was split three ways. They’re far from as powerful as they were in the past. As long as I can obtain the inheritance of the Lord’s power, I’ll definitely be able to completely eliminate these monsters. When that time comes, I’ll devour them… and never have to worry again…”

“Alright, alright.”

As if she could no longer bear to listen, the rabbit doll impatiently interrupted Astral’s words.

“Still talking about inheritance? Still talking about devouring… First break through to the Divine Graced Realm before saying anything else.”

As she spoke, the rabbit doll thoughtfully examined Astral’s body.

“Resentment and Heart of the World—absorbing two types of power simultaneously? You really are bold… much bolder than your predecessor.”

“Thank you for the praise, Sister Luolin, hehe.”

“Can you handle it? If you can’t, say so early so I can run away directly. With these two types of power, aren’t you afraid your body will explode?”

“Don’t worry, Sister Luolin. I can suppress it.”

“Fine then…”

After this brief response, the rabbit doll stopped communicating with Astral. After confirming Astral’s condition, she walked away from this barrier domain with her soft little legs.

As Luolin departed, Astral gradually restrained the smile on his face, replacing it with a serious and solemn expression.

Not enough,

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I still need more…

More…

Slowly closing his eyes, the voice in Astral’s mind was soon transmitted to his trusted subordinates’ minds through the expansion of his spiritual power.

——”Lord Astral, what are your orders?”——

Isabelle’s voice quickly responded in Astral’s mind.

“How is the collection of holy relics left by the Lord progressing?”

——”We’ve collected three more.”——

“Send them in to me. Also, I need more elves. Whether they’re the ones kept in the laboratory or the ones we’ve been letting roam free outside without managing… bring them all back to me.”

——”Yes, Lord Astral.”——

“Make it quick. Also, ensure information security—absolutely do not let the Trinity of Malevolence find this place.”

After seriously giving this final instruction, Astral cut off his communication with Isabelle. The energy vortex, which had been quiet for a short while, once again stirred up towering energy, continuously gathering toward Astral.

No rush,

No rush,

Soon,

Soon,

Very soon, everything… will all be mine, heh, hehe, hehehehe…

As some sinister laughter was emitted, a barely perceptible streak of blood-red cold light flashed through Astral’s sandy-colored eyes…